Dougie sets sail up the Firth of Clyde to Greenock to see the reminders of Scotland's trading past. He discovers how this industrial river system is recovering from centuries of pollution, and hears about some of the marine species now in residence.\n\nRosie is in Sutherland to visit the Reay Forest Estate, where an ambitious landscape-sized project aimed at saving Atlantic salmon in the River Laxford is under way. Meanwhile, Shahbaz is on the banks of the Clunie Water, a tributary of the River Dee, where he finds out how storm trees are being used to improve the river habitat. He also shares a few tips about photographing river landscapes and chooses his favourite viewer pictures.
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2025: Episode 1
The Landward team return for the new spring series, digging deep into the issues and stories from Scotland’s countryside.\n\nAs lambing season gets under way, Dougie lends ...
06-04-2025
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2024: Episode 26
Dougie takes a winter walk in Glen Affric in the Highlands for a special festive episode looking back on 2024. He revisits the stories that Anne, Arlene, Cammy, Rosie and Shahba ...
15-12-2024
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2024: Episode 25
In this episode, Dougie plays a round at the historic Kingarrock golf course in Fife. He finds out how the grounds are managed with nature in mind, using Hebridean sheep for con ...
08-12-2024
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2024: Episode 24
As winter gets under way, Dougie is at Auchnacarry Estate in Lochaber, where he takes a walk in the woods. He goes in search of the UK’s Tree of the Year, a mighty ancient ...
01-12-2024
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2024: Episode 23
In this episode, the team are in Moray for a special episode about Findhorn Bay. Dougie goes upstream along the River Findhorn to meet the water bailiff and find out about his j ...
24-11-2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 8
In this episode, Dougie travels around the Isle of Skye, which is expected to attract up to one million visitors this year. Dougie finds out what effect this influx of visitors ...
26-05-2024
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2023: Episode 21
Dougie’s heading for the hills with members of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team as they mark their 60th anniversary. He finds out what motivates the team as they cover t ...
12-11-2023
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2023: Episode 23
A special episode all about Ardnamurchan, the most westerly peninsula in the UK. Anne visits the famous lighthouse at the end of the road and walks through 6,000 years of human ...
26-11-2023
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2021: Episode 9
Dougie is on Arran finding out how a tree disease is changing the island’s landscape. JJ Chalmers tries his hand at dry stane dyking. And the Royal Highland Show team plan ...
13-06-2021
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2023: Episode 14
After an unsettled summer, Dougie is in Angus finding out how challenging this year’s harvest has been. He follows a crop of spring barley, from cutting through to testing ...
24-09-2023
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2022: Episode 13
In the last episode of the spring series, Dougie and the team are at Ingliston for the Royal Highland Show.\n\nAs the show celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, Dougie cat ...
03-07-2022
BBC 2
2021: Episode 10
Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie is in Sutherland to see how peatland is being restored, JJ visits a blacksmith, and Anne dons a bee suit to meet a bee whisperer at his h ...
20-06-2021
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2020: Episode 17
In this episode, Dougie joins chef Nick Nairn at one the most beautiful fishing locations in Scotland: The Lake of Menteith. They fish for rainbow trout then cook a delicious di ...
18-10-2020
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2015/2016: Episode 4
Dougie and the team head to the Caithness coast and the tempestuous waters of the Pentland Firth. Euan visits the uninhabited island of Stroma, Sarah tries to catch a glimpse of ...
01-02-2017
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2023: Episode 11
Dougie is getting on his bike at Glentress Forest as organisers get ready to host the World Cycling Championships. He cycles one of the courses and finds out about the work goin ...
18-06-2023
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