The Plodcast

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BBC Countryfile Magazine brings you The Plodcast - a weekly escape to the British countryside with fascinating guests and the wonders of the great outdoors. Enjoy a new escape into the countryside every Tuesday and wind down with our Sound Escapes on a Friday. Find out more about us at www.countryfile.com/podcast Subscribe to the print version of BBC Countryfile Magazine at https://www.ourmediashop.com/bbc-countryfile-magazine-wmonx25

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Sound Escape 299. Experience the delightful song of the wind through autumn oak leaves

2026-11-13 · 13 min

You follow a winding lane down a gentle hill, grass and moss growing in the centre of the track. As the lane enters a woodland, the winds picks up, sending autumn shivers through the remaining leaves on the ash and oak…
376. How a beautiful new memorial to the dead of WWI is embracing nature

2026-11-10 · 1 hr 1 min · Season 20, episode 8

As we pay our respects to the fallen on Remembrance Day (11 November), the Plodcast recalls a special visit to Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey earlier in the summer to witness a new type of war memorial that truly…
Sound Escape 298. Enjoy the rare song of the quail in a Dorset wheat field

2026-11-06 · 14 min

In the heat of high summer, away from the dark, dank of late autumn, we rest on a gate beside a wheat field in Dorset. Here, among the thick of the sun-scorched stalks, slinks a gamebird no bigger than a mistle thrush.…
375. A walk in Dorset's magical Lulworth Cove with award-winning journalist and novelist Charlotte Edwardes

2026-11-03 · 59 min · Season 20, episode 7

Charlotte Edwardes is an award-winning journalist and war correspondent who has interviewed some of the biggest names in politics, entertainment and culture. This week, she joins the Plodcast for a walk from Lulworth…
Sound Escape 297. Celebrate the song of an autumn river bathed in golden light

2026-10-30 · 19 min

It's late afternoon and your riverside walk is bringing you gently towards home. From the west, a golden light floods the valley so you settle by the chuckling the water to immerse yourself in this fleeting moment of…
374. Discover how animals heal us with author Jay Griffiths

2026-10-27 · 56 min · Season 20, episode 6

Animals play an enormous role in improving our lives – and healing us. Author Jay Griffiths reveals tales of extraordinary animals rescuing people and explores the many studies that show how pets calm and console us.…
Sound Escape 296. Listen to emerging birdlife next to a quiet pond

2026-10-23 · 10 min

As the human world just begins to stir, you gaze across a quaint pond. It’s teeming with life. But There’s no-one else around, just you, with robins for company. Listening closely, you pick out the distant cooings of a…
373. Britain is weird! We head for the strangest corners of the countryside with Dave Hamilton

2026-10-20 · 48 min · Season 20, episode 5

Adventurer Dave Hamilton has travelled widely across the UK to find some of its weirdest sites. This week, he joins Plodcast host Fergus Collins in the ex-industrial heartlands of South Wales to walk on one of the…
Sound Escape 295. Wake to the delightful chirpings of Scottish birdlife

2026-10-16 · 11 min

You've woken up in a Scottish castle early enough to see the sunrise. It's going to be a crisp, clear morning. As the steam rises from your gently cooling tea, you watch a pheasant gathering his breakfast and a wood…
372. Learn about the delights of foraging and fermenting with Rachel de Thample

2026-10-13 · 58 min · Season 20, episode 4

Join a foraging adventure on the Dorset coast with Rachel de Thample, searching for wild ingredients for her inspiring and health-giving fermenting recipes. From kombucha to kimchi, and sauerkraut to sloe olives, Rachel…

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Owner: Immediate Media
Oldest episode in feed: 02/2010 · over 16 years
Typical length: 33 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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