0:00:25 > 0:00:27It's not just new music in the air,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29there's a buzz too,
0:00:29 > 0:00:32a great feeling of a countryside celebration.
0:00:32 > 0:00:33A traditional country fair.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37A time for communities to come together
0:00:37 > 0:00:39and share our love of the Great British countryside.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46- ALL:- Ooh!
0:00:46 > 0:00:48- He's very good, isn't he?- Very good.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50We're here to mark a very special occasion.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53This is Countryfile's Silver Jubilee.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54Can you believe it?
0:00:54 > 0:00:57To celebrate, we are hosting our very own country fair
0:00:57 > 0:01:00right here, in the Cotswolds, and we're all here on Adam's farm.
0:01:00 > 0:01:01Thanks for having us, Adam.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03It's lovely to have you guys here.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07But, also, we've got 250 Countryfile viewers
0:01:07 > 0:01:08who were randomly selected to be here
0:01:08 > 0:01:11from literally thousands of people who applied. So, welcome.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:13 > 0:01:16It's lovely to have you all here, from all over Britain.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18So what is the order of ceremony?
0:01:18 > 0:01:22I hear Countryfile titan John Craven has a special treat in store.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23That's right, Ellie.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26I'm going to be putting everybody's memories to the test
0:01:26 > 0:01:28with a special Countryfile quiz.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30What are you up to, Tom?
0:01:30 > 0:01:34- I'm looking at a very precious gift. JULIA:- John Craven?- No, not quite.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Something we couldn't live without, that has shaped our landscape
0:01:37 > 0:01:41and has run like a theme through Countryfile for 25 years.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44There's lots to look forward to. Shall we get on with the show?
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- Yes, wagons roll! Come on, everyone! - CHEERING
0:01:56 > 0:02:0125 years, it's been quite a journey.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04From the first programme in July 1988, to today,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Countryfile has brought the best of the UK's countryside
0:02:07 > 0:02:09to the nation's homes.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12We've covered the rural stories that have shaped our times,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15from farming and the environment,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18to the land and its people.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24And we thought, what better way to celebrate
0:02:24 > 0:02:28than to bring everybody together at our own country fair.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29But let me tell you,
0:02:29 > 0:02:33this lot has taken some setting up over the last 24 hours.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Tepees have gone up.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Stallholders from across the Cotswolds have assembled
0:02:41 > 0:02:44food, games, entertainment
0:02:44 > 0:02:46and bunting that goes on forever.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50And we have something that I am very, very excited about.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- Our own artist-in-residence, Cecil. - Hi.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- A very good morning to you, how are you?- I'm very well, thanks.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00- Oh, you've started already with a few pencil lines.- That's right.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01It's good to get it planned.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Is it quite difficult often to capture a live scene like this
0:03:04 > 0:03:06if it's going to be changing a lot with people?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08It's tricky, but the painting has a liveliness
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- because you've done it on the spot. - Yeah, sure.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14And that's the challenge.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23Scenes like this have long been a staple of rural life.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24From humble beginnings,
0:03:24 > 0:03:27they've become a highlight of the summer calendar.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Author Clive Aslett is very much a fan of the fair.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33- Very nearly did it!- Good to see you. Let's have a go then.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- Oh, no! You are a cricketer. - MATT LAUGHS
0:03:37 > 0:03:38Clive, good to see you.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Tell us, what are the origins of the country fair?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44I think they go back to the Middle Ages
0:03:44 > 0:03:46when fairs were really important for trade.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48There was another thing, the Church ale,
0:03:48 > 0:03:50which was when the Church raised money,
0:03:50 > 0:03:52and a lot of ale was obviously drunk.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54And they were quite lewd at times.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Of course, the Puritans didn't really like it.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Let's go sample the cheese, yes.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00I'm going to go for this traditional cheddar.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Can I have the double Gloucester?
0:04:03 > 0:04:04- Thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07In the 18th century, with the agricultural revolution,
0:04:07 > 0:04:09it became important for great landowners to show
0:04:09 > 0:04:11what you could do to improve your farm.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13They gathered everybody together.
0:04:16 > 0:04:22Fairs were also a chance to show off the fruits of your labour.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Our fairs, I think, are really a product of the Victorian era
0:04:25 > 0:04:28when everything was getting a bit more decorous and a bit more polite.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30And, of course, they're great fun.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33The opportunity to sponge the person you've always wanted to.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Very nearly!
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Of all the things, what do you love about them, Clive?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Here we are, people put on their summer dresses, maybe a hat,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44and they come out to a field to take part
0:04:44 > 0:04:47in some fairly home-spun entertainment.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48We all love it, this is our tradition.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52It's unlike anything else that there is in Europe because
0:04:52 > 0:04:55everybody else does things which are a bit more gutsy,
0:04:55 > 0:04:57a bit more ambition.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- But we like this simple home-made scale, I think.- Yes.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- Oh! - CHEERING
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- JULIA:- While Matt tries to get out of that tricky situation,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09I'm nipping off for a look around.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15The setting for our summer fair is familiar to us all - Adam's farm.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16For the past four years,
0:05:16 > 0:05:20it's given us a rare insight into farming life.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22We see this place week in, week out, on the telly.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25But what's it like behind the scenes?
0:05:25 > 0:05:30So, this is HQ. It's not a TV set, it's the nerve centre of the farm.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33It's a busy working farm. Almost 1,000 acres of crop.
0:05:33 > 0:05:352,500 animals to run.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38And there's a man who has to do the planning, business, the strategy.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41You might think it's Adam, but it's not.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- Afternoon, Duncan, how are you?- Very well, thank you.- Nice to see you.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- So, this is it. - This is the nerve centre.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50A lot of livelihoods depend on the success of this farm.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Not just Adam's family but my family too.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56But also 14 full-time staff and up to 50 seasonal staff.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58That's the business side of things
0:05:58 > 0:06:00but, of course, this is also Adam's home.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03And it's not just the people he works alongside
0:06:03 > 0:06:05who've become the stars of the show.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Over the years, his son Alfie and daughter Ella
0:06:08 > 0:06:11have also appeared on the programme.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- Hi, Ella.- Hi.- How are you? - I'm really good, thank you.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- Lovely chickens. - Yeah, they're barred rocks.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- They're very pretty, aren't they? - Yeah.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Tell me what life's been like since your dad's been on the telly?
0:06:22 > 0:06:23Yeah, it's really good.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Having the film crew here is also quite interesting.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29What do you think people at home don't know about your dad?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31He does quite a lot of work on the farm.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Some people think he doesn't do a lot, like he's away quite a lot.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38But he works really hard doing the sheep and cows.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- He is juggling, he's very hands-on. - Yeah.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- Are you proud of him?- Yeah. - He's a cool dad to have.- Got to be.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- He'd be very proud that you got the name of the chickens right.- Yeah.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48COCK CROWS
0:06:48 > 0:06:52OK, so that's the family and the business.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Now for the main man.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56And, surprise, surprise, he's filming.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59I wanted one of my best looking animals in the background
0:06:59 > 0:07:02so people could see him from the country fair.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- And now, I think he's looking tip-top.- The master at work.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09I'm very pleased with that. Ah, hello, Julia, what do you think?
