2017

2017 · 53 episodes · 53h 0m in all

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1. My Countryside Compilation
1 Jan 2017 · 60 min
Anita Rani travels to Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales. Plus she looks back at some famous faces who shared special places in the British countryside.
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2. Shropshire
8 Jan 2017 · 60 min
Countryfile is in Shropshire, where Matt Baker is exploring the highs and lows of a landscape shaped by the miners who once called this place home.
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3. Carmarthenshire
15 Jan 2017 · 60 min
Countryfile is in Carmarthenshire, where Matt Baker explores the explosive history of the sand dunes and Helen Skelton visits the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
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4. Jurassic Coast
22 Jan 2017 · 60 min
Countryfile is on the Jurassic Coast, where Matt Baker meets the man who's been digging for fossils for more than thirty years.
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5. Peak District
29 Jan 2017 · 60 min
Countryfile is exploring the Peak District. Matt Baker joins the team on a mission to restore the scarred moorland.
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6. Feathered Friends
5 Feb 2017 · 60 min
Matt is up at the crack of dawn at the RSPB reserve at Snettisham on the north Norfolk coast to witness thousands of pink-footed geese taking flight.
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7. Winter Special
12 Feb 2017 · 60 min
Ellie Harrison is on a winter wildlife safari in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. In Filey, John Craven hears the history behind the fisherman's gansey.
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8. Somerset
19 Feb 2017 · 60 min
Ellie abseils with a team from the National Trust to help give Cheddar Gorge its annual clean-up and make sure there are no loose rocks.
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9. Isle of Man
26 Feb 2017 · 60 min
Joe takes a trip back in time on the oldest horse-drawn tram in the world and visits the farm where magnificent horses get to live out their days.
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10. South Downs
5 Mar 2017 · 60 min
The team explore the South Downs. Matt Baker meets the pony who's blazing a trail. Helen Skelton discovers why dark skies are important for wildlife.
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11. Farming Now and Then
12 Mar 2017 · 60 min
Adam Henson is in Snowdonia to discover how farming has changed in the past 60 years, with the help of some recently unearthed BBC archive.
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12. Hoo Peninsula
19 Mar 2017 · 60 min
Matt Baker and Anita Rani are on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, and Tom Heap looks at what leaving the EU could mean for the UK's agricultural migrant labour force.
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13. Denbighshire
26 Mar 2017 · 60 min
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison visit Denbighshire in north east Wales. Ellie is up at the crack of dawn to witness the spring mating rituals of grouse.
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14. Forests
2 Apr 2017 · 60 min
Matt is in the New Forest taking part in an inventory of trees. Ellie is in Inverness-shire seeing what industrial-scale timber production looks like.
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15. Holderness
9 Apr 2017 · 60 min
Matt, Anita and John are in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Matt is on Spurn Point, which is now the country's newest island.
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16. Lancashire
16 Apr 2017 · 60 min
In Lancashire, Matt Baker learns all about the age-old Easter tradition of pace egg rolling and Anita Rani takes to the hills to follow the Lancashire Witches Walk.
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17. County Durham
23 Apr 2017 · 60 min
Countryfile is in County Durham, and Matt is on his old home turf, showing how to make panackelty, a traditional north-eastern dish.
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18. Warwickshire
30 Apr 2017 · 60 min
For Hedgehog Awareness Week, Ellie Harrison meets three schoolgirls on a mission to keep the hedgehogs of Warwickshire safe from harm.
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19. Tales of the Riverbank Compilation
7 May 2017 · 60 min
Ellie Harrison reveals how the landscape has been shaped by rivers, meeting those who live, work and play on the banks of the Severn.
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20. Suffolk
14 May 2017 · 60 min
Matt Baker hears about the plans the Suffolk Wildlife Trust are making for their biggest-ever land purchase in the charity's 55 years.
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21. Lanarkshire
21 May 2017 · 60 min
Matt Baker explores the rise and fall of the Clyde valley in Lanarkshire as a major force in Scotland's food industry. Ellie Harrison meets an urban beekeeper.
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22. Spring Special
28 May 2017 · 60 min
In a spring special edition of the programme Countryfile goes in search of the secret and often overlooked wonders of the season.
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23. Essex
4 Jun 2017 · 60 min
Matt and Ellie are in Essex where Matt jumps aboard the Pioneer, a fully restored Essex oyster boat, and Steve Brown finds out what it's like to fire an English longbow.
24. Northern Ireland
11 Jun 2017 · 60 min
Joe Crowley is just south of Belfast, where he joins an RSPB team tagging swifts to find out where they are feeding. Joe Crowley is just south of Belfast, where he joins an RSPB team tagging swifts to find out where they are feeding.
25. Wye: Hay Festival
18 Jun 2017 · 60 min
At the Hay Festival, Ellie Harrison goes on a wildlife safari and Sean is on a literary adventure with a group drawing inspiration from the Wye Valley countryside.
26. Working Animals Compilation
25 Jun 2017 · 60 min
Sean Fletcher is in Carmarthenshire in west Wales taking a look at working animals. He meets one of the world's leading experts on birds of prey.
