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Season 31
Episode 8

Derbyshire

February 25, 2018

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Countryfile - S31 - E8

Matt Baker and Helen Skelton are in Derbyshire, where Matt is exploring the boom in farming alpacas. Tom Heap looks at illegal abattoirs.

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Countryfile: Season 31 - 52 Episode s

31x1 - Ribble Valley
January 7, 2018
Matt Baker is in the Gisburn Forest and meets the people who make the most of what nature has to offer here. Anita Rani is on a farm which is looking to the future.
31x2 - Somerset Levels
January 14, 2018
In the Somerset Levels, Matt Baker is on the hunt for the common crane, a bird that has been brought back from the brink and which now thrives in the area.
31x3 - Leicestershire
January 21, 2018
Anita Rani visits Leicester University's herbarium to investigate the city's plants' past, present and future, and Tom Heap looks at the rural fire services.
31x4 - Perth and Kinross
January 28, 2018
Matt Baker visits a farm in Crieff to meet two brothers from a family famous in the sport of curling, discovering how Olympic training fits around farming.
31x5 - Winter Special
February 4, 2018
Matt Baker meets the Dorset man championing local winter produce. Anita Rani finds out how making jewellery inspired by nature can improve the winter blues.
31x6 - Cambridgeshire
February 11, 2018
Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker are in Cambridgeshire, where Matt looks at a huge project to turn a quarry into the UK's biggest reed bed.
31x7 - Anglesey
February 18, 2018
Matt Baker and Anita Rani are in Anglesey, where Matt is on the lookout for harbour porpoises and Anita finds out what's behind the boom in Menai mussels.
31x8 - Derbyshire
February 25, 2018
Matt Baker and Helen Skelton are in Derbyshire, where Matt is exploring the boom in farming alpacas. Tom Heap looks at illegal abattoirs.
31x9 - Waterworlds Compilation
March 4, 2018
Helen Skelton is at Kielder Water in Northumberland, exploring the ways in which water shapes our lives. Plus watery worlds from the Countryfile archive.
31x10 - The Lothians and Borders
March 11, 2018
Matt Baker visits St Abbs - a community who refused to let their lifeboat service go under.
31x11 - Pembrokeshire
March 18, 2018
Ellie Harrison is in Pembrokeshire looking at the effect of recent storms on the coastline. Adam Henson is in Scotland exploring the mystery behind some missing upland sheep. Tom Heap looks at the problems faced by the UK's sheep farmers and asks why people have fallen out of love with lamb.
31x12 - Shropshire
March 25, 2018
Matt Baker immerses himself in Shropshire Wildlife Trust's Love Your Rivers project. It's a huge conservation operation, involving 12 organisations.
31x13 - West Yorkshire
April 1, 2018
Matt, Anita and Joe Crowley are in West Yorkshire where Matt meets Dr Ryad Alsous, a refugee from Syria whose love of bees has helped him forge a new life here.
31x14 - Loch Ness
April 8, 2018
Sean Fletcher and Naomi Wilkinson are in the wilds around Loch Ness. They travel to to Glenurquhart where they go head to head in a game of shinty.
31x15 - Cumbria
April 15, 2018
Matt Baker and Anita Rani are in West Cumbria where Matt takes a wild and bracing walk along a brand new section of the England Coast Path on Walney Island near Barrow.
31x16 - Heritage Crafts
April 22, 2018
Anita Rani is in Norfolk meeting the people keeping some of the UK's vanishing trades alive, including a millwright and a reed cutter.
31x17 - Cornwall
April 29, 2018
Matt Baker is in Cornwall to meet Julian Jackson, who lost his sight in 2010 and is raising money for a vision charity by walking from Land's End to John O'Groats.
31x18 - Northumberland
May 6, 2018
Anita Rani is in Rothbury, being put through her paces with the mountain rescue team and hearing how new technologies are helping search-and-rescue operations.
31x19 - Hampshire
May 13, 2018
The team are in Hampshire, where Matt Baker hears about a project championing the use of local wood. John Craven hears how oysters are being reintroduced to the Solent.
31x20 - Spring Special
May 20, 2018
Ellie Harrison meets the designer who's creating a celebratory 30th anniversary Countryfile garden for the Hampton Court Flower Show.
31x21 - Royal Special: Windsor
May 27, 2018
To celebrate 65 years since Her Majesty's coronation, Countryfile, also celebrating its 30th anniversary, has been given unprecedented access to the Queen's Windsor estate.
31x22 - Royal Special: Balmoral
June 3, 2018
To celebrate 65 years since HM the Queen's coronation, Countryfile has been given unprecedented access to the Queen's Balmoral estate.
31x23 - Royal Special: Sandringham
June 10, 2018
To celebrate 65 years since Her Majesty's coronation, Countryfile visits the Queen's Sandringham estate. Adam Henson looks into the farming history of Sandringham.
31x24 - Northern Ireland
June 17, 2018
Sean Fletcher, Margherita Taylor and Steve Brown are in Northern Ireland. John Craven launches the Countryfile Photographic Competition with Cerys Matthews.
31x25 - West Sussex
June 24, 2018
In West Sussex, Matt explores the phenomenon of 'champing' - where people pay to stay in churches - and Ellie meets Maya Leonard, a self-proclaimed insect activist.
