
Countryfile (1988)
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Sean Fletcher as Self - Host
Episodes 104
Rare Breeds Compilation
Adam Henson presents a special edition of Countryfile looking at rare breed farm animals, starting with his own old spot pigs.
Read MoreBurns Highlands
The team are in the Highlands of Scotland following in the footsteps of poet Robert Burns. Ellie Harrison learns how to drive a pony and carriage.
Read MoreWest Yorkshire
Ellie Harrison joins one of Britain's best poets, Simon Armitage, on a yomp across the snowy moors. Matt Baker visits a farm run by volunteers with wildlife in mind.
Read MoreLeicestershire
Ellie Harrison reports from Leicestershire on the drastic decline in farmland birds and joins farmers learning how to spot rare birds.
Read MoreGloucestershire
Ten years on from the fox hunting ban, Matt Baker visits the oldest pack of foxhounds in the country and Tom Heap hears from people on both sides of the debate.
Read MorePembrokeshire
Countryfile is in Pembrokeshire to mark St David's Day. Matt Baker forages for food and Ellie Harrison is out at sea trying to spot a porpoise.
Read MoreNorthern Ireland
The team explore the watery east of Northern Ireland. Matt Baker discovers the Irish hares who have made a rather unusual location home.
Read MoreAll Creatures Great and Small
Countryfile is on the Isle of Man. Adam Henson explores the local rock pools and goes on safari to find a wallaby.
Read MoreNorth Cumbria
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in the uplands of north Cumbria. Matt meets photographer Ian Lawson, who has spent years photographing the hill shepherds.
Read MoreSpring Special
As the landscape bursts back into life, the team celebrate spring. Matt Baker gets a real feel of spring in north Wales, where he meets a flock of orphan lambs.
Read MoreFarming Heroes
Countryfile celebrates Britain's farming heroes past and present. Adam Henson is in Bristol to reveal the winner of the first ever Countryfile Farming Hero.
Read MoreWhere Town Meets Country
Anita Rani returns to her home turf of Bradford to explore the countryside on the edge of the city. She discovers the rural gems right on her doorstep.
Read MoreWarwickshire
Countryfile visits Warwickshire, where Matt Baker explores Charlecote Park and Anita Rani discovers what it is really like to be a pig farmer.
Read MoreChannel Islands
Countryfile visits the Channel Islands, where Matt Baker explores the legacy of naturalist Gerald Durrell and Ellie Harrison helps with a habitat restoration.
Read MoreNottinghamshire
Matt Baker visits a village where they farm just as they did in the Middle Ages, while Ellie Harrison goes bird spotting in Nottingham city centre.
Read MoreEast Yorkshire
In East Yorkshire, Ellie takes to the water near the mighty Bempton Cliffs and Matt tries his hand at fly fishing on the UK's most northerly chalk stream.
Read MoreWorking Landscapes Compilation
John Craven explores the working landscape of Dartmoor and discovers a fascinating photographic record of the farming community going back decades.
Read MoreDerbyshire
In Derbyshire, Matt Baker follows a new pilgrimage trail set up to mark the 350th anniversary of the plague, and Anita meets a man who grows furniture.
Read MoreNorthumberland
In Northumberland, Matt Baker meets the artist who has learnt to dive so he can capture on canvas what lies beneath the North Sea.
Read MoreSummer Special
The Countryfile team visit the Kent County Show for their summer special. Friend of the show John Hammond explains just why Kent is so fruitful.
Read MoreSheep Theme
The team look at all things sheep. Joe Crowley heads to the Yorkshire Dales to visit a traditional upland farm where the shearing is in full swing.
Read MoreCompilation Seaside Theme
John Craven travels to Llandudno to look at what it takes to make a great summer holiday. The team look back at their other summer holiday ideas.
Read MoreCLA Game Fair
Joe Crowley and Anita Rani explore the Country Land and Business Association's annual game fair, one of the highlights of the rural calendar.
Read MoreCompilation - The Great Outdoors
Adam Henson is in the Lake District, discovering the joys of the great outdoors and looking back through the Countryfile archive.
Read MoreOne Man and His Dog
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison present Countryfile One Man and His Dog 2015, featuring the best shepherding talent from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Read MoreLancashire
Anita Rani and Helen Skelton are on the coast of Morecambe Bay in the far north western corner of Lancashire. Anita takes a cycle ride along the coast near Silverdale.
