Original version

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

BBC One HD

Countryfile Winter Diaries

Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment

John Craven and the team celebrate the British winter.

John Craven and the Countryfile Diaries team travel the length and breadth of the nation, celebrating the British winter in all its glory and diversity.

Simulcast of BBC One Scotland in high definition. From 14/01/2013

BBC One Scotland HD

Simulcast of BBC One Northern Ireland in high definition. From 24/10/2012

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

Simulcast of BBC One Wales in high definition. From 29/01/2013

BBC One Wales HD

The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

BBC One West

The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

BBC One South West

The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

BBC One South

BBC One London

London

BBC One West Midlands

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

BBC One East

BBC One North West

The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

BBC One North East & Cumbria

BBC One Yorkshire

BBC One Oxfordshire

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region that included London and part of the South region. Separated from BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One South East

BBC One Cambridgeshire

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

BBC One Northern Ireland

BBC One Wales

Wales

BBC One East Midlands HD

BBC One South East HD

BBC One South HD

BBC One South West HD

BBC One West HD

BBC One Yorks & Lincs HD

BBC One Yorkshire HD

BBC One East HD

BBC One Oxfordshire HD

BBC One North East & Cumbria HD

BBC One Channel Islands HD

BBC One Cambridgeshire HD

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region. Separated as BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One London HD

BBC One West Midlands HD

BBC One North West HD

Jules Hudson

Paul Martin

Keeley Donovan

Matt Baker

Margherita Taylor

Jane Lomas

William Lyons

Countryfile Winter Diaries: Series 2: Episode 5

countryfile-winter-diaries_0218_e05_eleanor-ware.jpg

Episode 5

Series 2

BBC One - Countryfile Winter Diaries, Series 2, Episode 5Search BBC

Margherita Taylor meets the duo who are raising and nurturing disease-free cocoa plants.

Series celebrating the British winter. Margherita Taylor meets the duo who are raising and nurturing disease-free cocoa plants.

Jules Hudson files his final reports from Anglesey, including the top signs that spring is finally on its way. He's also on the island of Llanddwyn, home to Wales's patron saint of love.

In time for Valentine's Day, self-confessed chocoholic Margherita Taylor meets the duo responsible for saving the world's cocoa crops, which are being decimated by bugs and disease. Beavering away in greenhouses in Reading, they are raising and nurturing disease-free cocoa plants which will wing their way to farmers in 200 countries.

In Aberystwyth and Borth on the Welsh coast, Keeley Donovan battles the elements for the rockpooling expedition of a lifetime. The coast in this area is one of the most diverse in the UK, and tidal patterns reveal pools which are vital nurseries for sealife. But there's a threat. Just off the coast lie manmade seawalls, essential to safeguard homes from coastal erosion at a time when storms are predicted to be more commonplace. But these concrete walls are hostile environments for the delicate ecosystems which need rock pools to survive. The answer might lie in something the size of a dinner plate, and a simple but ingenious idea from a scientist who's something of a rock pool magician.

Paul Martin unravels why his pigs might just hold the secret to a cure for a winter misery that affects us all. The common cold costs the UK economy a£40 billion a year as colds take us off work for 34 million days. Since the ancient Egyptians, trying to a find a cure has eluded some of the finest brains in the world. But immunologists at Edinburgh Napier University might just have cracked it. Dr Peter Barlow meets Paul at his Wiltshire smallholding to explain why Paul's kune kune pigs, Truffle and Fudge, might just hold the key. Paul also discovers whether old remedies can offer relief - from a curry to chicken soup, lemon and honey and even a garlic-infused sock. And, while we wait for the cure to arrive, he finds out how to try and fend off colds in the first place.

Walking is more popular than cycling, swimming or the gym, but rescue services receive 3,500 SOS's a year from walkers who get into trouble. Jules is in the Forest of Dean discovering just what you need to do to stay safe and alive in the winter until help arrives, and he has a secret weapon which could prove crucial to survival.

Countryfile Winter Diaries: Series 2

BBC One

BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

BBC 1

BBC1

Jules Hudson and the team celebrate the British winter.

Jules Hudson and the Countryfile Diaries team travel the length and breadth of the nation, celebrating the British winter in all its glory and diversity.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Countryfile Winter Diaries

Series 2

Episode 5

Contributors

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC One HD

About BBC One