A Countryside Summer

29min

Documentary

Gethin Jones delivers the ultimate guide to a countryside summer featuring wildlife, food, gardening and outdoor adventure, all brought to you by a selection of favourite faces.

Episodes

Cast

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

11th Jul 2022

Gethin Jones delivers the ultimate guide to a countryside summer, aided by some familar faces. Chris Packham shows us the wildlife we can look out for, Nadiya Hussain cooks lamb with rhubarb glaze on the barbecue and Sean Fletcher takes to the great outdoors on a bike-packing adventure.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

29min

12th Jul 2022

Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin visit the Lake District and take some alpacas for a walk, and Simon Reeve takes the plunge when he tries wild swimming.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

29min

13th Jul 2022

Adam Henson finds out all about lavender and its benefits, and Margherita Taylor learns about the decline of our wild meadows and what we can do to help.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

29min

14th Jul 2022

John Craven guides us through some top spots for birdwatching in the UK, and Sean Fletcher finds nature in the most unlikely of places when he visits a nature trail at Manchester airport.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

29min

15th Jul 2022

Marcus Wareing visits an expert herb grower in Bristol, and wildlife artist Robert Fuller shows us the species that thrive near his home in North Yorkshire during the summer months.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

29min

18th Jul 2022

Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin visit the stunning Walney Island off the west coast of England, and Mary Berry shows us how to cook a perfect summer pudding.

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

29min

19th Jul 2022

John Craven shares some top picks of the best beaches in Britain, and Paul Martin finds a great way to enjoy a summer fruit harvest, by hiring a fruit tree.

Episode 8

8. Episode 8

29min

20th Jul 2022

Jules Hudson goes ‘champing’, that’s camping in a church, and Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin get a special sighting of a flock of kites.

Episode 9

9. Episode 9

29min

21st Jul 2022

Arit Anderson gets a tour of landscape designer Dan Pearson’s private garden, and Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin share a special encounter with dolphins.

Episode 10

10. Episode 10

29min

22nd Jul 2022

Steve Brown learns about a UK crop of camomile, and Frances Tophill visits a woman in Somerset who grows an impressive range of Thai vegetables.

Episode 11

11. Episode 11

29min

25th Jul 2022

Simon Reeve meets a farmer who has enlisted the help of beavers to help with the problem of flooding, we meet a buzzard who has an unusual surrogate parent, and Marcus Wareing shows us how to cook his favourite dessert, the apple tarte tatin.

Episode 12

12. Episode 12

29min

26th Jul 2022

Marcus Wareing sets a challenge for some young chefs who visit his kitchen garden, Hugh Dennis takes to the skies over Sutton Bank in North Yorkshire, and we meet Sid Hill, an ecological gardener who grows edible flowers.

Episode 13

13. Episode 13

29min

27th Jul 2022

In this episode, we meet a man who shares his passion for allotment gardening and shares some of his best tips, Paul Rose gets on his bike with a group of extraordinary cyclists, and Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin visit a colony of puffins in Pembrokeshire.

Episode 14

14. Episode 14

29min

28th Jul 2022

Arit Anderson visits a sustainable garden designed with nature and the environment in mind, Marcus Wareing gets tips from a specialist on how to grow shitake mushrooms, and we meet George Lowther who has created a lush tropical garden in Lincolnshire.

Episode 15

15. Episode 15

29min

29th Jul 2022

Frances Tophill visits an allotment grower on the Isle of Man who uses her plants to make natural skincare products, Iolo Williams goes in search of a pair of hen harriers in Snowdonia, and Tom Kerridge show us how to make his special version of Eton mess.

First air date

11th Jul 2022

Last air date

29th Jul 2022

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks