Aired Sunday 28 July,
7:00pm - 8:00pmon BBC Two
Countryfile
The FensAnita and Matt are at the lowest point in the UK, the Fens, to explore the way wildlife and people coexist at and below sea level. Matt helps with a peatland health check and learns that the historic draining of the Fens for agriculture had a lasting environmental impact. Wet farming techniques called paludiculture offer an alternative future for fenland farming, and Matt checks out innovative trials growing crops on waterlogged land.
- Category
- Agriculture / Animals / Environment / News / Outdoors / Reality / Travel
- Original air date
- 28/07/2024
Cast and crew