Countryfile is a Nature programme.

Harvest has no rating, but Countryfile is a 3/5 star programme.
3 star rating
Image for Nature programme "Countryfile"

Next Show Times

Seasons in Detail

You may also like

Tags

Countryfile: Harvest

Series 291, episode 0

In this harvest-themed programme, Matt visits a farm in Buckinghamshire where they do things the old-fashioned way. That means scythes, steam-driven reaper binders and vintage tractors. Even the wheat is old-fashioned. They grow prehistoric varieties like those found in Tutankhamun's tomb. And, as Matt discovers, this ancient wheat makes delicious pasta. Ellie is at a secret site in Dorset where they are just about to harvest opium poppies, grown under licence from the government for medical use. She also visits the farm where they grow more everyday herbs and plants to be used as ointments and tinctures. Ellie then meets the people behind a project to captive breed and release into the wild one of the UK's most-beloved creatures - the harvest mouse. And Adam is on his farm, juggling looking after his livestock with getting on with his own harvest. John Craven is joined by Bill Bailey and Naomi Wilkinson to pick the 12 winning entries in the Countryfile Photographic Competition

Cast (unconfirmed)

Adam Henson
Tom Heap
Charlotte Smith
Jane Lomas