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Season 29
Episode 17

Shakespeare Special

April 24, 2016

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Countryfile - S29 - E17

To mark 400 years since Shakespeare's death, Countryfile travels the length and breadth of the country in search of the landscapes that inspired his works.

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Countryfile: Season 29 - 52 Episode s

29x1 - Compilation: Winter Wildlife
January 3, 2016
Ellie Harrison is at the Cotswold Water Park looking back at some of Countryfile's encounters with winter wildlife, and spotting some of her own.
29x2 - Hertfordshire
January 10, 2016
Countryfile is in Hertfordshire, where Matt Baker meets a farming family who are turning oilseed rape into liquid gold - oil.
29x3 - Gloucestershire
January 17, 2016
Countryfile is in Gloucestershire, where Matt gives the trees at Batsford Arboretum a health check using a clever bit of x-ray kit to look for decay.
29x4 - North Devon
January 24, 2016
Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker are in north Devon, where Matt finds out what life is like for the residents once the tourists have gone.
29x5 - Winter Special
January 31, 2016
The team pull on their thermals for a walk on the wild side of winter. Adam heads to North Ronaldsay, where their rare seaweed-eating sheep are under threat.
29x6 - Tyne and Wear
February 7, 2016
Matt Baker visits a country park near Newcastle that was once the site of a coalmine, and Ellie Harrison looks at the restoration of Roker Lighthouse near Sunderland.
29x7 - Norfolk Broads
February 14, 2016
Matt Baker joins student gamekeepers at work, while Ellie Harrison reveals how cranes have returned to Norfolk after an absence of 400 years.
29x8 - Staffordshire
February 21, 2016
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Staffordshire. Matt visits a school with farming at the heart of the curriculum. Ellie meets a couple who own a nature reserve.
29x9 - Essex
February 28, 2016
Matt Baker and Shauna Lowry are near Colchester on the Essex coast. Matt ventures to Mersea Island to meet an oyster fisherman, and Shauna Lowry goes to the River Colne.
29x10 - Northern Ireland
March 6, 2016
Exploring the beauty of Northern Ireland, John Craven finds out about Rathlin Island's kelp industry. Anita Rani meets a farmer whose animals are now TV stars.
29x11 - Young Farmers Compilation
March 13, 2016
Countryfile is in Aberystwyth, where Adam Henson visits the town's university to meet the youngsters working towards a career in farming.
29x12 - Sussex
March 20, 2016
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are in Sussex exploring Ashdown Forest, the inspiration for the Hundred Acre Wood in AA Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories. Matt also visits a farm belonging to the Countryside Restoration Trust, which promotes wildlife-friendly farming. Ellie is on the hunt for woodpeckers - easy to hear, but harder to spot! John Craven is at West Rise, the state junior school with a difference: it has a bronze-age settlement and buffalo roaming its marshlands. Tom Heap is in Scotland where there's fresh concern about the impact that wind farms could have on birdlife. But how much of a threat do turbines really pose? And Adam Henson meets the farmer opening his farm to help refugees.
29x13 - Three Counties
March 27, 2016
The team explore the three counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire and meet some of the local crafts people keeping rural skills alive.
29x14 - Cattle Theme
April 3, 2016
Matt Baker, Anita Rani and Helen Skelton tell the story of cattle in this themed programme. Matt spends the day with a young beef farmer.
29x15 - Northumberland
April 10, 2016
John Craven marks the 40th anniversary of LS Lowry's death by following in the artist's footsteps. Ellie Harrison learns about how to conserve moorland.
29x16 - Dumfries and Galloway
April 17, 2016
Joe Crowley meets a woman who looks after a herd of Belted Galloway cattle. Anita Rani joins photographer Keith Kirk after dark, looking for wildlife.
29x17 - Shakespeare Special
April 24, 2016
To mark 400 years since Shakespeare's death, Countryfile travels the length and breadth of the country in search of the landscapes that inspired his works.
29x18 - Conservation Compilation
May 1, 2016
Ellie Harrison visits the South Haven Peninsula in Dorset to tell the story of conservation's unsung hero Captain Cyril Diver.
29x19 - South Devon
May 8, 2016
Matt Baker explores the Dartington estate in south Devon to discover the history of the place and meet the farmers who are turning their goats' milk into ice cream.
29x20 - Spring Special
May 15, 2016
A snapshot of spring, including dolphins in Cardigan Bay, one of the UK's last remaining hay meadows, a Roman fort in Alderney, and a large vegetated shingle spit.
29x21 - Veggie Theme
May 22, 2016
A snapshot of spring, including dolphins in Cardigan Bay, one of the UK's last remaining hay meadows, a Roman fort in Alderney, and a large vegetated shingle spit.
29x22 - Snowdonia
May 29, 2016
John Craven races a hill runner to the summit of Snowdon and meets the volunteers protecting the area's ospreys.
29x23 - Montrose
June 5, 2016
Matt Baker and Anita Rani are at the stunning Montrose Basin in Angus in Scotland, and Tom Heap asks what the EU referendum may mean for Britain's fisheries.
29x24 - Hampshire
June 15, 2016
To celebrate British Flowers Week, Charlotte Smith and Anita Rani look at the resurgence of British flowers. Charlotte finds out why the smell of flowers is so popular.
