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193. An unlikely pilgrimage with Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton
Season 16 Episode 2
In episode 2 of season 16, we’re talking about walking, but in the context of a curious new film: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry starring Pene…
3 years, 5 months ago
Sound Escape 115: Wistful mistle thrushes and willow warbers in a Mendips vale
Season 16
We're in Velvet Bottom nature reserve in the Mendips where woodlands and wildflowers have overun the old lead mines. It's still early spring and mist…
3 years, 5 months ago
192. A quest for rare wildflowers in the Avon Gorge – with Mike Dilger
Season 16 Episode 1
In the first episode of a new season, the Plodcast team of Fergus, Hannah and Jack meet up with naturalist and One Show regular Mike Dilger to search…
3 years, 5 months ago
Sound Escape 114: Skylarks ascending over a field of barley
Season 16
We're on the northern edge of the Cotswolds in South Warwickshire – a vast open field of young barley stretches to the horizon. Quietly at first, the…
3 years, 5 months ago
Sound Escape 113: Enjoy the stirring cacophony of a rook colony
Season 16
We wandering in deeply rural County Armagh. It's early spring and the rooks rule the woodlands. Nesting close together in the canopies of a dozen roa…
3 years, 6 months ago
191. Introducing season 16 of the Plodcast – getting out into nature
Season 16
Welcome to the Plodcast – the nature and countryside podcast from BBC Countryfile Magazine. This is a preview of season 16 of the Plodcast where the …
3 years, 6 months ago
Sound Escape 112: Relax to the gentle babble of spring in the Lake District
Season 15
We're in Blawith Fells in the Lake District. he walk up to the tarn felt a little like a dream; the sun-warmed lane rising gently – rhythmically – be…
3 years, 6 months ago
Sound Escape 111: Eerie birdcalls from the Avalon Marshes
Season 15
Sun spills over the Avalon Marshes, driving away the last vestiges of winter. Chiffchaffs have arrived, bringing their flinty song two-note song to t…
3 years, 6 months ago
Sound Escape 110: The start of spring in South Wales
Season 15
The first inklings of spring are stirring in the Rhymney Valley in South Wales. Down at the foot of the dell, where the two streams meet, there is a …
3 years, 6 months ago
190. Discovering a fabulous project to bring nature into our towns
Season 15 Episode 12
Nature Isn't Neat is a project pioneered in South-east Wales to bring wildlife and a bit of wildness into public parks, gardens and other commonly us…
3 years, 6 months ago