Read MoreAutumn Special
This edition of the countryside magazine revels in the colours of autumn. Ellie Harrison visits Perthshire, where the woodlands are a kaleidoscope of colour by both day and night.
Read MoreNorth Wales
Sean Fletcher visits Capel Celyn, where 50 years ago villagers were evicted to make way for a new reservoir. Sean meets the families still living with that legacy.
Read MoreCountryfile's Ramble for Children In Need
In this extended edition of the programme, the team present the first ever Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need, as thousands of people explore the rural landscape.
Read MoreCambridgeshire
The team explore Cambridgeshire. Matt Baker finds out how Cambridge University students past and present are having an impact on the countryside.
Read MoreCompilation Field to Fork
Ellie Harrison is in the market town of Frome in Somerset to find out about a field-to-fork revolution which is taking this place by storm.
Read MoreShropshire
Countryfile is in Shropshire, where John Craven visits a seed bank and Ellie Harrison is on the hunt for the elusive Shropshire pine marten.
Read MoreCornish Coastal Christmas
It's Christmas, and Matt and Ellie are in the tiny Cornish fishing village of Coverack, helping the locals get the place set for the festivities.
Read MoreCompilation: The Farming Year
Adam Henson prepares for the new year ahead. There's also a look back at the farming year, with some favourites from the Countryfile archives.
Read MoreCompilation: Winter Wildlife
Ellie Harrison is at the Cotswold Water Park looking back at some of Countryfile's encounters with winter wildlife, and spotting some of her own.
Read MoreHertfordshire
Countryfile is in Hertfordshire, where Matt Baker meets a farming family who are turning oilseed rape into liquid gold - oil.
Read MoreGloucestershire
Countryfile is in Gloucestershire, where Matt gives the trees at Batsford Arboretum a health check using a clever bit of x-ray kit to look for decay.
Read MoreNorth Devon
Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker are in north Devon, where Matt finds out what life is like for the residents once the tourists have gone.
Read MoreWinter Special
The team pull on their thermals for a walk on the wild side of winter. Adam heads to North Ronaldsay, where their rare seaweed-eating sheep are under threat.
Read MoreTyne and Wear
Matt Baker visits a country park near Newcastle that was once the site of a coalmine, and Ellie Harrison looks at the restoration of Roker Lighthouse near Sunderland.
Read MoreNorfolk Broads
Matt Baker joins student gamekeepers at work, while Ellie Harrison reveals how cranes have returned to Norfolk after an absence of 400 years.
Read MoreStaffordshire
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Staffordshire. Matt visits a school with farming at the heart of the curriculum. Ellie meets a couple who own a nature reserve.
Read MoreNorthern Ireland
Exploring the beauty of Northern Ireland, John Craven finds out about Rathlin Island's kelp industry. Anita Rani meets a farmer whose animals are now TV stars.
Read MoreYoung Farmers Compilation
Countryfile is in Aberystwyth, where Adam Henson visits the town's university to meet the youngsters working towards a career in farming.
Read MoreSussex
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Sussex exploring Ashdown Forest, the inspiration for the Hundred Acre Wood in AA Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories. Matt also visits a farm belonging to the Countryside Restoration Trust, which promotes wildlife-friendly farming. Ellie is on the hunt for woodpeckers - easy to hear, but harder to spot! John Craven is at West Rise, the state junior school with a difference: it has a bronze-age settlement and buffalo roaming its marshlands. Tom Heap is in Scotland where there's fresh concern about the impact that wind farms could have on birdlife. But how much of a threat do turbines really pose? And Adam Henson meets the farmer opening his farm to help refugees.
Read MoreThree Counties
The team explore the three counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire and meet some of the local crafts people keeping rural skills alive.
Read MoreCattle Theme
Matt Baker, Anita Rani and Helen Skelton tell the story of cattle in this themed programme. Matt spends the day with a young beef farmer.
Read MoreNorthumberland
John Craven marks the 40th anniversary of LS Lowry's death by following in the artist's footsteps. Ellie Harrison learns about how to conserve moorland.
Read MoreDumfries and Galloway
Joe Crowley meets a woman who looks after a herd of Belted Galloway cattle. Anita Rani joins photographer Keith Kirk after dark, looking for wildlife.
