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Season 1

Season 2

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • March 20, 2017
    • BBC One

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • March 27, 2017
    • BBC One

    This week, Jo enters the world of competitive ploughing, while reporter Ruth Sanderson investigates the harmful effects of plastic in our oceans.

  • S02E03 Episode 3

    • April 3, 2017
    • BBC One

    Jo Scott and Gavin Andrews introduce the rural affairs magazine series celebrating the richness of rural life in Northern Ireland. This week, Gavin finds out more about the seal population in Strangford Lough, while reporter Ruth Sanderson hears about the importance of migrant workers to the mushroom industry here.

  • S02E04 Episode 4

    • April 10, 2017
    • BBC One

    It's the final episode in the series, and Gavin is in the Ards Peninsula to meet an award-winning beef farmer to learn what it takes to produce high-quality beef for the major supermarkets. Jo meets an ethical taxidermist who uses her work to educate the public about nature, and also works up a sweat when she meets a group who are using the Giant's Ring as an outdoor gym. Meanwhile, Ruth is in Fermanagh to hear about a scheme that gets people with learning difficulties working on a farm - a vitally important scheme whose future funding is uncertain.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Episode 1

    • September 4, 2017
    • BBC One

  • S03E02 Episode 2

    • September 11, 2017
    • BBC One

    This week, Jo relies on horse power to clear a forest, while reporter Ruth Sanderson helps to restore peatland on the Mourne Mountains.

  • S03E03 Episode 3

    • September 18, 2017
    • BBC One

    Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott introduce a host of stories and people who use the countryside for work, rest and play. Gavin meets a group of Ulster Wildlife trainees while reporter Ruth Sanderson joins the National Trust to round up the wild horses on Murlough Bay.

  • S03E04 Episode 4

    • September 25, 2017
    • BBC One

    Jo Scott and Gavin Andrews present the series celebrating rural life in Northern Ireland. This week, Jo joins young farmers scything meadows in Enniskillen, and reporter Ruth Sanderson fishes for eels on Lough Neagh

Season 4

  • S04E01 Episode 1

    • April 23, 2018
    • BBC One

    The rural affairs magazine show returns for another series. Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott introduce a host of stories and people who use the countryside for work, rest and play.

  • S04E02 Episode 2

    • April 30, 2018
    • BBC One

    Series celebrating rural life in Northern Ireland. This week, Jo Scott goes canoeing on Strangford Lough, while Ruth Sanderson meets cancer survivors with a passion for fishing.

  • S04E03 Episode 3

    • May 7, 2018
    • BBC One

    Series celebrating rural life in Northern Ireland. Here, Gavin Andrews tries his hand at cartwheel making, while Ruth Sanderson learns about the tradition of laying hedges.

  • S04E04 Episode 4

    • May 14, 2018
    • BBC One

    This week, Jo Scott reveals the history behind a town that existed in the Silent Valley, and Ruth Sanderson is in County Antrim restocking a local river with salmon.

  • S04E05 Episode 5

    • May 17, 2018
    • BBC One

    Jo Scott and Gavin Andrews are live at the 150th Balmoral Show.

Season 5

  • S05E01 Episode 5

    • September 3, 2018
    • BBC One

    The rural affairs magazine show returns for another series. Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott introduce us to a host of stories and people who use the countryside for work, rest and play.

  • S05E02 Episode 2

    • September 10, 2018
    • BBC One

    Jo Scott and Gavin Andrews present a magazine series celebrating rural life in Northern Ireland. This week, Gavin helps with a restoration project in Ballycastle, while series reporter Ruth Sanderson celebrates the legacy of Harry Ferguson.

  • S05E03 Episode 3

    • September 17, 2018
    • BBC One

    Presenters Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott introduce a host of stories and people who use the countryside for work, rest and play. This week, Jo is at Shane's Castle for the Irish Game Fair, while reporter Ruth Sanderson tags owl chicks with Ulster Wildlife.

  • S05E04 Episode 4

    • September 24, 2018
    • BBC One

    Jo Scott and Gavin Andrews present a magazine series celebrating rural life in Northern Ireland. This week, Gavin meets students at Greenmount Agricultural College, and series reporter Ruth Sanderson celebrates the legacy of Harry Ferguson.

Season 6

Season 7

  • S07E01 Episode 1

    • September 2, 2019
    • BBC One

  • S07E02 Episode 2

    • September 9, 2019
    • BBC One

    Gavin learns about the tradition of flax, while Ruth Sanderson meets a local farmer competing in this year's Fermanagh County Show.

  • S07E03 Episode 3

    • September 16, 2019
    • BBC One

    Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott introduce us to a host of stories and people who use the countryside for work, rest and play. Jo helps out with this year’s cauliflower harvest while Ruth Sanderson meets a group of lawnmower racing enthusiasts.

