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The Best Episodes of Countryfile Season 35

Every episode of Countryfile Season 35 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Countryfile Season 35!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Countryfile Season 35 Episode 1 - Review of the Year
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    #1 - Review of the Year

    S35:E1

    John Craven pays tribute to inspirational young people who are doing their bit for farming and the countryside, including volunteers, rangers and a 14-year-old shepherdess.

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  2. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 2 - The Cairngorms
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    #2 - The Cairngorms

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    Sean Fletcher is in the snowy Cairngorms to mark the centenary of the death of the great explorer Ernest Shackleton.

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  3. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 3 - Bristol's Last Farm
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    #3 - Bristol's Last Farm

    S35:E3

    Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith visit the last traditional farm in the Bristol postcode to meet a farmer fighting to keep her farm and her connection with the local community she feeds. Matt helps out with a spot of animal husbandry and some porcine romance, while Charlotte discovers how the farmland provides the city with a 'green lung' and a wildlife haven. On his Cotswolds farm, Adam Henson is keeping the peace between two testosterone-fuelled rams, and Charlotte investigates whether cuts to rural youth work are putting youngsters at risk of criminal exploitation.

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  4. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 4 - Durham Heritage Coast
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    #4 - Durham Heritage Coast

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    On the 50th anniversary of the miners’ strikes, Matt Baker and Anita Rani are in County Durham on the Heritage Coast to discover how this area has risen from the ashes and reinvented itself after pit closures. Matt finds out how a colliery has become a nature reserve, and Anita discovers how one pit is now enjoying a new lease of life as a source for cutting-edge clean, green energy. Also, Tom Heap investigates the hidden threat facing countryside communities living in the shadow of our mining past, and Adam Henson sees how the avian flu crisis is threatening the livelihood of free range egg farmers.

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  5. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 5 - Clinton Devon Estates
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    #5 - Clinton Devon Estates

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    Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison visit the largest privately owned estate in Devon, which has been in the same family for more than 700 years, to discover how the 25,000 acres are shaping up to the future.  Matt joins the calving team at Clinton Devon Estates and sets the wheels in motion at a 900-year-old watermill, while Ellie checks out a mammoth project where the sea will be more than welcome to flood the land. Then, she meets the organic farming duo who also juggle part-time jobs as a lecturer and a GP. 

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  6. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 6 - Allerton
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    #6 - Allerton

    S35:E6

    Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison are at the Allerton Project in Leicestershire, where cutting-edge research by farmers for farmers enables agriculture to keep ahead of the challenges facing the industry.  Matt finds out how sheep urine is contributing to climate change, Ellie discovers the miracles of the humble hedge, and binoculars at the ready, both do their bit for the Big Farmland Bird Count. Also, Tom Heap investigates what’s being done to keep antibiotic-resistant superbugs out of the food chain, and Adam Henson is busy with winter checks on his livestock.

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  7. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 7 - Snowdonia
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    #7 - Snowdonia

    S35:E7

    Matt Baker and Joe Crowley get their walking boots on as they visit Snowdonia National Park. Home to Wales’s largest natural lake and its highest mountain, Mount Snowdon, the park shot to the top of the staycation list last summer as more Brits than ever holidayed on home turf. But Snowdonia is paying the price for its popularity, as the heavy influx of tourists is taking its toll on the landscape. Matt finds out about the invisible scourge of micro-plastics plaguing the scenic landscape, while Joe mucks in with a mountain makeover as he helps repair the footpaths. Tom Heap investigates the growing problem of vandalism and anti-social behaviour in our National Parks, and Adam Henson visits a farm in Wiltshire where cow dung is being used to generate electricity.

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  8. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 8 - Holkham
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    #8 - Holkham

    S35:E8

    This week we’re visiting the Holkham Estate in Norfolk. Joe Crowley witnesses the awesome spectacle of thousands of overwintering pink footed geese leaving their roost. Matt Baker unearths the remarkable life buried deep in long-abandoned ponds and discovers which exotic creatures have a penchant for a certain type of oak. Charlotte investigates why the UK’s sugar beet farmers are facing an uncertain future, and it’s a visit to the vet for Adam’s trusty sheepdog Peg. Could her working days be numbered?