27. Worcestershire
2 Jul 2017 · 60 min
Ellie joins a family who have set up a traditional cottage industry producing natural elderflower cordials and presses, and tracks lesser horseshoe bats in Worcester.
28. Northants
9 Jul 2017 · 60 min
John Craven meets enthusiasts Matthew and Neil as they create a truly disgusting butterfly banquet to try and catch a glimpse of the purple emperor.
29. Fife
16 Jul 2017 · 60 min
Ellie Harrison crosses the Firth of Forth to witness the seasonal spectacle of guillemots, kittiwakes and puffins jostling for position on the Isle of May.
30. Wiltshire
23 Jul 2017 · 60 min
Anita meets the contestants of the International Young Beekeepers competition at Marlborough College and visits the River Kennet.
31. Cities
30 Jul 2017 · 60 min
Anita Rani is in London at the remarkable Woodberry Wetlands, a haven for all sorts of wildlife just a stone's throw from the tower blocks of Stoke Newington.
32. Roots and Shoots
6 Aug 2017 · 60 min
Ellie Harrison visits a Bristol herb garden to find out about a plant that is on the front line in the fight against cancer.
33. Dartmoor
13 Aug 2017 · 60 min
Anita Rani explores the Artisan Trail in Dartmoor, a newly created route that links some of the area's best artists and craftspeople.
34. Summer Special
20 Aug 2017 · 60 min
Anita Rani explores the Artisan Trail in Dartmoor, a newly created route that links some of the area's best artists and craftspeople.
35. Llyn Peninsula
27 Aug 2017 · 60 min
On the Llyn Peninsula, Ellie goes snorkelling to explore the rich seagrass habitat underwater. Steve meets the dairy farmers who produce and deliver their own milk.
36. Harvest
3 Sept 2017 · 60 min
Countryfile looks at how food is harvested, from large-scale crops for supermarket shelves to smaller hand-picked harvests for local markets.
37. Rame Peninsula
10 Sept 2017 · 60 min
Ellie Harrison visits Mount Edgcumbe on Cornwall's Rame Peninsula, where the UK's first ever native dark honeybee reserve has just opened.
38. Protected Countryside
17 Sept 2017 · 60 min
To mark it becoming a Unesco World Heritage Site, Ellie explores what makes the Lake District an area of international cultural significance.
39. One Man and His Dog 2017
24 Sept 2017 · 60 min
The best shepherds and their dogs from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales go head to head for the coveted One Man and His Dog 2017 title.
40. South Yorkshire
1 Oct 2017 · 60 min
Ellie is in South Yorkshire, right on the border of the Peak District, following in the footsteps of the Clarion Ramblers.
41. Dumfries House
8 Oct 2017 · 60 min
Prince Charles talks about why he stepped in to save Dumfries House in East Ayrshire and his vision of how it can be used to help the local community.
42. Nature Strikes Back
15 Oct 2017 · 60 min
Thirty years on from the Great Storm of 1987, Ellie Harrison visits Wakehurst Place in West Sussex to learn how it dealt with the devastation.
43. Cornish Heartlands
22 Oct 2017 · 60 min
John and Margherita are in Cornwall, where John attends a food festival with a difference. Plus a profile of Cornish artist David Hosking.
44. Ramble for Children in Need
29 Oct 2017 · 60 min
A special programme following the team as they lead the way on rambles of their own through some of Britain's best landscapes, all in aid of Children in Need.
45. Autumn Special
5 Nov 2017 · 60 min
Matt Baker crunches through the leaves to find out about a new charter to protect woodlands, and Ellie Harrison meets Skomer's new seal pups.
46. Remembrance
12 Nov 2017 · 60 min
Ellie Harrison finds out about the so-called 'Idle' women of the canals, who played a vital role in the Second World War.
47. Hertfordshire
19 Nov 2017 · 60 min
Countryfile is in Hertfordshire, where Charlotte Smith meets the man who's made it his sole mission to save the barbel in the Old River Lea.
48. Cairngorms
26 Nov 2017 · 60 min
Joe Crowley is at Britain's largest national nature reserve, Mar Lodge, and he is on the search for ptarmigan at the top of a mountain.
49. Cleveland Way
3 Dec 2017 · 60 min
Helen Skelton and Sean Fletcher are on the Cleveland Way in Yorkshire. Helen meets the team of Scouts who have 'adopted' their own stretch of the 109-mile trail.
50. The Brecks
10 Dec 2017 · 60 min
Ellie Harrison finds out about a conservation effort to save two species from extinction in Breckland, on the Norfolk-Suffolk border.
51. My Countryside Compilation
17 Dec 2017 · 60 min
Ellie Harrison sees her home county of Gloucestershire as she has never seen it before. And Nina Wadia explores the Highlands.
52. Christmas Special
24 Dec 2017 · 60 min
In this Christmas special, Matt Baker, John Craven and Anita Rani are in Castleton in the Peak District, where the Christmas tree festival is in full swing.
53. New Zealand Compilation
31 Dec 2017 · 60 min
In New Zealand, Adam Henson meets some old friends, helps with a cattle muster and witnesses sheep farming on a breathtaking scale.