A Countryside Summer – Series 1
Episodes
Episode 1
Gethin Jones delivers the ultimate guide to a countryside summer, aided by some familar faces. Chris Packham shows us the wildlife we can look out for, Nadiya Hussain cooks lamb with rhubarb glaze on the barbecue and Sean Fletcher takes to the great outdoors on a bike-packing adventure.
Episode 2
Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin visit the Lake District and take some alpacas for a walk, and Simon Reeve takes the plunge when he tries wild swimming.
Episode 3
Adam Henson finds out all about lavender and its benefits, and Margherita Taylor learns about the decline of our wild meadows and what we can do to help.
Episode 4
John Craven guides us through some top spots for birdwatching in the UK, and Sean Fletcher finds nature in the most unlikely of places when he visits a nature trail at Manchester airport.
Episode 5
Marcus Wareing visits an expert herb grower in Bristol, and wildlife artist Robert Fuller shows us the species that thrive near his home in North Yorkshire during the summer months.
Episode 6
Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin visit the stunning Walney Island off the west coast of England, and Mary Berry shows us how to cook a perfect summer pudding.
Episode 7
John Craven shares some top picks of the best beaches in Britain, and Paul Martin finds a great way to enjoy a summer fruit harvest, by hiring a fruit tree.
Episode 8
Jules Hudson goes ‘champing’, that’s camping in a church, and Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin get a special sighting of a flock of kites.
Episode 9
Arit Anderson gets a tour of landscape designer Dan Pearson’s private garden, and Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin share a special encounter with dolphins.
Episode 10
Steve Brown learns about a UK crop of camomile, and Frances Tophill visits a woman in Somerset who grows an impressive range of Thai vegetables.
Episode 11
Simon Reeve meets a farmer who has enlisted the help of beavers to help with the problem of flooding, we meet a buzzard who has an unusual surrogate parent, and Marcus Wareing shows us how to cook his favourite dessert, the apple tarte tatin.
Episode 12
Marcus Wareing sets a challenge for some young chefs who visit his kitchen garden, Hugh Dennis takes to the skies over Sutton Bank in North Yorkshire, and we meet Sid Hill, an ecological gardener who grows edible flowers.
Episode 13
In this episode, we meet a man who shares his passion for allotment gardening and shares some of his best tips, Paul Rose gets on his bike with a group of extraordinary cyclists, and Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin visit a colony of puffins in Pembrokeshire.
Episode 14
Arit Anderson visits a sustainable garden designed with nature and the environment in mind, Marcus Wareing gets tips from a specialist on how to grow shitake mushrooms, and we meet George Lowther who has created a lush tropical garden in Lincolnshire.
Episode 15
Frances Tophill visits an allotment grower on the Isle of Man who uses her plants to make natural skincare products, Iolo Williams goes in search of a pair of hen harriers in Snowdonia, and Tom Kerridge show us how to make his special version of Eton mess.