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- I don't know, I think Eric's looking pretty gorgeous.- He is, isn't he?
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Is it grooming time?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16It is. He's had a shampoo. Me and Alfie have shampooed him
0:07:16 > 0:07:18so that he looks beautiful for the country fair.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20And now, we've got to walk him up there.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22- You can give me a hand, if you like?- Absolutely.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Adam's let the cameras into his life for four years.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30But he's got a history on Countryfile which goes way back.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33In fact, it all started with a presenter search in 2001,
0:07:33 > 0:07:36and an audition tape from a fresh-faced young farmer.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Television presenting is something I've always wanted to do.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42I've got a close understanding of people
0:07:42 > 0:07:45and animals and agricultural issues.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47And I hope that you will be able to consider me for the job.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Since then, Adam's been a familiar face on our screens.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54And we've been with him through the highs, and some of the lows.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59Probably the worst time for us here has been TB testing.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01And filming it makes it even worse.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03It is a very tense day, bringing the cattle into the pens,
0:08:03 > 0:08:05the bulls getting too close together,
0:08:05 > 0:08:07cows being separated from their calves.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10If you lose an animal to TB, and it has to be compulsory slaughter,
0:08:10 > 0:08:11and you've got a camera in your face,
0:08:11 > 0:08:14you're supposed to give a response. It is very real.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16CATTLE LOW
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Reaction?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21The first cow, and she's reacted.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25It's an absolute travesty, a complete disaster.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27All right.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31That was a huge blow for Adam.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33But there have been happier moments too,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36both on the farm and beyond.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Sometimes, I have to pinch myself to think,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41I'm getting paid to do this job. Getting behind the scene on farms,
0:08:41 > 0:08:43meeting other farmers is always great.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44I've travelled abroad,
0:08:44 > 0:08:47going to Australia, following Hereford cattle.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50If they were to do this with horse people on the ground,
0:08:50 > 0:08:52it would take them weeks, I'd imagine.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- There have been wonderful moments. - BULL LOWS
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- Eric agrees with you, you see! - ADAM LAUGHS
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Just like Adam, the countryside overall has had its fair share
0:09:05 > 0:09:08of ups and downs over the last quarter of a century.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11And we've been there to see them all.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Since the very beginning of the programme,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19we've covered the issues that matter.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24We were there for the start of the organic movement.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Today, we're investigating the upsurge in organic farming.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33We've witnessed foot-and-mouth.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34BSE.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36And bird flu.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Not forgetting the issues that divided the countryside.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42The people who've banned it just don't understand it.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Yeah, it's a good day for us, a good day for the wildlife.
0:09:46 > 0:09:52But there's one subject that flows through everything we do,
0:09:52 > 0:09:55and it always will.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Water. A fundamental of the natural world.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03It sustains our landscape and all life within it.
0:10:03 > 0:10:09But it's also given our countryside some of its greatest challenges.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13In the early days of the programme,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16the big challenge was pollution in our water.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Although the presenters' fashion taste
0:10:19 > 0:10:22was sometimes as questionable as the state of our waterways.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Believe it or not, it takes just one pint of milk
0:10:26 > 0:10:29discharged into a river or stream
0:10:29 > 0:10:34to do as much damage as 800 gallons of treated sewage.
0:10:35 > 0:10:381988 saw the birth of Countryfile,
0:10:38 > 0:10:42and the privatisation of the water industry in England and Wales.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45A year later, the National Rivers Authority was created
0:10:45 > 0:10:48to clean up our waterways.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53So, I think the idea it's cheaper to go on polluting and pay the fines
0:10:53 > 0:10:56is going to be a thing of the past.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00We, as an organisation, will not hesitate to prosecute for offences.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03More than 20 years after he first appeared on the show,
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Lord Crickhowell is back to reflect.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10When you set up the National Rivers Authority,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13- what was the scale of the problem you were facing?- Oh, very big.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Water pollution was extensive. Farm pollution was extensive.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20There was flooding on a considerable scale.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23There were water shortages on a considerable scale.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Many of the fisheries were dead.
0:11:26 > 0:11:32The National Rivers Authority became the Environment Agency in 1996.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37So, did these agencies really manage to get to grips with the problems?
0:11:37 > 0:11:38I think they've got better.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41I won't say they've gone away, I think the Environment Agency
0:11:41 > 0:11:45has got to go on working extremely hard on all these problems.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49Because we live in a very congested country.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52We live in a world of changing climate.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55And the problems aren't going to go away.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Our rivers may now be far cleaner,
0:12:01 > 0:12:04but they can still turn nasty.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Floods aren't a new phenomenon
0:12:05 > 0:12:08but, since the turn of the century,
0:12:08 > 0:12:13the British Isles have seen flooding on an almost unprecedented scale.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Boscastle in Cornwall, 2004.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Gloucestershire, 2007.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Cumbria, 2009.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26We're seeing heavier, more frequent downpours
0:12:26 > 0:12:30and, with predictions of yet more extreme weather,
0:12:30 > 0:12:32more and more of us are relying on flood defences
0:12:32 > 0:12:35and early warnings to keep us safe.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Manning the defences against flooding
0:12:37 > 0:12:39is the Environment Agency,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42and their latest weapon is a remote control Navy.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- Am I allowed a bit of a go with your toy?- You sure can.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58And use this cyber remote control, and have a little tweak.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00- Ooh, there we go. - Just slow down just slightly.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04- You can tell it's very responsive. - It is, yes.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07I can feel a note of nervousness in your voice, Mike!
0:13:08 > 0:13:11It is a lot of fun, I can see that, but what's it actually for?
0:13:11 > 0:13:15OK, it's used for measuring the depth of the water,
0:13:15 > 0:13:17and the speed of the water.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20And that will give you the amount of water moving down the river.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Which is absolutely key if you're trying to work out flood risk
0:13:23 > 0:13:27- and anything else like that. - This is the future of technology.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29- The future of flood defence, in fact.- Yes.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31If you noticed, I'm going around in circles
0:13:31 > 0:13:34because I've worked out how to do that.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36I'm not trying anything too stretching here.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39If the past 25 years have taught us anything,
0:13:39 > 0:13:43it's that we are rarely in control of the natural world.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47And that's true above all of water.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50We've had successes, like the clean-up of our rivers,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52and also endured stresses,
0:13:52 > 0:13:55like the battle against the harshest of the elements.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59But one thing's for sure, whether it's too much water or too little,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02that struggle is only going to intensify in the future,
0:14:02 > 0:14:04as I'll be finding out later.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09The party's in full swing down on Adam's farm.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14But no country fair would be the same without food. My favourite!
