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2015

Season 28 • 2015

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Episodes

1. Rare Breeds Compilation

Adam Henson presents a special edition of Countryfile looking at rare breed farm animals, starting with his own old spot pigs.

2015-01-0460 min

2. Somerset

The team are in Somerset, revisiting areas hit by 2014's floods. Matt Baker talks to farmer Geoff Miller, and Helen Skelton explores the bird life of the area.

2015-01-1160 min

3. Keswick

In the Lake District, Matt Baker discovers a piece of mountain rescue equipment being used to enable wheelchair users to abseil and Ellie Harrison climbs Helvellyn.

2015-01-1860 min

4. Burns Highlands

The team are in the Highlands of Scotland following in the footsteps of poet Robert Burns. Ellie Harrison learns how to drive a pony and carriage.

2015-01-2560 min

5. West Yorkshire

Ellie Harrison joins one of Britain's best poets, Simon Armitage, on a yomp across the snowy moors. Matt Baker visits a farm run by volunteers with wildlife in mind.

2015-02-0160 min

6. Leicestershire

Ellie Harrison reports from Leicestershire on the drastic decline in farmland birds and joins farmers learning how to spot rare birds.

2015-02-0860 min

7. Gloucestershire

Ten years on from the fox hunting ban, Matt Baker visits the oldest pack of foxhounds in the country and Tom Heap hears from people on both sides of the debate.

2015-02-1560 min

8. Suffolk

Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Suffolk finding out how erosion has shaped the landscape, swallowed up whole towns and inspired award-winning authors.

2015-02-2260 min

9. Pembrokeshire

Countryfile is in Pembrokeshire to mark St David's Day. Matt Baker forages for food and Ellie Harrison is out at sea trying to spot a porpoise.

2015-03-0160 min

10. Cheshire

The team are in rural Cheshire. Matt Baker finds out about agricultural apprentices and Tom Heap asks whether we should be building more affordable houses in rural areas.

2015-03-0860 min

11. Northern Ireland

The team explore the watery east of Northern Ireland. Matt Baker discovers the Irish hares who have made a rather unusual location home.

2015-03-1560 min

12. All Creatures Great and Small

Countryfile is on the Isle of Man. Adam Henson explores the local rock pools and goes on safari to find a wallaby.

2015-03-2260 min

13. Hampshire

Matt Baker and Shauna Lowry are in Hampshire, Charlotte Smith is at London Fashion Week and Tom Heap investigates the potential of tidal power in the UK.

2015-03-2960 min

14. Norfolk

Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Norfolk. Matt finds out the important part rabbits play in maintaining the Breckland heath. Ellie visits the mysterious Grime's Graves.

2015-04-0560 min

15. North Cumbria

Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in the uplands of north Cumbria. Matt meets photographer Ian Lawson, who has spent years photographing the hill shepherds.

2015-04-1260 min

16. Woodland

Ellie Harrison, John Craven and Anita Rani explore Britain's woodlands, while Tom Heap investigates what can be done to protect trees from the threat of disease.

2015-04-1960 min

17. High Peak

In the Peak District, John Craven looks at how to make the countryside accessible to all, Ellie Harrison meets some search dogs and Anita Rani explores the Pennine Way.

2015-04-2660 min

18. Spring Special

As the landscape bursts back into life, the team celebrate spring. Matt Baker gets a real feel of spring in north Wales, where he meets a flock of orphan lambs.

2015-05-0360 min

19. Farming Heroes

Countryfile celebrates Britain's farming heroes past and present. Adam Henson is in Bristol to reveal the winner of the first ever Countryfile Farming Hero.

2015-05-1060 min

20. Where Town Meets Country

Anita Rani returns to her home turf of Bradford to explore the countryside on the edge of the city. She discovers the rural gems right on her doorstep.

2015-05-1760 min

21. Warwickshire

Countryfile visits Warwickshire, where Matt Baker explores Charlecote Park and Anita Rani discovers what it is really like to be a pig farmer.

2015-05-2460 min

22. Channel Islands

Countryfile visits the Channel Islands, where Matt Baker explores the legacy of naturalist Gerald Durrell and Ellie Harrison helps with a habitat restoration.

2015-05-3160 min

23. Somerset

Matt and Ellie are in Somerset, where Matt is following in the footsteps of a legendary caver who first explored the caverns beneath the Mendips a century ago.

2015-06-0760 min

24. Nottinghamshire

Matt Baker visits a village where they farm just as they did in the Middle Ages, while Ellie Harrison goes bird spotting in Nottingham city centre.

2015-06-1460 min

25. East Yorkshire

In East Yorkshire, Ellie takes to the water near the mighty Bempton Cliffs and Matt tries his hand at fly fishing on the UK's most northerly chalk stream.