31x26 - Dorset
July 1, 2018
Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor are in Dorset, where Matt spends time at Lorton Meadows, a nature reserve renowned for its birds of prey.
31x27 - Hampton Court
July 8, 2018
Ellie Harrison and Sean Fletcher explore the grounds and surrounds of Hampton Court Palace, which is home to the last stable of working shire horses in London.
31x28 - The Seven Wonders of Wales
July 15, 2018
Sean Fletcher introduces his 'seven wonders of Wales' - the mountains, hill farming, heritage, wildlife, castles, food and the coastline.
31x29 - 30th Anniversary
July 22, 2018
To celebrate Countryfile's 30th anniversary, John Craven takes us through 30 of the most memorable moments from the programme from the past three decades.
31x30 - Exmoor
July 29, 2018
In Exmoor, Margherita Taylor meets those doing all they can to restore the habitat, and numbers, of the UK's most endangered butterfly - the high brown fritillary.
31x31 - East Yorkshire
August 5, 2018
John, Margherita and Steve are in East Yorkshire where John takes a trip down memory lane to the seaside holidays of his youth.
31x32 - Nottinghamshire
August 12, 2018
Matt, Ellie and Steve are in Nottinghamshire where Matt reports on the plight of the original Bramley apple tree and there's a double hit of wildlife from Ellie.
31x33 - Countryfile Live
August 19, 2018
The team are at Countryfile Live, set in the stunning grounds of Blenheim Palace. Steve Brown goes backstage at the first ever British charcuterie awards.
31x34 - North Wales
August 26, 2018
Matt and Margherita are in north Wales where Matt discovers how miniature technology could tell us more about the habits of one of our best-loved insects.
31x35 - Saltmarsh, Sand and Sea
September 2, 2018
Steve Brown goes on a tour of the Isle of Sheppey. A flat landscape typified by saltmarsh, sea and big skies, this is a wilderness full of wildlife.
31x36 - Essex
September 9, 2018
Anita Rani and John Craven visit Essex. Anita hears how timber that has travelled around the world from the tropics to the UK is being up-cycled and repurposed.
31x37 - Harvest
September 16, 2018
Helen Skelton visits a farm in York to hear how carrots are in crisis. The extremes of weather have lead to the lowest yields for decades and the highest levels of imports.
31x38 - One Man and His Dog
September 23, 2018
The British Isles' top shepherds and their collies descend on the small village of Llansteffan in south Wales as we host Countryfile's One Man and His Dog 2018.
31x39 - Hereford
September 30, 2018
The team are in Herefordshire visiting a habitat creation project, harvesting hops and learning about the new-found popularity of a medieval apple drink called verjuice.
31x40 - Wildlife Special
October 7, 2018
Ellie Harrison takes a look at the state of the country's wildlife - the pressures it is under, the challenges it faces and the prospects for vulnerable species.
31x41 - A Different Day Out
October 14, 2018
Ellie Harrison is in Derbyshire to explore ideas for a different day out, including building a makeshift raft and taking in an arts trail.
31x42 - Autumn Special
October 21, 2018
Matt Baker is on the Isle of Skye otter spotting, Anita Rani visits the Ards Peninsular, and Steve Brown experiences the beauty of autumn leaves in miniature.
31x43 - Ramble for BBC Children in Need
October 28, 2018
The fourth annual Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need features the show's presenters leading rambles across the UK, joined by viewers and inspirational youngsters.
31x44 - Worcestershire
November 4, 2018
Countryfile visits Worcestershire, where Matt Baker finds out about plans to save Pershore Lock Island and encourage more wildlife to live there.
31x45 - East Sussex
November 11, 2018
Countryfile visits East Sussex, where Sean Fletcher meets the family with a passion for poultry.
31x46 - Cambridgeshire
November 18, 2018
Countryfile visits Cambridgeshire, where Anita Rani is at the 40th annual hedge-laying competition and meets a painter who finds trees totally inspiring.
31x47 - Suffolk
November 25, 2018
Countryfile is in Suffolk, where John Craven takes to the water to meet the Walberswick ferrywomen. He also finds out about the age-old craft of pargetting.
31x48 - County Durham
December 2, 2018
Countryfile is in County Durham, where Helen Skelton finds out about the traditional rapper dance of the region and Steve Brown finds out about fancy pigeon showing.
31x49 - Isle of Wight
December 9, 2018
John Craven, Helen Skelton and Margherita Taylor are on the Isle of Wight, where John meets the amateur dinosaur hunter finding new prehistoric creatures.
31x50 - Cairngorms
December 16, 2018
In the Cairngorms, Matt Baker meets Tilly Smith and her herd of 150 reindeer, whose grazing habits are being studied by scientists to assess their environmental impact.
31x51 - Christmas Special
December 23, 2018
Matt Baker and the team are in the small village of Elsdon in Northumberland, where preparations are in full swing for a big Christmas bash.
31x52 - Countryfile's Inspirational Women
December 30, 2018
Anita Rani is in Yorkshire celebrating some of the many remarkable women who have been featured on the programme over the years.

