Countrywise
Countrywise is a British television series on ITV, in which broadcaster Paul Heiney and the team of reporters look at the best of Britain's coast and country, with contributions from the ITV regions. Quite often, the classical historian Bettany Hughes appears on the programme, when she is introduced as the "Countrywise Historian". The programme began a new series in December 2010 - Countrywise Kitchen, about foraging for food and food connected with different parts of the country. For example, the edition broadcast on 10 December 2010 mentioned gathering mushrooms, and mentioned the cep mushroom. Celebrities who have appeared on the programme include Rachel de Thame, who appeared on the programme on 5 July 2011. The most recent series of the programme began broadcast on 25 June 2012, when it came from the Isle of Man and mentioned the Manx cat. A more recent edition of the programme has come from Ireland.This edition of the programme mentioned how the newest member of the Countrywise team has been the programme's scientist, Charlotte Uhlenbroek, who discussed Finn MacCool when the programme was in Ireland. In late July 2012, the programme was broadcast in Pembrokeshire, Wales, where it visited the smallest city in the United Kingdom, that of St. David's.
Episodes
"The countryside is my home. I love the landscape, and share with the people who live and work there, the endless fascination about what makes it ti...
Paul Heiney explores Britain's coast and country, and meets the people that make it special. Today, he visits one of Britain's first farm shops whic...
Today, Paul visits "The Birthplace of Industry" where a single event changed the British countryside forever. Paul discovers more about Victorian fa...
Paul Heiney presents a series with memorable scenes drawn from the best of the ITV regions. Paul explores Britain's coast and country, and meets the...
Paul Heiney celebrates St George's Day on the hill where legend says the dragon was slain. He also explores Britain's oldest footpath, finds out about...
Paul Heiney explores Britain's countryside, and finds memorable scenes from the ITV regions. Today, Paul meets trainee farmers, farriers and blacksm...
Today we find out how an historic Kent dockyard changed the landscape forever as whole forests were felled for the timber to build warships such as...
This week, we visit the Malvern Hills, eight hundred million years in the making and officially one of the best places in Britain to walk a dog. Pau...
Today's adventure starts in Cornwall where Paul meets the crew of the Penzance lifeboat that is celebrating 150 years of service. In Newquay, he vis...
Today they are in Northumberland, where Paul visits a man-made lake named as the most tranquil spot in the country. Meanwhile Rachel tours the groun...
Today, they are in the Lake District celebrating 150 years of the Ullswater steam boats, and watching the annual ritual of salmon fisherman keeping...
Today we are in Constable country, celebrating the anniversary of the birth of one of Britain's best-loved landscape painters. We also find out abou...
Paul Heiney and the team explore the countryside in and around London. Paul meets the ranger who looks after Richmond Park's 600 deer, and talks to th...
Paul Heiney and the team explore the dams and reservoirs of the Elan Valley in Wales, test site for Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb ahead of the Dam Bus...
Paul Heiney and the team are in the Cotswolds to visit a village that topped a poll of the best places to live in the UK. Rachel de Thame discovers th...
The team travels to Northern Ireland, exploring the natural, industrial and cultural roots of Lough Erne. Paul Heiney visits a mystical island and goe...
In a programme first show in 2009, the team heads to Dover for a double anniversary. Paul Heiney marks the centenary of the first cross-Channel flight...
Paul Heiney visits the north of Scotland and takes a trip on steam train the Jacobite, which follows a route voted the most beautiful rail journey in...
The team travels to the Isle of Wight on the eve of the world-famous regatta at Cowes. Paul Heiney joins an Olympic champion at the helm of a 60ft oce...
One-hour special in which Paul Heiney journeys through Yorkshire and Lancashire, from Britain's first seaside resort in Scarborough to the vast natura...
Paul Heiney visits the Suffolk village of Walberswick, where he witnesses the staging of the annual British Open Crabbing Championship. He also calls...
Paul Heiney visits Birmingham to celebrate National Allotments Week, and gathers in the harvest on the Victorian farm in Norfolk. Plus, reports on sea...
Paul Heiney watches ospreys when he travels to Rutland Water for the British Bird Fair. He also joins in with the south London lavender harvest and ta...
Paul Heiney visits the Norfolk Broads, where he takes a trip on a traditional wherry trading barge. Plus, reports on cowboys in the West Country and a...
Paul Heiney visits Whitby, North Yorkshire, for the autumn angling festival and meets Rob Green, winner of the Seafood Chef of the Year award in 2009....
Paul Heiney visits the North York Moors and meets George Thompson, the 2008 Gamekeeper of the Year. Plus, reports on the campaigners who saved an anci...
Paul Heiney visits Exmouth in Devon to report on the national Beachwatch clean-up. Plus, the sanctuary for wolves deep in a Shropshire forest and the...
Paul Heiney is in Gloucestershire to celebrate British Cheese Week, visiting the home of Stinking Bishop and an award-winning vineyard. Plus, a specta...
Paul Heiney visits the Isles of Scilly to celebrate the 25th anniversary of an airlink vital to the region's flower industry. Plus, a report from Tees...
Paul Heiney visits Herefordshire, the largest apple-growing county in Britain, for the start of the harvest. He hears how cider-making has developed f...
Paul Heiney visits Dorset's Jurassic Coast at the start of the fossil-hunting season. Plus, reports on a swan rescue centre in Yorkshire, steam plough...
Paul Heiney tastes fruits including medlar and quince on a visit to a centuries-old Essex farm and jam factory. Plus reports on the West Somerset Stea...
Paul Heiney visits Witley Court in Worcestershire - once one of the great stately homes of England, but destroyed by fire more than 70 years ago. Plus...
Paul Heiney meets a farmer who breeds alpacas on the slopes of Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, and tries his hand at dowsing - looking for the magical li...
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