The Best Episodes of Countryfile Season 26

A look through the archives to see how horses and dogs are an integral part of rural life.

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Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury head to the Hertfordshire countryside.

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Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury head to Exmoor, where Julia learns about Alfred Vowles.

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Matt Baker and John Craven head to South Wales.

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John Craven explores the historic ruins of Jervaulx Abbey, once home to Cistercian monks.

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Countryfile heads to the north Cornwall coast. Matt Baker explores its glens and ruins.

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In this edition of Countryfile, Adam Henson ventures no more than 10 miles from his Cotswolds farm as discovers the delights of the local food available right on his doorstep. His mission is simple: he is to collect the ingredients to make a pizza for his family's evening meal. He visits a local flour mill for the dough for the pizza base, a local halloumi cheese maker and a man who makes meatballs from his herd of Hereford cattle. It is an unusual combination, so what his daughter Ella make of it? Adam also delves back into the Countryfile archives to dig out the best of the foodie stories covered on the programme. Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison take each other on in the battle of the Yorkshire puddings, Julia Bradbury is on her home turf in Leicestershire tucking into stilton cheese and pork pies, Jules Hudson is out fishing off the Cornish coast for sardines and Katie Knapman discovers the unusual taste of Yorkshire sushi.

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Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury are in Bristol, a city with the countryside on its doorstep.

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Countryfile heads to the wild, rugged and dramatic landscape of Northumberland.

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The Countryfile team pay a special visit to Prince Charles on his Gloucestershire farm.

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Countryfile is in Lyme Bay, where the rugged west Dorset and east Devon coastlines meet.

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Matt Baker is with the farmers trying to make a living from sheep in the Golden Valley.

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In this special edition of Countryfile, Ellie Harrison charts the arrival of spring. She is on St Michaels Mount in Cornwall, where the season comes early. The daffodils are in full bloom, the days are getting longer, and the islanders are busy getting everything ready for the start of the tourist season. She catches up with the boatman launching a newly refurbished ferry, joins the team given the stately rooms a deep spring clean, and talks the chaplain to find out why St Michaels Mount is such a place of pilgrimage. Whilst Ellie is on the island, she looks back at some of the best spring stories to have featured on Countryfile. These include the time Julia took to the skies above Herefordshire in search of our ancient orchards, and when Matt went to Exmoor to look for signs of our biggest mammal. Plus a second look at what happened when Adam went on a spring round-up with a difference.

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Matt Baker explores the Grand Union Canal and Julia Bradbury discovers hidden heritage.

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Matt explores Suffolk's boating heritage as he puts the finishing touches to a boat.

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In Calderdale, West Yorkshire, Ellie Harrison follows in the footsteps of Whitely Turner.

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Ellie Harrison visits the historic Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.

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Ellie Harrison takes a peek behind the scenes at Newmarket, the home of horse racing.

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Matt Baker explores the maritime history of Hampshire.

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Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury head to the Thames Valley, on the doorstep of London. This area of countryside has at its heart the river that bears its name. Matt takes to the water with an Olympian to find out what makes Henley-on-Thames such a breeding ground for gold medal winning rowers. Meanwhile, Julia is at Burnham Beeches on the hunt for giant wood ants with an unusual defence mechanism which led to the discovery of formic acid. John Craven visits the Household Cavalry as they take part in an equine health survey launched by the charity Blue Cross. Elsewhere, Tom Heap is on the south west coast to find out why our seabirds are in decline; and down on the farm, Adam's Highland bull Eric is causing a bit of a stir.

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Countryfile travels to Yorkshire and the Humber, with Matt out on the Humber estuary.

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Countryfile is in the historic kingdom of Fife. Matt Baker explores Tentsmuir forest.

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The Countryfile team launch their annual photographic competition.

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Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker head to North Wales, and Matt heads to the Woodfest.

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The Countryfile team are on the coastal flatlands of Kent.

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