In the first of 12 new offbeat countryside guides, Pete McCarthy ponders a Neolithic puzzle and Shauna Lowry goes in search of fox cubs. Survival expert Andy Lane sets a special challenge for viewers and Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales steps across from BBC1 to share her childhood memories as a wartime evacuee in North Devon.
Continuing the offbeat countryside guides, Pete McCarthy visits an organic pig farm in Powys, Guy Linley-Adams learns about the importance of different sized pebbles on Chesil Beach in Dorset, and Shropshire-based Larry Jones reveals the art of creating charcoal. See today's choices.
The offbeat countryside guide sees broadcaster and angling enthusiast Fiona Armstrong taking a walk along the border between Scotland and England, where she encounters fisherman using ancient Viking techniques to land their haul. Ray Mears feasts on wild rabbit, Pete McCarthy unlocks some of the secrets of woodland archaeology. a bee-keeper explains how honey can be transformed into mead and Lindsay Cannon enjoys a rush of adrenaline while "canyoning" descending down a rope into a canyon before hurling herself into the water below.
The offbeat countryside guide continues its journey with Pete McCarthy travelling to the west of Ireland, where he meets an expert in the ancient art of making the illicit spirit poitin. Lindsay Cannon tries her hand at paragliding with the help of British team captain Jocky Sanderson , and Guy Linley - Adams discovers how seagulls are moving inland and creating chaos across towns and cities.
The offbeat countryside guide continues its journey as Pete McCarthy investigates the Fibonacci theory, which links maths to the way things look in nature. Shauna Lowry rides wild Exmoor ponies and Lindsay Cannon takes the lead on a climb for the first time.
The offbeat countryside guide continues with Pete McCarthy investigating the various theories about the Long Man of Wilmington in East Sussex and the Cerne Giant in Dorset. Shauna Lowry discovers the love rituals of the British bird, and Guy Linley-Adams marvels at the Castlemartin Peninsula on the Pembrokeshire coast.
The offbeat countryside guide continues with Brian Keenan taking a walk along Ireland's west coast. Pete McCarthy explores the history of the tent and Shauna Lowry travels to the New Forest in search of ants. Plus six volunteers take up the Country Tracks challenge to spend a week in the British wilderness with no food or shelter.
The offbeat countryside guide continues with Pete McCarthy returning to the area around Orford, where he used to teach, to explore the mysteries of East Anglia on Suffolk's coast, while Shauna Lowry finds that owls are not as wise as they are often portrayed. Plus a look at how the six volunteers are coping with the Country Tracks challenge.
The offbeat countryside guide sees Pete McCarthy continuing his walk up the Suffolk coast, Lindsay Cannon spends a night on a ledge halfway up a wet Welsh cliff, Blanaid Aughney hunts for crystal, and survival instructor Andy Lane completes the training of the six Country Tracks challenge volunteers.
The Country Tracks survival challenge begins and the six volunteers find living off the land tougher than they expected. Survival expert Andy Lane assesses the group's potential and is already worried about one volunteer's attitude. Meanwhile Pete McCarthy looks at clouds and Blanaid Aughney discovers the secrets of puffballs.
The offbeat countryside guide. Pete McCarthy goes to Cornwall to discover the bygone era of the tin-mining industry. Richard Mabey reveals the myths and legends behind the holly plant, and there's a trip to Ireland to look at the traditional art of basket weaving. In the Country Tracks survival challenge, one of the hungry and exhausted group is asked to leave
In the last in the series of the offbeat countryside guide, Pete McCarthy and Duncan Hamilton discuss different types of snow, Lindsay Cannon goes winter climbing in Scotland and Guy Linley-Adams visits this year's new seal pups on Ramsey Island, off the Pembrokeshire coast. In the survival challenge, the hungry group try to create a meal from woodland offerings.
The offbeat guide to the great outdoors returns for a ten-part series. Tonight, presenter Pete McCarthy is joined by comedian Jo Brand , who pays a visit to the Long Mynd in Shropshire.
Pete McCarthy returns to one of his favourite haunts, the Beara Peninsula on Ireland's Atlantic coast, and this year's Country Tracks challenge volunteers start their survival training.
Terry Waite reflects on solitude in rural Suffolk, and the series' challenge volunteers learn more survival skills. Presenter Pete McCarthy investigates erosion, Fiona Lawrenson goes bird-watching on the Welsh hills and Lindsay Cannon kayaks round the island of Rum.
Presenter Pete McCarthy discovers the truth about British bats, while the series' challenge volunteers attempt to build a waterproof shelter. Meanwhile, Guy Linley-Adams marvels at marine lifeforms that possess the ability to breathe underwater, and Lindsay Cannon rides along ancient packhorse trails on the moors of North Yorkshire.
Celebrity guest Jenny Agutter shares her passion for Cornwall, Pete McCarthy reveals the secret life of millipedes and centipedes, and Fiona Lawrenson learns about aerial archaeology.
This week Pete McCarthy explores the Machair, the unique grasslands of the Western Isles of Scotland, and finds them very similar to Corfu. Meanwhile, Lindsay Cannon tries her hand at wattle and daub wall construction, and Guy Linley-Adams observes nocturnal insects.
Writer and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg takes a walk on the rugged fells of his native Cumbria and describes his love for the landscape. Pete McCarthy is in Somerset to explore the art of making cider, Lindsay Cannon goes potholing in Derbyshire and Fiona Lawrenson observes fallow deer.
Lindsay Cannon trains as a National Park Ranger in the Peak District, Pete McCarthy gets lost in a maze while revealing the mystical secrets of labyrinths, the volunteers argue over the best place to forage for food, and Guy Linley-Adams takes a look at British pond life.
Former Test cricketer David Gower walks along the aptly-named Test Way in Hampshire; Pete McCarthy visits the wettest place in Britain; Lindsay Cannon samples land-yachting in South Wales; and the volunteers attempt to patch up their differences following fishing failures.
In the last show of the series, the survival volunteers conclude their week in the wilds by cooking a meal for a special guest. In addition, Pete McCarthy visits a farm that is keeping traditional hop-growing alive for British ale, Guy Linley-Adams looks for freshwater pearls in Scotland's River Tay, and Lindsay Cannon braves a frozen waterfall.