Landward

Season 35

Scotland's farming and countryside programme focusing on the issues affecting the community

Where to Watch Landward • Season 35

25 Episodes

  • Worst Winter
    E1
    Worst WinterThis week's programme includes items on farming during Scotland's worst winter, a traditional butcher, Scotland's biggest horticultural market, and the renovation of Craigievar castle.
  • Lambing 2010
    E2
    Lambing 2010Dougie joins a hill-sheep farmer for 24 hours of non-stop lambing . Euan finds out how to avoid being caught in an avalanche. Nick highlights Perthshire food producers and Sarah meets John Lister-Kaye, eco tourism pioneer.
  • Shark Numbers
    E3
    Shark NumbersThe first of a regular series of visits to an Angus farm to chart the highs and lows of the farming year. Sarah finds out what is being done to stop the decline in shark numbers and Euan McIlwraith examines the plight of the Hawfinch.
  • Seaweed Fuel
    E4
    Seaweed FuelDougie Vipond looks at the challenges facing Scotland's dairy farmers. Sarah Mack sees plans to make seaweed the fuel of the future and Phil Cunningham, joins the team to explore his other passion in life - Scotland's wildlife.
  • Flying Doctors
    E5
    Flying DoctorsDougie Vipond joins the Flying Doctors providing a lifeline for people in rural Scotland. Euan McIlwraith examines the boom in exports of Highland cattle and Gail McGrane reveals the science behind weather folklore.
  • Woollen Mill
    E6
    Woollen MillNick Nairn puts young professional cooks through their paces as they compete to be named 'Scotland Food and Drink Young Chef of the Year' and Sarah Mack reveals the restoration plan for Scotland's oldest working woollen mill.
  • Salmon Plans
    E7
    Salmon PlansDougie Vipond visits the charity helping to rehabilitate injured soldiers. Euan McIlwraith looks at the opportunities for Scottish Salmon producers and Sarah Mack goes to school for a lesson in tasting wild Game.
  • Flyball
    E8
    FlyballScotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond and his dog try out the new field sport of Flyball. Euan McIlwraith investigates why juniper berries - the key ingredient in gin - are in short supply. And there's the second in a three part series looking at the many and varied activities that take place on the Rothiemurchus estate.
  • Backyard Hens
    E9
    Backyard HensSarah Mack looks at the current fashion for keeping backyard hens. And Euan McIlwraith takes a canal boat into the centre of Edinburgh.
  • Boat Building
    E10
    Boat BuildingScotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond is joined by landscape photographer Colin Prior for the launch of a major BBC Scotland project to capture images of man's impact on the Scottish landscape. Plus, Euan McIlwraith learns traditional boat-building skills and Nick Nairn indulges his passion for great gardens.
  • Classic Car Rally
    E11
    Classic Car RallyScotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond and landscape photographer Colin Prior continue their journey across Scotland, capturing images of man's impact on the Scottish landscape. Euan McIlwraith and Lee McKenzie take part in a classic car rally. And there's another visit to the Landward farm.
  • Sparrowhawks
    E12
    SparrowhawksDougie and landscape photographer Colin Prior continue their journey across Scotland capturing images of man's impact on the landscape. Sarah helps out with a project to protect sparrowhawks. And Nick concludes his garden odyssey.
  • Royal Highland Show 2010
    E13
    Royal Highland Show 2010Scotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond and the team are at Ingliston for the highlight of the Scottish countryside calendar - the Royal Highland Show. As the show celebrates its fiftieth year at Ingliston, the team have all the news, views, sights and sounds from the 2010 event, along with a look back at how the show has developed over the last half century.
  • Mr Venision
    E14
    Mr VenisionScotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond and the team are back for a new series of Scotland's countryside show. Dougie meets Scotland's 'Mr Venison', Christian Nissen, the multi-award winning entrepreneur behind the UK's biggest game processor. Euan McIlwraith examines the costs and benefits of small-scale wind energy and Nick Nairn looks at some scientific leaps in food production.
  • Salmon Rivers 1
    E15
    Salmon Rivers 1Scotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond begins a two part examination of the differing fortunes of salmon rivers on the East and West coasts of Scotland. Sarah Mack reports from the Golden Spurtle porridge making world championships and Nick Nairn looks at the scientific research behind developments in food production.
  • Salmon Rivers 2
    E16
    Salmon Rivers 2Scotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond compares the fortunes of east and west coast salmon rivers. Euan McIlwraith tells the story of the Brora salt pans as archaeologists continue to uncover remnants of the area's industrial past, and Sarah Mack investigates the threat to Scotland's soil from the New Zealand flatworm.
  • Pumpkin vs. Neep
    E17
    Pumpkin vs. NeepScotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond looks at cutting-edge research that will enable machines to identify the taste quality of beef before it reaches the butcher's shop. Euan McIlwraith tries to resolve an annual argument - does a neep or pumpkin make a better Halloween lantern? Plus a new mini-series exploring the landscapes that inspired literary masterpieces.
  • Savile Row
    E18
    Savile RowScotland's countryside magazine show. As the value of sheep fleeces rises, Dougie Vipond is in London's Savile Row as farmers launch a campaign to promote wool. Euan McIlwraith visits the crofters eager to punch above their weight in the food industry. Nutritionist Amanda Hamilton reveals another Scottish superfood.
  • Ethical Fisherman
    E19
    Ethical FishermanDougie Vipond is in Mull to meet an adventurer and TV presenter turned ethical fisherman. Sarah Mack profiles the work of wildlife artist Darren Woodhead. And Neil Gunn's Caithness is the subject of another literary landscape.
  • Glenfinnan
    E20
    GlenfinnanScotland's countryside magazine show. As the latest Harry Potter movie is released, Dougie Vipond is in Glenfinnan as it braces itself for another deluge of Potter fans eager to explore some of the film's locations. Euan McIlwraith meets the entrepreneur on a mission to get the nation cooking, and Sarah Mack begins a mini-series exploring some of Scotland's rural superstitions.
  • Big Cheese
    E21
    Big CheeseScotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond visits the small Highland dairy that has become a big cheese in the world's most luxurious department store. Euan McIlwraith joins a group of ramblers with a range of disabilities to try out a range of off-road scooters and Sarah Mack explores more of Scotland's rural superstitions.
  • Alien Invaders
    E22
    Alien InvadersDougie Vipond joins the ongoing battle to stop the spread of alien plants. Nick joins a Highland shoot in an attempt to bag an alternative Christmas bird and Euan McIlwraith finds out why sporran makers are fuming at a new EU ruling.
  • Galloway Red Kites
    E23
    Galloway Red KitesScotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond investigates the hurdles preventing aspiring young farmers from getting a foothold in the industry. Euan McIlwraith learns how the red kites of Galloway have generated millions of pounds for the local economy, and Nick Nairn gets a cooking lesson in the great outdoors.
  • Cairngorms Wildcat
    E24
    Cairngorms WildcatDougie Vipond meets the award-winning Perthshire farmer who has become the face of a supermarket advertising campaign. Euan McIlwraith meets the woman making sporrans from road kill and Nick Nairn gets another lesson in wild cooking.
  • Reindeer
    E25
    ReindeerDougie and the team are in the Cairngorms. He hears about hopes for another bumper ski season, Euan visits the resident reindeer population and Sarah is at the Highland Wildlife park to meet the latest Arctic animal to move in.

 

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