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2024: Episode 3
In this episode, Dougie takes the ferry from Oban to the beautiful Isle of Lismore, where he finds out how one man is using technology to remove invasive American mink and save ...
22-04-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 2
Dougie and the team are in Speyside for a special episode. An area dominated by the River Spey, Speyside is one of the country’s most productive whisky regions as well as ...
14-04-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 1
The Landward team returns for the new spring series. They will be digging deep into the issues and stories from across the Scottish countryside, celebrating farming, food, wildl ...
07-04-2024
BBC 2
2023: Episode 26
In a special festive programme reflecting on 2023, Dougie celebrates the season at Castle Fraser in Aberdeenshire. He helps out decking the halls in traditional style and discov ...
17-12-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 25
Dougie is in Angus visiting the farmers concerned about new powerlines crossing their land. He discovers that the increase in renewable offshore energy is leading to new power l ...
10-12-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 24
Dougie makes an early start to catch the stunning sight of barnacle geese lifting off the Solway Firth. He finds out why the birds migrate to the area from the Arctic each autum ...
03-12-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 23
A special episode all about Ardnamurchan, the most westerly peninsula in the UK. Anne visits the famous lighthouse at the end of the road and walks through 6,000 years of human ...
26-11-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 22
Dougie is on the Coul Estate in the Highlands encountering Bluegrass cattle. He meets the farmer carrying on the breeding work started by his late father, crossing Highland cows ...
19-11-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 21
Dougie’s heading for the hills with members of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team as they mark their 60th anniversary. He finds out what motivates the team as they cover t ...
12-11-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 20
Dougie sets sail up the Firth of Clyde to Greenock to see the reminders of Scotland's trading past. He discovers how this industrial river system is recovering from centuries of ...
05-11-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 19
In this episode, Cammy is in Ayrshire to find out how one crop could be a field of dreams for dairy farmers. He discovers why growing maize provides a nutritious, healthy feed f ...
29-10-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 18
Dougie is on the beautiful Tayvallich Peninsula in Argyll. He visits the estate with ambitious plans to improve community prosperity and invest in affordable housing. He also fi ...
22-10-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 17
In this episode, Dougie and his Gordon Setter, Jessie, are letting the dogs out in a special episode celebrating man’s best friend.\n\nLooking at the different roles dogs ...
15-10-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 16
The team focuses on Scotland’s unique ‘right to roam’ 20 years after the Land Reform Act 2003 was passed. Dougie meets the farmers in Moray welcoming walkers o ...
08-10-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 15
In this episode, Dougie is at the Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve in Perthshire, where he finds out about the pioneering work the National Trust for Scotland have carried out ...
01-10-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 14
After an unsettled summer, Dougie is in Angus finding out how challenging this year’s harvest has been. He follows a crop of spring barley, from cutting through to testing ...
24-09-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 13
Dougie and the team are at Ingleston for the Royal Highland Show. Rosie meets a Limousin cattle breeder as she prepares her cattle for showing and judging. Meanwhile, Cammy foll ...
16-07-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 12
In this weather-focused special,, Dougie heads out into the North Sea to visit Scotland’s biggest offshore wind farm as it nears completion. Meanwhile, Anne finds out how ...
25-06-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 11
Dougie is getting on his bike at Glentress Forest as organisers get ready to host the World Cycling Championships. He cycles one of the courses and finds out about the work goin ...
18-06-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 10
Dougie is on the north coast of Aberdeenshire visiting the village of Pennan, which was made famous as one of the locations for the film Local Hero. With the film now marking it ...
11-06-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 9
Dougie is in the East Neuk of Fife to find out how this small area has become such a big local food destination. He visits the Balcaskie Estate farm to see their Lincoln Red her ...
04-06-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 8
In this episode, Dougie is at the Tweed Valley Forest Park in the Borders. He takes a walk through the woodland on the Yair Estate and finds out how it is being future-proofed f ...
28-05-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 7
Dougie visits Hillhead Farm in Dumbartonshire to meet the farming family who are taking control of their succession. The Imrie family consists of six siblings who are working to ...
21-05-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 6
Dougie steps out into an epic landscape as he visits the biggest national nature reserve in the country, Mar Lodge Estate. Covering 29,000 hectares, and with 15 munros of the ea ...
14-05-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 5
With spring in the air, Dougie visits Aikengall Farm near Dunbar during their busiest time of the year. He lends a hand with the new arrivals as calving and lambing get fully un ...
07-05-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 4
In this episode, Dougie takes a walk along the John o’ Groats Trail. He meets the man who created the route and discovers how it was inspired by the Appalachian Trail in V ...
30-04-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 3
The team dive into the sea for a marine special. Dougie is in Arran to find out how 15 years of a fishing ban has transformed a no-take zone in Lamlash Bay, and Arlene gets an i ...
