Country Tracks - Season 2

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Cotswolds

1 - Cotswolds

Air Date: May 23, 2010

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

Air Date: June 6, 2010

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

Herefordshire

3 - Herefordshire

Air Date: July 4, 2010

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

Air Date: July 25, 2010

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

Air Date: August 1, 2010

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

Air Date: August 8, 2010

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

Air Date: August 15, 2010

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

Air Date: August 22, 2010

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

Air Date: August 29, 2010

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

Air Date: September 5, 2010

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

Air Date: October 3, 2010

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

Air Date: October 10, 2010

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

Air Date: October 17, 2010

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

Air Date: October 24, 2010

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

Malverns

15 - Malverns

Air Date: October 31, 2010

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

Kent

16 - Kent

Air Date: November 7, 2010

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

Air Date: November 21, 2010

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

Air Date: November 28, 2010

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

Air Date: December 5, 2010

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

Air Date: December 12, 2010

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

Air Date: December 19, 2010

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

Air Date: January 9, 2011

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

Air Date: January 16, 2011

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

Air Date: January 23, 2011

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

Air Date: January 30, 2011

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

Air Date: February 6, 2011

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

Air Date: February 13, 2011

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

Air Date: February 20, 2011

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

Air Date: February 27, 2011

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

Air Date: March 6, 2011

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

Air Date: March 13, 2011

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

Air Date: March 20, 2011

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

Air Date: March 27, 2011

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

Air Date: April 3, 2011

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

Air Date: April 10, 2011

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

Farne Islands

36 - Farne Islands

Air Date: May 1, 2011

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

Air Date: May 15, 2011

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

Bedfordshire

38 - Bedfordshire

Air Date: May 29, 2011

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

Air Date: June 5, 2011

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

Air Date: June 12, 2011

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

Air Date: June 19, 2011

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

Air Date: July 3, 2011

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

Air Date: July 17, 2011

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

Air Date: July 24, 2011

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

Air Date: July 31, 2011

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

Air Date: August 7, 2011

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

Air Date: August 14, 2011

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

Air Date: August 21, 2011

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

Air Date: August 28, 2011

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

Air Date: September 4, 2011

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

Air Date: September 11, 2011

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

Air Date: October 2, 2011

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

Somerset

53 - Somerset

Air Date: October 9, 2011

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

Air Date: October 23, 2011

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

Air Date: November 6, 2011

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

Air Date: November 20, 2011

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

Air Date: November 27, 2011

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

Air Date: December 4, 2011

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

Air Date: December 18, 2011

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

Air Date: January 8, 2012

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

Air Date: January 15, 2012

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

Air Date: January 22, 2012

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

Air Date: January 29, 2012

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.