
2006/2007 (2006)
A look at issues affecting the Scottish countryside
Episodes: 30
Star Cast:
Episodes List

Ep.1 Episode 1
Air Date: 2006-05-07
Scotland's farming and countryside programme, including the weather for the week ahead. Nancy Nicolson travels to Brazil to analyse the country's beef industry.

Ep.2 Episode 2
Air Date: 2006-05-14
Scotland's farming and countryside programme comes from the annual Scottish Food and Drink Excellence Awards at the Hub, Edinburgh. Including weather for the week ahead.

Ep.3 Episode 3
Air Date: 2006-05-21
Scotland's farming and countryside programme investigates the EU ban on strychnine that will affect moles and their catchers. Including weather for the week ahead.

Ep.4 Episode 4
Air Date: 2006-05-28
Scotland's farming and countryside programme looks at the growing problem of ticks in the countryside and an invasion of foxes in the Hebrides. Including weather for the week ahead.

Ep.5 Episode 5
Air Date: 2006-06-04
Scotland's farming and countryside programme looks at how Scottish beef is being received following the resumption of exports. Including weather for the week ahead.

Ep.6 Episode 6
Air Date: 2006-06-11
Scotland's farming and countryside programme focuses on sheep as the team visits the biannual Scotsheep event and hears of plans in Shetland to reinstate air-dried mutton.

Ep.7 Episode 7
Air Date: 2006-06-18
Why Shetland farmers have placed a bounty on rabbits. And capitalising on equine tourism.

Ep.8 Episode 8
Air Date: 2006-06-25
Scotland's farming and countryside programme. The team descends on Ingliston for the Royal Highland Show 2006. Including the weather for the week ahead.

Ep.9 Episode 9
Air Date: 2006-07-02

Ep.10 Episode 10
Air Date: 2006-07-09

Ep.11 Episode 11
Air Date: 2006-10-08
Scotland's farming and countryside programme, including the weather forecast for the week ahead. A look at the legacy of the 18th-century Scottish plant hunters.

Ep.12 Episode 12
Air Date: 2006-10-15
Scotland's farming and countryside programme. A look at the promotion of local tourism and products in three different locations. Plus the weather forecast for the week ahead.

Ep.13 Episode 13
Air Date: 2006-10-22
Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Fishermen mount a campaign to clean up the coastal environment.

Ep.14 Episode 14
Air Date: 2006-10-29
Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Investigates fly-tipping in the countryside; could organised criminal gangs be behind the dumping of thousands of old tyres?

Ep.15 Episode 15
Air Date: 2006-11-05
We catch up with the West Highland Clydesdales as they conclude their epic journey from Skye to Cumbria. Includes the weather for the week ahead.

Ep.16 Episode 16
Air Date: 2006-11-12

Ep.17 Episode 17
Air Date: 2006-11-19
Scotland's farming and countryside programme, including the weather for the week ahead.

Ep.18 Episode 18
Air Date: 2006-11-26
Scotland's farming and countryside programme, including the weather for the week ahead.

Ep.19 Episode 19
Air Date: 2006-12-03
Scotland's farming and countryside programme, including the weather for the week ahead.

Ep.20 Episode 20
Air Date: 2006-12-10
Scotland's Food, Farming, Environment and Rural Affairs magazine programme featuring the latest developments and debates affecting the nation's countryside.

Ep.21 Episode 21
Air Date: 2006-12-17
Scotland's farming and countryside programme. In the last programme of 2006 the team reflect back on a year in the working life of the Scottish countryside.

Ep.22 Episode 22
Air Date: 2007-01-07
Scotland's farming and countryside programme. The team return from the Christmas break with health and safety for forestry workers coming under the spotlight and the potential of mountain biking as a lucrative source of income for landowners. Plus the weather forecast for the week ahead.

Ep.23 Episode 23
Air Date: 2007-01-14
Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Seventy per cent of the road deaths in Scotland occur on rural roads despite the perception that they are safer than busier urban roads. What can be done to reduce the death toll? Fort William and Lochaber claim to be the 'Outdoor Capital of the UK'. But do they really deserve that title? Lindsay Cannon looks at what's on offer. And we look at the resumption of cockle picking on the Solway Firth after a four year break to allow stocks to recover. Plus the weather forecast for the week ahead.

Ep.24 Episode 24
Air Date: 2007-01-21
Scotland's food, farming, environment and rural affairs magazine. Includes the weather for the week ahead.

Ep.25 Episode 25
Air Date: 2007-01-28
Scotland's food, farming, environment and rural affairs magazine programme featuring the latest developments and debates affecting the nation's countryside.

Ep.26 Episode 26
Air Date: 2007-02-04

Ep.27 Episode 27
Air Date: 2007-02-11

Ep.28 Episode 28
Air Date: 2007-02-18
Scotland's farming and countryside programme, including the weather for the week ahead.

Ep.29 Episode 29
Air Date: 2007-02-25
Scotland's farming and countryside programme.

Ep.30 Episode 30
Air Date: 2007-03-04
Scotland's farming and countryside programme. We take a look at the agricultural shows facing a threat from new bio-security measures, the return of salmon to our major rivers, the Polish migrants helping to repopulate the highlands and the modern farming legacy of an eighteenth century fraudster MP.