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Countryfile: 2019
January 6, 2019
52 Episodes
~60 min per episode
Overview
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Episodes
52
1
Vets
Jan 6, 2019
60 min
Adam Henson looks at the harsh reality of being a rural vet in the depths of winter. He also looks back at the trials and tribulations of one the country's largest practices.
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2
Kent
Jan 13, 2019
60 min
Matt Baker is exploring the magnificent Leeds Castle as it celebrates its 900th anniversary. He tries his hand at a spot of falconry with the castle's resident birds of prey.
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3
Wiltshire
Jan 20, 2019
60 min
Matt Baker discovers the incredible work of a care farm in Wiltshire which is changing children's lives. Anita Rani tastes a local cheese with a long heritage.
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4
North Yorkshire
Jan 27, 2019
60 min
Turner Prize-winning artist Rachel Whiteread shows us her sculpture, commissioned to mark the Forestry Commission's centenary.
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5
Winter Wildlife Rescue Compilation
Feb 3, 2019
60 min
Steve Brown visits Lower Moss Wood nature reserve in Cheshire to meet the volunteers and is shown the specialist hospital unit.
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6
Winter Special
Feb 10, 2019
60 min
The team reveal how the countryside is full of life even in the coldest of months. Steve Brown discovers the challenges faced by barn owls during winter.
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Devon
Feb 17, 2019
60 min
In Devon, Matt Baker looks at the work of James Ravilious, who spent years photographing the Devon countryside, and meets one of the farmers who appeared in the photos.
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Gloucestershire
Feb 24, 2019
60 min
Matt and Helen are in Gloucestershire where Matt pays a visit to the world-famous Slimbridge wetland reserve to see how a massive multi-million-pound refurbishment is going.
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9
Cheshire and the Wirral
Mar 3, 2019
60 min
Matt and Ellie explore Cheshire and a wildlife haven in the Wirral, and Hannah Cockroft travels to beautiful North Uist in the Outer Hebrides.
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10
Somerset
Mar 10, 2019
60 min
Matt Baker and Helen Skelton are in Somerset, and in a special film for Comic Relief, Sir Tony Robinson visits a charity that’s making a real difference to people’s lives.
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North West Wales
Mar 17, 2019
60 min
In north west Wales, Joe Crowley visits a sheep farm and meets its striking new arrivals. Margherita Taylor discovers the Welsh names for the local flora and fauna.
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12
Food Compilation
Mar 24, 2019
60 min
Sean is in Oxfordshire meeting farmers with a passion for our more unusual produce, from picklers to cheesemakers.
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13
Surrey
Mar 31, 2019
60 min
Countryfile is exploring Surrey, where Matt Baker meets the women who have inspired generations of conservationists and Helen Skelton visits a biodynamic vineyard.
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14
National Parks
Apr 7, 2019
60 min
Matt Baker, John Craven and Margherita Taylor mark the 70th anniversary of the creation of our national parks.
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15
Shropshire
Apr 14, 2019
60 min
Matt meets the farmer using a no-till method of raising crops to help save our soils, while Ellie is on the trail of Shropshire’s Clun sheep.
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16
Herts & Bucks
Apr 21, 2019
60 min
Matt is in Panshanger Park in Hertfordshire, seeing how an old quarry has become one of the best places for wildlife in the county.
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17
Spring Special
Apr 28, 2019
60 min
Matt Baker is at Morecambe Bay to meet caravan enthusiasts celebrating 100 years of caravanning history, while John Craven tries his hand at sheep shearing.
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18
Living on the Edge
May 5, 2019
60 min
With sea levels rising and ferocious waves battering our coasts, Ellie Harrison finds out what it’s like living on the edge of land and sea all year round.
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19
Aberdeenshire
May 12, 2019
60 min
Anita Rani is in Aberdeenshire meeting a family with a passion for Highland cattle, and Joe Crowley investigates the rapidly falling number of wild Atlantic salmon.
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20
Queen Victoria
May 19, 2019
60 min
This month marks 200 years since Queen Victoria’s birth, so Countryfile is exploring the Victorian fascination with nature and the great outdoors.
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21
Derbyshire
May 26, 2019
60 min
The team are in Derbyshire. Matt Baker joins a group who have been restoring Chesterfield’s canals, Anita Rani visits Tissington and Steve Brown learns how we can help pollinators.
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22
South Wales
Jun 2, 2019
60 min
Matt Baker learns about a scheme to create new structures from the fabric of the land, while Tom Heap asks whether our countryside has become a tax haven for the super-rich.
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23
Chalk Streams
Jun 9, 2019
60 min
Anita and Matt are in Hampshire celebrating our chalk streams, while Adam and Charlotte meet the last of the three contenders for our Farming Hero Award.
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24
West Yorkshire
Jun 16, 2019
60 min
Matt Baker visits the beautiful Hardcastle Crags near Hebden Bridge, and John Craven launches this year's photographic competition.
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25
Lincolnshire
Jun 23, 2019
60 min
In Lincolnshire, Ellie kicks back in a bar where it’s not drinks on the menu but clouds! Meanwhile, Adam looks at what Brexit could mean for our farmers.
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26
Caring for Our Planet Compilation
Jun 30, 2019
60 min
Machynlleth is the first town in Wales to declare a climate emergency. Anita sees how the community is doing its bit in the fight against a warming planet.
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27
Summer Special - Royal Highland Show
Jul 7, 2019
60 min
The team are at the Royal Highland Show celebrating the best that rural Scotland has to offer, including the Arbroath smokie and an award-winning Scottish gin.
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28
Bedfordshire
Jul 14, 2019
60 min
John Craven visits the secluded Luton Hoo estate, once a training ground for land girls, and Tom Heap looks at new forms of environmental campaigning.
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29
Cornwall
Jul 21, 2019
60 min
Anita Rani visits the Antony Estate on the Rame Peninsula, John Craven visits an off-grid camp in Truro, and Tom Heap meets farmers caught up in the bovine TB outbreak.
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Gloucestershire
Jul 28, 2019
60 min
The team is in Gloucestershire to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Riding for the Disabled Association. Interviewed, Princess Anne talks of her long association with the RDA.
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31
Norfolk
Aug 4, 2019
60 min
John and Margherita are in Norfolk, where John is up at the crack of dawn to help with a release back into the wild of one of our rarest birds, the corncrake.
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Perthshire
Aug 11, 2019
60 min
Countryfile visits Perthshire, where Matt visits Cultybraggan, a former prisoner of war camp that is now a thriving community of artisans and food producers.
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33
Working Animals
Aug 18, 2019
60 min
Sean is in the Lake District taking a look at some of the jobs working animals do, and we take another look at working animals we’ve featured in the past.
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34
Warwickshire
Aug 25, 2019
60 min
Matt Baker marks the centenary of the death of Joseph Arch, a farm labourer who founded the first national farm workers' union and later became an MP.
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35
Evacuees Special
Sep 1, 2019
60 min
This special programme looks back at how the wartime evacuation of children to the countryside shaped the lives of a whole generation.
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36
Northumberland
Sep 8, 2019
60 min
This week the team are in Northumberland. Helen Skelton visits the Blyth Tall Ship scheme, where students from disadvantaged areas are taught traditional boat-building skills.
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Dorset
Sep 15, 2019
60 min
Ellie Harrison joins volunteers restoring the Cerne Abbas Giant, and Charlotte Smith investigates the true scale of domestic abuse in the countryside.
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38
One Man and His Dog
Sep 22, 2019
60 min
The best shepherds from across the British Isles descend on the Scottish Borders to find out which nation has what it takes to claim the coveted title of One Man and His Dog 2019.
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Lake District
Sep 29, 2019
60 min
Joe Crowley is in Cumbria exploring the Lakes’ wild side, and Charlotte investigates the rise of far-right extremism in the countryside.
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40
Nature's Bounty
Oct 6, 2019
60 min
Helen Skelton learns about the history and traditions of harvesting, and we revisit the times when our presenters got stuck in to help harvest this country's varied produce.
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41
Wembury
Oct 13, 2019
60 min
Joe Crowley, Anita Rani and Ellie Harrison explore the wildlife and naval history of Wembury, near Plymouth, while Tom Heap tracks the gangs stealing village cashpoints.
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42
Forest of Dean
Oct 20, 2019
60 min
In the Forest of Dean, Matt Baker is on the hunt for the elusive adder, while Margherita Taylor meets a local brass band and visits Puzzlewood.
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43
Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children In Need
Oct 27, 2019
60 min
Matt Baker leads the fifth annual Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need.
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44
Autumn Special
Nov 3, 2019
60 min
John Craven takes a walk in the footsteps of the poet John Keats and explores the landscape that inspired his poem To Autumn, written 200 years ago this autumn.
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45
Essex
Nov 10, 2019
60 min
Matt Baker helps the Essex Wildlife Trust with their first ever winter fish survey on Fingringhoe Wick, a newly created stretch of saltmarsh.
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46
Balcaskie
Nov 17, 2019
60 min
The team are on the Balcaskie Estate in the East Neuk of Fife, where Charlotte Smith tries her hand at the fast-growing rural sport of competitive ploughing.
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47
Conwy and Gwynedd
Nov 24, 2019
60 min
Matt Baker walks the Snowdonia slate trail, while Ellie Harrison finds out about the Outdoor Partnership, a project to get people outdoors and into the countryside.
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48
Tees Valley
Dec 1, 2019
60 min
Sean Fletcher and Helen Skelton explore the Tees Valley, while Tom Heap looks at whether enough is being done to protect UK farming and food production from flooding.
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Wiltshire
Dec 8, 2019
60 min
John Craven visits a wood in Wiltshire that has been ravaged by ash dieback, while Adam Henson is in Lincolnshire to see for himself the impact of the recent devastating floods.
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Buckinghamshire
Dec 15, 2019
60 min
Matt Baker joins a group of schoolchildren making their first visit to a farm, while Margherita Taylor meets the people preserving some of the UK's last box trees.
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51
Christmas Special
Dec 22, 2019
60 min
John Craven and the team are at Tyntesfield in Somerset, a stately pile that celebrates Christmas in high Victorian style.
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52
Caring for Our Community
Dec 29, 2019
60 min
Steve Brown is in Somerset celebrating the work that volunteers and communities do in our countryside. He spends the day on a community farm that's doing its bit for sustainability.
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