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A Countryside Summer

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Gethin Jones delivers the ultimate guide to a countryside summer.

Gethin Jones delivers the ultimate guide to a countryside summer featuring wildlife, food, gardening and outdoor adventure, all brought to you by a selection of favourite faces.

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A Countryside Summer: Series 1: Episode 11

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Simon Reeve meets a farmer who has enlisted the aid of beavers to help prevent flooding.

Simon Reeve meets a farmer who has enlisted the aid of beavers to help with the problem of flooding, and we meet a buzzard with an unusual surrogate parent.

Gethin Jones delivers the ultimate guide to a countryside summer featuring wildlife, food, gardening and outdoor adventure, all brought to you by a selection of favourite faces. In this episode, Simon Reeve meets a farmer who has enlisted the aid of beavers to help with the problem of flooding, we meet a buzzard who has an unusual surrogate parent, and Marcus Wareing shows us how to cook his favourite dessert, the apple tarte tatin.

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