Countrywise

Countrywise (known as Countrywise: Guide to Britain since 2016) is a British television series on ITV, which looks at the best of Britain's coast and country. The programme is currently presented by Ben Fogle and Liz Bonnin.

Countrywise
GenreDocumentary
Presented byBen Fogle (2013—16)
Liz Bonnin (2013—16)
Paul Heiney (2009–2016)
Mike Robinson (Kitchen series)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series
  • 6 (Regular series)
  • 4 (Kitchen series)
No. of episodes
  • 92 (Regular episodes)
  • 24 (Kitchen episodes)
  • 5 (Specials)
Production
Executive producerMark Scantlebury
Producers
  • Mark Challender
  • Ian Griffiths
Running time30–60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyITV Studios[1]
Release
Original networkITV
Original release12 March 2009 (2009-03-12) –
22 December 2016 (2016-12-22)
Related
Countryfile

Format

Classical historian Bettany Hughes formerly appeared on the programme, and was introduced as the "Countrywise historian".[2]

The fourth series of the programme 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. Davids.

2013 return

The show returned on 2 September 2013 with presenter Paul Heiney and two new co-hosts, Ben Fogle and Liz Bonnin. The same format continued for the sixth and seventh series in 2014 and 2015.[3] Paul Heiney did not return to the show for the eighth series in 2016. Bonnin and Fogle now present Countrywise.

Since 2016, the show has been renamed Countrywise: Guide to Britain.

Episodes
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
112 March 200930 December 200936
229 March 20104 October 201026
35 April 20115 July 201112
425 June 201227 August 201210
52 September 201321 October 20138
627 October 2014[4]29 December 20148
719 October 201528 December 20158
89 September 201622 December 201615

Specials
SpecialOriginal Air Date
Countrywise at War11 September 2010
Countrywise: Christmas Special22 December 2010
Countrywise: The Real Downton Abbey18 September 2011
Countrywise: Jubilee Special29 May 2012
Countrywise: Winter Wonderland25 December 2015
Countrywise: Secret Wild Places17 August 2016

On-air team

Main presenters

Reporters

Countrywise Kitchen presenters

Countrywise Kitchen

Countrywise launched a new series in December 2010 called Countrywise Kitchen, about foraging for food and food connected with different parts of the country. The edition broadcast on 10 December 2010 mentioned gathering mushrooms, and mentioned the cep mushroom.

It was a spin-off from the regular series and was co-presented by Paul Heiney and Mike Robinson between 2010 and 2012.

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
13 December 201020 December 20105
211 July 201129 August 20118
312 December 201128 December 20113
413 March 201215 May 20128

See also

References
  1. "Shiver Gets Countrywise – Shiver".
  2. "Countrywise - Bettany Hughes". Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  3. "Ben Fogle, Liz Bonnin and Paul Heiney lace up their boots as they get Countrywise".
  4. "Countrywise Episode 1".
  5. "ITV Media – Countrywise". Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
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