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Countryfile - Season 30

Episode List

My Countryside Compilation
E1 - My Countryside Compilation

Aired: January 01, 2017

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.

Shropshire
E2 - Shropshire

Aired: January 08, 2017

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.

Carmarthenshire
E3 - Carmarthenshire

Aired: January 15, 2017

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.

Jurassic Coast
E4 - Jurassic Coast

Aired: January 22, 2017

Countryfile is on the Jurassic Coast, where Matt Baker meets the man who's been digging for fossils for more than thirty years.

Peak District
E5 - Peak District

Aired: January 29, 2017

Countryfile is exploring the Peak District. Matt Baker joins the team on a mission to restore the scarred moorland.

Feathered Friends
E6 - Feathered Friends

Aired: February 05, 2017

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.

Winter Special
E7 - Winter Special

Aired: February 12, 2017

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.

Somerset
E8 - Somerset

Aired: February 19, 2017

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.

Isle of Man
E9 - Isle of Man

Aired: February 26, 2017

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.

South Downs
E10 - South Downs

Aired: March 05, 2017

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.

Farming Now and Then
E11 - Farming Now and Then

Aired: March 12, 2017

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.

Hoo Peninsula
E12 - Hoo Peninsula

Aired: March 19, 2017

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.

Denbighshire
E13 - Denbighshire

Aired: March 26, 2017

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.

Forests
E14 - Forests

Aired: April 02, 2017

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.

Holderness
E15 - Holderness

Aired: April 09, 2017

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.

Lancashire
E16 - Lancashire

Aired: April 16, 2017

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.

County Durham
E17 - County Durham

Aired: April 23, 2017

Countryfile is in County Durham, and Matt is on his old home turf, showing how to make panackelty, a traditional north-eastern dish.

Warwickshire
E18 - Warwickshire

Aired: April 30, 2017

For Hedgehog Awareness Week, Ellie Harrison meets three schoolgirls on a mission to keep the hedgehogs of Warwickshire safe from harm.

Tales of the Riverbank Compilation
E19 - Tales of the Riverbank Compilation

Aired: May 07, 2017

Ellie Harrison reveals how the landscape has been shaped by rivers, meeting those who live, work and play on the banks of the Severn.

Suffolk
E20 - Suffolk

Aired: May 14, 2017

Matt Baker hears about the plans the Suffolk Wildlife Trust are making for their biggest-ever land purchase in the charity's 55 years.

Lanarkshire
E21 - Lanarkshire

Aired: May 21, 2017

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.

Spring Special
E22 - Spring Special

Aired: May 28, 2017

In a spring special edition of the programme Countryfile goes in search of the secret and often overlooked wonders of the season.

Essex
E23 - Essex

Aired: June 04, 2017

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.

Northern Ireland
E24 - Northern Ireland

Aired: June 11, 2017

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.

Wye: Hay Festival
E25 - Wye: Hay Festival

Aired: June 18, 2017

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.

Working Animals Compilation
E26 - Working Animals Compilation

Aired: June 25, 2017

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.

Worcestershire
E27 - Worcestershire

Aired: July 02, 2017

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.

Northants
E28 - Northants

Aired: July 09, 2017

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.

Fife
E29 - Fife

Aired: July 16, 2017

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.

Wiltshire
E30 - Wiltshire

Aired: July 23, 2017

Anita meets the contestants of the International Young Beekeepers competition at Marlborough College and visits the River Kennet.

Cities
E31 - Cities

Aired: July 30, 2017

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.

Roots and Shoots
E32 - Roots and Shoots

Aired: August 06, 2017

Ellie Harrison visits a Bristol herb garden to find out about a plant that is on the front line in the fight against cancer.

Dartmoor
E33 - Dartmoor

Aired: August 13, 2017

Anita Rani explores the Artisan Trail in Dartmoor, a newly created route that links some of the area's best artists and craftspeople.

Summer Special
E34 - Summer Special

Aired: August 20, 2017

Anita Rani explores the Artisan Trail in Dartmoor, a newly created route that links some of the area's best artists and craftspeople.

Llyn Peninsula
E35 - Llyn Peninsula

Aired: August 27, 2017

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.

Harvest
E36 - Harvest

Aired: September 03, 2017

Countryfile looks at how food is harvested, from large-scale crops for supermarket shelves to smaller hand-picked harvests for local markets.

Rame Peninsula
E37 - Rame Peninsula

Aired: September 10, 2017

Ellie Harrison visits Mount Edgcumbe on Cornwall's Rame Peninsula, where the UK's first ever native dark honeybee reserve has just opened.

Protected Countryside
E38 - Protected Countryside

Aired: September 17, 2017

To mark it becoming a Unesco World Heritage Site, Ellie explores what makes the Lake District an area of international cultural significance.

One Man and His Dog 2017
E39 - One Man and His Dog 2017

Aired: September 24, 2017

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.

South Yorkshire
E40 - South Yorkshire

Aired: October 01, 2017

Ellie is in South Yorkshire, right on the border of the Peak District, following in the footsteps of the Clarion Ramblers.

Dumfries House
E41 - Dumfries House

Aired: October 08, 2017

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.

Nature Strikes Back
E42 - Nature Strikes Back

Aired: October 15, 2017

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.

Cornish Heartlands
E43 - Cornish Heartlands

Aired: October 22, 2017

John and Margherita are in Cornwall, where John attends a food festival with a difference. Plus a profile of Cornish artist David Hosking.

Ramble for Children in Need
E44 - Ramble for Children in Need

Aired: October 29, 2017

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.

Autumn Special
E45 - Autumn Special

Aired: November 05, 2017

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.

Remembrance
E46 - Remembrance

Aired: November 12, 2017

Ellie Harrison finds out about the so-called 'Idle' women of the canals, who played a vital role in the Second World War.

Hertfordshire
E47 - Hertfordshire

Aired: November 19, 2017

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.

Cairngorms
E48 - Cairngorms

Aired: November 26, 2017

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.

Cleveland Way
E49 - Cleveland Way

Aired: December 03, 2017

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.

The Brecks
E50 - The Brecks

Aired: December 10, 2017

Ellie Harrison finds out about a conservation effort to save two species from extinction in Breckland, on the Norfolk-Suffolk border.

My Countryside Compilation
E51 - My Countryside Compilation

Aired: December 17, 2017

Ellie Harrison sees her home county of Gloucestershire as she has never seen it before. And Nina Wadia explores the Highlands.

Christmas Special
E52 - Christmas Special

Aired: December 24, 2017

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.

New Zealand Compilation
E53 - New Zealand Compilation

Aired: December 31, 2017

In New Zealand, Adam Henson meets some old friends, helps with a cattle muster and witnesses sheep farming on a breathtaking scale.