Country Tracks
Country Tracks

Country Tracks (2009)

0.02 seasonsDocumentary

Series celebrating the British countryside.

📺 Seasons & Episodes

Season 139 episodes
Cornwall Coast

1. Cornwall Coast

60 min

Ben Fogle journeys along Cornwall's south coast. Along the way, he tries his hand at sea fishing, meets the brains behind the Eden Project, and hand-harvests sea salt.

Brecon Beacons

2. Brecon Beacons

60 min

Ben Fogle journeys to the Brecon Beacons in South Wales, where he drives a steam train, finds a hidden waterfall and visits the livestock market at Llandovery.

Peak District Tradition

3. Peak District Tradition

60 min

Ben Fogle travels through the Peak District. Starting at the Heights of Abraham, he travels first by bike and then by horse, learning about local traditions.

Arran

4. Arran

60 min

Joe Crowley goes on a journey along the western fringes of Scotland, visiting a farm which mixes rearing Highland cattle with brewing beer, and paying a trip to Holy Isle.

Cumbria Lakes

5. Cumbria Lakes

60 min

Ellie Harrison journeys through the Lake District. Along the way, she searches for pike in the waters of Windermere, and climbs one of Lakeland's highest mountains.

Suffolk Coast

6. Suffolk Coast

60 min

Travelling through Suffolk, Ellie Harrison visits the fantasy village of Thorpness and investigates a mysterious UFO sighting in the Rendlesham Forest.

Cornwall Moor to Shore

7. Cornwall Moor to Shore

60 min

Ben Fogle journeys through Cornwall, from Bodmin Moor to the shores of Newquay. Along the way, he looks at classic clips from the BBC's rural programmes.

Northumberland Coast

8. Northumberland Coast

60 min

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey down the remote Northumberland coast. En route, she discovers how painter LS Lowry found inspiration at Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Oxon Thames Path Wildlife

9. Oxon Thames Path Wildlife

60 min

Ellie Harrison travels along the Thames, trying her hand at double sculls with one of Britain's top young rowers and discovering rare orchids at Hartslock.

Peak District Industry

10. Peak District Industry

60 min

Ben Fogle travels through the Peak District in search of the area's industrial heritage. He visits Kinder Scout and cycles over the remains of Tin Town.

Thetford Forest Country Tracks

11. Thetford Forest Country Tracks

60 min

Ben Fogle goes on an East Anglian journey, starting high in the skies over Tibenham, and ending on race day at Newmarket, looking back at classic footage on the way.

Northumberland Hills

12. Northumberland Hills

60 min

Ellie Harrison explores the Northumberland National Park. En route, she travels in a 1950s ice-cream van and spends time with the lumberjacks of Kielder Forest.

Perthshire

13. Perthshire

60 min

Joe Crowley goes on a Highland journey, starting in the wilds of the Craigvinean Forest and ending in the beautiful surroundings of Loch Katrine.

Cumbria West

14. Cumbria West

60 min

Ellie Harrison explores western Cumbria, starting in the Eskdale valley and finishing in the Honister Pass. En route she takes a ride on a Harley Davidson motorbike.

Northern Ireland Border

15. Northern Ireland Border

60 min

Ellie Harrison takes a journey that weaves across the border between Northern Ireland and Eire, starting deep underground in the Fermanagh and Cavan Caves.

South Downs

16. South Downs

60 min

On a journey through the South Downs, Ellie Harrison drives a classic car in Bexhill-on-Sea and visits a mixed farm which thrives on the chalky soil.

Fenland

17. Fenland

60 min

Starting at Wicken Fen, Ben Fogle tries his hand at stilt-walking over the boggy marsh land. He also does some wild swimming in a creek near Upware, and ends his journey punting on the River Cam in Cambridge. Plus, Stephen Fry talks about his passion for the Fenlands.

Caledonian Canal

18. Caledonian Canal

60 min

Series celebrating the British countryside. Joe Crowley travels the Caledonian Canal from Aonach Mor Mountain to the North Sea, where he goes dolphin spotting.