29x25 - East Midlands
June 19, 2016
Matt Baker takes to the Trent in a kayak and finds out about the effort to clean up the river. In Rutland, Helen Skelton is an apprentice in a windmill.
29x26 - Compilation Weather
June 26, 2016
A look back at the long hot summer of 1976 with TV weatherman John Hammon, plus a rerun of some of Countryfile's best weather-related stories.
29x27 - Pembrokeshire
July 3, 2016
John Craven takes to the water in Pembrokeshire to find out about the area's boating heritage, painting boats and learning sea shanties along the way.
29x28 - Kent
July 10, 2016
It is tennis season and Countryfile is visiting Kent, where Matt Baker finds out about Wimbledon strawberries and gets to grips with the harvest.
29x29 - Meadows
July 17, 2016
The Countryfile team explore meadows, from the wildlife that makes the meadow its home to the plants that thrive there. Matt Baker discovers the art of scything.
29x30 - Cumbria
July 24, 2016
The team visit Cumbria, looking at the places which inspired Beatrix Potter, a farm run using horses and steam power, and Lakeland sports, including Cumberland wrestling.
29x31 - Summer Special
July 31, 2016
A special edition of Countryfile celebrating the Great British summer. Matt Baker travels along the south Wales coast, while Naomi Wilkinson punts along the River Cam in Cambridge.
29x32 - Island Life Compilation
August 7, 2016
Anita heads to the tiny Scottish island of Kerrera, where she joins the postmaster on her daily round and helps the shepherd round up her sheep.
29x33 - Lochaber
August 14, 2016
Countryfile marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme. Joe heads to the Scottish Highlands to meet a team taking part in five-day challenge.
29x34 - Countryfile Live
August 21, 2016
Matt Baker mingles with exhibitors and visitors at the first ever Countryfile Live, which took place in the magnificent grounds of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
29x35 - Wiltshire
August 28, 2016
Countryfile has been given access to an excavation at the Stonehenge World Heritage site, and Joe Crowley meets the team who have found strange items buried in the soil.
29x36 - Harvest
September 4, 2016
It is harvest time, and the countryside is buzzing with activity. The Countryfile team are getting stuck in as crops are brought in across the country.
29x37 - Anglesey
September 11, 2016
Anita Rani explores Anglesey, off the north west coast of Wales. She navigates the notorious Menai Strait and meets the fisherman who bought an island.
29x38 - Inspirational Countryside Compilation
September 18, 2016
Countryfile marks the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl's birth by discovering his passion for the outdoors and how it inspired his writing.
29x39 - One Man and His Dog
September 25, 2016
Matt Baker and Anita Rani preside over proceedings as the best shepherds and their dogs from England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland battle it out for the trophy.
29x40 - Surrey
October 2, 2016
Anita Rani travels to Surrey to explore the revival of interest in growing hops there. Adam Henson is hoping for the right conditions to get the last of his wheat harvest in.
29x41 - Rivers & Waterways
October 9, 2016
Matt meets a writer who draws inspiration from the Thames Estuary and its people, and Naomi meets a photographer captivated by the waterfall at Lydford Gorge.
29x42 - Isle of Wight
October 16, 2016
Matt and Anita explore the Isle of Wight. Matt abseils down the walls of Carisbrooke Castle, while Anita is on Ventnor Downs helping to round up feral goats.
29x43 - Autumn Special
October 23, 2016
To celebrate nature's final flourish before the slow descent into winter, the team pulls on its wellies, kicks through the crisp leaves and explores the fruits of our forests.
29x44 - Herefordshire
October 30, 2016
Matt looks at Herefordshire's historic perry-making industry and helps out with the pear harvest. He starts out at Weston's, the world's biggest producers of perry.
29x45 - Ramble for Children in Need
November 6, 2016
In this extended edition of Countryfile, the team head out into some of the nation's most beautiful landscapes for the Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need.
29x46 - A Remembrance Sunday Special
November 13, 2016
Helen Skelton is on a special cycle ride across northern France to commemorate 100 years since the Battle of the Somme.
29x47 - West Yorkshire
November 20, 2016
In West Yorkshire, Matt Baker meets the youngsters who have become RSPB rangers. Anita Rani meets an author who immerses himself in the landscape.
29x48 - Brecon Beacons
November 27, 2016
The team explores the Brecon Beacons. Matt Baker discovers geocaching, a treasure hunt with a modern twist, and meets an artist whose canvas is the night sky.
29x49 - Lincolnshire
December 4, 2016
The team are in Lincolnshire, where it's all go in the vast fields of winter veg. John Craven learns about the kalette, a cross between kale and a brussels sprout.
29x50 - Aberdeenshire
December 11, 2016
The team are in Aberdeenshire, where Helen visits the only village on mainland Britain where cars can't go. Plus a turkey farm where the guard dogs are alpacas.
29x51 - Christmas Special
December 18, 2016
Countryfile celebrates Christmas at Bamburgh Castle on the Northumbrian coast. John Craven learns what the first Christmases on Lindisfarne would have been like.
29x52 - James Herriot Compilation
December 26, 2016
Ellie Harrison visits Thirsk to celebrate the centenary of vet Alf Wight, known to the world as James Herriot, and speaks to his children.

