Landward

Season 41

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

Where to Watch Landward • Season 41

23 Episodes

  • Cleek
    E1
    CleekScotland's countryside magazine. Dougie tries an old technique for catching lobster and visits Scotland's first rescue centre for retired gundogs. Sarah meets some young farmers.
  • Lambing 2016
    E2
    Lambing 2016Scotland's countryside magazine. Sarah helps out at lambing time in Sutherland. Euan meets the best-looking alpacas in the country, and Nick and Dougie tempt the people of Perth with a cheap and tasty alternative to cod.
  • Gundog Tail Docking
    E3
    Gundog Tail DockingDougie meets the gundog owners campaigning for a change in the law . Sarah meets the artist who wants to paint every castle in Scotland, and Nick cooks some rare-breed pork for the people of Perth.
  • Knoydart
    E4
    KnoydartDougie is in Knoydart to find out how remote estates manage their deer populations. Sarah visits Carbeth, the spiritual home of the hunting movement, and Euan visits Scotland's newest and biggest solar farm.
  • Knoydart Electricity
    E5
    Knoydart ElectricityDougie discovers the practicalities of living life without mains electricity. Euan meets the farmers facing a cash crisis, and the team investigate the rise in the number of rural food banks.
  • North Ronaldsay
    E6
    North RonaldsayDougie is on North Ronaldsay to find out why the island produces some of the finest lamb in the world. Euan goes gliding in the Cairngorms, and Nick takes the Landward food van to Stirling.
  • Wild Salmon Stocks on the Dee
    E7
    Wild Salmon Stocks on the DeeDougie meets the scientists investigating the health of wild salmon stocks. Sarah visits the hospital working to improve the food served to patients. And Nick takes on a wild versus farmed salmon challenge.
  • Muck, Sweat and Steers: 40Years of Landward
    E8
    Muck, Sweat and Steers: 40Years of Landward2016 marks Landward's 40th anniversary, and for more than half of its existence presenter Euan Mcilwraith has worked on it. To celebrate, in an hour long special Euan delves into the archive and travels across Scotland to discover how the farming and the countryside have changed in Landward's lifetime. As he finds out - from the cattle in our fields to our attitude to animals, much has changed.
  • Dairy Crisis
    E9
    Dairy CrisisDougie meets the dairy farmers trying to survive another industry crisis. Sarah is on the beat with a new force in the battle against rural crime, and Nick cooks grass-fed beef for the people of Stirling in the Landward food van.
  • Royal Highland Show 2016 Friday
    E10
    Royal Highland Show 2016 FridayLandward is live from the highlight of the countryside calendar - the Royal Highland Show. Dougie Vipond and the team will be touring the showground in search of the best livestock in the land, and the finest food from Scotland's larder.
  • Royal Highland Show 2016 Sunday
    E11
    Royal Highland Show 2016 SundayDougie Vipond and the team present live from the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh, featuring highlights from Scotland's premier outdoor event.
  • Squat Lobster
    E12
    Squat LobsterDougie and Nick set off on a foodie tour of the west coast but run into mechanical trouble, Euan joins farmers during the harvest to gauge the mood on Brexit and Sarah investigates Scotland's newest species - the Black Isle newt.
  • Salt Marsh Lamb
    E13
    Salt Marsh LambThis week, Dougie meets the Argyll sheep with a taste for the sea. Sarah visits the Mull of Galloway - home of Scotland's smallest community buyout, and Nick cooks salt marsh lamb in Bridge of Orchy.
  • More National Parks?
    E14
    More National Parks?Euan asks if Scotland needs more National Parks and joins a training exercise for Scotland's police horses. Sarah spends the night in a monastery, and Dougie and Nick continue their food lovers cooking tour at Ganavan sands.
  • Honeyberries
    E15
    HoneyberriesDougie discovers the latest innovation in the salmon farming industry. Sarah meets the farmers joining forces to promote Hebridean sheep, and Nick prepares honeyberries for the people of Luss.
  • Small Isles
    E16
    Small IslesSarah is at the legendary Lairg Lamb sales. Twenty years after Dolly the sheep, Euan hears the latest developments in genetics, and Dougie begins a journey through the Small Isles with a trip to Rum.
  • Energy Rich Eigg
    E17
    Energy Rich EiggThis week, Euan looks at measures to control the roe deer population. Sarah goes wild swimming, and Dougie continues his Small Isles trip with a visit to the energy-rich island of Eigg.
  • Muck
    E18
    MuckThis week, Euan gets a unique view of eagles in flight. Sarah is at the European Ploughing Championships, and Dougie visits Muck - the only island in the Small Isles archipelago still under private ownership.
  • Canna
    E19
    CannaDougie concludes his tour of the Small Isles on Canna, and Sarah helps move red squirrels from the east to the west coast.
  • Sea Buckthorn
    E20
    Sea BuckthornThis week, Dougie forages for sea buckthorn and challenges Nick Nairn to use it to create a tasty dish. Sarah tests the Brexit waters with fishermen, and Euan is on the trail of wildcats.
  • Young Goat Farmers
    E21
    Young Goat FarmersSarah meets a couple of award-winning young goat farmers, and Nick and Dougie are back on the road with the Landward food van.
  • Buffalo
    E22
    BuffaloDougie meets a buffalo farmer from Fife who is lucky to be alive. Sarah learns how to track wildlife, and Nick creates a dish with raw buffalo in the Landward food van.
  • Review of the Year 2016
    E23
    Review of the Year 2016In the final programme of the series, the team get together in Ballater to review the year on Landward, which started in January with the floods that devastated the Royal Deeside town.

 

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