Kent

19. Kent

60 min

Series celebrating the British countryside. Ellie Harrison looks at lighthouses in Dungeness, searches for wild boar, visits a fruit farm and takes to the skies in a biplane.

North Wales

20. North Wales

60 min

Ben Fogle journeys through North Wales. He travels on an RNLI boat, has difficulty pronouncing the longest town name in Britain and meets a bailiff protecting salmon.

Central England

21. Central England

60 min

Ellie Harrison journeys through Central England. She visits the showground at Stoneleigh, rides a camel in Shipston on Stour and meets a female blacksmith.

North Norfolk

22. North Norfolk

60 min

Ellie Harrison journeys along the Norfolk coast. En route, she fishes for mussels, learns about a famous singing postman, and goes on the trail of a true local legend.

Herriot Country

23. Herriot Country

60 min

Ellie Harrison is in the Yorkshire Dales, on a journey through Herriot Country. In Keld, Ellie walks a stretch of the James Herriot Way.

Industrial Corridor

24. Industrial Corridor

60 min

Ben Fogle journeys through the industrial heartland of England. He negotiates the famous Anderton Boat Lift, visits a clockmaker and kayaks on the River Severn.

Northern Ireland

25. Northern Ireland

60 min

Celebrating the British countryside. Ellie Harrison visits Comber, follows the Antrim coast, joins an archeological dig and enjoys folk music in a Portrush pub.

Cairngorm

26. Cairngorm

60 min

Celebrating the British countryside. Ben Fogle visits Chapletown, the Caledonian Forest, and climbs the mighty Cairngorm, before a game of shinty in Newtownmore.

North Yorkshire

27. North Yorkshire

60 min

Rural programme. Starting on the coast at Whitby, Ellie Harrison retraces the steps made by Bram Stoker's Dracula on a journey across the North Yorkshire Moors.

East Midlands

28. East Midlands

60 min

Ellie Harrison visits Melton Mowbray to find out what makes its pork pies so special, and gets an insight into the art of flying Indian fighting kites at Horton.

Somerset

29. Somerset

60 min

Joe Crowley goes on a journey across Somerset. Joe starts off by rock climbing at Cheddar Gorge, and finishes his journey in search of Red Deer in the wilds of Exmoor.

South Devon

30. South Devon

60 min

Ben Fogle journeys through South Devon. En route he fly fishes from a kayak off the coast of Sidmouth and takes a train ride on the spectacular London-Penzance line.

Lincs to Notts

31. Lincs to Notts

60 min

Ellie Harrison journeys from the Wash to Sherwood Forest. En route she visits the East Lighthouse on the River Nene, once home to artist Sir Peter Scott.

Ribble Valley

32. Ribble Valley

60 min

Liz Bonnin goes on a journey through the Ribble Valley, starting on the shifting sands of Formby Point and ending at the Yorkshire town of Todmorden.

Welsh Border Country

33. Welsh Border Country

60 min

Ben Fogle paddles in the River Severn in a coracle, walks a stretch of Offa's Dyke and climbs the Severn Bridge in a journey along the Welsh Borders.

Dorset

34. Dorset

60 min

Joe Crowley goes on a journey through Dorset, kayaking along the Jurassic Coast and cycling the North Dorset Trailway before reaching the market town of Sturminster Newton.

Avonmouth

35. Avonmouth

60 min

Ben Fogle goes on a journey along the River Avon. Along the way he meets the man behind the Moulton mini bike and takes a spectacular dawn balloon flight over the river.

West Wales

36. West Wales

60 min

Liz Bonnin goes on a journey through West Wales, discovering the story of a medieval Welsh warrior, getting a lesson in navigation and joining a lifeguard demonstration.

Devon Coast to Coast

37. Devon Coast to Coast

60 min

Ben Fogle uncovers the history of Westonmouth's cliff farmers and visits Braunton Burrows, a dune system which was used as a Second World War training site.

Dumfries & Galloway

38. Dumfries & Galloway

60 min

Ellie Harrison travels through Scotland's Southern Uplands. She visits Scotland's book capital, Wigtown, and inspects barn owl chicks in the Galloway Forest.

