A look behind the scenes at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, one of the last English country estates to preserve the style of past centuries.

Gordon Beningfield visits Dorset and asks local people what they love about its countryside.

Angela Rippon talks about her love for Devon, Joe Henson discusses farming in the Cotswolds, Bernard Price focuses on bird life in Chichester and Phil Drabble takes a walk with his dog. Show more

The bee is one of the few insects to have been domesticated by man. Angela Rippon explores the relationship between a beekeeper and his charges.

Gordon Beningfield traces the highlights of his year as an artist in the country, including harvest time.

In the spring, the countryside around the River Ore in Suffolk is ablaze with daffodils, cultivated for their bulbs. Out in the estuary, avocets return to their island sanctuary to breed.