Countryfile (Season 28)

The people, places and stories making news in the British countryside.

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    Rare Breeds Compilation (Episode 1)

    Air date: 2015-01-04

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Adam Henson presents a special edition of Countryfile looking at rare breed farm animals, starting with his own old spot pigs.

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    Somerset (Episode 2)

    Air date: 2015-01-11

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The team are in Somerset, revisiting areas hit by 2014's floods. Matt Baker talks to farmer Geoff Miller, and Helen Skelton explores the bird life of the area.

  • Poster for Keswick

    Keswick (Episode 3)

    Air date: 2015-01-18

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: In the Lake District, Matt Baker discovers a piece of mountain rescue equipment being used to enable wheelchair users to abseil and Ellie Harrison climbs Helvellyn.

  • Poster for Burns Highlands

    Burns Highlands (Episode 4)

    Air date: 2015-01-25

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The team are in the Highlands of Scotland following in the footsteps of poet Robert Burns. Ellie Harrison learns how to drive a pony and carriage.

  • Poster for West Yorkshire

    West Yorkshire (Episode 5)

    Air date: 2015-02-01

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Ellie Harrison joins one of Britain's best poets, Simon Armitage, on a yomp across the snowy moors. Matt Baker visits a farm run by volunteers with wildlife in mind.

  • Poster for Leicestershire

    Leicestershire (Episode 6)

    Air date: 2015-02-08

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Ellie Harrison reports from Leicestershire on the drastic decline in farmland birds and joins farmers learning how to spot rare birds.

  • Poster for Gloucestershire

    Gloucestershire (Episode 7)

    Air date: 2015-02-15

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Ten years on from the fox hunting ban, Matt Baker visits the oldest pack of foxhounds in the country and Tom Heap hears from people on both sides of the debate.

  • Poster for Suffolk

    Suffolk (Episode 8)

    Air date: 2015-02-22

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Suffolk finding out how erosion has shaped the landscape, swallowed up whole towns and inspired award-winning authors.

  • Poster for Pembrokeshire

    Pembrokeshire (Episode 9)

    Air date: 2015-03-01

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Countryfile is in Pembrokeshire to mark St David's Day. Matt Baker forages for food and Ellie Harrison is out at sea trying to spot a porpoise.

  • Poster for Cheshire

    Cheshire (Episode 10)

    Air date: 2015-03-08

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The team are in rural Cheshire. Matt Baker finds out about agricultural apprentices and Tom Heap asks whether we should be building more affordable houses in rural areas.

  • Poster for Northern Ireland

    Northern Ireland (Episode 11)

    Air date: 2015-03-15

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The team explore the watery east of Northern Ireland. Matt Baker discovers the Irish hares who have made a rather unusual location home.

  • Poster for All Creatures Great and Small

    All Creatures Great and Small (Episode 12)

    Air date: 2015-03-22

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Countryfile is on the Isle of Man. Adam Henson explores the local rock pools and goes on safari to find a wallaby.

  • Poster for Hampshire

    Hampshire (Episode 13)

    Air date: 2015-03-29

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Matt Baker and Shauna Lowry are in Hampshire, Charlotte Smith is at London Fashion Week and Tom Heap investigates the potential of tidal power in the UK.

  • Poster for Norfolk

    Norfolk (Episode 14)

    Air date: 2015-04-05

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Norfolk. Matt finds out the important part rabbits play in maintaining the Breckland heath. Ellie visits the mysterious Grime's Graves.

  • Poster for North Cumbria

    North Cumbria (Episode 15)

    Air date: 2015-04-12

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in the uplands of north Cumbria. Matt meets photographer Ian Lawson, who has spent years photographing the hill shepherds.

  • Poster for Woodland

    Woodland (Episode 16)

    Air date: 2015-04-19

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Ellie Harrison, John Craven and Anita Rani explore Britain's woodlands, while Tom Heap investigates what can be done to protect trees from the threat of disease.

  • Poster for High Peak

    High Peak (Episode 17)

    Air date: 2015-04-26

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: In the Peak District, John Craven looks at how to make the countryside accessible to all, Ellie Harrison meets some search dogs and Anita Rani explores the Pennine Way.

