Countryfile
2017
201753 episodes
Episode 1
My Countryside Compilation
Jan 1, 20171h
Anita Rani travels to Malham Cove in the Yorkshire Dales. Plus she looks back at some famous faces who shared special places in the British countryside.
Episode 2
Shropshire
Jan 8, 20171h
Countryfile is in Shropshire, where Matt Baker is exploring the highs and lows of a landscape shaped by the miners who once called this place home.
Episode 3
Carmarthenshire
Jan 15, 20171h
Countryfile is in Carmarthenshire, where Matt Baker explores the explosive history of the sand dunes and Helen Skelton visits the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
Episode 4
Jurassic Coast
Jan 22, 20171h
Countryfile is on the Jurassic Coast, where Matt Baker meets the man who's been digging for fossils for more than thirty years.
Episode 5
Peak District
Jan 29, 20171h
Countryfile is exploring the Peak District. Matt Baker joins the team on a mission to restore the scarred moorland.
Episode 6
Feathered Friends
Feb 5, 20171h
Matt is up at the crack of dawn at the RSPB reserve at Snettisham on the north Norfolk coast to witness thousands of pink-footed geese taking flight.
Episode 7
Winter Special
Feb 12, 20171h
Ellie Harrison is on a winter wildlife safari in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. In Filey, John Craven hears the history behind the fisherman's gansey.
Episode 8
Somerset
Feb 19, 20171h
Ellie abseils with a team from the National Trust to help give Cheddar Gorge its annual clean-up and make sure there are no loose rocks.
Episode 9
Isle of Man
Feb 26, 20171h
Joe takes a trip back in time on the oldest horse-drawn tram in the world and visits the farm where magnificent horses get to live out their days.
Episode 10
South Downs
Mar 5, 20171h
The team explore the South Downs. Matt Baker meets the pony who's blazing a trail. Helen Skelton discovers why dark skies are important for wildlife.
Episode 11
Farming Now and Then
Mar 12, 20171h
Adam Henson is in Snowdonia to discover how farming has changed in the past 60 years, with the help of some recently unearthed BBC archive.
Episode 12
Hoo Peninsula
Mar 19, 20171h
Matt Baker and Anita Rani are on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, and Tom Heap looks at what leaving the EU could mean for the UK's agricultural migrant labour force.
Episode 13
Denbighshire
Mar 26, 20171h
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison visit Denbighshire in north east Wales. Ellie is up at the crack of dawn to witness the spring mating rituals of grouse.
Episode 14
Forests
Apr 2, 20171h
Matt is in the New Forest taking part in an inventory of trees. Ellie is in Inverness-shire seeing what industrial-scale timber production looks like.
Episode 15
Holderness
Apr 9, 20171h
Matt, Anita and John are in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Matt is on Spurn Point, which is now the country's newest island.
Episode 16
Lancashire
Apr 16, 20171h
In Lancashire, Matt Baker learns all about the age-old Easter tradition of pace egg rolling and Anita Rani takes to the hills to follow the Lancashire Witches Walk.
Episode 17
County Durham
Apr 23, 20171h
Countryfile is in County Durham, and Matt is on his old home turf, showing how to make panackelty, a traditional north-eastern dish.
Episode 18
Warwickshire
Apr 30, 20171h
For Hedgehog Awareness Week, Ellie Harrison meets three schoolgirls on a mission to keep the hedgehogs of Warwickshire safe from harm.
Episode 19
Tales of the Riverbank Compilation
May 7, 20171h
Ellie Harrison reveals how the landscape has been shaped by rivers, meeting those who live, work and play on the banks of the Severn.
Episode 20
Suffolk
May 14, 20171h
Matt Baker hears about the plans the Suffolk Wildlife Trust are making for their biggest-ever land purchase in the charity's 55 years.
Episode 21
Lanarkshire
May 21, 20171h
Matt Baker explores the rise and fall of the Clyde valley in Lanarkshire as a major force in Scotland's food industry. Ellie Harrison meets an urban beekeeper.
Episode 22
Spring Special
May 28, 20171h
In a spring special edition of the programme Countryfile goes in search of the secret and often overlooked wonders of the season.
Episode 23
Essex
Jun 4, 20171h
Matt and Ellie are in Essex where Matt jumps aboard the Pioneer, a fully restored Essex oyster boat, and Steve Brown finds out what it's like to fire an English longbow.
Episode 24
Northern Ireland
Jun 11, 20171h
Joe Crowley is just south of Belfast, where he joins an RSPB team tagging swifts to find out where they are feeding. Joe Crowley is just south of Belfast, where he joins an RSPB team tagging swifts to find out where they are feeding.
Episode 25
Wye: Hay Festival
Jun 18, 20171h
At the Hay Festival, Ellie Harrison goes on a wildlife safari and Sean is on a literary adventure with a group drawing inspiration from the Wye Valley countryside.
Episode 26
Working Animals Compilation
Jun 25, 20171h
Sean Fletcher is in Carmarthenshire in west Wales taking a look at working animals. He meets one of the world's leading experts on birds of prey.