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Over the past quarter of a century, Countryfile has followed
0:14:17 > 0:14:22the incredible journey of our food, from field to fork.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28The aim is to eat as many nettles as you can in one hour.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Cromer lobster, fresh from the sea, and onto the plate.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- That's a nice truffle. - A strong smell.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38It's not about size, it's about the quality of the truffle.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43For some crazy reason, we now agree to try the shop-bought wasabi.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- Without the salmon, that's very brave.- Argh! Rargh...
0:14:47 > 0:14:51This time, though, we've asked the food to come to us.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Our invited guests are taking part
0:14:57 > 0:15:03in Countryfile's Grow It, Bake It or Preserve It competition.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06All morning, people have been delivering some tasty delights
0:15:06 > 0:15:08in the hope of winning a rosette or two.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Including some more familiar faces.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Beautiful. Gloucestershire Old Spot pork pie. It is a winner!
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Well. Look at all this jam. What a spread!
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Anyway, luckily, I've got just the man to help me judge them all.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Ladies and gentlemen, we're welcoming a culinary king,
0:15:32 > 0:15:34it's Nigel Slater!
0:15:35 > 0:15:38There's a lot of jeopardy involved... I'm sorry, guys,
0:15:38 > 0:15:40we're going to have to do this behind closed fake windows.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42And no peeking through the plastic.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Nigel, in here, come on, get your game face on.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Security's tight.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00- We're in, Nigel. OK, let the judging begin.- Begin.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03So, basically, from your perspective,
0:16:03 > 0:16:07how does British food compare with that of the rest of the world?
0:16:07 > 0:16:11It's fabulous but it's underrated, it's so underrated.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16We've had an idea, I think, for a long time, that other people are better.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19That their cooking is better than ours, which is how we've ended up
0:16:19 > 0:16:23with so many different cultures being thought of as ours.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Whether it's pizza, pasta, whatever.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28And, only now, only recently,
0:16:28 > 0:16:31have we started to realise the treasure that we've got.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36The wonderful ingredients, the great cooking and fabulous recipes.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39And what you do is you inspire people to have a go,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41which is what our viewers have done here.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45- So, let's start here with the grown section.- Beautiful.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47I'm sorry, I'd rather have that than a bunch of flowers.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Really, really tight.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52These will be so good.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Tomato and basil alpaca.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00- Alpaca meat?- Yes. Is this a first for you?- Absolutely.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Yeah, it's dense.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09You've got a nice bit of coarseness, nice little bit of texture.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- What's this? - This is a elderflower cordial.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Wow!
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Right, and a wonderful, wonderful selection.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Things from the hedgerows, things from the allotment,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26things from the garden, in jars, we're great at it.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- Mm.- That's very good. - A nice bit of rind there.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36I do love a lemon curd.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39If I'm going to spread one thing on my toast, it's going to be this.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43Do you see, that's perfect for me. Absolutely perfect.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48It's when things quiver on the spoon rather than just sit there.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Oh, that's a lemon meringue pie in a jar.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Imagine that in a little jam tart.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Ah. That's good.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- The next table awaits now, Nigel. - Cake!
0:18:01 > 0:18:04THEY LAUGH Cake.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05So, a bit of pork pie.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13It's tender, soft, crumbly.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15If this was Adam Henson's, that's not his writing.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17No, but he's a pork pie man.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Rhubarb and apple crumble.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24- I'm always drawn to a crumble.- OK.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29What is going on there? Has that been in the oven long enough?
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Something's going on there, isn't it?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34It's sharp with that rhubarb.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Sorry, I'm turning into you!
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Right. Good.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44So, we're talking about British food.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Let's find out we you think to the South African breakfast rusks.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52As they say in South Africa, these rusks are "ongelooflik".
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Unbelievable.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56SHARP TAPPING
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Am I allowed to say awful?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05We might be here a while!
0:19:05 > 0:19:08No, OK, let's... Are these frozen? No.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Wow.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Look at that. Oh.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17If I'd made that cake, I would be so proud.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Who do you think cooked this one?
0:19:19 > 0:19:20I think it's Mary Berry.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22It's perfect.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26This is going to be tough.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29You've got a doughy bit.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- You see, you had me at rhubarb. - That was amazing.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Do you want some water?
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Mm.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39There's something in there that I don't want in there.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44Later Matt and Nigel will be handing out a few rosettes.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Say hello to Moses. He's a magnificent peregrine falcon.
0:19:48 > 0:19:5014 months old, so a juvenile.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53These guys are known as nature's rockets.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55They can reach speeds of up to 200 miles an hour,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57that's faster than John Craven!
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Off you go.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59HE LAUGHS
0:19:59 > 0:20:02That was really close, I wasn't expecting that.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Peregrine numbers dropped seriously in the 1960s,
0:20:05 > 0:20:07but they've now recovered quite a lot
0:20:07 > 0:20:10thanks to the fact they are a protected species.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13But, perhaps the greatest wildlife success story
0:20:13 > 0:20:15in the time Countryfile has been on the air,
0:20:15 > 0:20:17certainly as far as birds are concerned,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20is the reintroduction of the red kite.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Once widespread in the UK,
0:20:22 > 0:20:24persecution reduced numbers to just a few,
0:20:24 > 0:20:27but now they're back again right across the country
0:20:27 > 0:20:32following a project which started in the 1990s, and which we helped with.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34I'm just boarding a flight to London
0:20:34 > 0:20:37escorting a rather unusual passenger,
0:20:37 > 0:20:40it's this rare and beautiful bird of prey, a red kite.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45And since then we've seen our fair share of wildlife firsts.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48It feels like we are on, kind of, safari in Bedfordshire.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52I tell you what, I can imagine for those that don't like spiders,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55that is a horrific sight.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58BIRDS SQUAWK
0:20:58 > 0:21:01SHE LAUGHS Ow!
0:21:04 > 0:21:07And our appreciation of wildlife doesn't stop there.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10This summer our landscape is simply glorious.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15Wild flowers dance in the breeze, and wildlife,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17well, it's having a whale of a time.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20In recent years, we have all been encouraged to do what we can
0:21:20 > 0:21:25to protect the natural environment and all the life that lives in it.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29Anything from inviting wildlife into our garden, to picking up litter.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Every little counts, and it's a job for us all.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I've come to a small patch of rare limestone grassland
0:21:38 > 0:21:41just a stone's throw from the revelry of the fair, Barton Bushes.
