This week's best TV & Radio: 4 - 10 July
Fri, 03/07/2009 - 09:45
WHAT'S ON TV
Country Tracks
Sunday – 11am – BBC One
Ben Fogle travels between Bodmin Moor to Newquay, the surfing capital of Cornwall.
Countryfile
Sunday – 7pm – BBC One
Julia Bradbury and Matt Baker head for the Pembrokeshire fish festival to discover what fish we can eat with a clear conscience.
What to eat now
Monday - 8.30pm - BBC2
Valentine Warner returns for a new series tracking down the ideal ingredients for the ultimate summer BBQ.
Gardener's World
Friday – 8pm – BBC 2
Toby visits the RHS garden at Rosemoor to study their informal cottage garden while Carol shows us how to prick out seedlings.
Wainwright Walks
Sunday – 8pm – BBC4
Another chance to see Julia's original series of Wainwright Walks. This week, she tackles Britain's wettest vale; Borrowdale Valley in Cumbria.
Fossil Detective
Sunday – 8,30pm – BBC4
Hermoine Cockburn, of Coast fame, head to Wales to bring back the age of the dinosaurs using robotics.
In Search of England’s Green and Pleasant Land
Thursday – 7.30pm – BBC4
Peter Owen-Jones discovers if it is possible to find true tranquility in the most congested areas of the countryside.
In Search of England’s Green and Pleasant Land
Friday – 7.30pm – BBC4
In this week's second helping of rural idyll, our very own Julia Bradbury nearly gets arrested planting flowers in the capital.
Countrywise
Thursday – 7.30pm – ITV1
Paul Heiney visits Lough Erne to explore the mysteries of Northern Ireland.
Build a New Life in the Country
Wednesday – 9pm – Five
A couple set out to convert a sawmill in Kent so their children can experience a country life? But will the strain of the project pull apart the very family they are aiming to enhance?
WHAT’S ON RADIO
Open Country
Saturday – 6.07am – Radio 4
In the first of a new series, Helen Mark is on Westray, on the Orkney Islands to discover how the islanders are leading the way in sustainable living.
Repeated on Thursday at 3pm
On Your Farm
Sunday – 6.35am – Radio 4
Tom Heap teams up with a Gloucestershire Old Spot farmer as he prepares to take the herd to the last ever Royal.
The Wash
Sunday – 2.45pm – Radio 4
Another chance to hear Peter France's fascinating documentary about a year in the life of the Wash.
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