2015-06-2160 min

26. Working Landscapes Compilation

John Craven explores the working landscape of Dartmoor and discovers a fascinating photographic record of the farming community going back decades.

2015-06-2860 min

27. Cornwall

In Cornwall, Matt Baker tests his sea legs on the hunt for basking sharks. Ellie Harrison gets up to her knees in stinging nettles to dispel their bad name.

2015-07-0560 min

28. Derbyshire

In Derbyshire, Matt Baker follows a new pilgrimage trail set up to mark the 350th anniversary of the plague, and Anita meets a man who grows furniture.

2015-07-1260 min

29. Northumberland

In Northumberland, Matt Baker meets the artist who has learnt to dive so he can capture on canvas what lies beneath the North Sea.

2015-07-1960 min

30. Summer Special

The Countryfile team visit the Kent County Show for their summer special. Friend of the show John Hammond explains just why Kent is so fruitful.

2015-07-2660 min

31. Sheep Theme

The team look at all things sheep. Joe Crowley heads to the Yorkshire Dales to visit a traditional upland farm where the shearing is in full swing.

2015-08-0260 min

32. Compilation Seaside Theme

John Craven travels to Llandudno to look at what it takes to make a great summer holiday. The team look back at their other summer holiday ideas.

2015-08-0960 min

33. CLA Game Fair

Joe Crowley and Anita Rani explore the Country Land and Business Association's annual game fair, one of the highlights of the rural calendar.

2015-08-1660 min

34. Powys

Matt and Anita are in Wales' largest county, Powys. Matt visits Powis Castle, while Anita meets the volunteers delivering locally grown fruit and veg to their community.

2015-08-2360 min

35. Harvest

In this harvest-themed programme, Matt visits a farm in Buckinghamshire where they do things the old-fashioned way.

2015-08-3060 min

36. Cumbria

Countryfile is in Cumbria, where John Craven takes to the skies to discover a new line of defence in the battle against flooding - river restoration.

2015-09-0660 min

37. Sussex

Countryfile is in West Sussex. John Craven meets the current members of the first Women's Institute in England to discover the impact the WI has had on rural life.

2015-09-1360 min

38. Compilation - The Great Outdoors

Adam Henson is in the Lake District, discovering the joys of the great outdoors and looking back through the Countryfile archive.

2015-09-2060 min

39. One Man and His Dog

Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison present Countryfile One Man and His Dog 2015, featuring the best shepherding talent from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

2015-09-2760 min

40. Lancashire

Anita Rani and Helen Skelton are on the coast of Morecambe Bay in the far north western corner of Lancashire. Anita takes a cycle ride along the coast near Silverdale.

2015-10-0460 min

41. Cheshire

Matt Baker and Helen Skelton are in Cheshire. Matt visits Lyme Park, hoping for a glimpse of one of nature's most exciting spectacles - the annual red deer rut.

2015-10-1160 min

42. Autumn Special

This edition of the countryside magazine revels in the colours of autumn. Ellie Harrison visits Perthshire, where the woodlands are a kaleidoscope of colour by both day and night.

2015-10-1860 min

43. North Wales

Sean Fletcher visits Capel Celyn, where 50 years ago villagers were evicted to make way for a new reservoir. Sean meets the families still living with that legacy.

2015-10-2560 min

44. Countryfile's Ramble for Children In Need

In this extended edition of the programme, the team present the first ever Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need, as thousands of people explore the rural landscape.

2015-11-0160 min

45. Cambridgeshire

The team explore Cambridgeshire. Matt Baker finds out how Cambridge University students past and present are having an impact on the countryside.

2015-11-0860 min

46. Compilation Field to Fork

Ellie Harrison is in the market town of Frome in Somerset to find out about a field-to-fork revolution which is taking this place by storm.

2015-11-1560 min

47. Dorset

Countryfile is in Dorset. Matt Baker explores a woodland architecture school, where the surrounding trees become the building materials.

2015-11-2260 min

48. Shropshire

Countryfile is in Shropshire, where John Craven visits a seed bank and Ellie Harrison is on the hunt for the elusive Shropshire pine marten.

2015-11-2960 min

49. Highlands

Ellie Harrison and Joe Crowley explore the NC500 - a new 500-mile scenic loop that takes in some of Scotland's remotest and most beautiful places.

2015-12-0660 min

50. The Peaks

Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker are in the Peaks in Derbyshire, looking at how the geology there gives rise to two distinct landforms - the Dark Peak and the White Peak.

2015-12-1360 min

51. Cornish Coastal Christmas

It's Christmas, and Matt and Ellie are in the tiny Cornish fishing village of Coverack, helping the locals get the place set for the festivities.

2015-12-2060 min

52. Compilation: The Farming Year

Adam Henson prepares for the new year ahead. There's also a look back at the farming year, with some favourites from the Countryfile archives.

2015-12-2760 min