Countryfile Spring Diaries - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
New Life
In the New Forest, there is a sense of anticipation in the air as its most famous residents prepare to give birth - Jules takes to the saddle to find out why spring is such a crucial time for the New Forest ponies. Few things on the forager's calendar are more sensationally seasonal than the sap of the silver birch. The window to tap into this elusive liquor lasts just a couple of weeks. Margherita reports on the best way to turn to the trees for a springtime pick-me-up. And Paul Martin breathes new life into his Victorian smallholding in Wiltshire. His spring diary starts with a hunt for the perfect sheep to restore his fields.
A Sense of Spring
John Craven and the Countryfile Spring Diaries team - Keeley Donovan, Jules Hudson and Margherita Taylor - unveil the secrets of spring. Keeley Donovan discovers how just one in fifty people in the UK experiences spring as a truly multisensory experience. And one of the most fragrant and emblematic symbols of spring is under attack - Jules Hudson investigates why native bluebells could be extinct in the space of a generation.
A Taste of Spring
John Craven and the Countryfile Spring Diaries team - Keeley Donovan, Jules Hudson and Margherita Taylor - unveil the secrets of spring. The team investigate the arrival of a tiny beetle that can make or break a crop and look at cooking up a storm with a springtime coastal forage. Rookie smallholder Paul Martin gives tips on how to keep bees.
Spring Waters
John Craven and the Countryfile Spring Diaries team - Keeley Donovan, Jules Hudson and Margherita Taylor - unveil the secrets of spring. The team find out how to give toads a helping hand to reach their natural habitat and report on how Cumbrian communities are working to recover from the winter floods - just in time for the tourist season. Fledgling smallholder Paul Martin provides tips on how to build a watery wildlife haven.
A Window on Summer
John Craven and the Countryfile Spring Diaries team - Keeley Donovan, Jules Hudson and Margherita Taylor - unveil the secrets of spring. The team celebrate spring for the final time this year and file their final reports of the season.
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