Pembroke

39. Pembroke

60 min

Liz Bonnin rides a horse on Druidston beach and takes to the waters of the Western Cleddau to hear the latest on the dispute between canoeists and anglers in Pembrokeshire.

Season 263 episodes
Cotswolds

1. Cotswolds

60 min

Ben Fogle goes on a journey through the Cotswolds, one of the most unspoilt areas in rural Britain, ending up at the farm of Countryfile presenter Adam Henson.

Filey to Winteringham

2. Filey to Winteringham

60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Ellie Harrison goes on a journey from the Yorkshire coast, to Winteringham, south of the Humber.

Herefordshire

3. Herefordshire

60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through Herefordshire, stopping off at Lyonshall and canoeing along the River Wye.

Leeds to Scarborough

4. Leeds to Scarborough

60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Jodie Kidd goes on a Yorkshire journey, starting with a tour of Leeds and ending at Scarborough Castle.

Kingdom of Fife

5. Kingdom of Fife

60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Joe Crowley goes on a journey across the Kingdom of Fife, starting at Dundee and finishing on the Firth of Forth.

Hampshire

6. Hampshire

60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Liz Bonnin treks through Hampshire, starting at the New Forest and ending up at Southampton's National Oceanography Centre.

Staffordshire

7. Staffordshire

60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Joe Crowley goes on a journey through Staffordshire, starting at Lichfield Cathedral and ending up at Trentham Forest.

Poole, Dorset

8. Poole, Dorset

60 min

Jodie Kidd goes on a journey through Dorset, starting with an RNLI training exercise in Swanage. While at sea, they receive a real alert.

Derbyshire

9. Derbyshire

60 min

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through Derbyshire. She hang-glides above the high peak before taking a look at the Buxton Water factory and Bakewell puddings.

North West

10. North West

60 min

Liz Bonnin goes on a journey along the North West coast of England, meeting actor Simon O'Brien and exploring the iconic Midland Hotel.

Devon and Cornwall

11. Devon and Cornwall

60 min

Jodie Kidd goes on a journey through Devon and Cornwall. She starts her journey snorkelling off the coast at Thurlestone, then visits Dartmoor Zoo.

Shropshire

12. Shropshire

60 min

Joe Crowley goes on a journey through Shropshire, starting with a sheep steeplechase near Telford and ending his journey with clay pigeon shooting at Much Wenlock.

Bronte Country

13. Bronte Country

60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Ben Fogle journeys through the Bronte Country in Yorkshire, meeting poet Char March along the way.

Dunfermline to Melrose

14. Dunfermline to Melrose

60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Joe Crowley journeys from Dunfermline to Melrose, and tells the tale of philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

Malverns

15. Malverns

60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Liz Bonnin goes on a journey through the Malverns. She starts her journey in Herefordshire.

Kent

16. Kent

60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Joe Crowley goes on a journey through Kent, starting in Whitstable before travelling to Ham and the resurgent town of Margate.

Chilterns

17. Chilterns

60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Ellie Harrison journeys through the Chiltern Hills, visiting Whipsnade Zoo and Lord Rothschild's Natural History Museum.

Isle of Wight

18. Isle of Wight

60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Liz Bonnin journeys the Isle of Wight, meeting Radio 1 DJ Rob Da Bank and paragliding off the cliffs at Compton Bay.

Yorkshire Dales

19. Yorkshire Dales

60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Ben Fogle goes on a journey through the Yorkshire Dales, visiting Kingsdale, Malham Cove, Gayle and Harewood Hill.

Lyme Regis, Dorset

20. Lyme Regis, Dorset

60 min

Programme celebrating the British countryside. Jodie Kidd goes on a journey through Dorset, where she meets a man who makes seemingly impossible stone sculptures.

Sussex Vets

21. Sussex Vets

60 min

Series celebrating the British countryside. Joe Crowley journeys around East Sussex, following the work of one of the region's biggest veterinary practices.

