Tom Heap and Margherita Taylor look at the impact of canals on the past, present and future of our countryside. \n\nIn the Midlands, Tom is on the UK’s longest canal – the Grand Union - discovering the engineering triumphs that helped traverse our rugged landscape and how they could now play their part in a 21st-century green tech revolution.\n\nMeanwhile, Margherita celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Regent’s Canal, finding out how this once commercial route now brings a slice of countryside to the city, benefitting both residents and wildlife. Tom also investigates what’s going into our public sector meals, wildlife film-maker Jack Perks dons his wetsuit to get up close to some frisky frogs, and we pay our first visit to Brookvale Farm in Northern Ireland, where we will be following the fortunes of a family staking their future on the success of hi-tech farming.
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In The Wake Of Tarka
Matt Baker and Sammi Kinghorn trace the paw prints of a river legend – Tarka the Otter – to explore how the people of North Devon have helped the Eurasian otter claw ...
07-09-2025
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Bolton Abbey
The programme ventures to Bolton Abbey in North Yorkshire, where John Craven, Hamza Yassin and guest judge Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock choose the final 12 images for the 2026 Coun ...
07-09-2025
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John Craven's Heritage Yorkshire - Yorkshire Champions
John Craven is in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales to tell the story of Ella Pontefract, Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby, three pioneering women who dedicated their lives to reco ...
01-09-2025
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Humber Estuary
Matt, Anita and Adam discover the wonders of the Humber Estuary, a region famed for its bustling port and industry that is also home to diverse wildlife.\n\nMatt visits Far Ings ...
29-08-2025
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Stirling Bull Sales
Adam Henson and Charlotte Smith are at the Stirling Bull Sales, one of the most prestigious events in the farming calendar. Over two action-packed days, approximately 300 pedigr ...
28-08-2025
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Mourne Mountains
Tucked away in the south east corner of Northern Ireland are the Mournes – a mountain range which stretches all the way down to the coast. Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith u ...
27-08-2025
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New Forest
Adam Henson and Sean Fletcher explore the rich landscapes of the New Forest, where the animals that roam the heath and woodlands play an essential role in shaping the landscape. ...
26-08-2025
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Salisbury Plain
The Ministry of Defence is not only responsible for the nation's security, but they are also one of the UK’s major landowners. Charlotte and Matt have security clearance t ...
25-08-2025
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John Craven's Heritage Yorkshire - The River Nidd
Knaresborough is a place steeped in history. With castles, cliffs and caves, it’s textbook Yorkshire heritage. But it’s the River Nidd’s story that flows throu ...
25-08-2025
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West Exmoor
Sean Fletcher and Anita Rani explore the rugged hills and valleys of west Exmoor, where landscape-scale change is occurring with the introduction of large animals to aid nature ...
22-08-2025
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Bolton Abbey
The programme ventures to Bolton Abbey in North Yorkshire, where John Craven, Hamza Yassin and guest judge Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock choose the final 12 images for the 2026 Coun ...
07-09-2025
BBC 1
In The Wake Of Tarka
Matt Baker and Sammi Kinghorn trace the paw prints of a river legend – Tarka the Otter – to explore how the people of North Devon have helped the Eurasian otter claw ...
07-09-2025
BBC 1
Compton Verney
Ellie Harrison and Joe Crowley are at the Compton Verney estate in Warwickshire to mark 300 years since the death of Britain’s greatest master carver, Grinling Gibbons. Kn ...
06-12-2021
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West Exmoor
Sean Fletcher and Anita Rani explore the rugged hills and valleys of west Exmoor, where landscape-scale change is occurring with the introduction of large animals to aid nature ...
22-08-2025
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Ronald Blythe’s Suffolk
John Craven and Margherita Taylor travel to the village of Charsfield in the heart of Suffolk to celebrate one of our most respected rural writers, Ronald Blythe, who passed awa ...
10-07-2023
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Weird And Wonderful
Day in, day out, our countryside is a hive of activity. Farmers grow our food, while guardians nurture our nature and wildlife. But you don’t have to dig too deep to disco ...
23-08-2024
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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
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Flat Holm
The team visit Flat Holm, an island perched in the middle of the Bristol Channel. Tiny as it is, it packs a punch, as Matt Baker discovers the fascinating history of the place, ...
13-06-2022
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Bradford: City Of Culture
As the BBC celebrates this year’s UK City of Culture, we explore how the countryside around Bradford shaped the city and its creative legacy. A story of grit and wool.\n\n ...
09-06-2025
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