Country Tracks
Country Tracks: Season 2

Air Date

May 23, 2010

Episodes

63 episodes

Country Tracks

Season 2

Episodes

1. Cotswolds

May 23, 2010
60 min

Ben Fogle goes on a journey through the Cotswolds, one of the most unspoilt areas in rural Britain, ending up at the farm of Countryfile presenter Adam Henson.

2. Filey to Winteringham

June 6, 2010
60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Ellie Harrison goes on a journey from the Yorkshire coast, to Winteringham, south of the Humber.

Herefordshire

3. Herefordshire

July 4, 2010
60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through Herefordshire, stopping off at Lyonshall and canoeing along the River Wye.

4. Leeds to Scarborough

July 25, 2010
60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Jodie Kidd goes on a Yorkshire journey, starting with a tour of Leeds and ending at Scarborough Castle.

5. Kingdom of Fife

August 1, 2010
60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Joe Crowley goes on a journey across the Kingdom of Fife, starting at Dundee and finishing on the Firth of Forth.

6. Hampshire

August 8, 2010
60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Liz Bonnin treks through Hampshire, starting at the New Forest and ending up at Southampton's National Oceanography Centre.

7. Staffordshire

August 15, 2010
60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Joe Crowley goes on a journey through Staffordshire, starting at Lichfield Cathedral and ending up at Trentham Forest.

8. Poole, Dorset

August 22, 2010
60 min

Jodie Kidd goes on a journey through Dorset, starting with an RNLI training exercise in Swanage. While at sea, they receive a real alert.

9. Derbyshire

August 29, 2010
60 min

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through Derbyshire. She hang-glides above the high peak before taking a look at the Buxton Water factory and Bakewell puddings.

10. North West

September 5, 2010
60 min

Liz Bonnin goes on a journey along the North West coast of England, meeting actor Simon O'Brien and exploring the iconic Midland Hotel.

11. Devon and Cornwall

October 3, 2010
60 min

Jodie Kidd goes on a journey through Devon and Cornwall. She starts her journey snorkelling off the coast at Thurlestone, then visits Dartmoor Zoo.

12. Shropshire

October 10, 2010
60 min

Joe Crowley goes on a journey through Shropshire, starting with a sheep steeplechase near Telford and ending his journey with clay pigeon shooting at Much Wenlock.

13. Bronte Country

October 17, 2010
60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Ben Fogle journeys through the Bronte Country in Yorkshire, meeting poet Char March along the way.

14. Dunfermline to Melrose

October 24, 2010
60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Joe Crowley journeys from Dunfermline to Melrose, and tells the tale of philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

15. Malverns

October 31, 2010
60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Liz Bonnin goes on a journey through the Malverns. She starts her journey in Herefordshire.

16. Kent

November 7, 2010
60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Joe Crowley goes on a journey through Kent, starting in Whitstable before travelling to Ham and the resurgent town of Margate.

17. Chilterns

November 21, 2010
60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Ellie Harrison journeys through the Chiltern Hills, visiting Whipsnade Zoo and Lord Rothschild's Natural History Museum.

18. Isle of Wight

November 28, 2010
60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Liz Bonnin journeys the Isle of Wight, meeting Radio 1 DJ Rob Da Bank and paragliding off the cliffs at Compton Bay.

19. Yorkshire Dales

December 5, 2010
60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Ben Fogle goes on a journey through the Yorkshire Dales, visiting Kingsdale, Malham Cove, Gayle and Harewood Hill.

20. Lyme Regis, Dorset

December 12, 2010
60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Jodie Kidd goes on a journey through Dorset, where she meets a man who makes seemingly impossible stone sculptures.

21. Sussex Vets

December 19, 2010
60 min

Series celebrating the British countryside. Joe Crowley journeys around East Sussex, following the work of one of the region's biggest veterinary practices.

Hampshire Land

22. Hampshire Land

January 9, 2011
60 min

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through Hampshire. She braves the new '3G Swing' at Marwell Activity Centre and checks out the house where Jane Austen lived.