0:21:41 > 0:21:4580 years ago, 40% of the Cotswolds were
0:21:45 > 0:21:47cloaked in grassland like this.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Today, it covers just 1.5%
0:21:50 > 0:21:54making this a site of special scientific interest.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56I'm going to take a look at the plants and animals
0:21:56 > 0:22:01that make this rare grassland their home
0:22:01 > 0:22:05and I've called in an army of wildlife enthusiasts
0:22:05 > 0:22:07to give me a hand.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Pupils from nearby Temple Guiting school.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Our mission is to record as many species as we can in one morning.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22We want to see how healthy the grassland is.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25So, bug kit, check.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Clipboard, check. Camera, check.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32We'll be reporting to Paul Hackman from Natural England.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36OK, everybody. We are going to go on a creepy-crawly hunt.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39The most important animals of all are the creepy-crawlies.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42They feed all the bigger animals that we usually get excited about.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Paul and I are going to come around with you, see what you get.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48We'll have a lot of fun. Have you all got your bug kits?
0:22:48 > 0:22:51- CHILDREN:- Yes.- Let's go.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Here's a fly, quick.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Yes, a ladybird crossed with a butterfly.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05It's a moth.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- There's a grasshopper. - Well done. See if you can get it.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18It's a grasshopper, they need nice, tall grass to live in.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22The snail is important as well because they live on the Cotswolds.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26They like all the lime soil that helps them to form their shells.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- What have we got here?- Poo.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34We've got Exmoor ponies that come in here in the winter
0:23:34 > 0:23:38and the autumn. The grazing gets the grass nice and short.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42And that helps the wild flowers to come up for the following season.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49'Watching on, their teacher Miss Newsham is hoping today's quest
0:23:49 > 0:23:53'will contribute to a wildlife project closer to home.'
0:23:53 > 0:23:56We have got a wildlife area back at school that's just beginning,
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- literally just beginning.- Oh, right.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02So, blank canvas and I just want them to get a little bit motivated
0:24:02 > 0:24:06and get a little bit of enthusiasm to take back to school.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- How are they doing, do you think? - They have been amazing.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12I can't believe how much they have found,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15and the interest, I'm really impressed.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19The team are also recording flowers.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Oh, wow. Josephine, that's great drawing.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26It's this one you're drawing, isn't it?
0:24:26 > 0:24:30- What is this one, Paul? - This one is ploughman's spikenard.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33How many flowers do you think you have seen here today?
0:24:33 > 0:24:37- We've seen six species of flowers. - And all of these.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44As well as some unexpected creatures.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52OK, everybody, time is up. Come on over.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55You have all done fabulously well.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57We have been here a really short time.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00But how many plant and animal species have we found?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02We have a grand total of 34!
0:25:02 > 0:25:05CHEERING
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Fantastic. You've done brilliantly well.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11'With the mood high, it's about turn and back to school,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14'to the wildlife garden where I have called on the services
0:25:14 > 0:25:18'of Will Masefield from the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.'
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Come on in here. It's all happening.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25This gang at the back are doing the finishing touches
0:25:25 > 0:25:27on the creepy-crawly hotel.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28If you come round here,
0:25:28 > 0:25:31this group are busy working away preparing the ground
0:25:31 > 0:25:35for some wild flowers which are great for the pollinators.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Will and this group are leading the charge on the pond.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- How's it all going? ALL:- Good.- Good.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Do you want to plant that?
0:25:42 > 0:25:45It's really important to have as much diversity
0:25:45 > 0:25:47of habitat as possible.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51Some of this, some of the native plants that we can put in
0:25:51 > 0:25:54like these, the native ones are much less vigorous
0:25:54 > 0:25:58and can exist side-by-side much more easily.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01'If you use the right species and provide lots of shallow areas,
0:26:01 > 0:26:05'in no time at all, you'll have a watery wildlife hotel.'
0:26:05 > 0:26:09- We just did it about five minutes ago.- I've got two tadpoles...
0:26:09 > 0:26:13- Well, it's not quite a tadpole. - Oh, look at this.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Do you guys know what this is? There's two of them.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19- They look like grown-up tadpoles. - Yeah?- They've got legs.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21And they are a little bit longer
0:26:21 > 0:26:24than your average tadpole, aren't they?
0:26:24 > 0:26:28They're amphibians. These are baby newts.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32'Well, I never. Newts already! I hope Miss Newsham is impressed.'
0:26:34 > 0:26:37So, what do you reckon to the wildlife garden?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39It's coming along fantastically.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41It's good, isn't it? Do you know we found two newts already.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Really? I didn't think we had anything in there at all.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48It's fab, isn't it? Let the wildlife move in.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55If you want to know about the incredible species in your back yard,
0:26:55 > 0:26:57log onto the Countryfile website
0:26:57 > 0:27:01where you will find all the information about the BBC's
0:27:01 > 0:27:04summer of wildlife and how you can get involved.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11There's a real buzz in the air at the Countryfile summer fair.
0:27:11 > 0:27:16The viewers are getting caught up in the spirit of things and so am I.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21Water is a source of fun as well as the stuff of life.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25As important to farming in the countryside as it is to all of us.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28And, as we have seen earlier, it has given some of the biggest
0:27:28 > 0:27:31challenges to us in the last 25 years.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35But could things be even tougher in the future?
0:27:35 > 0:27:38When the British weather is at its best, our farms are some
0:27:38 > 0:27:40of the most productive in the world.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44But as every farmer knows, the weather doesn't always deliver.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48It is hard to believe on scorching summer days like these,
0:27:48 > 0:27:52but since Countryfile began we have had four of the five
0:27:52 > 0:27:53wettest years on record
0:27:53 > 0:27:57and that has meant financial disaster for our farmers.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Ellie met Worcestershire farmer Charles Hudson who grows
0:28:02 > 0:28:04flowers for natural confetti.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07In 2007, the floodwaters hit.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10We lost 75% of our crop that year.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14We just had enough, sort of, stock to tide us through.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18This summer it's been a different story,
0:28:18 > 0:28:21but Charles is still fearful for the future.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25So are you in no doubt that the climate is changing a bit?
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Definitely, definitely. There is no question about it.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31I have farmed here since 1974.
0:28:31 > 0:28:36Through to 1998, we didn't have any problems like this.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38The river came over, it flooded the flood plain,
0:28:38 > 0:28:42and I know things have been exacerbated enormously
0:28:42 > 0:28:46by excessive development and building on the flood plain,
0:28:46 > 0:28:51but that coupled with these torrential storms we now get...
0:28:51 > 0:28:54I was going to ask you, that is one thing they say about climate change.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56It is not just the overall quantity of water,
0:28:56 > 0:28:58it's the fact that storms can be fiercer and presumably,
0:28:58 > 0:29:00particularly for... Excuse me for picking this,
0:29:00 > 0:29:03but for something like that, if it gets battered by rain...
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- Not good for it. Soggy confetti. - Soggy confetti.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10With current predictions of climate change, over the next 25 years
0:29:10 > 0:29:14we could see more unusual and dramatic weather than in the last.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18That doesn't just mean too much water, it could also mean too little.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24But when it comes to water shortage we can't just blame the weather.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34So, 43 buckets, Jacob, what do they represent?
