Countryfile
Countryfile: Season 27

Air Date

January 5, 2014

Episodes

52 episodes

Countryfile

Season 27

Episodes

1. Compilation - The Countryfile Calendar Year

January 5, 2014
60 min

John Craven looks at the year ahead, visits the Killerton Estate and introduces some choice Countryfile films from the last few years.

2. Surrey

January 12, 2014
60 min

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.

3. Winter Special

January 19, 2014
60 min

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.

4. Gwaun Valley

January 26, 2014
60 min

Ellie Harrison and John Craven visit Pembrokeshire's Gwaun Valley and Preseli Hills. Ellie discovers Iron Age treasures, and John samples the local homebrew.

5. Worcestershire

February 2, 2014
60 min

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.

6. The Lake District

February 9, 2014
60 min

The Countryfile team is in the Lake District, looking in detail at some of the locations featured in the opening titles of the programme.

7. Wiltshire

February 16, 2014
60 min

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.

8. Portland

February 23, 2014
60 min

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.

9. Kent

March 2, 2014
60 min

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.

10. Perthshire

March 9, 2014
60 min

Ellie Harrison meets scientists bringing endangered conifer species back to Scotland and also discovers what impact beavers are having on the countryside.

11. Somerset

March 16, 2014
60 min

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.

12. Compilation - Beaches

March 23, 2014
60 min

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.

13. Co Durham

March 30, 2014
60 min

Countryfile is in the beautiful County Durham, where Matt Baker helps his mother with lambing, and Ellie Harrison learns about the farmsteads of Weardale.

14. Gloucestershire

April 6, 2014
60 min

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.

15. Southport

April 13, 2014
60 min

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.

16. Isles of Scilly

April 20, 2014
60 min

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.

17. Yorkshire Dales

April 27, 2014
60 min

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.

18. Hills and Mountains Compilation

May 4, 2014
60 min

Ellie Harrison explores some of Britain's most spectacular hills and mountains, revealing that an iconic mountain is up for sale.

19. Lee Valley

May 11, 2014
60 min

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.

20. 18/05/2014

May 18, 2014
60 min

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.

21. Shropshire

May 25, 2014
60 min

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.

22. Buckinghamshire

June 1, 2014
60 min

In Buckinghamshire, Matt Baker visits Waddesdon Manor and learns about the Rothschild family, while Ellie Harrison discovers creatures great and small.

23. Transformations Compilation

June 8, 2014
60 min

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.

24. Port Talbot

June 15, 2014
60 min

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.

25. Oxenhope

June 22, 2014
60 min

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.

26. Lincolnshire

June 29, 2014
60 min

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.

27. Peak District

July 6, 2014
60 min

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.

28. Gower

July 13, 2014
60 min

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.

29. John Craven's 25th Anniversary

July 20, 2014
60 min

Countryfile takes a trip down memory lane with the legend John Craven as he celebrates 25 years on the show.

30. Cornwall

August 3, 2014
60 min

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.

31. Summer Special

August 10, 2014
60 min

The Countryfile team head to the Cotswold County Show in Cirencester for a celebration of the best of rural Britain, bringing along special guests.

32. Northern Ireland

August 17, 2014
60 min

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.

33. Herefordshire

August 24, 2014
60 min

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.

34. Kids Countryside

August 25, 2014
60 min

In this bank holiday edition of the programme Helen Skelton looks at how the British countryside has shaped childhoods down the ages.

35. Staffordshire

August 31, 2014
60 min

Jules Hudson and Ellie Harrison are in Staffordshire exploring its wide open moorlands and the imposing millstone grit ridges of the Roaches.

36. Stourbridge

September 7, 2014
60 min

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.

37. Norfolk

September 14, 2014
60 min

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.

38. Devon

September 21, 2014
60 min

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.

39. One Man and His Dog

September 28, 2014
60 min

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.

40. Harvest

October 5, 2014
60 min

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.

41. Music Compilation

October 12, 2014
60 min

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.

42. Autumn Special

October 19, 2014
60 min

In this seasonal special the team look at how autumn marks a time of transformation for the wildlife, landscape and communities of the countryside.

43. Northumberland

October 26, 2014
60 min

Matt and Ellie are in Northumberland, where they visit Hadrian's Wall and experience some of the best dark skies in England.

44. Isle of Wight

November 2, 2014
60 min

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.

45. World War One Special

November 9, 2014
60 min

In an extended programme for Remembrance Sunday, Countryfile explores the First World War's lasting legacy on the landscape of the western front.

46. Crafts of the Countryside

November 16, 2014
60 min

Ellie Harrison looks back through the Countryfile archive to revisit the crafts of the countryside. She also visits Acton Scott, a historic working farm.

47. Berkshire

November 23, 2014
60 min

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.

48. Lancashire

November 30, 2014
60 min

Countryfile is in Lancashire. John Craven explores one of the county's hidden jewels and Ellie Harrison investigates the sculptural art of the area.

49. East Sussex

December 7, 2014
60 min

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.

50. Clwydian Range

December 14, 2014
60 min

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.

51. Christmas Special

December 21, 2014
60 min

The Countryfile team go out and about at Christmas before meeting up at the Christmas market in Bath.

52. Celebrations Compilation

December 28, 2014
60 min

John Craven is on the South Downs gathering goodies to throw his own festive party, toasting the taste of the South Downs.