Countryfile
Season 26 Episode 47 - Compilation - Our Living Laboratory
Countryfile looks at the part the landscape has played in making scientific breakthroughs, and the way in which such breakthroughs have changed our understanding of the land we live in. John Craven heads to Wytham Woods, Oxford University's 'laboratory with leaves'. It is 70 years since Charles Elton first made scientific observations in these woods; John walks in his footsteps to find out how Elton's work still plays a part in shaping our ideas of the world, and meets the scientists carrying his work forward. John also looks back at the best of Countryfile's forays into the world of science, including Matt Baker's look at the pioneer of natural history; Gilbert White and Julia Bradbury's trip to the coast to uncover the story of the palaeontologist and fossil collector, Mary Anning; the time when Adam learned how Hollywood wizardry is helping scientists breed the perfect pig; and when Tom Heap found out how robotics could transform farming in the future.
Episodes in Season 26
Horses and Dogs
60 min
Hertfordshire
60 min
Exmoor
60 min
South Wales
60 min
Yorkshire Dales
60 min
Cornwall Coast
60 min
Cotswolds
60 min
Bristol
60 min
Northumberland
60 min
A Royal Appointment
60 min
Lyme Bay
60 min
Golden Valley
60 min
Spring Compilation
60 min
Northamptonshire
60 min
Suffolk
60 min
Luddenden
60 min
Country Architecture Compilation
60 min
Cambridgeshire
60 min
Hampshire
60 min
Henley-on-Thames
60 min
The Humber
60 min
Fife
60 min
Teign Valley
60 min
North Wales Woodfest
60 min
Kent
60 min
Transport Compilation
60 min
Cambrian Mountains
60 min
Shetland
60 min
Peak District
60 min
Cheshire
60 min
Christmas Special
60 min
Compilation - Wildlife Winners and Losers
60 min
Padstow
60 min
Out and About
60 min
Gower
60 min
Staithes
60 min
Dorset
60 min
Devon
60 min
Shropshire
60 min
Abergavenny
60 min
Compilation - Wild Harvest
60 min
Yorkshire Dales
60 min
One Man and His Dog
60 min
Hertfordshire
60 min
Cannock Chase
60 min
Suffolk
60 min
Compilation - Our Living Laboratory
60 min
Peak District
60 min
Cheshire
60 min
Padstow
60 min
Christmas Special
60 min
Compilation - Wildlife Winners and Losers
60 min
