The team are at Countryfile Live, set in the stunning grounds of Blenheim Palace. Matt Baker tries his hand at scurry racing, where it takes skill to handle the horses and make the scurry take corners at speed.\n\nEllie Harrison meets the artist whose skill is taxidermy without the animals.\n\nJohn Craven takes along his pet dachshund Dora and explores Churchill's love of dogs.\n\nSteve Brown goes backstage at the first ever British charcuterie awards and meets the producers putting British meats on the map.\n\nAdam Henson is with Blenheim's head shepherd finding out how to manage a flock of 1,500 sheep on a World Heritage site.\n\nTom Heap looks at the impact plastics are having on the environment. Anita Rani is joined by the winners of the Young Presenter Talent search.\n\nAnita and ten-year-old Matilda get hands-on with hedgehogs and discover why, despite being endangered nationally, their numbers are on the rise in the grounds of the Blenheim estate. Thirteen-year-old Archie teams up with Anita to find out why fishing has increased 50 per cent amongst under-16s. While Archie gets some angling advice from a teenager helping to get more youngsters involved, Anita meets comedian and fishing fanatic Paul Whitehouse for his top tips. Anita and Archie then go head to head in a fish-off.
Source: BBC 1
Shropshire’s Nature Comeback
Charlotte Smith and Matt Baker are in Shropshire, where landscapes are being brought back to life - floodplains are being rewilded, meadows restored and ancient woodlands reimag ...
18-05-2025
BBC 1
Dyfi River
John Craven and Sean Fletcher are in Mid Wales around the Dyfi river, exploring the hidden stories of wildlife that flock to the area at this time of year - and the people ready ...
18-05-2025
BBC 1
Lambing Special
Lambing season is the crux of the UK’s sheep-farming calendar – a high-stakes, hands-on period that defines rural livelihoods, demands round-the-clock care and shape ...
12-05-2025
BBC 1
Forest Of Bowland
Margherita Taylor and Joe Crowley are in the Forest of Bowland for a sensory spring feast – soaking up the sights, sounds and flavours of the season.\n\nCovering 312 squar ...
05-05-2025
BBC 1
Wembury Coast
John Craven and Vick Hope celebrate new life on the Wembury coast, from high up on the clifftop to the bed of its natural harbour. \n \nThe sea from Wembury to Plymouth makes up ...
28-04-2025
BBC 1
Stroudwater Canal
Charlotte Smith and John Craven explore the Stroudwater canal in Gloucestershire, where a major restoration project is bringing this historic waterway back to life.\n\nAs the fi ...
21-04-2025
BBC 1
Cairngorms Capercaillie
Adam Henson and Charlotte Smith are in the Cairngorms National Park, home to a quarter of the UK’s rare and endangered species. Across this vast landscape, dedicated conse ...
14-04-2025
BBC 1
Watercress Line
Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor commemorate 200 years since the birth of the railways with a journey on the Watercress Line in Alresford, Hampshire. They explore how the advent ...
07-04-2025
BBC 1
River Otter Return
It’s ten years since the start of the River Otter Beaver Project – England’s first official beaver reintroduction. John Craven is back in Devon to see how thes ...
31-03-2025
BBC 1
The Slate Landscape Of North West Wales
Matt Baker and Joe Crowley explore the slate landscape of north west Wales, a Unesco World Heritage site, which is being prepared for a new role in rural tourism after securing ...
24-03-2025
BBC 1
Pembrokeshire
Anita Rani and Sean Fletcher explore the beautiful south west corner of Wales as they celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Anita faces ...
11-04-2022
BBC 1
Easter Treats For Easter Sunday
John Craven visits two villages in Herefordshire to find out about ancient rural Easter customs and traditions from field blessings to grave dressing. Then there's the pax biscu ...
25-04-2022
BBC 1
Dyfi River
John Craven and Sean Fletcher are in Mid Wales around the Dyfi river, exploring the hidden stories of wildlife that flock to the area at this time of year - and the people ready ...
18-05-2025
BBC 1
Lambing Special
Lambing season is the crux of the UK’s sheep-farming calendar – a high-stakes, hands-on period that defines rural livelihoods, demands round-the-clock care and shape ...
12-05-2025
BBC 1
Review Of The Year Compilation
Sean Fletcher looks back at 2020 – a difficult year for all of us as we faced a pandemic but a year when the countryside became a lifeline for unprecedented numbers; when ...
11-01-2021
BBC 1
Troubled Waters
The Wye is one of the most spectacular rivers in Britain, winding through stunning countryside, the muse of writers and artists, and a Site of Special Scientific Interest and co ...
27-03-2023
BBC 1
Countryfile Live
The team are at Countryfile Live, set in the stunning grounds of Blenheim Palace. Matt Baker tries his hand at scurry racing, where it takes skill to handle the horses and make ...
19-08-2018
BBC 1
Forest Of Bowland
Margherita Taylor and Joe Crowley are in the Forest of Bowland for a sensory spring feast – soaking up the sights, sounds and flavours of the season.\n\nCovering 312 squar ...
05-05-2025
BBC 1
Review Of The Year
As we usher in 2022, John Craven pays tribute to inspirational young people who are doing their bit for farming and the countryside. John is at College Lake on the edge of the C ...
10-01-2022
BBC 1