Countryfile

The team looks for ways we can make the countryside a bigger part of our lives. Matt Baker tries his hand at canicross, Helen Skelton sets out to buy local, and Adam Henson gets creative with clay.

Ellie Harrison and Tom Heap are in the Mendips looking at how this stunning but fragile area is being protected from the invasion of visitors.

In the Chilterns, Matt Baker learns the ancient art of bodging, and Joe Crowley investigates if large-scale schemes such as HS2 tally with the government’s pledge to go green.

In Gloucestershire, Ellie Harrison finds out why gardening is now on prescription and learns about the precarious future facing Britain’s favourite mammal, the hedgehog.

Helen Skelton is on Crompton Moor in the Pennines, a site of biological interest. Tom Heap investigates the rural mental health crisis.

Margherita Taylor takes a look back through the Countryfile archives to celebrate some winter heroes, including wildlife rescue volunteers risking their lives to save one of our most majestic animals.

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.

To mark National Vegetarian Week, Countryfile takes a look at all things veggie, including the threats facing vegetable producers.

At the Colne Valley Regional Park on the edge of London, Charlotte Smith does battle with an invasive specie and helps secure a future for one of our most endangered mammals, the water vole.

Ellie joins Adam and his team for 48 hours of lambing action. She soon faces the emotions of the life-or-death decisions faced during this hectic season.

Ellie Harrison celebrates the arrival of spring in the Cotswolds and finds out about a scheme to enable wheelchair users to enjoy tougher terrain in the great outdoors.

Joe Crowley joins a survey of heron populations, finds out about a new national DNA database for toads, and helps map the amount of plastic polluting the countryside.

Ellie visits the 'golden triangle' in Gloucestershire, an area famous for daffodils. Villagers there recall how the flowers were sent by rail on the 'daffodil line' to cities across the country.

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.

Sean Fletcher tours the Hambleden Valley in Buckinghamshire, and Charlotte Smith investigates whether UK farmers can cover any shortfall in the number of seasonal farm workers.

Helen Skelton is in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North Yorkshire, helping prepare for the return of both animals and visitors to the hills.

As John Craven celebrates 50 years as a BBC presenter, on this – his 1,250th episode of Countryfile - he opens up a treasure trove of memories of some of his favourite parts of Britain.

Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison uncover the wonders of Cranborne Chase, and Steve Brown goes stargazing in the UK’s first designated dark sky reserve.

Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith head to the Peak District to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the UK's first national park.

A special episode about encouraging community gardens and planting wildflowers in a two-year initiative to help combat climate change, help wildlife and pollinators and transform our own wellbeing.

Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor visit the stunning Llyn Peninsula in north Wales, where they find out about tidal energy, sea grass and mountain goats.

Charlotte Smith meets farmers making Britain’s only raw brie, and Adam Henson looks at how science is using biobanks to secure the future of rare breeds.

Matt Baker and Anita Rani head to County Down to catch up with the dairy farming Lilburn family and their quest to diversify. John Craven launches the thirtieth Countryfile Photographic Competition.

In Gloucestershire, Ellie Harrison visits Nature in Art, the world’s first museum and art gallery dedicated to art inspired by nature.

Adam Henson and Charlotte Smith are in the stunning Cumbrian Hills as we catch up with the formidable mother and son farming duo Andrea and Hector Meanwell.