Episode 27
Worcestershire
Jul 2, 20171h
Ellie joins a family who have set up a traditional cottage industry producing natural elderflower cordials and presses, and tracks lesser horseshoe bats in Worcester.
Episode 28
Northants
Jul 9, 20171h
John Craven meets enthusiasts Matthew and Neil as they create a truly disgusting butterfly banquet to try and catch a glimpse of the purple emperor.
Episode 29
Fife
Jul 16, 20171h
Ellie Harrison crosses the Firth of Forth to witness the seasonal spectacle of guillemots, kittiwakes and puffins jostling for position on the Isle of May.
Episode 30
Wiltshire
Jul 23, 20171h
Anita meets the contestants of the International Young Beekeepers competition at Marlborough College and visits the River Kennet.
Episode 31
Cities
Jul 30, 20171h
Anita Rani is in London at the remarkable Woodberry Wetlands, a haven for all sorts of wildlife just a stone's throw from the tower blocks of Stoke Newington.
Episode 32
Roots and Shoots
Aug 6, 20171h
Ellie Harrison visits a Bristol herb garden to find out about a plant that is on the front line in the fight against cancer.
Episode 33
Dartmoor
Aug 13, 20171h
Anita Rani explores the Artisan Trail in Dartmoor, a newly created route that links some of the area's best artists and craftspeople.
Episode 34
Summer Special
Aug 20, 20171h
Anita Rani explores the Artisan Trail in Dartmoor, a newly created route that links some of the area's best artists and craftspeople.
Episode 35
Llyn Peninsula
Aug 27, 20171h
On the Llyn Peninsula, Ellie goes snorkelling to explore the rich seagrass habitat underwater. Steve meets the dairy farmers who produce and deliver their own milk.
Episode 36
Harvest
Sep 3, 20171h
Countryfile looks at how food is harvested, from large-scale crops for supermarket shelves to smaller hand-picked harvests for local markets.
Episode 37
Rame Peninsula
Sep 10, 20171h
Ellie Harrison visits Mount Edgcumbe on Cornwall's Rame Peninsula, where the UK's first ever native dark honeybee reserve has just opened.
Episode 38
Protected Countryside
Sep 17, 20171h
To mark it becoming a Unesco World Heritage Site, Ellie explores what makes the Lake District an area of international cultural significance.
Episode 39
One Man and His Dog 2017
Sep 24, 20171h
The best shepherds and their dogs from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales go head to head for the coveted One Man and His Dog 2017 title.
Episode 40
South Yorkshire
Oct 1, 20171h
Ellie is in South Yorkshire, right on the border of the Peak District, following in the footsteps of the Clarion Ramblers.
Episode 41
Dumfries House
Oct 8, 20171h
Prince Charles talks about why he stepped in to save Dumfries House in East Ayrshire and his vision of how it can be used to help the local community.
Episode 42
Nature Strikes Back
Oct 15, 20171h
Thirty years on from the Great Storm of 1987, Ellie Harrison visits Wakehurst Place in West Sussex to learn how it dealt with the devastation.
Episode 43
Cornish Heartlands
Oct 22, 20171h
John and Margherita are in Cornwall, where John attends a food festival with a difference. Plus a profile of Cornish artist David Hosking.
Episode 44
Ramble for Children in Need
Oct 29, 20171h
A special programme following the team as they lead the way on rambles of their own through some of Britain's best landscapes, all in aid of Children in Need.
Episode 45
Autumn Special
Nov 5, 20171h
Matt Baker crunches through the leaves to find out about a new charter to protect woodlands, and Ellie Harrison meets Skomer's new seal pups.
Episode 46
Remembrance
Nov 12, 20171h
Ellie Harrison finds out about the so-called 'Idle' women of the canals, who played a vital role in the Second World War.
Episode 47
Hertfordshire
Nov 19, 20171h
Countryfile is in Hertfordshire, where Charlotte Smith meets the man who's made it his sole mission to save the barbel in the Old River Lea.
Episode 48
Cairngorms
Nov 26, 20171h
Joe Crowley is at Britain's largest national nature reserve, Mar Lodge, and he is on the search for ptarmigan at the top of a mountain.
Episode 49
Cleveland Way
Dec 3, 20171h
Helen Skelton and Sean Fletcher are on the Cleveland Way in Yorkshire. Helen meets the team of Scouts who have 'adopted' their own stretch of the 109-mile trail.
Episode 50
The Brecks
Dec 10, 20171h
Ellie Harrison finds out about a conservation effort to save two species from extinction in Breckland, on the Norfolk-Suffolk border.
Episode 51
My Countryside Compilation
Dec 17, 20171h
Ellie Harrison sees her home county of Gloucestershire as she has never seen it before. And Nina Wadia explores the Highlands.
Episode 52
Christmas Special
Dec 24, 20171h
In this Christmas special, Matt Baker, John Craven and Anita Rani are in Castleton in the Peak District, where the Christmas tree festival is in full swing.
Episode 53
New Zealand Compilation
Dec 31, 20171h
In New Zealand, Adam Henson meets some old friends, helps with a cattle muster and witnesses sheep farming on a breathtaking scale.