Hampshire Land

22. Hampshire Land

60 min

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through Hampshire. She braves the new '3G Swing' at Marwell Activity Centre and checks out the house where Jane Austen lived.

Cotswolds

23. Cotswolds

60 min

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through the Cotswolds. She goes wakeboarding at the Cotswold Water Park in Fairford before paying a visit to Snowshill Manor.

Essex

24. Essex

60 min

Joe Crowley goes on a journey through Essex, starting his journey among the creeks of the Blackwater Estuary and ending it with the North Weald Fire Rescue volunteers.

Skye

25. Skye

60 min

Helen Skelton goes on a journey across the Isle of Skye, learning the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie's flight to Skye and forging a traditional Scottish sword.

Gloucestershire

26. Gloucestershire

60 min

Liz Bonnin journeys through Gloucestershire. She starts her journey among the trees at Westonbirt's National Aboretum, and ends up inside an inflatable planetarium.

Cornish Coast

27. Cornish Coast

60 min

Jodie Kidd goes on a Cornish coastal journey. She starts in Quies Rock where she encounters some grey seals and ends it at Porthcurno's spectacular Minack Theatre.

Oxfordshire

28. Oxfordshire

60 min

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through Oxfordshire, paying a visit to one of the country's most famous stately homes and trying out Appalachian-style clog dancing.

Forest of Dean

29. Forest of Dean

60 min

Liz Bonnin sails along the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, in the company of Chris Witts, who skippered the last commercial grain barge to sail into Gloucester Docks.

Harris and Lewis

30. Harris and Lewis

60 min

Helen Skelton goes on a journey across Harris and Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. She visits a croft, and joins the Hebridean Challenge, a five-day endurance race.

East Sussex

31. East Sussex

60 min

Joe Crowley goes on a journey through East Sussex. He begins his travels with the South Downs Rangers, and finishes in the Victorian sewers beneath Brighton's streets.

Hampshire Coast

32. Hampshire Coast

60 min

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through Hampshire, starting aboard the Whitbread 60 Blueprint in the Solent, and finishing on a free-range pig farm.

River Tweed

33. River Tweed

60 min

Joe Crowley goes on a journey along the River Tweed, following the path of the returning salmon from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Selkirk, on the Scottish side of the border.

South Lake District

34. South Lake District

60 min

Series celebrating the British countryside. Liz Bonnin goes on a journey through the Lake District, starting on Coniston Water and ending up in Kendal.

Snowdonia

35. Snowdonia

60 min

Series celebrating the British countryside. Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through Snowdonia from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Rhosgadfan.

Farne Islands

36. Farne Islands

60 min

Series celebrating the UK countryside. Jodie Kidd goes on a Northumberland journey, riding on horseback at Bamburgh and swimming with seals near the Farne Islands.

Perthshire Cycle

37. Perthshire Cycle

60 min

Series celebrating the British countryside. Joe Crowley teams up with adventurer and endurance cyclist Mark Beaumont to explore the Perthshire Highlands.

Bedfordshire

38. Bedfordshire

60 min

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through Bedfordshire, from the small market town of Sandy to the Woburn Estate, home to the famous Abbey and Safari Park.

Hadrian's Wall

39. Hadrian's Wall

60 min

Jodie Kidd goes on a journey along Hadrian's Wall. She starts her journey at Birdoswald Fort in Cumbria, where she meets some Roman re-enactors.

Lleyn Peninsula

40. Lleyn Peninsula

60 min

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey along the Lleyn Peninsular in North Wales, climbing up to the mysterious remains of an ancient civilisation.

Exmoor

41. Exmoor

60 min

Mark Beaumont goes on a journey through Exmoor, starting in Dulverton, where he finds out how Exmoor's iconic ponies are being saved from the verge of extinction.

Lancashire Coast

42. Lancashire Coast

60 min

Mark Beaumont follows Lancashire's River Lune to the Irish sea. Along the way he sees kippering in action, hears tales of witchcraft and has his palm read.

