2018

Countryfile2018

2018
52 Episodes

Episodes

Ribble Valley
S31E01

Ribble Valley

Matt Baker is in the Gisburn Forest and meets the people who make the most of what nature has to offer here. Anita Rani is on a farm which is looking to the future.

07 Jan 201860m
Somerset Levels
S31E02

Somerset Levels

In the Somerset Levels, Matt Baker is on the hunt for the common crane, a bird that has been brought back from the brink and which now thrives in the area.

14 Jan 201860m
Leicestershire
S31E03

Leicestershire

Anita Rani visits Leicester University's herbarium to investigate the city's plants' past, present and future, and Tom Heap looks at the rural fire services.

21 Jan 201860m
Perth and Kinross
S31E04

Perth and Kinross

Matt Baker visits a farm in Crieff to meet two brothers from a family famous in the sport of curling, discovering how Olympic training fits around farming.

28 Jan 201860m
Winter Special
S31E05

Winter Special

Matt Baker meets the Dorset man championing local winter produce. Anita Rani finds out how making jewellery inspired by nature can improve the winter blues.

04 Feb 201860m
Cambridgeshire
S31E06

Cambridgeshire

Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker are in Cambridgeshire, where Matt looks at a huge project to turn a quarry into the UK's biggest reed bed.

11 Feb 201860m
Anglesey
S31E07

Anglesey

Matt Baker and Anita Rani are in Anglesey, where Matt is on the lookout for harbour porpoises and Anita finds out what's behind the boom in Menai mussels.

18 Feb 201860m
Derbyshire
S31E08

Derbyshire

Matt Baker and Helen Skelton are in Derbyshire, where Matt is exploring the boom in farming alpacas. Tom Heap looks at illegal abattoirs.

25 Feb 201860m
Waterworlds Compilation
S31E09

Waterworlds Compilation

Helen Skelton is at Kielder Water in Northumberland, exploring the ways in which water shapes our lives. Plus watery worlds from the Countryfile archive.

04 Mar 201860m
The Lothians and Borders
S31E10

The Lothians and Borders

Matt Baker visits St Abbs - a community who refused to let their lifeboat service go under.

11 Mar 201860m
Pembrokeshire
S31E11

Pembrokeshire

Ellie Harrison is in Pembrokeshire looking at the effect of recent storms on the coastline. Adam Henson is in Scotland exploring the mystery behind some missing upland sheep. Tom Heap looks at the problems faced by the UK's sheep farmers and asks why people have fallen out of love with lamb.

18 Mar 201860m
Shropshire
S31E12

Shropshire

Matt Baker immerses himself in Shropshire Wildlife Trust's Love Your Rivers project. It's a huge conservation operation, involving 12 organisations.

25 Mar 201860m
West Yorkshire
S31E13

West Yorkshire

Matt, Anita and Joe Crowley are in West Yorkshire where Matt meets Dr Ryad Alsous, a refugee from Syria whose love of bees has helped him forge a new life here.

01 Apr 201860m
Loch Ness
S31E14

Loch Ness

Sean Fletcher and Naomi Wilkinson are in the wilds around Loch Ness. They travel to to Glenurquhart where they go head to head in a game of shinty.

08 Apr 201860m
Cumbria
S31E15

Cumbria

Matt Baker and Anita Rani are in West Cumbria where Matt takes a wild and bracing walk along a brand new section of the England Coast Path on Walney Island near Barrow.

15 Apr 201860m
Heritage Crafts
S31E16

Heritage Crafts

Anita Rani is in Norfolk meeting the people keeping some of the UK's vanishing trades alive, including a millwright and a reed cutter.

22 Apr 201860m
Cornwall
S31E17

Cornwall

Matt Baker is in Cornwall to meet Julian Jackson, who lost his sight in 2010 and is raising money for a vision charity by walking from Land's End to John O'Groats.

29 Apr 201860m
Northumberland
S31E18

Northumberland

Anita Rani is in Rothbury, being put through her paces with the mountain rescue team and hearing how new technologies are helping search-and-rescue operations.

06 May 201860m
Hampshire
S31E19

Hampshire

The team are in Hampshire, where Matt Baker hears about a project championing the use of local wood. John Craven hears how oysters are being reintroduced to the Solent.

13 May 201860m
Spring Special
S31E20

Spring Special

Ellie Harrison meets the designer who's creating a celebratory 30th anniversary Countryfile garden for the Hampton Court Flower Show.

20 May 201860m
Royal Special: Windsor
S31E21

Royal Special: Windsor

To celebrate 65 years since Her Majesty's coronation, Countryfile, also celebrating its 30th anniversary, has been given unprecedented access to the Queen's Windsor estate.

27 May 201860m
Royal Special: Balmoral
S31E22

Royal Special: Balmoral

To celebrate 65 years since HM the Queen's coronation, Countryfile has been given unprecedented access to the Queen's Balmoral estate.

03 Jun 201860m
Royal Special: Sandringham
S31E23

Royal Special: Sandringham

To celebrate 65 years since Her Majesty's coronation, Countryfile visits the Queen's Sandringham estate. Adam Henson looks into the farming history of Sandringham.

10 Jun 201860m
Northern Ireland
S31E24

Northern Ireland

Sean Fletcher, Margherita Taylor and Steve Brown are in Northern Ireland. John Craven launches the Countryfile Photographic Competition with Cerys Matthews.

17 Jun 201860m
West Sussex
S31E25

West Sussex

In West Sussex, Matt explores the phenomenon of 'champing' - where people pay to stay in churches - and Ellie meets Maya Leonard, a self-proclaimed insect activist.