0:29:34 > 0:29:37If these were all full of water, that's 500 litres of water.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40And that's as much as a family of four, two adults, two kids,
0:29:40 > 0:29:43the average family use in a single day.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Families, food producers and energy suppliers,
0:29:47 > 0:29:49everyone wants more of the wet stuff.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53But what happens when the taps run dry?
0:29:53 > 0:29:57But it's not just farmers who'd feel the pain of a water shortage,
0:29:57 > 0:30:00potatoes use half of the water needed to irrigate crops.
0:30:00 > 0:30:06So, if these become dearer, your bag of chips could rocket up in price.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09We're already seeing the impact of our thirst for water
0:30:09 > 0:30:14in the countryside, so just how big is the challenge that lies ahead?
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Jacob Tompkins, from Waterwise.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18Are we running out of water?
0:30:18 > 0:30:20That's a very difficult question!
0:30:20 > 0:30:21Yes and no.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24On one hand, it looks like there is water everywhere,
0:30:24 > 0:30:27it seems to rain all the time. On the other hand,
0:30:27 > 0:30:31the amount of water we use and the changes in rainfall patterns
0:30:31 > 0:30:34means it's very difficult to collect and store that water.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37And the way we're going at the moment, it's unsustainable.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40We will not have enough money to sustain the lifestyles
0:30:40 > 0:30:42we currently have, in terms of water use.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Is it a crisis of too much, too little
0:30:45 > 0:30:46or just too extreme, either way?
0:30:46 > 0:30:50Both. It's effectively a crisis of water management.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53What we've got to do is adapt to these new natural circumstances
0:30:53 > 0:30:56and try and live with nature a bit more.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Water is an issue that affects all of us...
0:31:06 > 0:31:12..but whether too much or too little, water is the stuff of life
0:31:12 > 0:31:15and we certainly shouldn't take it for granted.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25JOHN: As the longest-serving member of the Countryfile team,
0:31:25 > 0:31:27I know quite a bit about the countryside
0:31:27 > 0:31:30and about the programme's history.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35But just how much do Matt and Julia know? Let's find out.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38I'm going to be hosting a Countryfile quiz,
0:31:38 > 0:31:40pitching Matt against Julia.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Fancy a little quiz about the countryside and Countryfile?
0:31:43 > 0:31:45- I'm not good at quizzes. - Definitely. Come on.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49I reckon you'd better look around this group of people here -
0:31:49 > 0:31:52some of our biggest fans - to recruit a couple of team members each.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54- Two each?- Two each.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Young man, just come here a second.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00If somebody has to look like you, John, I think I've found the man!
0:32:02 > 0:32:03This is perfect!
0:32:03 > 0:32:07- Do you watch Countryfile for more than the weather?- Yes.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Great, let's have a chat! OK, come on!
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- Are you a big fan, Patricia? - Oh, yes.- What are you good with?
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- Geography?- Flowers.- Flowers! - Wild flowers.- That's good.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18- Any flower questions?- Can't say. - Who are you with today?
0:32:18 > 0:32:21- With my wife, Rosie. - Hello, Rosie, how are you?
0:32:21 > 0:32:25So, it's all about the fashion of the day. It is all about fashion.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27You've done a lovely job with your nails.
0:32:29 > 0:32:30Look at this!
0:32:30 > 0:32:33'That's my favourite part, Adam's farm.'
0:32:33 > 0:32:35He's pretty cool, isn't he, Adam?
0:32:35 > 0:32:38A Hebridean. Is that a cow or a sheep?
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- It's a cow.- Ugh!
0:32:40 > 0:32:43I'm looking for somebody to be a member of my quiz team.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46- What's your name?- Jack. - Jack, I've lodged you.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48- I might be back. - I wouldn't be very good, mind.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51I need somebody good, cos I'm rubbish!
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Have you got any idea what the investigation was
0:32:53 > 0:32:57in the second Sunday of October last year?
0:32:57 > 0:32:58MAN LAUGHS
0:32:58 > 0:33:00- No!- Was it something about cows?
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Unbelievable(!)
0:33:03 > 0:33:05- It's a sheep.- A sheep. - Little black one. Very hard.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07LAUGHS
0:33:07 > 0:33:10JOHN: And we'll find out later just who they picked.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17ADAM: Earlier, Julia was finding out
0:33:17 > 0:33:20what life's really like down on my farm,
0:33:20 > 0:33:21but now I need to get on
0:33:21 > 0:33:24with preparing some of my animals that will take centre stage
0:33:24 > 0:33:25at the country fair.
0:33:28 > 0:33:29Miam!
0:33:30 > 0:33:31HE WHISTLES
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Come on, then! Come on, then!
0:33:34 > 0:33:36HE LAUGHS
0:33:36 > 0:33:37It's really important,
0:33:37 > 0:33:41when you're selecting animals for a country fair, to have ones
0:33:41 > 0:33:45that are really friendly and this is a little golden Guernsey cross goat
0:33:45 > 0:33:48that one of my staff has trained. She's called Miam,
0:33:48 > 0:33:51which is a strange name, but it's a bit like when a goat bleats -
0:33:51 > 0:33:53"Miam, miam!" There we are!
0:33:53 > 0:33:58She comes to the whistle. I'll take her to the fair and put her in a pen
0:33:58 > 0:34:00and, hopefully, that will inspire people.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04They'll be able to feed and touch her and think they might like to keep
0:34:04 > 0:34:07some goats or sheep or other animals on their little smallholdings.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Come on, then!
0:34:11 > 0:34:15I do have my favourites and Eric the bull's one of them.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19He has to be on display at the fair, but I want him looking his best,
0:34:19 > 0:34:22so I'm taking him back to the farm, to tidy him up.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25It's never easy moving such a large beast.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27As we pass the bulls in the other fields,
0:34:27 > 0:34:31Eric gets a bit feisty and takes his aggression out on a straw bale.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Look at the power of this bull. He's an absolute monster!
0:34:34 > 0:34:37He's chucking that bale around like it's nothing,
0:34:37 > 0:34:40but it probably weighs about a quarter of a tonne.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44He's got such strength in his shoulders and neck. He's a real star.
0:34:44 > 0:34:45We've loved him since he came to the farm.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48He's become a bit of a national treasure.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51MOOING
0:34:51 > 0:34:54To help with Eric's makeover, my son Alfie's offered to lend me a hand.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58- Hi, Alf!- All right?- You're just in time to help me wash Eric.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02- Right, you have that bucket and I'll have this one.- OK.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Come round this way. Right.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08If you just hold there, I'll just put this on him.
0:35:08 > 0:35:09There you go, boy!
0:35:09 > 0:35:14So, you need to just get him nice and wet. You pour your one on.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17- Just chuck it on?- Yeah, chuck it on. Don't get wet yourself.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19ADAM LAUGHS
0:35:19 > 0:35:21That's it! And then rub it in.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25- Watch it, Dad!- Sorry, Alf!
