''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 Benjamin Myer Fogle, (born 3 November 1973) is an English broadcaster, writer and adventurer, best known for his presenting roles with British television channels Channel 5, BBC and ITV. Early life Fogle is the son of English actress Juli ...

and Liz Bonnin.

Format

Classical historian Bettany Hughes formerly appeared on the programme, and was introduced as the "Countrywise historian". The fourth series of the programme began broadcast on 25 June 2012, when it came from the

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and mentioned the Manx cat. A more recent edition of the programme has come from

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. 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

. In late July 2012, the programme was broadcast in Pembrokeshire,

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

, where it visited the smallest city in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

, that of St. Davids.

2013 return

The show returned on 2 September 2013 with presenter

Paul Heiney Paul Heiney (born Paul Wisniewski; 20 April 1949) is a British radio broadcaster and television reporter most notable as a former presenter of ''That's Life!''. Early life He was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, the son of Norbert Wisniewski and Ev ...

and two new co-hosts,

and Liz Bonnin. The same format continued for the sixth and seventh series in 2014 and 2015.

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

Specials

On-air team

Main presenters

(2009–2016) *

(2013—) * Liz Bonnin (2013—)

Reporters

* Bettany Hughes (formerly) * Charlotte Uhlenbroek (formerly)

''Countrywise Kitchen'' presenters

*Mike Robinson

''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 A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. ''Toadstool'' generally denotes one poisonous to humans. The standard for the name "mushroom" is th ...

, and mentioned the

cep ''Boletus edulis'' (English: cep, penny bun, porcino or porcini) is a basidiomycete fungus, and the type species of the genus ''Boletus''. Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere across Europe, Asia, and North America, it does not occu ...

mushroom. It was a spin-off from the regular series and was co-presented by

and Mike Robinson between 2010 and 2012.

References

External links

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