Countrywise

Paul Heiney visits the coast around Bridlington in East Yorkshire, where he enjoyed childhood holidays, and Rachel de Thame returns to Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, which inspired her to be a gardener. Bettany Hughes heads to Wrexham, home of her favourite castle, Chirk, and Mike Robinson tastes one of the world's hottest chillis. Last in the series

Paul Heiney and the team visit the Channel Island of Jersey discovering that, despite being just 14 miles from France, it is the most English of places, with a variety of landscapes across its 45 square miles

The team travels to the Chilterns to discover an area steeped in ancient crafts and traditions less than 50 miles from the centre of London. Paul Heiney meets the men still making bricks by hand, historian Bettany Hughes tells the story of boating on the Thames, and chef Mike Robinson visits a farm rearing a centuries-old English duck

The team explores the landscape surrounding Loch Lomond in Scotland. Paul Heiney takes a trip on the UK's only commercial seaplane, Mike Robinson stalks deer in the hope of cooking a venison treat, and Bettany Hughes explores the legend of Scottish folk hero Rob Roy. Rachel de Thame visits a Victorian garden that has been restored to its former glory

Paul Heiney marks this week's royal wedding with a visit to Anglesey, adopted home of Prince William and Kate Middleton. He hears the legend of an island dedicated to young lovers, and meets the lifeboat crews the prince works with. The history of Welsh gold wedding rings is uncovered, while in Kate's home county of Berkshire, the team finds a brewery making an ale to commemorate the big event

Paul Heiney and the team explore the Durham Dales, one of Britain's best kept secrets, which boasts the most powerful waterfall in the country, with the River Tees tumbling through a gap a few feet wide. Bettany Hughes visits the site of the first railway, and Mike Robinson prepares a pheasant stroganoff

Paul Heiney visits Witley Court in Worcestershire - once one of the great stately homes of England, but destroyed by fire more than 70 years ago. Plus, Selina Scott takes a trip down the Thames in a converted electric bath chair and a falcon is put to work on the Victorian farm

Paul Heiney visits Dorset's Jurassic Coast at the start of the fossil-hunting season. Plus, reports on a swan rescue centre in Yorkshire, steam ploughing on the Victorian farm, and a car that floats

Paul Heiney visits the Isles of Scilly to celebrate the 25th anniversary of an airlink vital to the region's flower industry. Plus, a report from Teesdale at England's biggest upland nature reserve, and the tricks of the blacksmith's trade are revealed

Paul Heiney visits Exmouth in Devon to report on the national Beachwatch clean-up. Plus, the sanctuary for wolves deep in a Shropshire forest and the work of a group of Northamptonshire farmers

Paul Heiney visits Whitby, North Yorkshire, for the autumn angling festival and meets Rob Green, winner of the Seafood Chef of the Year award in 2009. Plus, reports on fell ponies in Cumbria and a Hertfordshire herbalist

Paul Heiney watches ospreys when he travels to Rutland Water for the British Bird Fair. He also joins in with the south London lavender harvest and takes a trip on a steam-driven barge on a canal in the Midlands

Paul Heiney visits the Suffolk village of Walberswick, where he witnesses the staging of the annual British Open Crabbing Championship. He also calls at a Victorian farm in Norfolk to try his hand at hay-making and meets people who are keeping rural traditions alive

The team travels to the Isle of Wight on the eve of the world-famous regatta at Cowes. Paul Heiney joins an Olympic champion at the helm of a 60ft ocean racer, Kate McIntyre meets a fossil hunter searching for new species of dinosaur and Rachel de Thame visits the botanic gardens at Ventnor

In a programme first show in 2009, the team heads to Dover for a double anniversary. Paul Heiney marks the centenary of the first cross-Channel flight and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first hovercraft crossing to France. Bettany Hughes visits the White Cliffs, where she explores secret tunnels that have never been opened to the public

Paul Heiney and the team are in the Cotswolds to visit a village that topped a poll of the best places to live in the UK. Rachel de Thame discovers the secret garden belonging to Blenheim Palace, and Bettany Hughes explores an unfinished Gothic mansion that has never been inhabited

Paul Heiney and the team explore the countryside in and around London. Paul meets the ranger who looks after Richmond Park's 600 deer, and talks to the man who mows the grass with the capital's last working shire horses. Rachel de Thame visits a rooftop garden in Kensington, and a wealth of birdlife is discovered in a city centre cemetery

Today, they are in the Lake District celebrating 150 years of the Ullswater steam boats, and watching the annual ritual of salmon fisherman keeping alive a Viking tradition of fishing with wings. Bettany Hughes discovers how the dramatic scenery inspired one of England's most famous poets.

Today's adventure starts in Cornwall where Paul meets the crew of the Penzance lifeboat that is celebrating 150 years of service. In Newquay, he visits the 'House in the Sea' and meets a young surfing champion. Meanwhile, Rachel de Thame discovers the only place in Britain that grows tea.

Today we find out how an historic Kent dockyard changed the landscape forever as whole forests were felled for the timber to build warships such as the Victory. We also learns more about Victorian farming traditions, and are introduced toanother country champion who is working to keep traditions alive.

Paul Heiney celebrates St George's Day on the hill where legend says the dragon was slain. He also explores Britain's oldest footpath, finds out about Victorian farming methods and introduces people who keep country traditions alive

Today, Paul visits "The Birthplace of Industry" where a single event changed the British countryside forever. Paul discovers more about Victorian farming methods.

"The countryside is my home. I love the landscape, and share with the people who live and work there, the endless fascination about what makes it tick. Countrywise is going to take me into every corner of rural Britain. Who could turn down a job like that?" This spring a new series for ITV1 showcases the fabric of Britain's rural and coastal life. Countrywise dedicates 36 episodes to the riches which lie beyond Britain’s major cities. It is presented by journalist turned farmer and sailor Paul Heiney. Countrywise highlights exactly what makes our countryside tick. Combining items presented by Paul with features drawn from ITV’s regions, the programme takes in the breadth of Britain's countryside, from its crumbliest coastline and happiest valley, to its secret tunnels, rescued gardens and haunted hills. On his travels around rural Britain, Paul Heiney visits the only place in the UK to grow tea, learns the inside story of Dover's white cliffs, and discovers the country's most bizarre beach huts. In these credit-crunch times, a growing number are now turning their backs on foreign breaks and Countrywise provides an invaluable reminder of what's here on our doorstep. Through the stories of the guardians for our landscape, wildlife and traditions, Paul leaves no stone unturned in his quest to uncover the secrets of Britain’s beautiful countryside. (24 episodes in summer + 12 episodes in autumn.)