On a winter's night, a youth shakes hand with the Devil and gains control over horses through the use of a secret word ... Less than 50 years ago the Society of the Horseman's Word exerted considerable influence over parts of rural Scotland. Following the revival of interest in heavy horses,
Roger Tabor investigates the Horseman's Word and discovers that the society may still exist today.
Also, Caroline Hall examines how commercial pressures threaten the ecological balance of the New Forest.
Plus at 12.55pm the weather for the countryside with Ian McCaskill
Producer DICK COLTHURST
Editor MICHAEL FITZGERALD BBC Pebble Mill