In this episode, Dougie follows the action at the autumn tup and ewe sales in Lairg for a special programme all about sheep. He finds out how sheep and lamb sales are faring this year and why surprisingly high prices are being achieved.\n\nJJ gets a beginners guide to sheep, with a crash course in their psychology and the unique terminology to describe them. Meanwhile, Anne is at the wool grading centre in Galashiels to find out how fleeces are graded and what the potential is for using wool in more sustainable products in future.\n\nAlso in the Borders, Arlene discovers the history of Scotland’s biggest and most iconic breed - the Blackface Sheep. We also meet Cammy Wilson, who gave up his career in the police to follow his dream job as a sheep farmer.
Source: BBC 2
2024: Episode 22
In this episode, Dougie is in Garioch - Aberdeenshire's farming heartland - to discover why volcanic rock dust is being spread on the fields. Cammy visits a career fair in Aviem ...
17-11-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 21
Dougie heads to the Inner Hebrides for a special episode about island living - past, present and future. He catches up with former Scotland rugby captain Rob Wainwright as he ma ...
10-11-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 20
In a Halloween special, Dougie’s in Galloway uncovering the real life events that inspired Burns’s epic poem of the supernatural, Tam O’ Shanter.\n\nAs darknes ...
03-11-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 19
Dougie is in Argyll to take a solar-powered trip on the first fully electric boat in the UK’s fishing fleet. Rosie is in Dumfries and Galloway to meet the flower-farming c ...
27-10-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 18
Dougie visits a wildlife site just a stone’s throw from Glasgow city centre. He finds out how Claypits local nature reserve transformed from industrial wasteland to become ...
20-10-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 17
Dougie’s in the Trossachs taking in the view at Loch Katrine. He visits the new three-storey watchtower on the site credited as the birthplace of Scottish tourism, made fa ...
13-10-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 16
In this episode, Dougie grabs the bull by the horns in a special episode all about cattle. Across Scotland, the team celebrate the many ways in which we live and work alongside ...
06-10-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 15
Dougie’s at the Grey Mare’s Tail Nature Reserve near Moffat in the Southern Uplands. He visits the spectacular waterfall and finds out how the busy path is maintaine ...
29-09-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 14
With harvest in full swing, Dougie visits a Fife arable farmer recognised as a ‘climate hero’ for using pioneering techniques to grow crops that are both profitable ...
22-09-2024
BBC 2
2024: 13. Royal Highland Show Special
Dougie and the team are at Ingliston for the Royal Highland Show, the premier fixture in Scotland's farming calendar and where exhibitors get to compete for the prestige of winn ...
30-06-2024
BBC 2
2023: Episode 13
Dougie and the team are at Ingleston for the Royal Highland Show. Rosie meets a Limousin cattle breeder as she prepares her cattle for showing and judging. Meanwhile, Cammy foll ...
16-07-2023
BBC 2
2022: Episode 5
This week, Dougie is at the beautiful Loch Dochart Estate in Highland Perthshire finding out how Blue Grey cattle are bred and why they are a popular choice for Scottish upland ...
08-05-2022
BBC 2
2024: Episode 20
In a Halloween special, Dougie’s in Galloway uncovering the real life events that inspired Burns’s epic poem of the supernatural, Tam O’ Shanter.\n\nAs darknes ...
03-11-2024
BBC 2
2024: Episode 21
Dougie heads to the Inner Hebrides for a special episode about island living - past, present and future. He catches up with former Scotland rugby captain Rob Wainwright as he ma ...
10-11-2024
BBC 2
2020: Episode 23
This episode sees Dougie in Angus at the Montrose Basin, an important nature reserve that is home to wintering birds. He is on the lookout for waders and wildfowl and finding ou ...
29-11-2020
BBC 2
2022: Episode 1
The team find out what’s been going on across the Scottish countryside during the early months of the farming year.\n\nIn January, we follow sheep farmer Cammy Wilson as h ...
10-04-2022
BBC 2
2023: Episode 5
With spring in the air, Dougie visits Aikengall Farm near Dunbar during their busiest time of the year. He lends a hand with the new arrivals as calving and lambing get fully un ...
07-05-2023
BBC 2
2015/2016: Episode 22
Dougie Vipond visits anglers fearing for their hobby, Euan McIlwraith counts tens of thousands of geese in Montrose, and Sarah Mack joins an all-woman shooting club.
23-02-2017
BBC 2