29x1 - Compilation: Winter Wildlife

29x2 - Hertfordshire

29x3 - Gloucestershire

29x4 - North Devon

29x5 - Winter Special

29x6 - Tyne and Wear

29x7 - Norfolk Broads

29x8 - Staffordshire

29x9 - Essex

29x10 - Northern Ireland

29x11 - Young Farmers Compilation

29x12 - Sussex

29x13 - Three Counties

29x14 - Cattle Theme

29x15 - Northumberland

29x16 - Dumfries and Galloway

29x17 - Shakespeare Special

29x18 - Conservation Compilation

29x19 - South Devon

29x20 - Spring Special

29x21 - Veggie Theme

29x22 - Snowdonia

29x23 - Montrose

29x24 - Hampshire

29x25 - East Midlands

29x26 - Compilation Weather

29x27 - Pembrokeshire

29x28 - Kent

29x29 - Meadows

29x30 - Cumbria

29x31 - Summer Special

29x32 - Island Life Compilation

29x33 - Lochaber

29x34 - Countryfile Live

29x35 - Wiltshire

29x36 - Harvest

29x37 - Anglesey

29x38 - Inspirational Countryside Compilation

29x39 - One Man and His Dog

29x40 - Surrey

29x41 - Rivers & Waterways

29x42 - Isle of Wight

29x43 - Autumn Special

29x44 - Herefordshire

29x45 - Ramble for Children in Need

29x46 - A Remembrance Sunday Special

29x47 - West Yorkshire

29x48 - Brecon Beacons

29x49 - Lincolnshire

29x50 - Aberdeenshire

29x51 - Christmas Special

29x52 - James Herriot Compilation

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