Sean Casey
Director
Countryfile (1988)
2014
The people, places and stories making news in the British countryside.
Released July 24, 1988
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.wildlife, tmdb.nature, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.land-art, imdb.rural-sites, imdb.non-fiction, tmdb.countryside + 6 more, tmdb.agriculture, tmdb.farmland, tmdb.landscape, tmdb.farming, tmdb.conservation, tmdb.rural-life
Watch Providers: BritBox Amazon Channel
Production Companies: BBC Studios Factual Entertainment Productions, BBC Studios Productions
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S27E1 - Compilation - The Countryfile Calendar Year
John Craven looks at the year ahead, visits the Killerton Estate and introduces some choice Countryfile films from the last few years.
Jan. 5, 2014, midnight
S27E2 - Surrey
A visit to Conan Doyle's Surrey home. Plus Leicester longwool sheep, an artist who loves horses, and David Cameron's pledge to discourage new developments near villages.
Jan. 12, 2014, midnight
S27E3 - Winter Special
Julia Bradbury and John Hammond learn why the UK gets the unique winters it does. Landscape artist Andy Goldsworthy visits Dumfries and Galloway to create a new work of art.
Jan. 19, 2014, midnight
S27E4 - Gwaun Valley
Ellie Harrison and John Craven visit Pembrokeshire's Gwaun Valley and Preseli Hills. Ellie discovers Iron Age treasures, and John samples the local homebrew.
Jan. 26, 2014, midnight
S27E5 - Worcestershire
The Countryfile team is in Worcestershire. Matt Baker visits Witley Court, while Helen Skelton meets the creatures of the Wyre Forest and cooks up a Malvern pudding.
Feb. 2, 2014, midnight
S27E6 - The Lake District
The Countryfile team is in the Lake District, looking in detail at some of the locations featured in the opening titles of the programme.
Feb. 9, 2014, midnight
S27E7 - Wiltshire
The Countryfile team visits the rural county of Wiltshire. Matt Baker visits a pig farm, and Julia Bradbury looks at the birds that call the UK home in the winter months.
Feb. 16, 2014, midnight
S27E8 - Portland
Countryfile is on the Isle of Portland, off the Dorset coast. Matt Baker visits Portland's lighthouses, while Julia Bradbury explores the famous Portland stone quarries.
Feb. 23, 2014, midnight
S27E9 - Kent
In Kent, Matt Baker island hops to Elmley Marshes on the Isle of Sheppey, Ellie Harrison explores Knole House in Sevenoaks and John Craven finds out about Kentish blue cheese.
March 2, 2014, midnight
S27E10 - Perthshire
Ellie Harrison meets scientists bringing endangered conifer species back to Scotland and also discovers what impact beavers are having on the countryside.
March 9, 2014, midnight
S27E11 - Somerset
The Countryfile team head to Somerset, which has taken a battering from the winter storms. Matt Baker meets the locals who have come together to create a silage food bank.
March 16, 2014, midnight
S27E12 - Compilation - Beaches
Ellie Harrison sees how the beaches of Norfolk are bouncing back from December's storm surge and looks back at some of Countryfile's best beach-themed stories.
March 23, 2014, midnight
S27E13 - Co Durham
Countryfile is in the beautiful County Durham, where Matt Baker helps his mother with lambing, and Ellie Harrison learns about the farmsteads of Weardale.
March 30, 2014, midnight
S27E14 - Gloucestershire
Countryfile has an exclusive interview with the Princess Royal at her home, Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire; and Ellie Harrison meets the experts at Kew Gardens.
April 6, 2014, midnight
S27E15 - Southport
The Countryfile team visit the Merseyside coast around Southport. Matt Baker looks at the history of shrimping in the area, and Ellie Harrison visits a family potato farm.
April 13, 2014, midnight
S27E16 - Isles of Scilly
The team head to the Isles of Scilly. Ellie Harrison looks at the problem of rats on the islands, while Matt Baker helps transport 50 ducklings to a duck farm.
April 20, 2014, midnight
S27E17 - Yorkshire Dales
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison go in search of the great icons of Yorkshire. Tom Heap asks if eating horse meat could help solve the crisis over abandoned horses.
April 27, 2014, midnight
S27E18 - Hills and Mountains Compilation
Ellie Harrison explores some of Britain's most spectacular hills and mountains, revealing that an iconic mountain is up for sale.
May 4, 2014, midnight
S27E19 - Lee Valley
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in the Lee Valley, the green lung of London. Ellie takes to the water to see what is being done to clean up its chalk streams.
May 11, 2014, midnight
S27E20 - 18/05/2014
Special edition of Countryfile. Ellie Harrison listens to the dawn chorus, Matt Baker searches for cranes, and Adam Henson goes on a voyage of discovery with John Hammond.
May 18, 2014, midnight
S27E21 - Shropshire
Countryfile is in Shropshire, where Matt Baker discovers the garden that inspired Charles Darwin's thinking and Ellie Harrison learns of a special restoration project.
May 25, 2014, midnight
S27E22 - Buckinghamshire
In Buckinghamshire, Matt Baker visits Waddesdon Manor and learns about the Rothschild family, while Ellie Harrison discovers creatures great and small.
June 1, 2014, midnight
S27E23 - Transformations Compilation
Helen Skelton is in Snowdonia looking at how the landscape has undergone many transformations down the ages, it is an area that has never stood still.
June 8, 2014, midnight
S27E24 - Port Talbot
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Port Talbot in South Wales. Ellie has a go at the country's fastest-growing watersport. Matt is in pursuit of an unusual animal.