0:35:28 > 0:35:33Eric's lost his winter coat, but he's still got quite a lot of hair,
0:35:33 > 0:35:35even though this is his summer coat.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37He's quite dirty and dusty,
0:35:37 > 0:35:40so we're shampooing him, so he looks at his best.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45This is a special animal shampoo.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Really good for getting the grease out of their coat
0:35:47 > 0:35:50and making them lovely and shiny.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59- Grab his tail.- Yep. - Shove it in the bucket.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01Give it a good wash. You wash it.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05'A light sanding of the horns,
0:36:05 > 0:36:08'a dab of oil, to shine them up, and he's a new bull.'
0:36:08 > 0:36:11I really wanted to have one of my best-looking animals
0:36:11 > 0:36:16in the background, so that people could see him at the country fair.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20And now, I think Eric, here, is looking tip-top.
0:36:20 > 0:36:21I'm pleased with that.
0:36:21 > 0:36:26'Eric's not the only animal getting a starring role at the country fair.'
0:36:28 > 0:36:30In here are some of my geese.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Five of them. Come on, then. Out you come.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39These are Toulouse geese. Quite young ones.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42A mixture of males and females - ganders and geese.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46And they are quite a lively bunch. We've all heard of dog agility,
0:36:46 > 0:36:49but today, what we're going to do is a bit of geese agility.
0:36:54 > 0:36:59There we are. Just got these loaded. That should be everything in order
0:36:59 > 0:37:00for a good country fair.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03'Later, you'll be able to see how they get on.'
0:37:03 > 0:37:07MUSIC: "TOP OF THE FORM" THEME
0:37:07 > 0:37:12JOHN: Hello and welcome to Countryfile's 25th Anniversary Quiz.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14CHEERING
0:37:15 > 0:37:18So, Matt, who have you found to join you on your team?
0:37:18 > 0:37:21This is Bridget and this is Patrick!
0:37:21 > 0:37:24The reason I have gone
0:37:24 > 0:37:27for Bridget is because she has a degree in the Classics,
0:37:27 > 0:37:30so she'll know what happened when Countryfile started.
0:37:30 > 0:37:31LAUGHTER
0:37:31 > 0:37:35And Patrick doesn't go anywhere in his car without his walking poles.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39- Julia, introduce us to Team Bradbury. - This is the lovely Patricia.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44She's a lady in charge. Good with horticulture. Keen gardener.
0:37:44 > 0:37:45That's what you said!
0:37:45 > 0:37:47LAUGHTER
0:37:47 > 0:37:49And young Chris. He's a travel agent
0:37:49 > 0:37:53- and he's good at pub quizzes, apparently.- I lied to get on TV.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54Oh-h-h!
0:37:54 > 0:37:58We have a very good friend of the programme, somebody known,
0:37:58 > 0:38:02on occasion on TV, to pass off as me - Jon Culshaw!
0:38:02 > 0:38:04APPLAUSE
0:38:04 > 0:38:08Welcome, Jon. We've raided the dog's toy box.
0:38:08 > 0:38:09Yes!
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- Julia, you can have the ducks.- Fab!
0:38:12 > 0:38:17- And Matt, you've got the pigs! - Oh, good!- The first question...
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Name for me, at least one of the original presenters.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22QUACKING
0:38:22 > 0:38:25There was a lady in the mix. Do you remember the lady?
0:38:25 > 0:38:26There were two ladies.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29- Caroline...- Caroline..?
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Caroline Hall was one of them.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Well done! Yes!
0:38:33 > 0:38:38I'd like you to take a look and a listen now to the following
0:38:38 > 0:38:42Countryfile theme tunes. What I'd like you to do is to
0:38:42 > 0:38:46rearrange them in the order they've appeared over the last 25 years,
0:38:46 > 0:38:48with the oldest one first.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Here they come.
0:39:01 > 0:39:02Yep. Yeah.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09- I think that was before A.- Yeah.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Matt, which order?
0:39:21 > 0:39:25- We think the oldest one was...- C. - Then A.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28- Then...- D.- Then B.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30What's your thoughts on this one, Julia and your team?
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Well, we're going to go C, D, A, B.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35- Matt's team were right.- Excellent!
0:39:35 > 0:39:36CHEERING
0:39:38 > 0:39:40And let's go straight on to round two,
0:39:40 > 0:39:44which happens to be all about my time on Countryfile.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47So I thought it might be nice, Jon, if you don't mind,
0:39:47 > 0:39:50to read these questions as if you were me.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- AS JOHN:- So, question two is the John Craven round.
0:39:53 > 0:39:58And the first of those questions, what year did I join the programme?
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Well, you've been here since the beginning,
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- didn't you come straight from Newsround?- No, not straight.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Ah, that's confusing.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11- That's why I was not in the list of first presenters. - I wasn't born, so...!
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- So I'll give this one to you, Matty. - What do you want to say, Bridget?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16I mean, you've got a degree in the Classics.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18- Come on, what was he doing? - LAUGHTER
0:40:18 > 0:40:23- I'd say '89.- Yeah.- Let's go '89. - You'd be absolutely right.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:40:29 > 0:40:31So, next question. What was the occasion
0:40:31 > 0:40:33when I was surprised, nay ambushed,
0:40:33 > 0:40:36by someone doing a rather cheeky impersonation of me?
0:40:37 > 0:40:41It was 20 years of Countryfile.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43- Absolutely right.- Well done.
0:40:43 > 0:40:48- Absolutely right. Up popped you. - We ambushed you.- Yes!
0:40:50 > 0:40:51Anyway, next question.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54I like a good tune and I've sung a few times on the programme.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56The question is, when and where
0:40:56 > 0:41:00was my first performance for two possible points?
0:41:00 > 0:41:02This is a hard one, I must admit.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04The Highlands, you were singing in the Highlands of Scotland.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07- Have another go. - I'm going to go with Wales.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Wales, you'd be wrong. Shores of Galway Bay.
0:41:09 > 0:41:14- Oh, beautiful!- Yes. And I think we've got a clip of that.- Excellent.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Bing Crosby had a big hit with a song about Galway Bay.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- 'I might be able to sit on the shores...'- Don't do it, John!
0:41:20 > 0:41:24- Don't do it, John! - So here's a first for Countryfile.
0:41:24 > 0:41:29# If you ever go across the sea to Ireland
0:41:29 > 0:41:34# Then maybe at the closing of your day... #
0:41:34 > 0:41:36We quickly mixed to Bing Crosby!
0:41:36 > 0:41:40- That's quite emotional, John. - I think Bing was slightly better.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43APPLAUSE
0:41:44 > 0:41:48So, very close, all to play for in our final round. What happened next?
0:41:48 > 0:41:49Come on, Chris.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53We've got a couple of outtakes here when things didn't quite go to plan.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56What we'd like you to tell us is, what happened?
0:41:56 > 0:42:02First up, for you, Julia, it's Matt, showing off his sporting prowess.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05- As ever!- Not his dancing.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Enid loved to swing the clubs...