Cotswolds

23. Cotswolds

January 16, 2011
60 min

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through the Cotswolds. She goes wakeboarding at the Cotswold Water Park in Fairford before paying a visit to Snowshill Manor.

24. Essex

January 23, 2011
60 min

Joe Crowley goes on a journey through Essex, starting his journey among the creeks of the Blackwater Estuary and ending it with the North Weald Fire Rescue volunteers.

25. Skye

January 30, 2011
60 min

Helen Skelton goes on a journey across the Isle of Skye, learning the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie's flight to Skye and forging a traditional Scottish sword.

26. Gloucestershire

February 6, 2011
60 min

Liz Bonnin journeys through Gloucestershire. She starts her journey among the trees at Westonbirt's National Aboretum, and ends up inside an inflatable planetarium.

27. Cornish Coast

February 13, 2011
60 min

Jodie Kidd goes on a Cornish coastal journey. She starts in Quies Rock where she encounters some grey seals and ends it at Porthcurno's spectacular Minack Theatre.

28. Oxfordshire

February 20, 2011
60 min

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through Oxfordshire, paying a visit to one of the country's most famous stately homes and trying out Appalachian-style clog dancing.

29. Forest of Dean

February 27, 2011
60 min

Liz Bonnin sails along the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, in the company of Chris Witts, who skippered the last commercial grain barge to sail into Gloucester Docks.

30. Harris and Lewis

March 6, 2011
60 min

Helen Skelton goes on a journey across Harris and Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. She visits a croft, and joins the Hebridean Challenge, a five-day endurance race.

31. East Sussex

March 13, 2011
60 min

Joe Crowley goes on a journey through East Sussex. He begins his travels with the South Downs Rangers, and finishes in the Victorian sewers beneath Brighton's streets.

32. Hampshire Coast

March 20, 2011
60 min

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through Hampshire, starting aboard the Whitbread 60 Blueprint in the Solent, and finishing on a free-range pig farm.

33. River Tweed

March 27, 2011
60 min

Joe Crowley goes on a journey along the River Tweed, following the path of the returning salmon from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Selkirk, on the Scottish side of the border.

34. South Lake District

April 3, 2011
60 min

Series celebrating the British countryside. Liz Bonnin goes on a journey through the Lake District, starting on Coniston Water and ending up in Kendal.

Snowdonia

35. Snowdonia

April 10, 2011
60 min

Series celebrating the British countryside. Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through Snowdonia from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Rhosgadfan.

36. Farne Islands

May 1, 2011
60 min

Series celebrating the UK countryside. Jodie Kidd goes on a Northumberland journey, riding on horseback at Bamburgh and swimming with seals near the Farne Islands.

37. Perthshire Cycle

May 15, 2011
60 min

Series celebrating the British countryside. Joe Crowley teams up with adventurer and endurance cyclist Mark Beaumont to explore the Perthshire Highlands.

Bedfordshire

38. Bedfordshire

May 29, 2011
60 min

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through Bedfordshire, from the small market town of Sandy to the Woburn Estate, home to the famous Abbey and Safari Park.

39. Hadrian's Wall

June 5, 2011
60 min

Jodie Kidd goes on a journey along Hadrian's Wall. She starts her journey at Birdoswald Fort in Cumbria, where she meets some Roman re-enactors.

40. Lleyn Peninsula

June 12, 2011
60 min

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey along the Lleyn Peninsular in North Wales, climbing up to the mysterious remains of an ancient civilisation.

41. Exmoor

June 19, 2011
60 min

Mark Beaumont goes on a journey through Exmoor, starting in Dulverton, where he finds out how Exmoor's iconic ponies are being saved from the verge of extinction.

42. Lancashire Coast

July 3, 2011
60 min

Mark Beaumont follows Lancashire's River Lune to the Irish sea. Along the way he sees kippering in action, hears tales of witchcraft and has his palm read.

43. London

July 17, 2011
60 min

Joe Crowley explores London's hidden countryside, from the bombed out church transformed into a public park to the historic ponds of Hampstead Heath.

