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Country Life — 111 episodes

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Viking hats, natural wines and messy lunches, with Leonie Cooper

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The craft renaissance, with Giles Kime

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Vanbrugh, Castle Howard, and iconic buildings destroyed in the flames, with Dr John Goodall

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Borders, identity, and the truth about Cornish independence, with Richard Collett

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Do androids dream of electric cars, with Adam Hay-Nicholls

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The untold story of Stephen Sondheim, by the people who knew him best

7

Justine Picardie: Fashion, spies and Queen Elizabeth II's wardrobe, from timeless tweeds to a pair of Marigolds

8

Moving to the Cotswolds and DIY disasters, with Jim Chapman

9

'They've nourished us, sheltered us, protected us... we owe trees far more than they owe us': Aidan Meighan on the folklore of trees

10

Adders, Shetland ponies and the future of the human race: Tom Hilder on the Country Life Podcast

11

Two years, 2,000 miles and counting: Katharine Hay, the woman walking the length and breadth of Scotland

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1,000 issues and counting: Mark Hedges on two decades editing Country Life magazine

13

Secrets from the world of whisky, from the 60-year-old bottle that sold for £650,000 to the tipple you get at the supermarket

14

Where should you go in 2026? Anywhere that you can just kick back and relax

15

The King, The Queen, David Beckham and me: Paula Minchin on Country Life's best guest edits

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Jane Austen's greatest scoundrel: Being Mr Wickham, with Adrian Lukis

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The dogs of Country Life, with Agnes Stamp

18

The Falconer's Tale: Tommy Durcan on how an ancient art lives on in the 21st century

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Amelia Thomas: The woman who learned to talk to animals

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Stefan Pitman: Making great country houses cost less to heat than a suburban semi

21

The lives, wild parties and country houses of the Guinness family: Adrian Tinniswood on the Country Life Podcast

22

Amanda Owen: The Yorkshire Shepherdess on farming, life, and having tea with her sheep

23

James Robinson: A fifth-generation farmer on the ups and downs of 'the most glorious job in the world'

24

Hannah Shergold: Flying helicopters, rampaging elephants and painting Ronnie Wood

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Mark Ashley-Miller: The man who sailed to (almost) every harbour in the British Isles

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Jules Perowne: Where to go in 2026, hotel disasters and podcasting with Richard E. Grant

27

White-tailed eagles: From 'the greatest wildlife crime imaginable' to Nature's most wonderful comeback story

28

If there's no fish, there's no fishing, with Robin Philpott

29

What the hedge can tell us about the countryside, with Richard Negus

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Ken Follett on Stonehenge, building cathedrals, and the glaring flaw in Shakespeare's greatest soliloquy

31

The finest wines available to humanity, and how to buy them, with Beth Pearce

32

Levison Wood: Trekking the Nile, near-death experiences and why nothing beats a cup of tea and a piece of toast

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Bruce Hodgson: Artichoke's founder on catflaps, carpentry and the future of crafts

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The truth about P.G. Wodehouse: Robert Daws on playing England's greatest comic writer

35

What it's like to come face-to-face with a great white shark, by Dan Abbott of Netflix's All The Sharks

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Marcus Janssen: Chelsea Lifejackets, bagging a 'MacNab' and recognising the best of the British countryside

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Corinne Fowler: Exploring the hidden history of the British countryside, one walk at a time

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Steve Backshall on sharks, idyllic childhoods and getting his fingertips eaten by piranhas

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor: Saving swifts, naked protests and the bird that nested in my hair

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Simon Armitage: "I've tried getting AI to write poems — and they've all been reassuringly awful"

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Poppy Okotcha: The model-turned-gardener who swapped the catwalk for the vegetable patch

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What you absolutely must see at the Chelsea Flower Show 2025, from the King's new rose to the 'perfect' garden

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Tony Juniper: Saving the world, breeding budgies and why the King is 'the most influential environmentalist of all time'

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Louis D. Hall: Crossing the Alps, sailing the Atlantic in a glorified bathtub and bringing sanity to how we live with horses

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George Monbiot: 'Farmers need stability and security... Instead, they're contending with chaos'

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Vintage tractors and memories of summers past, with Oliver Godfrey

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Melissa Harrison: The accidental nature writer who became an accidental nature app developer

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The remarkable history of Britain and its animals, with Karen Jones

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Chloe Dalton: The woman who swapped top-level geopolitics to rescue a baby hare, and had her life changed forever

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The photographer on a 15-year quest to find the most incredible doors in London, with Cath Harries

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Britain's whale boom and and the predator that's far scarier than a great white shark with Dan Abbott, aka Shark Man Dan

