Countrywise

"The countryside is my home. I love the landscape, and share with the people who live and work there, the endless fascination about what makes it tick. Countrywise is going to ta...

Paul Heiney explores Britain's coast and country, and meets the people that make it special. Today, he visits one of Britain's first farm shops which is in Surrey and celebrates...

Today, Paul visits "The Birthplace of Industry" where a single event changed the British countryside forever. Paul discovers more about Victorian farming methods.

Paul Heiney presents a series with memorable scenes drawn from the best of the ITV regions. Paul explores Britain's coast and country, and meets the people that make it special....

Paul Heiney celebrates St George's Day on the hill where legend says the dragon was slain. He also explores Britain's oldest footpath, finds out about Victorian farming methods and...

Paul Heiney explores Britain's countryside, and finds memorable scenes from the ITV regions. Today, Paul meets trainee farmers, farriers and blacksmiths who are learning the old...

Today we find out how an historic Kent dockyard changed the landscape forever as whole forests were felled for the timber to build warships such as the Victory. We also learns mo...

This week, we visit the Malvern Hills, eight hundred million years in the making and officially one of the best places in Britain to walk a dog. Paul also helps to shear sheep th...

Today's adventure starts in Cornwall where Paul meets the crew of the Penzance lifeboat that is celebrating 150 years of service. In Newquay, he visits the 'House in the Sea' and...

Today they are in Northumberland, where Paul visits a man-made lake named as the most tranquil spot in the country. Meanwhile Rachel tours the grounds of Alnwick Castle - the W...

Today, they are in the Lake District celebrating 150 years of the Ullswater steam boats, and watching the annual ritual of salmon fisherman keeping alive a Viking tradition of...

Today we are in Constable country, celebrating the anniversary of the birth of one of Britain's best-loved landscape painters. We also find out about ambitious plans to create...

Paul Heiney and the team explore the countryside in and around London. Paul meets the ranger who looks after Richmond Park's 600 deer, and talks to the man who mows the grass with...

Paul Heiney and the team explore the dams and reservoirs of the Elan Valley in Wales, test site for Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb ahead of the Dam Buster raids in World War Two. Ka...

Paul Heiney and the team are in the Cotswolds to visit a village that topped a poll of the best places to live in the UK. Rachel de Thame discovers the secret garden belonging to B...

The team travels to Northern Ireland, exploring the natural, industrial and cultural roots of Lough Erne. Paul Heiney visits a mystical island and goes birdwatching, while Bettany...

In a programme first show in 2009, the team heads to Dover for a double anniversary. Paul Heiney marks the centenary of the first cross-Channel flight and celebrates the 50th anniv...

Paul Heiney visits the north of Scotland and takes a trip on steam train the Jacobite, which follows a route voted the most beautiful rail journey in the world by a travel magazine...

The team travels to the Isle of Wight on the eve of the world-famous regatta at Cowes. Paul Heiney joins an Olympic champion at the helm of a 60ft ocean racer, Kate McIntyre meets...

One-hour special in which Paul Heiney journeys through Yorkshire and Lancashire, from Britain's first seaside resort in Scarborough to the vast natural wilderness of Morecambe Bay,...

Paul Heiney visits the Suffolk village of Walberswick, where he witnesses the staging of the annual British Open Crabbing Championship. He also calls at a Victorian farm in Norfolk...

Paul Heiney visits Birmingham to celebrate National Allotments Week, and gathers in the harvest on the Victorian farm in Norfolk. Plus, reports on sea kayaking around the Isle of M...

Paul Heiney watches ospreys when he travels to Rutland Water for the British Bird Fair. He also joins in with the south London lavender harvest and takes a trip on a steam-driven b...

Paul Heiney visits the Norfolk Broads, where he takes a trip on a traditional wherry trading barge. Plus, reports on cowboys in the West Country and a poacher-turned-water bailiff...

Paul Heiney visits Whitby, North Yorkshire, for the autumn angling festival and meets Rob Green, winner of the Seafood Chef of the Year award in 2009. Plus, reports on fell ponies...

Paul Heiney visits the North York Moors and meets George Thompson, the 2008 Gamekeeper of the Year. Plus, reports on the campaigners who saved an ancient forest from developers, an...

Paul Heiney visits Exmouth in Devon to report on the national Beachwatch clean-up. Plus, the sanctuary for wolves deep in a Shropshire forest and the work of a group of Northampton...

Paul Heiney is in Gloucestershire to celebrate British Cheese Week, visiting the home of Stinking Bishop and an award-winning vineyard. Plus, a spectacular sailing regatta in Wales...

Paul Heiney visits the Isles of Scilly to celebrate the 25th anniversary of an airlink vital to the region's flower industry. Plus, a report from Teesdale at England's biggest upla...

Paul Heiney visits Herefordshire, the largest apple-growing county in Britain, for the start of the harvest. He hears how cider-making has developed from its farmhouse roots and di...

Paul Heiney visits Dorset's Jurassic Coast at the start of the fossil-hunting season. Plus, reports on a swan rescue centre in Yorkshire, steam ploughing on the Victorian farm, and...

Paul Heiney tastes fruits including medlar and quince on a visit to a centuries-old Essex farm and jam factory. Plus reports on the West Somerset Steam Railway and an organic farmi...

Paul Heiney visits Witley Court in Worcestershire - once one of the great stately homes of England, but destroyed by fire more than 70 years ago. Plus, Selina Scott takes a trip do...

Paul Heiney meets a farmer who breeds alpacas on the slopes of Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, and tries his hand at dowsing - looking for the magical lines of energy that some people...