0:42:07 > 0:42:09Oh, yes! This is brilliant.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13But this place was an inspiration for her Famous Five books.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17- Because as she played golf... - So, what happened next?
0:42:18 > 0:42:22- You'll never get it, actually. - A duck.- Some wildlife...
0:42:22 > 0:42:26- A duck, shall we go for a duck? - Some wildlife entered the shot.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- Bit close on that, Andy, I think.- Oh!
0:42:31 > 0:42:34- He hit the camera! - LAUGHTER
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Oh! Oh, dear.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39There you go!
0:42:41 > 0:42:42Right, next one for you, Matt.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46This year it was found here, in the Forest of Dean.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48The idea is to stop it in its tracks...
0:42:50 > 0:42:54- So. What happened next? - Something falls on her head?
0:42:54 > 0:42:55A squirrel drops something on her hat?
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Something happens to her head, Bridget?
0:42:57 > 0:43:01- She takes an impact of some sort from here upwards.- Fine.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05- That's your final answer?- Yes. - Let's see what actually happened.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08That means that thousands of these trees...
0:43:12 > 0:43:15..aren't going anywhere! They just stay right here!
0:43:17 > 0:43:19LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:43:19 > 0:43:20So...
0:43:22 > 0:43:25- ..are for the chop. - CHEERING
0:43:25 > 0:43:31- So, that brings us to the end of our little Countryfile quiz.- Oh!
0:43:31 > 0:43:34- So the final scores, please, Jon. - Well, final scores.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37It's six points to Team Matt, and Julia's team,
0:43:37 > 0:43:39the winner with seven points.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41CHEERING
0:43:45 > 0:43:48Well done, Patricia! Well done, Chris!
0:43:48 > 0:43:52It couldn't have been closer, so congratulations to both of you
0:43:52 > 0:43:55- and your team members. - Thank you.- Thank you!
0:43:55 > 0:43:57APPLAUSE
0:44:13 > 0:44:16Back at the produce tent, there's tension in the air.
0:44:16 > 0:44:17The crowds are gathering,
0:44:17 > 0:44:23eager to see whose efforts have most made Matt and Nigel's mouths water.
0:44:23 > 0:44:24Over to our judges.
0:44:24 > 0:44:28- Wow!- We have some tough decisions to make.
0:44:29 > 0:44:33Of all the things, right there, on those tables right now,
0:44:33 > 0:44:37if you close your eyes, which one are you going to run back to?
0:44:46 > 0:44:48I think we have our winners.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58I don't know about the South African rusks,
0:44:58 > 0:45:00but you can cut the tension with a knife.
0:45:03 > 0:45:04Right, everybody!
0:45:04 > 0:45:07We have sliced, we've sampled,
0:45:07 > 0:45:10and we've celebrated all that you have bought here today.
0:45:10 > 0:45:16And now it's time to find out who has been victorious. So, in you go.
0:45:21 > 0:45:23'Ooh, my award-winning crumble!'
0:45:23 > 0:45:26- Try a bit of this, actually. - Delicious!
0:45:26 > 0:45:29Second prize. With a bit of rhubarb.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31I could quite happily take that home.
0:45:31 > 0:45:35- Adam! When did you bake this pork pie?- My auntie Jan made it.
0:45:35 > 0:45:39Yeah, exactly! Exactly!
0:45:39 > 0:45:42- Look at the first prize. - So, Adam...- Miss Harrison.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45- My sister!- You should bring her in.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48- I've got a good sister, she's a fine cook.- There she is.- Where is she?
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Yay! Thanks, sis!
0:45:52 > 0:45:56Now, who made the lemon curd that's on that table?
0:45:56 > 0:45:58Honestly? I just have to give you a round of applause.
0:45:58 > 0:46:02Because actually, you don't want to hear it from me, hear it from Nigel.
0:46:02 > 0:46:07- Because it was very impressive.- It is beautiful.- Thank you very much.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10It's airy and soft and light and sharp and fabulous.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14- So, honestly, congratulations. - Well done, very good.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17- Best in show! - APPLAUSE
0:46:21 > 0:46:24It's not just cooking that our viewers excel at.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27Since 1990, our annual photographic condition
0:46:27 > 0:46:31has really caught the imagination of hundreds of thousands of you
0:46:31 > 0:46:35who are keen to become Countryfile's photographers of the year.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40In 2000, those winning photos were turned into a calendar
0:46:40 > 0:46:42we sold in aid of Children In Need.
0:46:42 > 0:46:47And here's just a selection of those calendars over the past 14 years,
0:46:47 > 0:46:49with a stunning image on every cover.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52Well, now for a big moment, everybody,
0:46:52 > 0:46:56because I can reveal just how much the Countryfile calendar
0:46:56 > 0:47:00has raised for Children In Need over the past 14 years or so.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03And here comes the figure. It is...
0:47:03 > 0:47:09£6,316,877!
0:47:09 > 0:47:11How about that!
0:47:11 > 0:47:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:47:18 > 0:47:22Now, that is the very first time I've seen that figure as well.
0:47:22 > 0:47:23It's amazing, isn't it?
0:47:23 > 0:47:27And here it says that that amounts to almost 1%
0:47:27 > 0:47:31of all the money ever raised for Children In Need.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33So, well done everybody who's bought the calendars,
0:47:33 > 0:47:35and everybody who's sent in pictures.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41And we will be revealing the winners of the current calendar
0:47:41 > 0:47:43in a couple of months' time.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50Now, normally, I'm found digging away on the investigations,
0:47:50 > 0:47:53the more serious side of the programme.
0:47:53 > 0:47:55But today I'm doing something a touch lighter.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58I'm looking for a straw man with an interesting tale to tell.
0:47:58 > 0:48:02- And here he is. David. So, David...- Hello, Tom.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Tell me all about what you're doing here.
0:48:04 > 0:48:08This lantern was first made to keep the corn spirit in
0:48:08 > 0:48:12- so at the following year they had a good harvest.- Can I have a go?
0:48:12 > 0:48:15Yes. I have got one here which is a bit simpler.
0:48:15 > 0:48:19- It's going to have to be a lot simpler, I can tell you that!- Right!
0:48:19 > 0:48:23Over the front, and round the back. Round the back, and over the front.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26Tell me, as I have a go, how did you get into this yourself?
0:48:26 > 0:48:32I first started making corn dollies when I was six years old.
0:48:32 > 0:48:35A thatcher by name and a thatcher by trade showed me
0:48:35 > 0:48:39how to make a corn dolly and he said to me, in broad Gloucestershire,
0:48:39 > 0:48:43"I'll show you summat, young'un, that'll last you the rest of your life."
0:48:43 > 0:48:46- And has it?- Yes. Well, I'm still here making them!
0:48:46 > 0:48:51Well, making a corn dolly is a first for me, as you can probably tell!