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The timeless elegance of English country house style, with Guy Goodfellow and Steven Rodel

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Eleanor Doughty: The secret lives of the aristocracy in Britain

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Patrick Galbraith: Dukes, drug dealers, nudists, and the truth about access to Britain's countryside

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Gareth Dennis: The truth about HS2 that you never knew until it was too late

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The best places to visit in 2025 and hunting for the Ark of the Covenant, with Lonely Planet's Tom Hall

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Marina Gibson: The angler extraordinaire on salmon fishing, conservation and bagpipes on the Tay

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Mushroom gin, Lego houses, and Dull Men (and women), with James May

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Champagne with fish and chips, and what to drink at Christmas with Oscar Dodd of Fortnum & Mason

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Kelvin Fletcher: From Strictly to sheep dip

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Henrietta Spencer-Churchill: My life at Blenheim Palace

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The science behind how Nature can heal us, and how it's easier than you think, with Professor Miles Richardson

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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen: Changing rooms, velvet and leather, and growing old disgracefully

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Louise Davidson: Haunted houses, psychic aunts, Gothic novels and writing at night with the lights off

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Do leopards hunt in packs, and other frequently asked questions on travel, with Rosie Paterson

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Nicole Salvesen and Mary Graham: 'We're designing houses for the next 50 years'

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The truth about growing up in a castle, with Cosmo Linzee Gordon

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Poems about pies, the foul-mouthed parrot upstaging Margaret Atwood and starting World War III via Desert Island Discs: Ian McMillan on the Country Life Podcast

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Literature, landscape and bending rivers, with Vicky and Charles Rangeley-Wilson

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Lucy Shepherd: Britain's most intrepid young explorer on trekking the Amazon

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Charlie Bigham on food, farming and why it takes three hours to make the perfect lasagne

72

Adam Hay-Nicholls: How to sneak onto a yacht at the Monaco GP, rub shoulders with Beyoncé and accidentally buy a Bentley

73

The Spice Girls, The Stage and the state of the Arts, with Alistair Smith

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How to live like a Tudor, and other stories, with Ruth Goodman

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David Messum: Whimsical tales from the life of one of Britain's greatest art dealers

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From Tudors and Georgians to pet monkeys in Roman Britain: Matt Thompson of English Heritage on telling the stories of the past

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Lady Violet Manners on the past, present and future of our heritage

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The best beaches in Britain with Chris Haslam, the man who's just visited 543 of them

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Buckingham Palace, Taylor Swift, and how to get your house featured in Country Life, with John Goodall

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The accidental invention of the teenager and other stories from the history of the home, with Sonia Solicari

81

Charlie Waite: Britain's greatest landscape photographer on the secrets of his art

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The worst new buildings in Britain, with Charlie Baker

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What you need to know before you move house, by property expert Annabel Dixon

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Why you've been doing holidays wrong for years

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Why does Wales exist, and 46 more questions about the borders of the world, with Jonn Elledge

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The 12 most iconic paintings in the National Gallery

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An insider's guide to judging the Chelsea Flower Show

88

Isabella Tree: How rewilding took the Knepp Estate from a ruin in the red to a miracle of Nature

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When the King and Queen edited Country Life, by the editor who guided them every step of the way

90

Everything that's wrong with housing in Britain — and how to put it right

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Blenheim Palace: Behind the scenes at one of Britain's greatest building

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Emma Sims-Hilditch and the re-invention of the country house aesthetic

93

Badminton at 75: The story of the 'Wimbledon of 3-day eventing'

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Revd Colin Heber-Percy: Easter, the Meaning of Life, and making dog collars from chocolate wrappers

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The architect whose grand designs bring inspiration to the English countryside

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Millie Pilkington: Photographing dogs, movie stars, and the Royal Family

97

What I grow in my own garden, by Country Life's gardens editor Tiffany Daneff

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Britain's 100 best architects, interior designers, craftspeople and garden designers

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Fiona Stafford: The greatest myth of the countryside

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Helen Rebanks: Farming, food, the meaning of life... and dogs stealing birthday cakes

101

Stonehenge, Avebury and the stone circles of Britain, with Professor Vicki Cummings

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Clive Nichols: The secrets of the king of garden photography

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Norman Foster: A life in architecture, why we need to save the Green Belt, and the future of cities

104

Hot destinations, missing underwear and dodging volcanoes: An insider's guide to travelling the world

105

Tom Kerridge: Michelin stars, fish and chips, and a life in food

106

How (not) to fix up an old country house

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My week surviving on an uninhabited Scottish island

108

Rosamund Young: The Wisdom of Sheep and other animals

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Boom, bust and property lust: Penny Churchill on 30 years of Britain's best houses

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The five best castles in Britain

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