  • S07E04 Episode 4

    • September 23, 2019
    • BBC One

    Jo learns about the benefits of outdoor learning, and reporter Ruth Sanderson is out with Ulster Wildlife to tag sharks and rays found in our waters.

Season 8

  • S08E01 Episode 1

    • May 4, 2020
    • BBC One

    Jo Scott travels to Kilkeel to meet the newly appointed harbourmaster, the first female to take up such a post. Gavin Andrews joins in the effort to increase woodlands.

  • S08E02 Episode 2

    • May 11, 2020
    • BBC One

    Gavin Andrews travels to the Giant's Causeway to help the National Trust prepare for the return of grazing cattle to the bay after almost half a century. Jo Scott visits Glenview Farm in Co Antrim to learn how horses can help develop life skills, and wildlife expert Conor McKinney investigates the nocturnal actvities of animals in cities and towns

  • S08E03 Episode 3

    • May 18, 2020
    • BBC One

    In this lambing special, Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott spend the day helping out at Crosby Cleland's farm outside Saintfield, Co Down. Plus, Jo meets a nine-year-old boy who is running his own poultry business

Season 9

  • S09E01 Episode 1

    • September 7, 2020
    • BBC One

    Jo Scott and Gavin Andrews present a magazine series celebrating rural life in Northern Ireland. Gavin helps with the vegetable harvest, while Jo meets the women using social media to highlight their contribution to farming.

  • S09E02 Episode 2

    • September 14, 2020
    • BBC One

    Presenters Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott introduce us to a host of stories and to people who use the countryside for work, rest and play. This week Conor McKinney helps release rescued curlews, while Gavin helps clear rubbish from our rivers

  • S09E03 Episode 3

    • September 21, 2020
    • BBC One

    Jo learns about the importance of bees to the environment and Ruth Sanderson goes behind the lens to discover the art of cattle photography.

  • S09E04 Episode 4

    • September 28, 2020
    • BBC One

Season 10

  • S10E01 Episode 1

    • April 21, 2021
    • BBC Northern Ireland

    Gavin Andrews helps out on a goat farm near Fivemiletown during its busy kidding season, while Jo Scott meets a dairy farmer turning his farmland into a forest. Wildlife expert Conor McKinney is on the trail of the elusive pine marten in Slieve Gullion. Jo takes a trip along the scenic Blackwater River on a new boat specially designed for wheelchair users.

  • S10E02 Episode 2

    • April 28, 2021
    • BBC Northern Ireland

    Jo Scott lends a hand on a daffodil farm in Co. Tyrone as they prepare for spring, while Gavin Andrews travels to Portballintrae to meet the locals keeping the village's maritime heritage alive.

  • S10E03 Episode 3

    • May 5, 2021
    • BBC Northern Ireland

  • S10E04 Episode 4

    • May 12, 2021
    • BBC Northern Ireland

    Jo Scott lends a hand at Crom Estate in Co. Fermanagh with the annual crossing of the swimming cattle, while Gavin Andrews hits the trails in Castlewellan with the mountain bikers giving back. Wildlife expert Conor McKinney meets with a couple who have transformed a once-barren landscape into a wildlife refuge, and Jo is behind the scenes at Streamvale Open Farm as it prepares to reopen to the public.

  • S10E05 Episode 5

    • May 19, 2021
    • BBC Northern Ireland

Season 11

  • S11E01 Episode 1

    • April 25, 2022
    • BBC One

    Gavin Andrews meets Northern Ireland's only full-time gamekeeper in the stunning Glens of Antrim, while Jo Scott is in County Armagh helping with restoration work on Northern Ireland's oldest canal. Conor McKinney visits the peatlands of Cuilcagh Mountain to see the work being done to help protect this vital habitat, and Gavin samples a unique ice cream made from the country's only known breed of dairy shorthorn cattle.

  • S11E02 Episode 2

    • May 2, 2022
    • BBC One

    Jo Scott meets an inspirational farmer who proves that disability is no barrier to a career in farming, while Gavin Andrews visits the Mourne Mountains, where the ancient Irish spirit poitín is undergoing a revival. Conor travels to one of our few pockets of ancient woodland left in Northern Ireland, located in County Londonderry's Faughan Valley, as Jo tries her hand at paddleboarding in the seaside town of Bangor.

  • S11E03 Episode 3

    • May 9, 2022
    • BBC One

    Jo Scott travels across the country to hear about an ambitious new project which aims to tackle poverty and isolation in rural villages, while Conor investigates the growing problem of wildfires and their impact on wildlife. Deep in County Tyrone's Sperrin Mountains, Jo catches a glimpse of a spectacular night sky at the country's only Dark Sky Park.

  • S11E04 Episode 4

    • May 16, 2022
    • BBC One

    At this year's Balmoral Show, Gavin Andrews meets a rare breed of sheep making its Balmoral debut, while Jo Scott catches up with members of the Women's Institute as they mark their 90th anniversary.