0:48:51 > 0:48:55And another first would be introducing the weather.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58It's a glorious day on Adam's farm, but what about the week ahead?
0:48:58 > 0:49:01Here's the Countryfile weather forecast.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10If you're having a big old 25th birthday bash outside,
0:51:10 > 0:51:14what better present could you wish for than a sunny day?
0:51:14 > 0:51:18Well, we got the sun and we've really gone to town.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20We've got craft stalls.
0:51:22 > 0:51:23Food.
0:51:24 > 0:51:25Entertainment.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29And 250 specially invited guests,
0:51:29 > 0:51:32all here to mark Countryfile's quarter of a century.
0:51:32 > 0:51:36Now, you can't have a country fair without a bit of friendly competition.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39And I'm preparing something with these guys.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41Geese, that aren't very well trained,
0:51:41 > 0:51:44and have never done anything like this before.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47And every year on Countryfile, those behind the scenes
0:51:47 > 0:51:53revel in setting us presenters various challenges to do on screen.
0:51:56 > 0:51:58HE LAUGHS
0:51:58 > 0:52:02- This is to stimulate your nervous system.- Just surprise me.
0:52:02 > 0:52:07- Go for it! Oh, lovely!- This is the brandy and soda of the water cure.
0:52:07 > 0:52:11- And this is the equivalent of a plunge pool.- Oh!
0:52:16 > 0:52:18HOUNDS BARK
0:52:19 > 0:52:23- They're here, they're here, I can hear them.- Yeah.- So scary.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25Are we going? Go for it! Go!
0:52:25 > 0:52:27Hie! Hie! Hie! Hie! Hie!
0:52:27 > 0:52:30Go on, keep running!
0:52:30 > 0:52:31Hie... Whoa!
0:52:34 > 0:52:38Now, this time, I'm in charge. And it's a different kind of pain.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40Geese herding.
0:52:40 > 0:52:42Matt and Julia have done something similar before
0:52:42 > 0:52:44involving Indian runner ducks.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46Not listening to a word I'm saying.
0:52:46 > 0:52:50- I'm enjoying watching them.- His ducks are on the run, aren't they?
0:52:50 > 0:52:52I'm more of a spectator in this one.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55I tell you what, I tell you what...
0:52:55 > 0:52:58- Away! Oh, so close.- Yes!
0:53:00 > 0:53:04- Lovely! Very good.- Woo hoo!
0:53:04 > 0:53:07But they've never done it before without a sheepdog or with geese.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10So that will get them running around.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13- What do you reckon, then, John?- Good!
0:53:13 > 0:53:16Geese look much the same, don't they? We need to differentiate teams
0:53:16 > 0:53:19- so I thought we'd put stickers around the necks of one team. - You're a clever man.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21I'm always learning from you, John.
0:53:21 > 0:53:26- I'll hold the geese, you do the stickers.- There we go.
0:53:27 > 0:53:32- Not too tight, now!- There you are, there you are. One sticker on.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35- They're being very well-behaved. - They are, aren't they?
0:53:35 > 0:53:40- I'm hoping they're going to give Matt and Julia a bit of a run around.- I'm sure they will.
0:53:40 > 0:53:45The course is built. The geese are in place.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47The spectators are arriving.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49All we need now are the contestants.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53Right, now then, fellow presenters.
0:53:53 > 0:53:57- We have the goose challenge. Girls versus boys.- I'm an expert at this.
0:53:57 > 0:54:01- Pick your geese. - I think we'll have these two.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04And the challenge is, through the bails, zig-zag the sacks,
0:54:04 > 0:54:07round the churn, back down the middle, into the pen, on the stopwatches.
0:54:07 > 0:54:12- John will be judging and we have our very own commentator.- Excellent!
0:54:12 > 0:54:16Are you ready? On your marks, get set, go!
0:54:16 > 0:54:17- Come on, girls!- They are off!
0:54:17 > 0:54:19From Adam's farm, Cotswolds, England,
0:54:19 > 0:54:21it really is a case of let's get ready to rumble.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24That's very much the key to this.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27The geese are going into the crowd now!
0:54:27 > 0:54:30- They're going over each other's course!- That's ours.
0:54:30 > 0:54:32'Oh, dear. It's not going well.'
0:54:32 > 0:54:34Parts of the course being ignored here,
0:54:34 > 0:54:37- they're going around the cameras. - They're gone!
0:54:37 > 0:54:39The geese are running off into the field there.
0:54:39 > 0:54:43- Look at them, look. Bye!- Freedom!
0:54:43 > 0:54:45'They didn't have their freedom for long.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48'We got them back in place for attempt two.'
0:54:48 > 0:54:51Are you ready? On your marks, go.
0:54:51 > 0:54:52The geese are out now.
0:54:52 > 0:54:57This is going to be straight through the straw Stonehenge. Not quite!
0:54:57 > 0:54:59The team are chasing after them now.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01All of the obstacles abandoned at this stage.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04- Turning left at the can, that's pretty good.- Come on, girls.
0:55:04 > 0:55:06And that is absolutely textbook.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08Look at this, like a goose One Direction, ladies and gentlemen!
0:55:08 > 0:55:10The two green tagged geese at the back,
0:55:10 > 0:55:14the goose ombudsmen keeping a good look-out there.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16We're coming back to the straw henge.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19These are definitely geese, technically they're not emus,
0:55:19 > 0:55:21we looked at that earlier.
0:55:21 > 0:55:24This is a beautiful, beautiful, very gentle guidance of the geese.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27Goodness gracious, 25 years of Countryfile
0:55:27 > 0:55:31and it should come to this! This is the pinnacle, quite unprecedented.
0:55:31 > 0:55:35We have got them straight back into the pen. Look at that!
0:55:35 > 0:55:37APPLAUSE
0:55:37 > 0:55:41'Well, we got there in the end. Geese safely in the pen.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44'But with no clear winner, it's down to the master of ceremonies
0:55:44 > 0:55:47'to decide if any of them are worthy of a rosette.'
0:55:47 > 0:55:53- The ladies can have a first, and a runner-up.- Fabulous.
0:55:53 > 0:55:57And the gents can have a first and a runner-up.
0:55:57 > 0:55:59- CHEERING - Thank you. Thank you, John.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01Thank you very much indeed.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03JOHN: Presenter challenge done and dusted.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06And there's just time to see how our artist in residence,
0:56:06 > 0:56:10Cecil Rice, got on capturing the day in a painting.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14And here it is.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26Well, what a fantastic way to celebrate
0:56:26 > 0:56:29the real star of our show, the British countryside.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31And of course, our special relationship with it
0:56:31 > 0:56:33in our silver jubilee year.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36Yes. And thanks to everybody here for making a special day
0:56:36 > 0:56:37even more memorable.
0:56:37 > 0:56:41We're going to leave you with a little reminder of why we're all here.
0:56:41 > 0:56:42- Bye-bye.- Bye!- Bye!
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