June 15, 2014, midnight
S27E25 - Oxenhope
Ellie Harrison and John Craven are in and around Oxenhope in West Yorkshire. They see how the county is gearing up for the start of the Tour de France.
June 22, 2014, midnight
S27E26 - Lincolnshire
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison visit Lincolnshire, where Matt meets one of the last surviving members of the Dambusters squadron and Ellie hunts for the man orchid.
June 29, 2014, midnight
S27E27 - Peak District
Countryfile is in the Peak District where John Craven is on the set of the BBC drama, The Village, and Tom Heap looks at the value of the British shooting industry.
July 6, 2014, midnight
S27E28 - Gower
Countryfile is in Gower, south Wales, where Matt Baker explores Whiteford Burrows and explodes previously unearthed World War II ordnance on the sands with the MOD.
July 13, 2014, midnight
S27E29 - John Craven's 25th Anniversary
Countryfile takes a trip down memory lane with the legend John Craven as he celebrates 25 years on the show.
July 20, 2014, midnight
S27E30 - Cornwall
Matt Baker joins foragers scouring the coast of Cornwall for free food and Anita Rani makes an explosive entrance in her first show as she blasts 26,000 tonnes of rock.
Aug. 3, 2014, midnight
S27E31 - Summer Special
The Countryfile team head to the Cotswold County Show in Cirencester for a celebration of the best of rural Britain, bringing along special guests.
Aug. 10, 2014, midnight
S27E32 - Northern Ireland
John Craven and Shauna Lowry head for the Sperrin Mountains, James Wong has the latest from the Grow Wild campaign and Adam Henson explores the world of ticks.
Aug. 17, 2014, midnight
S27E33 - Herefordshire
John Craven and Anita Rani are in Herefordshire exploring the county's burgeoning foodie culture. John meets Simon Cutter, a farmer breeding pure Hereford cattle.
Aug. 24, 2014, midnight
S27E34 - Kids Countryside
In this bank holiday edition of the programme Helen Skelton looks at how the British countryside has shaped childhoods down the ages.
Aug. 25, 2014, midnight
S27E35 - Staffordshire
Jules Hudson and Ellie Harrison are in Staffordshire exploring its wide open moorlands and the imposing millstone grit ridges of the Roaches.
Aug. 31, 2014, midnight
S27E36 - Stourbridge
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in the Black Country, where they visit 18th-century English gardens Hagley Park and the Leasowes and the mysterious Kinver Rock Houses.
Sept. 7, 2014, midnight
S27E37 - Norfolk
Countryfile is in Norfolk, where Jules Hudson is given access to MOD training grounds in the Brecklands and Anita Rani meets an artist who paints the workers of the land.
Sept. 14, 2014, midnight
S27E38 - Devon
Countryfile is in Devon, where Matt Baker explores Dartmoor and Anita Rani meets a sculptor who is inspired by the ancient trees in the Devon landscape.
Sept. 21, 2014, midnight
S27E39 - One Man and His Dog
Countryfile plays host to the One Man and His Dog sheepdog trials, and Matt Baker and Helen Skelton present all the action from Byland Abbey.
Sept. 28, 2014, midnight
S27E40 - Harvest
Matt finds out how the latest technology is helping farmers get the harvest in quickly and efficiently and John announces the winner of the year's photographic competition.
Oct. 5, 2014, midnight
S27E41 - Music Compilation
John Craven explores the life and work of the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams and looks back at some other best bits of Countryfile that featured music.
Oct. 12, 2014, midnight
S27E42 - Autumn Special
In this seasonal special the team look at how autumn marks a time of transformation for the wildlife, landscape and communities of the countryside.
Oct. 19, 2014, midnight
S27E43 - Northumberland
Matt and Ellie are in Northumberland, where they visit Hadrian's Wall and experience some of the best dark skies in England.
Oct. 26, 2014, midnight
S27E44 - Isle of Wight
The team are on the Isle of Wight, where Matt Baker strolls along the oldest pier in the UK and Ellie Harrison visits Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's private beach.
Nov. 2, 2014, midnight
S27E45 - World War One Special
In an extended programme for Remembrance Sunday, Countryfile explores the First World War's lasting legacy on the landscape of the western front.
Nov. 9, 2014, midnight
S27E46 - Crafts of the Countryside
Ellie Harrison looks back through the Countryfile archive to revisit the crafts of the countryside. She also visits Acton Scott, a historic working farm.
Nov. 16, 2014, midnight
S27E47 - Berkshire
Countryfile is in Berkshire. John Craven visits the county's agricultural college, Shauna Lowry is in the valley of the racehorse and Sanjida O'Connell walks the Ridgeway.
Nov. 23, 2014, midnight
S27E48 - Lancashire
Countryfile is in Lancashire. John Craven explores one of the county's hidden jewels and Ellie Harrison investigates the sculptural art of the area.
Nov. 30, 2014, midnight
S27E49 - East Sussex
John Craven and Helen Skelton are in East Sussex, where Helen discovers a long-forgotten chronicler of the county's rural past and John takes a stroll around Batemans.
Dec. 7, 2014, midnight
S27E50 - Clwydian Range
Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker are in the Clwydian range which spans Denbighshire and Flintshire in North Wales, where Matt joins the team cutting back heather.
Dec. 14, 2014, midnight
S27E51 - Christmas Special
The Countryfile team go out and about at Christmas before meeting up at the Christmas market in Bath.
Dec. 21, 2014, midnight
S27E52 - Celebrations Compilation
John Craven is on the South Downs gathering goodies to throw his own festive party, toasting the taste of the South Downs.
Dec. 28, 2014, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 108060 min.
Released: July 24, 1988
Last Air Date: June 1, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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