24 Jun 201860m
Dorset
S31E26

Dorset

Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor are in Dorset, where Matt spends time at Lorton Meadows, a nature reserve renowned for its birds of prey.

01 Jul 201860m
Hampton Court
S31E27

Hampton Court

Ellie Harrison and Sean Fletcher explore the grounds and surrounds of Hampton Court Palace, which is home to the last stable of working shire horses in London.

08 Jul 201860m
The Seven Wonders of Wales
S31E28

The Seven Wonders of Wales

Sean Fletcher introduces his 'seven wonders of Wales' - the mountains, hill farming, heritage, wildlife, castles, food and the coastline.

15 Jul 201860m
30th Anniversary
S31E29

30th Anniversary

To celebrate Countryfile's 30th anniversary, John Craven takes us through 30 of the most memorable moments from the programme from the past three decades.

22 Jul 201860m
Exmoor
S31E30

Exmoor

In Exmoor, Margherita Taylor meets those doing all they can to restore the habitat, and numbers, of the UK's most endangered butterfly - the high brown fritillary.

29 Jul 201860m
East Yorkshire
S31E31

East Yorkshire

John, Margherita and Steve are in East Yorkshire where John takes a trip down memory lane to the seaside holidays of his youth.

05 Aug 201860m
Nottinghamshire
S31E32

Nottinghamshire

Matt, Ellie and Steve are in Nottinghamshire where Matt reports on the plight of the original Bramley apple tree and there's a double hit of wildlife from Ellie.

12 Aug 201860m
Countryfile Live
S31E33

Countryfile Live

The team are at Countryfile Live, set in the stunning grounds of Blenheim Palace. Steve Brown goes backstage at the first ever British charcuterie awards.

19 Aug 201860m
North Wales
S31E34

North Wales

Matt and Margherita are in north Wales where Matt discovers how miniature technology could tell us more about the habits of one of our best-loved insects.

26 Aug 201860m
Saltmarsh, Sand and Sea
S31E35

Saltmarsh, Sand and Sea

Steve Brown goes on a tour of the Isle of Sheppey. A flat landscape typified by saltmarsh, sea and big skies, this is a wilderness full of wildlife.

02 Sept 201860m
Essex
S31E36

Essex

Anita Rani and John Craven visit Essex. Anita hears how timber that has travelled around the world from the tropics to the UK is being up-cycled and repurposed.

09 Sept 201860m
Harvest
S31E37

Harvest

Helen Skelton visits a farm in York to hear how carrots are in crisis. The extremes of weather have lead to the lowest yields for decades and the highest levels of imports.

16 Sept 201860m
One Man and His Dog
S31E38

One Man and His Dog

The British Isles' top shepherds and their collies descend on the small village of Llansteffan in south Wales as we host Countryfile's One Man and His Dog 2018.

23 Sept 201860m
Hereford
S31E39

Hereford

The team are in Herefordshire visiting a habitat creation project, harvesting hops and learning about the new-found popularity of a medieval apple drink called verjuice.

30 Sept 201860m
Wildlife Special
S31E40

Wildlife Special

Ellie Harrison takes a look at the state of the country's wildlife - the pressures it is under, the challenges it faces and the prospects for vulnerable species.

07 Oct 201860m
A Different Day Out
S31E41

A Different Day Out

Ellie Harrison is in Derbyshire to explore ideas for a different day out, including building a makeshift raft and taking in an arts trail.

14 Oct 201860m
Autumn Special
S31E42

Autumn Special

Matt Baker is on the Isle of Skye otter spotting, Anita Rani visits the Ards Peninsular, and Steve Brown experiences the beauty of autumn leaves in miniature.

21 Oct 201860m
Ramble for BBC Children in Need
S31E43

Ramble for BBC Children in Need

The fourth annual Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need features the show's presenters leading rambles across the UK, joined by viewers and inspirational youngsters.

28 Oct 201860m
Worcestershire
S31E44

Worcestershire

Countryfile visits Worcestershire, where Matt Baker finds out about plans to save Pershore Lock Island and encourage more wildlife to live there.

04 Nov 201860m
East Sussex
S31E45

East Sussex

Countryfile visits East Sussex, where Sean Fletcher meets the family with a passion for poultry.

11 Nov 201860m
Cambridgeshire
S31E46

Cambridgeshire

Countryfile visits Cambridgeshire, where Anita Rani is at the 40th annual hedge-laying competition and meets a painter who finds trees totally inspiring.

18 Nov 201860m
Suffolk
S31E47

Suffolk

Countryfile is in Suffolk, where John Craven takes to the water to meet the Walberswick ferrywomen. He also finds out about the age-old craft of pargetting.

25 Nov 201860m
County Durham
S31E48

County Durham

Countryfile is in County Durham, where Helen Skelton finds out about the traditional rapper dance of the region and Steve Brown finds out about fancy pigeon showing.

02 Dec 201860m
Isle of Wight
S31E49

Isle of Wight

John Craven, Helen Skelton and Margherita Taylor are on the Isle of Wight, where John meets the amateur dinosaur hunter finding new prehistoric creatures.

09 Dec 201860m
Cairngorms
S31E50

Cairngorms

In the Cairngorms, Matt Baker meets Tilly Smith and her herd of 150 reindeer, whose grazing habits are being studied by scientists to assess their environmental impact.

16 Dec 201860m
Christmas Special
S31E51

Christmas Special

Matt Baker and the team are in the small village of Elsdon in Northumberland, where preparations are in full swing for a big Christmas bash.

23 Dec 201860m
Countryfile's Inspirational Women
S31E52

Countryfile's Inspirational Women

Anita Rani is in Yorkshire celebrating some of the many remarkable women who have been featured on the programme over the years.

30 Dec 201860m