Harvest
Helen Skelton visits a farm in York to hear how carrots are in crisis. The extremes of weather have lead to the lowest yields for decades and the highest levels of imports.
Harvest is one of the busiest times of the farming year, but this year many farmers are bearing the brunt of the winter storms and summer drought. Helen Skelton visits a farm in York to hear how carrots are in crisis. The extremes of weather have lead to the lowest yields for decades and the highest levels of imports.
Steve Brown is in Cornwall looking at a much smaller harvest. He meets Seth Pascoe, a man who wants to bring the nutritional benefits of sea berries to the wider public. But it is a delicate fruit with many sharp thorns to bypass.
Adam Henson meets the Welsh and English contenders for this year's One Man and His Dog. Have they got what it takes to be crowned champion?
Charlotte Smith investigates whether farmers can really trust their banks when it comes to their future financing.
Matt Baker has all the information on how to take part in this year's Countryfile Ramble for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Children in Need.
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Barry Gray
Thunderbirds
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Paloma Faith
Beauty Of The End
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The Cinematic Orchestra
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Carrot Harvest
Helen travels to Crockey Hill, near York, where she visits the UK's largest grower of carrots for processing.Β
Helen meets Rodger Hobson, whose family have been farming in the area since 1847.Β
They now grow 38,000 tonnes of carrots a year which go into anything from carrot cake to coleslaw and into producing carrot batons.Β
Helen learns what it takes to harvest on such a large scale by being put to the test by Rodger and his team in the field and in the processing plant. Β
Bankruptcies
Sea Berries
Steve is near Bodmin in Cornwall where he lends a hand in harvesting a berry which is notoriously hard to pick, 'sea berries' from the Sea Buckthorn tree.Β
Steve meets Sea Buckthorn enthusiast and grower Seth Pascoe, whose love of this fruit has earned him a Nuffield Scholarship.Β
It's a passion that has also taken him all over the world in a quest to learn more about this little-known superfood!Β
Now back in Cornwall, Seth is growing his own berries in a bid to spread the word about this amazing fruit and its health benefits.
One Man and His Dog
In Wales - the current titleholders - he meets brace competitor Brian McConnell, with his dogs Roy and Sky,Β and young handler hopeful 12-year-old Elgan Jarman, and his dog Peg.
The English competitors are to found in the Lake District, where 13-year-old Henry Harrison is in training for the Young Handler section, together with his dog Gunnerwell Skye, and in Lancashire, home to brace entrant Richard Hutchinson and his dogs Jock and Moya.
Countryfile Ramble for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Children in Need
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Helen Skelton |
Presenter | Steve Brown |
Presenter | Adam Henson |
Presenter | Charlotte Smith |
Presenter | Matt Baker |
Executive Producer | William Lyons |
Series Producer | Joanna Brame |
Broadcasts
- Sun 16 Sep 2018 19:00
- Sun 23 Sep 2018 08:35
- Tue 25 Sep 2018 01:45