23-04-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 2
In this episode, the team meet the communities taking power into their own hands. Dougie is on his bike at Loch Laggan to visit a location known to millions of viewers as the ty ...
16-04-2023
BBC 2
2023: Episode 1
The Landward team return for a new series, digging deep into the issues and stories from Scotland’s countryside.\n\nAs the farming season gets under way, Dougie Vipond att ...
09-04-2023
BBC 2
2022: Episode 26
Dougie takes a winter walk at Loch Lubnaig in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park in a special festive programme looking back on 2022. He revisits the stories that Anne, ...
18-12-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 25
With the festive season fast approaching, Dougie visits a farm near Buchlyvie, in Stirlingshire, that has diversified from producing beef to growing Christmas trees. He lends a ...
11-12-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 24
The team investigate the effects of climate change and how extremes in weather are dealt with. Dougie is in the Great Glen in the hills above Loch Ness to find out how foresters ...
04-12-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 23
Dougie and the team make the 100-mile journey from the mainland out into the Atlantic to discover St Kilda, Britain’s remotest and wildest islands. Dougie takes a walk up ...
27-11-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 22
In this episode, Dougie visits a farm near Beauly that is taking a regenerative approach to livestock farming. He meets a couple inspired by time spent in Kenya, who move their ...
20-11-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 21
Dougie is in the far north west of Sutherland at Kinlochbervie to listen out for one of the sounds of the autumn - the deer roaring as the stags battle it out in the annual rut. ...
13-11-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 20
The Landward team are in Aberdeen for the World Clydesdale Show, the biggest single-breed horse show in Europe.\n\nArlene witnesses the power of the eight-horse team class. and ...
06-11-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 19
Dougie is in the centre of Scotland to climb Schiehallion, one of the country’s most distinctive and popular munroes. He hears how landowners the John Muir Trust are balan ...
30-10-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 18
Dougie is in Oban for the Highland Cattle Society’s 125th Autumn Show and Sales. He follows the action, meeting the breeders showing and selling their livestock and hoping ...
23-10-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 17
Dougie steps out across the windswept Langholm Moor in Dumfriesshire. He discovers how the local community purchased over 10,000 acres and what they plan to do with it in future ...
16-10-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 16
Dougie sets sail on the Firth of Clyde to listen in on the sounds under the waves. He finds out what underwater sound monitoring can tell us about the health of marine habitats. ...
09-10-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 15
This week Dougie’s in Strathspey, investigating the housing crisis, balancing the need for affordable housing versus holiday lets for visitors. He speaks to local people s ...
02-10-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 14
Dougie visits a new entrant couple running a deer farm near Port of Menteith, Stirlingshire, while Rosie takes part in a moth-trapping project in the Cairngorms that aims to fin ...
25-09-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 13
In the last episode of the spring series, Dougie and the team are at Ingliston for the Royal Highland Show.\n\nAs the show celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, Dougie cat ...
03-07-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 12
In this special episode from Scotland's east coast, Anne is in Aberdeen finding out why it’s one of the best places to see dolphins in the UK. Dougie visits Coldingham Bay ...
26-06-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 11
As competitors make final preparations for the return of a full Royal Highland Show, Dougie visits Falleninch Farm near Stirling. He lends a hand washing Charolais bull show hop ...
19-06-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 10
The fields are bright yellow in Easter Ross as Dougie meets the farmer producing Scotland’s most northerly rapeseed oil. Rosie is in the Angus glens finding out about one ...
12-06-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 9
In this episode, Dougie and chef Nick Nairn head north to Shetland to seek out its distinctive dishes and produce. Dougie meets the farming sisters who are using modern methods ...
05-06-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 8
Dougie and his dog Jessie are visiting Gordon Castle estate in Moray for a special breed gathering of Gordon Setters. Cammy’s in the Borders investigating the growing prob ...
29-05-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 7
In this episode, Dougie visits the Abernethy National Nature Reserve to view a sea eagle nest. For the very first time, a hidden camera has captured a pair of sea eagles looking ...
22-05-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 6
In this episode, Dougie is on the Isle of Skye visiting the spectacular Fairy Pools, one of Scotland’s top tourist spots. He finds out how visitor numbers to locations suc ...
15-05-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 5
This week, Dougie is at the beautiful Loch Dochart Estate in Highland Perthshire finding out how Blue Grey cattle are bred and why they are a popular choice for Scottish upland ...
08-05-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 4
In this episode, Dougie visits Culbin Forest in Moray for a special programme all about trees. He discovers why the pine forest was planted there a century ago on what was the b ...
01-05-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 3
In this episode, Arlene visits Threave Estate, near Dumfries, to find out how hi-tech cattle are being used to restore a lost landscape. As the price of fertiliser skyrockets, D ...