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  9. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 9 - Wrest Park
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    #9 - Wrest Park

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    John Craven is at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire to help with an ambitious 20-year restoration project to breathe new life into fabulous features that reflect fashions across three centuries, from statues to cascades and an 18th-century bath house. And it’s the perfect place for John to dip into the Countryfile archives, revisiting the occasions when Ellie Harrison helped to spruce up the Cerne Abbas Giant, Anita Rani mucked in to clear a toxic scrapyard in Shropshire, and Matt Baker rolled up his sleeves to help restore a 12th-century church in Herefordshire.

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  10. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 10 - High Weald
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    #10 - High Weald

    S35:E10

    Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith head to the High Weald, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the borders of Sussex and Kent, to discover the role of wood, iron and clay both historically and for the future. While Matt meets a visionary architect, Charlotte explores an ancient clay technique for fermenting wine and catches up with a father-and-daughter duo keeping alive the craft of blacksmithing. Tom Heap investigates what’s being done to ensure rural communities get the GP access they need, and Adam Henson is on the trail of British strawberries grown all year round.

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  11. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 11 - River Severn
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    #11 - River Severn

    S35:E11

    Charlotte Smith and Tom Heap are on the River Severn to find out how living with the constant threat of floods is affecting rural communities and how climate change could make things worse.

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  12. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 12 - Melton Mowbray
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    #12 - Melton Mowbray

    S35:E12

    To mark British Pie Week, Countryfile is in the birthplace of the pork pie – Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. Margherita Taylor visits the cathedral of pies, home of the British Pie Awards, to find out what makes for pie perfection. Matt Baker discovers Melton Mowbray’s other mouthwatering delight, stilton cheese, and Matt and Margherita both put their tastebuds to the test as they try the art of pairing food and beer. Adam is on the trail of Somerset strawberries grown all year round, and who will be top dog when comedians Tim Vine and Kiri Pritchard-McLean go head-to-head in a special Red Nose sheepdog trial for Comic Relief?

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  13. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 13 - Seasonal Hub
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    #13 - Seasonal Hub

    S35:E13

    Like so many farmers across the UK, Adam Henson is facing a dilemma. In the face of pressure to go green, how can you change your farming habits and still pay the bills? Adam catches up with his neighbor, David Wilson, who is a regenerative farmer, to find out more about one of the big new trends in agriculture and to see what ideas might work on Adam's farm. Charlotte Smith checks out the soil on both farms and investigates 'greenwashing'. As big companies start buying up land for carbon off-setting, are they putting the UK's food production at risk?

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  14. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 14 - Pembrokeshire
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    #14 - Pembrokeshire

    S35:E14

    Anita Rani and Sean Fletcher explore the beautiful south west corner of Wales as they celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Anita faces her fears as she abseils one hundred feet down a sea cliff to discover how best to protect the nesting spots of the thousands of sea birds that flock here. Sean meets the artist behind the coveted annual fish licence and heads to Angel Bay to discover how to farm oysters. Adam’s Exmoor ponies are in for a treat when a farrier gives them a pedicure and they meet a new stallion. And in a special investigation, BBC News’s rural affairs correspondent Claire Marshall meets the farmers with Parkinson’s Disease who fear their condition could be linked to years of using a toxic herbicide.

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  15. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 15 - Plant Britain by the Sea
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    #15 - Plant Britain by the Sea

    S35:E15

    Countryfile's Plant Britain by the Sea special shines the spotlight on the incredible coastline of our island and how we can all do our bit to help combat climate change, revive the fortunes of our wildlife and boost our own mental wellbeing. Matt Baker launches Countryfile’s Coastal Clean Up initiative, while Ellie Harrison helps to sew meadows out at sea and discovers the miracle properties of seagrass. Charlotte Smith goes on the hunt for rare dune plants saved from the brink of extinction, John Craven finds out how helping our coast to be in the best of health is also remedying young people’s eco anxiety, and Tom Heap investigates the importance of protecting our sand dunes.