31x1 - Ribble Valley

31x2 - Somerset Levels

31x3 - Leicestershire

31x4 - Perth and Kinross

31x5 - Winter Special

31x6 - Cambridgeshire

31x7 - Anglesey

31x8 - Derbyshire

31x9 - Waterworlds Compilation

31x10 - The Lothians and Borders

31x11 - Pembrokeshire

31x12 - Shropshire

31x13 - West Yorkshire

31x14 - Loch Ness

31x15 - Cumbria

31x16 - Heritage Crafts

31x17 - Cornwall

31x18 - Northumberland

31x19 - Hampshire

31x20 - Spring Special

31x21 - Royal Special: Windsor

31x22 - Royal Special: Balmoral

31x23 - Royal Special: Sandringham

31x24 - Northern Ireland

31x25 - West Sussex

31x26 - Dorset

31x27 - Hampton Court

31x28 - The Seven Wonders of Wales

31x29 - 30th Anniversary

31x30 - Exmoor

31x31 - East Yorkshire

31x32 - Nottinghamshire

31x33 - Countryfile Live

31x34 - North Wales

31x35 - Saltmarsh, Sand and Sea

31x36 - Essex

31x37 - Harvest

31x38 - One Man and His Dog

31x39 - Hereford

31x40 - Wildlife Special

31x41 - A Different Day Out

31x42 - Autumn Special

31x43 - Ramble for BBC Children in Need

31x44 - Worcestershire

31x45 - East Sussex

31x46 - Cambridgeshire

31x47 - Suffolk

31x48 - County Durham

31x49 - Isle of Wight

31x50 - Cairngorms

31x51 - Christmas Special

31x52 - Countryfile's Inspirational Women

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