25-04-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 2
Dougie is at Scotland’s most southerly point, the Mull of Galloway lighthouse, for a special episode all about Galloway. He finds out about a bid to make the area Scotland ...
19-04-2022
BBC 2
2022: Episode 1
The team find out what’s been going on across the Scottish countryside during the early months of the farming year.\n\nIn January, we follow sheep farmer Cammy Wilson as h ...
10-04-2022
BBC 2
2021: Episode 26
In a special festive programme looking back at 2021, Anne and Arlene get together to celebrate the Christmas season and choose their favourite stories of the year. They reflect ...
19-12-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 25
Anne is shopping for local Christmas food and drink at the Kelso Farmers Market. Meanwhile, Dougie visits the Crichton Institute in Dumfries and uncovers the pioneering treatmen ...
12-12-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 24
In this episode, Arlene is in the historic village of Falkland, Fife, as she visits Falkland Palace to discover how the building and its contents are being prepared for winter, ...
05-12-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 23
Dougie is at the spectacular Killiecrankie river gorge in Perthshire, where he finds out why beech trees are being removed to benefit ancient oak trees. Meanwhile, JJ takes a ma ...
28-11-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 22
A special programme about the Isle of Raasay, an island 13 miles long and situated between Skye and the mainland.\n\nDougie uncovers the lost history of the landowner who bought ...
21-11-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 21
In this episode, Dougie visits Glen Affric, home to the largest fragment of the Caledonian pine forest, where he learns of an ambitious project to rewild 500,000 acres of the su ...
14-11-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 20
With the COP26 in full swing, Dougie finds out how Scottish dairy farmers are adapting to the challenges ahead for a greener future. Arlene visits a research facility that is tr ...
07-11-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 19
Dougie is on the shores of Loch Awe in Argyll, Scotland’s longest freshwater loch. With the signs of autumn all around, he visits a farm with a famous fold of Highland cat ...
31-10-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 18
In this episode, the focus is on food production for the future. Dougie is in Cullen, a town on the Moray coast that is famed for its smoked fish soup Cullen Skink. Chef Nick Na ...
24-10-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 17
In this episode, Dougie follows the action at the autumn tup and ewe sales in Lairg for a special programme all about sheep. He finds out how sheep and lamb sales are faring thi ...
17-10-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 16
Dougie is in Ullapool, where he joins a wildlife-watching sea tour to find out about the growing problem of disturbances to marine wildlife. Incidents of scaring seals, dolphins ...
10-10-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 15
In this episode, Dougie sets out to climb Ben Nevis to mark 250 years since the first recorded ascent in 1771. With an endless stream of visitors climbing the mountain, he finds ...
02-10-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 14
In this episode, Dougie is on the road touring in his campervan finding out how the staycation summer affected parts of rural Scotland. He visits a motorhome stopover in Aberdee ...
26-09-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 13
Landward is back for its autumn series. We join JJ Chalmers in search of lost lochs in Moray, Anne is picking her own beautiful bouquet while finding out about the environmental ...
19-09-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 12
Dougie visits Portsoy in Aberdeenshire to find out more about this year's Scottish Traditional Boat Festival and takes a trip on a 1960s fishing boat with a colourful history.\n
04-07-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 11
Dougie is at the Royal Highland Show, meeting competitors who have travelled to Ingliston to show off their animals to a worldwide online audience.\n\nMeanwhile, conservationist ...
27-06-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 10
Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie is in Sutherland to see how peatland is being restored, JJ visits a blacksmith, and Anne dons a bee suit to meet a bee whisperer at his h ...
20-06-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 9
Dougie is on Arran finding out how a tree disease is changing the island’s landscape. JJ Chalmers tries his hand at dry stane dyking. And the Royal Highland Show team plan ...
13-06-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 8
In a special episode, Dougie and the team meet the young people who will steer the future of rural Scotland - the young farmers, crofters and craftspeople.\n\nMeanwhile, Anne vi ...
06-06-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 7
Dougie is in the woods of Glen Finglas discovering why the Scottish bluebell is so precious. Arlene is at Balmoral to find out about the sickness that struck the Queen’s h ...
30-05-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 6
In a spring special, Dougie is on the hunt for signs of the season with nature writer Jim Crumley, while Arlene helps out some Edinburgh toads that are on the move for love.\n\n ...
23-05-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 5
The food van is back, as Dougie and Nick are on the Black Isle cooking up some wonderful local produce: potatoes! Meanwhile, Arlene investigates the welfare issues associated wi ...
16-05-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 4
In this episode, Dougie is in Kelso celebrating the 250th anniversary of literary great and Borders boy Sir Walter Scott, exploring the landscape that inspired him.\n\nMeanwhile ...
