Country Focus Episodes Episode guide
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22/12/2024
The rural affairs programme for those working and living in the Welsh countryside.
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15/12/2024
The rural affairs programme for those working and living in the Welsh countryside.
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Sheep Milk Cheese
Ewes' milk cheese and yogurt from the foothills of Eryri.
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Sustainable Farming
Changes to plans for greener farming subsidies in Wales.
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Farmers Protest and a Christmas Tree
Agricultural inheritance tax and Downing Street's Christmas tree.
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The Prison Dairy
A working dairy farm, but with a difference.
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Creating Hope and Biodiversity
A rare lichen brings hope for recovery, and could industrial waste help nature?
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The Nuffield Scholarship
A farming scholarship to broaden horizons through study and travel.
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River Health and Polder Fields
Caring for our waterways and holding back the tide in the Severn Estuary.
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Bark Beetle and Gregorian Chanting
A serious pest for spruce trees found in Monmouthshire and some ancient singing.
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Welsh Veg in Schools
Can we produce enough home grown vegetables to feed our schoolchildren?
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Sea Eagles and the Gower Loaf
Sea Eagle reintroduction and reviving an ancient barley bread
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Bird Registration and Street Food
Time to register your bird flock and the award-winning Welsh pasta street food.
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The River Wye and Refining Cheese
An ambitious river restoration project and maturing cheddar in a coal cave.
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Pony training and the Swansea Canal
Training ponies in a human way, and restoring an industrial waterway to it's former glory
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Floodplain Meadows
Exploring the beauty and utility of Welsh floodplain meadows.
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Butterflies and Pop-up Pasta
Butterflies flutter away, and Welsh-Italian street food served up in Ceredigion.
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A Growing Industry!
From edibles to ornamentals - a look at horticulture in Wales.
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The Royal Welsh Agricultural Show
Food and farming in Wales shown off at its best!
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Rural Affairs and a Crayfish Plague
Where next for agriculture in Wales. and what's ailing our native crayfish?
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Pembrokeshire Creamery
Producing, processing and distributing Welsh milk across the country.
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Insect Migration and Arctic Terns
Observing the remarkable migration of flies, and hear about island life for Arctic terns.
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The Red Lady of Paviland
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the discovery the Red lady of Paviland.
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Tea in Wales
Put the kettle on and listen over a cup of Welsh tea, grown and made in Wales.
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Fishing for Schools
Out of the classroom and into the countryside.
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Daffodils and the Tannery
Dancing with daffodils, and tanning leather through nature.
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Tir and the Wood Warbler
We discuss culture, land use and nature, and hear a songbird sing in the Celtic rainforest
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Farmers Protest and the Scarce Yellow Sally
Welsh farmers unite in protest, and a rare stonefly on the Dee.
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Dolphin Diets and Nest Boxes
Finding out what dolphins eat and which nest boxes in Aberystwyth do birds prefer?
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A Rare Beetle and Mystery Seeds
Saving the rainbow beetle, and how old are Glenys’ runner beans?