The people, places and stories making news in the British countryside.
Countryfile (Season 31)
Ribble Valley (Episode 1)
Air date: 2018-01-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Somerset Levels (Episode 2)
Air date: 2018-01-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Leicestershire (Episode 3)
Air date: 2018-01-21
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Perth and Kinross (Episode 4)
Air date: 2018-01-28
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Winter Special (Episode 5)
Air date: 2018-02-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Cambridgeshire (Episode 6)
Air date: 2018-02-11
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Anglesey (Episode 7)
Air date: 2018-02-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Derbyshire (Episode 8)
Air date: 2018-02-25
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Matt Baker and Helen Skelton are in Derbyshire, where Matt is exploring the boom in farming alpacas. Tom Heap looks at illegal abattoirs.
Waterworlds Compilation (Episode 9)
Air date: 2018-03-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Helen Skelton is at Kielder Water in Northumberland, exploring the ways in which water shapes our lives. Plus watery worlds from the Countryfile archive.
The Lothians and Borders (Episode 10)
Air date: 2018-03-11
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Matt Baker visits St Abbs - a community who refused to let their lifeboat service go under.
Pembrokeshire (Episode 11)
Air date: 2018-03-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Shropshire (Episode 12)
Air date: 2018-03-25
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Matt Baker immerses himself in Shropshire Wildlife Trust's Love Your Rivers project. It's a huge conservation operation, involving 12 organisations.
West Yorkshire (Episode 13)
Air date: 2018-04-01
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Loch Ness (Episode 14)
Air date: 2018-04-08
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Cumbria (Episode 15)
Air date: 2018-04-15
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Heritage Crafts (Episode 16)
Air date: 2018-04-22
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Anita Rani is in Norfolk meeting the people keeping some of the UK's vanishing trades alive, including a millwright and a reed cutter.
Cornwall (Episode 17)
Air date: 2018-04-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Northumberland (Episode 18)
Air date: 2018-05-06
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Hampshire (Episode 19)
Air date: 2018-05-13
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Spring Special (Episode 20)
Air date: 2018-05-20
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Ellie Harrison meets the designer who's creating a celebratory 30th anniversary Countryfile garden for the Hampton Court Flower Show.
Royal Special: Windsor (Episode 21)
Air date: 2018-05-27
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Royal Special: Balmoral (Episode 22)
Air date: 2018-06-03
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: To celebrate 65 years since HM the Queen's coronation, Countryfile has been given unprecedented access to the Queen's Balmoral estate.
Royal Special: Sandringham (Episode 23)
Air date: 2018-06-10
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Northern Ireland (Episode 24)
Air date: 2018-06-17
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Sean Fletcher, Margherita Taylor and Steve Brown are in Northern Ireland. John Craven launches the Countryfile Photographic Competition with Cerys Matthews.
West Sussex (Episode 25)
Air date: 2018-06-24
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Dorset (Episode 26)
Air date: 2018-07-01
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor are in Dorset, where Matt spends time at Lorton Meadows, a nature reserve renowned for its birds of prey.
Hampton Court (Episode 27)
Air date: 2018-07-08
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
The Seven Wonders of Wales (Episode 28)
Air date: 2018-07-15
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Sean Fletcher introduces his 'seven wonders of Wales' - the mountains, hill farming, heritage, wildlife, castles, food and the coastline.
30th Anniversary (Episode 29)
Air date: 2018-07-22
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Exmoor (Episode 30)
Air date: 2018-07-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
East Yorkshire (Episode 31)
Air date: 2018-08-05
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: John, Margherita and Steve are in East Yorkshire where John takes a trip down memory lane to the seaside holidays of his youth.
Nottinghamshire (Episode 32)
Air date: 2018-08-12
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Countryfile Live (Episode 33)
Air date: 2018-08-19
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
North Wales (Episode 34)
Air date: 2018-08-26
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Saltmarsh, Sand and Sea (Episode 35)
Air date: 2018-09-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Essex (Episode 36)
Air date: 2018-09-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Harvest (Episode 37)
Air date: 2018-09-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
One Man and His Dog (Episode 38)
Air date: 2018-09-23
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Hereford (Episode 39)
Air date: 2018-09-30
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Wildlife Special (Episode 40)
Air date: 2018-10-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
A Different Day Out (Episode 41)
Air date: 2018-10-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Ellie Harrison is in Derbyshire to explore ideas for a different day out, including building a makeshift raft and taking in an arts trail.
Autumn Special (Episode 42)
Air date: 2018-10-21
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Ramble for BBC Children in Need (Episode 43)
Air date: 2018-10-28
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Worcestershire (Episode 44)
Air date: 2018-11-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Countryfile visits Worcestershire, where Matt Baker finds out about plans to save Pershore Lock Island and encourage more wildlife to live there.
East Sussex (Episode 45)
Air date: 2018-11-11
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Countryfile visits East Sussex, where Sean Fletcher meets the family with a passion for poultry.
Cambridgeshire (Episode 46)
Air date: 2018-11-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Countryfile visits Cambridgeshire, where Anita Rani is at the 40th annual hedge-laying competition and meets a painter who finds trees totally inspiring.
Suffolk (Episode 47)
Air date: 2018-11-25
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
County Durham (Episode 48)
Air date: 2018-12-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Isle of Wight (Episode 49)
Air date: 2018-12-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: John Craven, Helen Skelton and Margherita Taylor are on the Isle of Wight, where John meets the amateur dinosaur hunter finding new prehistoric creatures.
Cairngorms (Episode 50)
Air date: 2018-12-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Christmas Special (Episode 51)
Air date: 2018-12-23
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
Countryfile's Inspirational Women (Episode 52)
Air date: 2018-12-30
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Anita Rani is in Yorkshire celebrating some of the many remarkable women who have been featured on the programme over the years.