  • Poster for Spring Special

    Spring Special (Episode 18)

    Air date: 2015-05-03

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: As the landscape bursts back into life, the team celebrate spring. Matt Baker gets a real feel of spring in north Wales, where he meets a flock of orphan lambs.

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    Farming Heroes (Episode 19)

    Air date: 2015-05-10

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Countryfile celebrates Britain's farming heroes past and present. Adam Henson is in Bristol to reveal the winner of the first ever Countryfile Farming Hero.

  • Poster for Where Town Meets Country

    Where Town Meets Country (Episode 20)

    Air date: 2015-05-17

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Anita Rani returns to her home turf of Bradford to explore the countryside on the edge of the city. She discovers the rural gems right on her doorstep.

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    Warwickshire (Episode 21)

    Air date: 2015-05-24

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Countryfile visits Warwickshire, where Matt Baker explores Charlecote Park and Anita Rani discovers what it is really like to be a pig farmer.

  • Poster for Channel Islands

    Channel Islands (Episode 22)

    Air date: 2015-05-31

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Countryfile visits the Channel Islands, where Matt Baker explores the legacy of naturalist Gerald Durrell and Ellie Harrison helps with a habitat restoration.

  • Poster for Somerset

    Somerset (Episode 23)

    Air date: 2015-06-07

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Matt and Ellie are in Somerset, where Matt is following in the footsteps of a legendary caver who first explored the caverns beneath the Mendips a century ago.

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    Nottinghamshire (Episode 24)

    Air date: 2015-06-14

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Matt Baker visits a village where they farm just as they did in the Middle Ages, while Ellie Harrison goes bird spotting in Nottingham city centre.

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    East Yorkshire (Episode 25)

    Air date: 2015-06-21

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: In East Yorkshire, Ellie takes to the water near the mighty Bempton Cliffs and Matt tries his hand at fly fishing on the UK's most northerly chalk stream.

  • Poster for Working Landscapes Compilation

    Working Landscapes Compilation (Episode 26)

    Air date: 2015-06-28

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: John Craven explores the working landscape of Dartmoor and discovers a fascinating photographic record of the farming community going back decades.

  • Poster for Cornwall

    Cornwall (Episode 27)

    Air date: 2015-07-05

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: In Cornwall, Matt Baker tests his sea legs on the hunt for basking sharks. Ellie Harrison gets up to her knees in stinging nettles to dispel their bad name.

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    Derbyshire (Episode 28)

    Air date: 2015-07-12

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: In Derbyshire, Matt Baker follows a new pilgrimage trail set up to mark the 350th anniversary of the plague, and Anita meets a man who grows furniture.

  • Poster for Northumberland

    Northumberland (Episode 29)

    Air date: 2015-07-19

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: In Northumberland, Matt Baker meets the artist who has learnt to dive so he can capture on canvas what lies beneath the North Sea.

  • Poster for Summer Special

    Summer Special (Episode 30)

    Air date: 2015-07-26

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The Countryfile team visit the Kent County Show for their summer special. Friend of the show John Hammond explains just why Kent is so fruitful.

  • Poster for Sheep Theme

    Sheep Theme (Episode 31)

    Air date: 2015-08-02

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The team look at all things sheep. Joe Crowley heads to the Yorkshire Dales to visit a traditional upland farm where the shearing is in full swing.

  • Poster for Compilation Seaside Theme

    Compilation Seaside Theme (Episode 32)

    Air date: 2015-08-09

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: John Craven travels to Llandudno to look at what it takes to make a great summer holiday. The team look back at their other summer holiday ideas.

  • Poster for CLA Game Fair

    CLA Game Fair (Episode 33)

    Air date: 2015-08-16

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Joe Crowley and Anita Rani explore the Country Land and Business Association's annual game fair, one of the highlights of the rural calendar.

  • Poster for Powys

    Powys (Episode 34)

    Air date: 2015-08-23

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Matt and Anita are in Wales' largest county, Powys. Matt visits Powis Castle, while Anita meets the volunteers delivering locally grown fruit and veg to their community.

  • Poster for Harvest

    Harvest (Episode 35)

    Air date: 2015-08-30

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: In this harvest-themed programme, Matt visits a farm in Buckinghamshire where they do things the old-fashioned way.

  • Poster for Cumbria

    Cumbria (Episode 36)

    Air date: 2015-09-06

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Countryfile is in Cumbria, where John Craven takes to the skies to discover a new line of defence in the battle against flooding - river restoration.

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    Sussex (Episode 37)

    Air date: 2015-09-13

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Countryfile is in West Sussex. John Craven meets the current members of the first Women's Institute in England to discover the impact the WI has had on rural life.

  • Poster for Compilation - The Great Outdoors

    Compilation - The Great Outdoors (Episode 38)

    Air date: 2015-09-20

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Adam Henson is in the Lake District, discovering the joys of the great outdoors and looking back through the Countryfile archive.

  • Poster for One Man and His Dog

    One Man and His Dog (Episode 39)

    Air date: 2015-09-27

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison present Countryfile One Man and His Dog 2015, featuring the best shepherding talent from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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    Lancashire (Episode 40)

    Air date: 2015-10-04

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Anita Rani and Helen Skelton are on the coast of Morecambe Bay in the far north western corner of Lancashire. Anita takes a cycle ride along the coast near Silverdale.

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    Cheshire (Episode 41)

    Air date: 2015-10-11

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Matt Baker and Helen Skelton are in Cheshire. Matt visits Lyme Park, hoping for a glimpse of one of nature's most exciting spectacles - the annual red deer rut.

  • Poster for Autumn Special

    Autumn Special (Episode 42)

    Air date: 2015-10-18

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: This edition of the countryside magazine revels in the colours of autumn. Ellie Harrison visits Perthshire, where the woodlands are a kaleidoscope of colour by both day and night.

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    North Wales (Episode 43)

    Air date: 2015-10-25

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Sean Fletcher visits Capel Celyn, where 50 years ago villagers were evicted to make way for a new reservoir. Sean meets the families still living with that legacy.

  • Poster for Countryfile's Ramble for Children In Need

    Countryfile's Ramble for Children In Need (Episode 44)

    Air date: 2015-11-01

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: In this extended edition of the programme, the team present the first ever Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need, as thousands of people explore the rural landscape.

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    Cambridgeshire (Episode 45)

    Air date: 2015-11-08

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The team explore Cambridgeshire. Matt Baker finds out how Cambridge University students past and present are having an impact on the countryside.

  • Poster for Compilation Field to Fork

    Compilation Field to Fork (Episode 46)

    Air date: 2015-11-15

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Ellie Harrison is in the market town of Frome in Somerset to find out about a field-to-fork revolution which is taking this place by storm.

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    Dorset (Episode 47)

    Air date: 2015-11-22

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Countryfile is in Dorset. Matt Baker explores a woodland architecture school, where the surrounding trees become the building materials.

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    Shropshire (Episode 48)

    Air date: 2015-11-29

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Countryfile is in Shropshire, where John Craven visits a seed bank and Ellie Harrison is on the hunt for the elusive Shropshire pine marten.

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    Highlands (Episode 49)

    Air date: 2015-12-06

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Ellie Harrison and Joe Crowley explore the NC500 - a new 500-mile scenic loop that takes in some of Scotland's remotest and most beautiful places.

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    The Peaks (Episode 50)

    Air date: 2015-12-13

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker are in the Peaks in Derbyshire, looking at how the geology there gives rise to two distinct landforms - the Dark Peak and the White Peak.

  • Poster for Cornish Coastal Christmas

    Cornish Coastal Christmas (Episode 51)

    Air date: 2015-12-20

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: It's Christmas, and Matt and Ellie are in the tiny Cornish fishing village of Coverack, helping the locals get the place set for the festivities.

  • Poster for Compilation: The Farming Year

    Compilation: The Farming Year (Episode 52)

    Air date: 2015-12-27

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Adam Henson prepares for the new year ahead. There's also a look back at the farming year, with some favourites from the Countryfile archives.

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