Country Focus Episodes Episode guide
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It's Veganuary!
Rachael Garside visits Swansea Market to find out why more people becoming Vegan.
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A Rural Review of 2017
Rachael Garside takes a look back at the highlights of the Country Focus year.
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Deck the Hall with Boughs of Holly!
A prickly look at holly, a popular natural ornament for the festive season.
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Wagyu Beef, Kindling and Alpaca
Japanese Welsh beef, breeding alpaca and why kindling is good for 'esteam'.
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成人快手opathic Vets and Roasting Chestnuts
A row over alternative medicine for animals, and sweet chestnut trees are under threat.
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The Royal Welsh Winter Fair
Programme serving everyone living in the countryside, and tackling issues affecting them.
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Bringing Opera to the Village Hall
Behind the scenes of the Mid Wales Opera Company.
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Plastic Pollution, Rural Roads and Bogs
Plastic in our seas, drive with care in the countryside and saving a rare habitat.
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Lynx On The Run, Halloumi & Slipper Limpets
An escaped Lynx, sheep's milk and medicinal use of an invasive limpet.
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The Food Assembly
A new local food initiative sweeping the country.
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Making Burgers and the Slate Trail
Serving everyone living in the countryside, and tackling issues affecting them.
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RSPB South Stack at 40
The reserve on Anglesey celebrating 40 years of managing a spectacular coastal habitat.
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Bee Disease and Pumpkins
Investigating a spike in American foulbrood disease, and picking pumpkins in Pembrokeshire
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Charging Electric Vehicles and Volunteer Shepherds
Serving everyone living in the countryside, and tackling issues affecting them.
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Life in a Coastal Community
After the holiday season, what is it like to live in a community by the seaside?
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The Short Straw, Keeping Pigs and Skimming Stones
Programme tackling issues affecting everyone living in the countryside.
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Quarantine Units and Rescuing Seabirds
Programme serving everyone living in the countryside, and tackling issues affecting them.
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Oysters, Vending Milk and the Art Trail
Eating oysters, selling milk at the farm gate and the sculptor.
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Happy Camping!
Time to pitch up a tent and spend the night under canvas in the Welsh countryside.
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From Daffodils to Lavender
A look at the cut-flower industry in Wales.
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It's Showtime!
Live from the showground ahead of 2017's Royal Welsh Agricultural Show.
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Rural Issues and Exploring Our Shores
An interview with the Welsh rural affairs minister and exploring our coastline.
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A Rural Economic Strategy and Rescuing Parrots
A city deal-type package for rural Wales, plus why rescuing parrots is a lifetime job.
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Up Close with Falcons
Country Focus meets owls and flies falcons in Pembrokeshire.
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Tackling Bovine TB and a Rum Tasting
Rural news and issues, including the Welsh government's approach to tackling bovine TB.
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A Rare Tree and Welsh Rosewater
Featuring a project to save the Llangollen Whitebeam, plus artisan rosewater producers.
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The Wales Air Ambulance
Rachael Garside meet a Wales Air Ambulance crew in Dafen, near Llanelli.
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The Real Ale Trail
A journey around the rural pubs of Flintshire as the micro-brewing industry enjoys a boom.
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Welsh Hops and in Search of David
Cultivating an essential ingredient for beer and looking for cuckoos in Ceredigion.
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General Election 2017: The Rural Vote
Country Focus takes stock of the rural political agenda in the upcoming general election.