Countryfile 2025

There are few moments in agricultural life quite like lambing season. For sheep farmers across Britain, it arrives like a tide — unstoppable, urgent, and utterly transforming. Days blur into nights.

The fields turn amber and rust, the air sharpens, and across the flatlands of eastern England, a very particular harvest is in full swing. This is the sugar beet harvest — and this week on Countryfile, Charlotte Smith and Vick Hope head east to tell its story.

There is something magical about the start of a new season. The air feels different. The water moves differently. And along the ancient banks of the River Tweed, something extraordinary stirs.

Countryfile – Hamza’s Highlands – Flapper Skate takes viewers into one of the most dramatic and least-visited stretches of Scottish coastline, where the cold, dark waters of the west coast conceal a creature so ancient, so vast, and so quietly imperilled that most people have never heard of it.

Three decades have passed since one of Britain’s most devastating environmental disasters unfolded along the pristine coastline of Pembrokeshire.

When the winter chill descends across the British Isles, most wildlife retreats into survival mode. However, Northern Ireland’s magnificent Strangford Lough tells a different story entirely.

There’s something truly magical about watching history come alive. This week, Countryfile takes viewers on an extraordinary journey to one of Britain’s most treasured landmarks.

The Menai Strait has witnessed two centuries of remarkable transformation. In this special episode of Countryfile 2025, presenters John Craven, Charlotte Smith, and Adam Henson journey to North Wales. Together, they celebrate an engineering marvel that changed everything.

The Exe Estuary sits like a sparkling jewel on the South Devon coast. It is a place where the fresh water of the river meets the salty embrace of the sea. This unique landscape acts as a powerful magnet for both people and wildlife.

Northumberland stands as a majestic testament to the raw beauty of the British Isles. In this captivating episode of Countryfile, we journey to the frozen north.

Imagine the roar of a cascading waterfall. It echoes through the lush, green valleys of Bannau Brycheiniog National Park. Here, the landscape feels truly alive. In this stunning episode, titled Countryfile – The Power of Water, we explore this elemental force.

The Lake District has always captured the imagination. It is a place where the sky kisses the jagged peaks of the fells. Here, the weather changes as quickly as a mood, shifting from golden sunlight to moody storms.