Read MoreShakespeare Special
To mark 400 years since Shakespeare's death, Countryfile travels the length and breadth of the country in search of the landscapes that inspired his works.
Read MoreConservation Compilation
Ellie Harrison visits the South Haven Peninsula in Dorset to tell the story of conservation's unsung hero Captain Cyril Diver.
Read MoreSouth Devon
Matt Baker explores the Dartington estate in south Devon to discover the history of the place and meet the farmers who are turning their goats' milk into ice cream.
Read MoreSpring Special
A snapshot of spring, including dolphins in Cardigan Bay, one of the UK's last remaining hay meadows, a Roman fort in Alderney, and a large vegetated shingle spit.
Read MoreVeggie Theme
A snapshot of spring, including dolphins in Cardigan Bay, one of the UK's last remaining hay meadows, a Roman fort in Alderney, and a large vegetated shingle spit.
Read MoreEast Midlands
Matt Baker takes to the Trent in a kayak and finds out about the effort to clean up the river. In Rutland, Helen Skelton is an apprentice in a windmill.
Read MoreCompilation Weather
A look back at the long hot summer of 1976 with TV weatherman John Hammon, plus a rerun of some of Countryfile's best weather-related stories.
Read MorePembrokeshire
John Craven takes to the water in Pembrokeshire to find out about the area's boating heritage, painting boats and learning sea shanties along the way.
Read MoreSummer Special
A special edition of Countryfile celebrating the Great British summer. Matt Baker travels along the south Wales coast, while Naomi Wilkinson punts along the River Cam in Cambridge.
Read MoreIsland Life Compilation
Anita heads to the tiny Scottish island of Kerrera, where she joins the postmaster on her daily round and helps the shepherd round up her sheep.
Read MoreCountryfile Live
Matt Baker mingles with exhibitors and visitors at the first ever Countryfile Live, which took place in the magnificent grounds of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
Read MoreInspirational Countryside Compilation
Countryfile marks the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl's birth by discovering his passion for the outdoors and how it inspired his writing.
Read MoreOne Man and His Dog
Matt Baker and Anita Rani preside over proceedings as the best shepherds and their dogs from England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland battle it out for the trophy.
Read MoreRivers & Waterways
Matt meets a writer who draws inspiration from the Thames Estuary and its people, and Naomi meets a photographer captivated by the waterfall at Lydford Gorge.
Read MoreIsle of Wight
Matt and Anita explore the Isle of Wight. Matt abseils down the walls of Carisbrooke Castle, while Anita is on Ventnor Downs helping to round up feral goats.
Read MoreAutumn Special
To celebrate nature's final flourish before the slow descent into winter, the team pulls on its wellies, kicks through the crisp leaves and explores the fruits of our forests.
Read MoreHerefordshire
Matt looks at Herefordshire's historic perry-making industry and helps out with the pear harvest. He starts out at Weston's, the world's biggest producers of perry.
Read MoreRamble for Children in Need
In this extended edition of Countryfile, the team head out into some of the nation's most beautiful landscapes for the Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need.
Read MoreA Remembrance Sunday Special
Helen Skelton is on a special cycle ride across northern France to commemorate 100 years since the Battle of the Somme.
Read MoreWest Yorkshire
In West Yorkshire, Matt Baker meets the youngsters who have become RSPB rangers. Anita Rani meets an author who immerses himself in the landscape.
Read MoreBrecon Beacons
The team explores the Brecon Beacons. Matt Baker discovers geocaching, a treasure hunt with a modern twist, and meets an artist whose canvas is the night sky.
Read MoreLincolnshire
The team are in Lincolnshire, where it's all go in the vast fields of winter veg. John Craven learns about the kalette, a cross between kale and a brussels sprout.
Read MoreAberdeenshire
The team are in Aberdeenshire, where Helen visits the only village on mainland Britain where cars can't go. Plus a turkey farm where the guard dogs are alpacas.
Read MoreChristmas Special
Countryfile celebrates Christmas at Bamburgh Castle on the Northumbrian coast. John Craven learns what the first Christmases on Lindisfarne would have been like.
Read MoreJames Herriot Compilation
Ellie Harrison visits Thirsk to celebrate the centenary of vet Alf Wight, known to the world as James Herriot, and speaks to his children.
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