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Countryfile

20/04/2008

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC One West

Rural magazine programme. John Craven marks the International Year of the Potato with a visit to Norfolk, where this year's crop is being planted and asks which variety is best for cooking. Rabbits are the UK's biggest agricultural pest, causing 100 million pounds' worth of damage, but do they deserve their reputation as farmers' enemy number one? Miriam O'Reilly reports.

Plus, Ben Fogle heads to the Vale of Evesham where the fruit tree blossom has become a big tourist attraction, and Michaela Strachan finds out why the British countryside is becoming a star of the silver screen. Show less

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Presenter:
John Craven
Presenter:
Ben Fogle

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