Northamptonshire

44. Northamptonshire

July 24, 2011
60 min

Ellie Harrison explores Northamptonshire. She visits the home of the county's famous shoe industry, and discovers the story of Coton Manor's gardens and flamingos.

45. Kent

July 31, 2011
60 min

Joe Crowley embarks on a curious excursion through Kent, go-karting in Lydd on the south-eastern tip of the UK, and meeting land girls at Brenzett Aeronautical Museum.

46. Lancashire Forest of Bowland

August 7, 2011
60 min

Mark Beaumont discovers the hidden beauty of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, uncovering the mysteries of Stonyhurst College along the way.

47. Norfolk

August 14, 2011
60 min

Joe Crowley journeys though Norfolk, starting on the Broads and ending in Hunstanton, on Norfolk's northern coast. Along the way, he learns to build a survival shelter.

48. South Wales

August 21, 2011
60 min

Helen Skelton explores the spectacular South Wales coast, visiting Manor House Wildlife Park and Dylan Thomas's boathouse along the way.

49. South Lincolnshire

August 28, 2011
60 min

Joe Crowley explores south Lincolnshire. He starts his journey near Stamford at Burghley House, and gets a rare insight into the famous Burghley horse trials.

50. North Lake District

September 4, 2011
60 min

Liz Bonnin explores the Lake District. She starts her journey in Whinlatter Forest, travels through Keswick, and finishes at a pudding club in Ambleside.

51. Mid Wales

September 11, 2011
60 min

Miriam Cooke meanders through the mystic majesty of mid Wales, starting at the UK's tallest single drop waterfall, and walking along a section of the Cambrian Way.

52. North Lincolnshire

October 2, 2011
60 min

Joe Crowley explores North Lincolnshire, scaling the heights of Lincoln Cathedral and discovering the secret life of British poet Lord Tennyson.

53. Somerset

October 9, 2011
60 min

Round-the-world cyclist Mark Beaumont takes his bike to Somerset, where he meets Tour of Britain cycle race organisers and visits Bath's famous Roman spas.

54. Surrey

October 23, 2011
60 min

Ellie Harrison discovers what makes Surrey special, beginning with a trip to the home of the greatest flat horse race in the world and ending at Watts Gallery in Compton.

55. Islay

November 6, 2011
60 min

Joe Crowley travels west from the mainland of Scotland to the Isle of Islay, the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides, which has lots to offer the intrepid traveller.

56. Bristol Channel

November 20, 2011
60 min

Helen Skelton travels along the English shore of the Bristol Channel. Helen begins her journey by visiting the hidden village of Culbone.

57. Cambridge

November 27, 2011
60 min

Joe Crowley takes a journey through Cambridgeshire, where he goes punting on the River Cam and searches for elusive glow worms at Cherry Hinton quarry.

58. Suffolk

December 4, 2011
60 min

Helen Skelton travels through East Anglia. She visits the small village of Rede, where she discovers one of the rarest horse breeds in the world - the Suffolk punch.

59. Thames Path

December 18, 2011
60 min

Joe Crowley takes a journey from the Thames flood barrier at Woolwich to the coast at Southend-on-Sea. At Woolwich Joe hears about the tragic floods of 1953.

60. Hertfordshire

January 8, 2012
60 min

Ellie Harrison peeks through the keyhole of some of Hertfordshire's homes and gardens, planting trees in St Albans and visiting the former home of Barbara Cartland.

61. South Devon

January 15, 2012
60 min

Joe Crowley tours sunny South Devon, including a visit to Dawlish, where gardening legend Toby Buckland takes him on a tour of his favourite horticultural hotspots.

62. Wiltshire

January 22, 2012
60 min

Helen Skelton tours the mysterious grasslands of Wiltshire. She begins her journey amongst Wiltshire's ancient landscape by climbing Europe's largest man-made mound.

63. Cornwall

January 29, 2012
60 min

Joe Crowley explores the southern tip of Cornwall. His journey begins near Padstow, peering into the hidden beach caves that provide inspiration to a local painter.

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