09-05-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 3
In this episode, Dougie walks the Postie’s Path on the Coigach peninsula in Wester Ross, discovering out it transformed life in this remote community and how it is being p ...
02-05-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 2
In this special episode, the Landward team celebrate Scotland’s diverse and beautiful landscapes.\n\nDougie is at a spectacular hill fort in Aberdeenshire where a team of ...
25-04-2021
BBC 2
2021: Episode 1
In the first episode of the series, Dougie is at the stunning Tenstmuir National Nature Reserve by Tayport in Fife. He finds out how the reserve has coped with the dramatic surg ...
18-04-2021
BBC 2
2020: Episode 26
Dougie explores the Christmas traditions of old, plus the team’s highlights from the year, including Euan and his vintage tractor, Anne’s stunning favourite beach on ...
20-12-2020
BBC 2
2020: Episode 25
Dougie visits the ancestral home of his new Gordon Setter puppy, Gordon Castle in Moray, to find out about the history of the breed. \n\nArlene joins the grooms training to care ...
13-12-2020
BBC 2
2020: Episode 24
Dougie finds out how Scotland's mountain resorts are preparing for the winter season, and what effect climate change is having on business. He looks back to the summer when he e ...
06-12-2020
BBC 2
2020: Episode 23
This episode sees Dougie in Angus at the Montrose Basin, an important nature reserve that is home to wintering birds. He is on the lookout for waders and wildfowl and finding ou ...
29-11-2020
BBC 2
2020: Episode 22
In this special episode, the Landward team explore Scotland’s islands. Dougie heads across to the Isle of Rum, where the community is looking for new families to come and ...
22-11-2020
BBC 2
2020: Episode 21
This episode sees Dougie visit the Abriachan Forest by Loch Ness, one of the first community woodlands in Scotland. He finds out how it benefits local people and how the forest ...
15-11-2020
BBC 2
2020: Episode 20
Marking the Remembrance commemorations, Dougie Vipond is in Kingussie to find out about the lost soldiers of the Indian Army who never went home. He meets the local woman who ha ...
08-11-2020
BBC 2
2020: Episode 19
In this special autumn episode, Dougie is at Mar Lodge Estate in the Cairngorms hoping to get a glimpse of one of nature’s most dramatic spectacles, the red deer rut, whil ...
01-11-2020
BBC 2
2020: Episode 18
This week from the UK’s most westerly point, Dougie’s at Ardnamurchan Lighthouse looking out for marine wildlife and discovering the new Hebridean Whale Trail. He al ...
25-10-2020
BBC 2
2020: Episode 17
In this episode, Dougie joins chef Nick Nairn at one the most beautiful fishing locations in Scotland: The Lake of Menteith. They fish for rainbow trout then cook a delicious di ...
18-10-2020
BBC 2
2020: Episode 16
This episode finds the team in Perthshire, where Dougie follows in the footsteps of the cattle drovers along an old drove road and finds out about the annual cattle tryst in Cri ...
11-10-2020
BBC 2
2020: Episode 15
This episode comes from Bennachie in Aberdeenshire, where we meet Dougie’s new puppy, Jessie. He finds out how to roam responsibly in the outdoors as a dog owner, while Ar ...
03-10-2020
BBC 2
2015/2016: Episode 24
Landward prepares for winter as Dougie helps out with some footpath maintenance in the hills of Skye. Sarah joins a mountain rescue training exercise, and Euan helps prepare a s ...
27-02-2017
BBC 2
2015/2016: Episode 23
Dougie meets the fossil hunters and their amazing new discovery. Sarah inspects winter crops from the air, and Euan examines what land reform may mean for farm tenants.
24-02-2017
BBC 2
2015/2016: Episode 22
Dougie Vipond visits anglers fearing for their hobby, Euan McIlwraith counts tens of thousands of geese in Montrose, and Sarah Mack joins an all-woman shooting club.
23-02-2017
BBC 2
2015/2016: Episode 21
In this special edition, the team tackles land reform and hears from those who may be affected. Dougie Vipond visits a small community group in Mull, and Euan McIlwraith meets t ...
22-02-2017
BBC 2
2015/2016: Episode 20
Scotland's countryside magazine. This week Euan heads into the hills to count Mountain Hare. Dougie investigates why some beef cattle may be losing weight, and Nick cooks up a c ...
21-02-2017
BBC 2
2015/2016: Episode 19
Dougie looks at the impact on fishermen of new measures to protect the marine environment. Sarah helps out at a farmers market, and Nick cooks creel-caught langoustine in the La ...
20-02-2017
BBC 2
2015/2016: Episode 18
Dougie meets the chef creating delicious meals from food destined for the bin. Euan investigates the ongoing controversy over genetically modified food. And Sarah visits a young ...
17-02-2017
BBC 2