London

43. London

60 min

Joe Crowley explores London's hidden countryside, from the bombed out church transformed into a public park to the historic ponds of Hampstead Heath.

Northamptonshire

44. Northamptonshire

60 min

Ellie Harrison explores Northamptonshire. She visits the home of the county's famous shoe industry, and discovers the story of Coton Manor's gardens and flamingos.

Kent

45. Kent

60 min

Joe Crowley embarks on a curious excursion through Kent, go-karting in Lydd on the south-eastern tip of the UK, and meeting land girls at Brenzett Aeronautical Museum.

Lancashire Forest of Bowland

46. Lancashire Forest of Bowland

60 min

Mark Beaumont discovers the hidden beauty of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, uncovering the mysteries of Stonyhurst College along the way.

Norfolk

47. Norfolk

60 min

Joe Crowley journeys though Norfolk, starting on the Broads and ending in Hunstanton, on Norfolk's northern coast. Along the way, he learns to build a survival shelter.

South Wales

48. South Wales

60 min

Helen Skelton explores the spectacular South Wales coast, visiting Manor House Wildlife Park and Dylan Thomas's boathouse along the way.

South Lincolnshire

49. South Lincolnshire

60 min

Joe Crowley explores south Lincolnshire. He starts his journey near Stamford at Burghley House, and gets a rare insight into the famous Burghley horse trials.

North Lake District

50. North Lake District

60 min

Liz Bonnin explores the Lake District. She starts her journey in Whinlatter Forest, travels through Keswick, and finishes at a pudding club in Ambleside.

Mid Wales

51. Mid Wales

60 min

Miriam Cooke meanders through the mystic majesty of mid Wales, starting at the UK's tallest single drop waterfall, and walking along a section of the Cambrian Way.

North Lincolnshire

52. North Lincolnshire

60 min

Joe Crowley explores North Lincolnshire, scaling the heights of Lincoln Cathedral and discovering the secret life of British poet Lord Tennyson.

Somerset

53. Somerset

60 min

Round-the-world cyclist Mark Beaumont takes his bike to Somerset, where he meets Tour of Britain cycle race organisers and visits Bath's famous Roman spas.

Surrey

54. Surrey

60 min

Ellie Harrison discovers what makes Surrey special, beginning with a trip to the home of the greatest flat horse race in the world and ending at Watts Gallery in Compton.

Islay

55. Islay

60 min

Joe Crowley travels west from the mainland of Scotland to the Isle of Islay, the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides, which has lots to offer the intrepid traveller.

Bristol Channel

56. Bristol Channel

60 min

Helen Skelton travels along the English shore of the Bristol Channel. Helen begins her journey by visiting the hidden village of Culbone.

Cambridge

57. Cambridge

60 min

Joe Crowley takes a journey through Cambridgeshire, where he goes punting on the River Cam and searches for elusive glow worms at Cherry Hinton quarry.

Suffolk

58. Suffolk

60 min

Helen Skelton travels through East Anglia. She visits the small village of Rede, where she discovers one of the rarest horse breeds in the world - the Suffolk punch.

Thames Path

59. Thames Path

60 min

Joe Crowley takes a journey from the Thames flood barrier at Woolwich to the coast at Southend-on-Sea. At Woolwich Joe hears about the tragic floods of 1953.

Hertfordshire

60. Hertfordshire

60 min

Ellie Harrison peeks through the keyhole of some of Hertfordshire's homes and gardens, planting trees in St Albans and visiting the former home of Barbara Cartland.

South Devon

61. South Devon

60 min

Joe Crowley tours sunny South Devon, including a visit to Dawlish, where gardening legend Toby Buckland takes him on a tour of his favourite horticultural hotspots.

Wiltshire

62. Wiltshire

60 min

Helen Skelton tours the mysterious grasslands of Wiltshire. She begins her journey amongst Wiltshire's ancient landscape by climbing Europe's largest man-made mound.

Cornwall

63. Cornwall

60 min

Joe Crowley explores the southern tip of Cornwall. His journey begins near Padstow, peering into the hidden beach caves that provide inspiration to a local painter.

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