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  16. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 16 - Easter Treats for Easter Sunday
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    #16 - Easter Treats for Easter Sunday

    S35:E16

    John Craven visits two villages in Herefordshire to find out about ancient rural Easter customs and traditions from field blessings to grave dressing and the pax biscuit, which, 500 years on, is still eaten at this time of year as a token of peace and good neighbourliness. Stained glass artist Tamsin Abbot creates a special piece to celebrate Easter and spring, inspired by the beautiful countryside around her. And John delves into the Easter archives for some treats, including the time Matt made a very special delivery to the Isles of Scilly and when Sean discovered the significance of wild daffodils.

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  17. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 17 - County Down Spring
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    #17 - County Down Spring

    S35:E17

    It’s springtime in County Down, where Anita Rani and Joe Crowley meet the Mackies of Mahee Island during the first of four seasonal visits this year. Anita gets a tour of the family’s very own arboretum and is introduced to the art of a well-known friend, while Joe lends a hand on the farm as the cattle head to the fields for spring. He also hears from the family’s conservationist about how they created their own wetland – one of Northern Ireland’s wildlife treasures. Also, Tom Heap investigates how the war in Ukraine has sparked a surge in the cost of fertiliser which could affect the price of the food on our plates.

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  18. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 18 - Lambing Special
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    #18 - Lambing Special

    S35:E18

    Nothing says spring quite like lambing, and Adam Henson is in his lambing shed getting ready for the last of his new arrivals. Anita Rani meets 15-year-old shepherd Katie on her family farm in Cumbria. Anita has never lambed before but soon finds herself at the sharp end of an emotional rollercoaster in the battle to save lives. Adam is also joined by Pip Jenkins, from top knitwear company John Smedley, and designer and Great British Sewing Bee judge Patrick Grant to decide the winner of Countryfile’s bobble competition for Children in Need. And with the cost of living on the rise, we rediscover forgotten cheap lamb cuts which are enjoying a revival.

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  19. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 19 - Mount’s Bay, Cornwall
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    #19 - Mount’s Bay, Cornwall

    S35:E19

    Countryfile this week visits the breathtaking coastline of Mount’s Bay in Cornwall and explores the magical St Michael’s Mount. Matt Baker is in for some extreme gardening as he abseils on the island’s craggy cliffs, while Margherita Taylor takes to the water to meet the team of female gig boat rowers who are going for gold in the world championships. Charlotte Smith investigates how the UK’s shortage of farm vets is threatening not just animal health but also our own. Adam’s getting ready for the arrival of some very special calves. And, in the first of a series of five films, Adrian Chiles explores some of the fascinating customs from around the British Isles. Today, he’s just along the coast in Mousehole and discovers an intriguing Cornish tradition or two.

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  20. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 20 - Blenheim
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    #20 - Blenheim

    S35:E20

    Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison explore the grounds of the beautiful Blenheim Palace estate, and Tom Heap investigates claims that by 2050 the UK could run out of water.

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  21. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 21 - Ystradgynlais
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    #21 - Ystradgynlais

    S35:E21

    Joe Crowley and Anita Rani visit Ystradgynlais in south Wales, and Adam Henson catches up with a young Welsh farmer to find out what can be done to combat loneliness in agriculture

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  22. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 22 - Warwickshire Greenways
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    #22 - Warwickshire Greenways

    S35:E22

    As cycling booms, Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison jump on their bikes to explore a new greenway in Warwickshire, and Tom Heap investigates the increase in cycling deaths on our rural roads.

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  23. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 23 - Flat Holm
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    #23 - Flat Holm

    S35:E23

    Matt Baker discovers the fascinating history of Flat Holm, an island in the middle of the Bristol Channel. Joe Crowley investigates the water companies still dumping sewage into our rivers.

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  24. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 24 - Haweswater
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    #24 - Haweswater

    S35:E24

    At Haweswater Reservoir, John Craven meets the people behind radical new thinking to boost biodiversity, enjoys a breakfast with red squirrels and launches the calendar photographic competition.

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  25. Countryfile Season 35 Episode 25 - At the Seaside
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    #25 - At the Seaside

    S35:E25

    Sean Fletcher visits Whitby, the setting for the novel Dracula, published 125 years ago. He meets people protecting Whitby's coastline and introduces clips about coastal Britain from the archives.

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Season 35 Ratings Summary

"Review of the Year" is the best rated episode of "Countryfile" season 35. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/2/2022. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Cairngorms".