Countrywise

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Countrywise
Genre Documentary
Presented by Paul Heiney
Ben Fogle (2013—)
Liz Bonnin (2013—)
Country of origin United Kingdom
Production
Producer(s) ITV Studios
Running time 30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Broadcast
Original channel ITV, STV, UTV
Original run 12 March 2009 – present
Chronology
Related shows ITV Food

Countrywise is a British television series on ITV, in which broadcaster Paul Heiney and the team of reporters look at the best of Britain's coast and country, with contributions from the ITV regions. Quite often, the classical historian Bettany Hughes appears on the programme, when she is introduced as the "Countrywise Historian". The programme began a new series in December 2010 - Countrywise Kitchen, about foraging for food and food connected with different parts of the country. For example, the edition broadcast on 10 December 2010 mentioned gathering mushrooms, and mentioned the cep mushroom. Celebrities who have appeared on the programme include Rachel de Thame, who appeared on the programme on 5 July 2011. The most recent series of the programme (as at June 2012) began broadcast on 25 June 2012, when it came from the Isle of Man and mentioned the Manx cat. A more recent edition of the programme has come from Ireland.This edition of the programme mentioned how the newest member of the Countrywise team has been the programme's scientist, Charlotte Uhlenbroek, who discussed Finn MacCool when the programme was in Ireland.

In late July 2012, the programme was broadcast in Pembrokeshire, Wales, where it visited the smallest city in the United Kingdom, that of St. David's.

The show returned on 2 September 2013 with presenter Paul Heiney and two new co-hosts, Ben Fogle and Liz Bonnin.[1]

Episodes

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 12 March 2009 30 December 2009 36
2 29 March 2010 4 October 2010 26
3 5 April 2011 5 July 2011 12
4 25 June 2012 27 August 2012 10
5 2 September 2013 2013 8

Specials

Special Original air Date Time aired
Countrywise at War 11 September 2010 7.00pm
Countrywise: Christmas Special 22 December 2010 7.00pm
Countrywise: The Real Downton Abbey 18 September 2011 6.00pm
Countrywise: Jubilee Special 29 May 2012 8.00pm

Countrywise Kitchen

Countrywise Kitchen is a spin-off from the regular series co-presented by Paul Heiney and Mike Robinson.

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 3 December 2010 20 December 2010 5
2 11 July 2011 29 August 2011 8
3 12 December 2011 28 December 2011 3
4 13 March 2012 15 May 2012 8

References

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