
Love it or hate it, shooting contributes around £2 billion to the rural economy. But it’s a sporting industry under the cosh, as the UK is gripped by the worst ever outbreak of avian flu. Can game bird shoots survive the 21st century? Charlotte explores the 12,500-acre Rhug Estate in north Wales to see what it means to be a traditional shooting estate in the modern world and looks at how it contributes to local business.\n\nSean is in Perthshire on the 1,300-acre Bamff Estate, which has eschewed shooting for eco-tourism, including a colony of beavers. Tom is in Wiltshire to investigate the threat posed by avian flu to the industry, and in the Cotswolds, Adam puts his new sheepdog Gwen through her paces. Will she pass muster?
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Bayeux Tapestry
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Westacre - An Old Estate In A Modern World
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Countryfile Photographic Competition
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Dame Judi Dench Special
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Anita Rani's East Coast Road Trip: Mersea Island
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Pembrokeshire
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Fifty Years Of The Viking Way
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Westacre - An Old Estate In A Modern World
Joe Crowley, Datshiane Navanayagam and Adam Henson head to Westacre Estate in Norfolk to discover how a historic rural estate is adapting to survive in the modern world.\n\nAt a ...
20-09-2026
BBC 1
Adam's Young Farmers: Cumbria
Adam Henson meets young farmers navigating the challenges and rewards of producing our food. This week, he’s in Cumbria with 27-year-old farmer Georgia Hunter and her floc ...
24-08-2026
BBC 1
Adam’s Young Farmers: Yorkshire Dales
Adam Henson visits young farmers navigating the challenges and rewards of producing our food. This week, he’s near Malham in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales National Park ...
31-08-2026
BBC 1
A Cumbrian Harvest
John Craven and Anita Rani are in Cumbria to see how arable farmers more used to rain than drought have fared after a record-breaking dry summer. John visits a farm in the south ...
14-09-2026
BBC 1
Countryfile Photographic Competition
The Countryfile photographic competition comes to WWT Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, where John Craven and Charlotte Smith are joined by zoologist, presenter and author Megan Mc ...
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BBC 1
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BBC 1