Landward Season 5, Episode 10: Episode 10

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Episode 1

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond joins the nightshift at Scotland's biggest fruit and veg market. Euan McIlwraith examines the impact on Scotland's farmers of the worst winter in decades. Nick Nairn begins a miniseries profiling Perth's top food producers, and Sarah Mack gets a sneak preview of the reopening of the iconic Craigievar Castle.

30 min

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Episode 2

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond joins a hill-sheep farmer for 24 hours of non-stop work through the lambing season. Euan McIlwraith finds out how to avoid being caught in an avalanche. Nick Nairn continues his series highlighting Perthshire food producers and Sarah Mack meets John Lister-Kaye, the pioneer of eco-tourism in Scotland.

30 min

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Episode 3

Scotland's countryside magazine, presented by Dougie Vipond. The first of a regular series of visits to an Angus farm to chart the highs and lows of the farming year. Sarah Mack finds out what is being done to stop the decline in shark numbers around the Scottish coast and Euan McIlwraith examines the plight of our biggest finch - the hawfinch.

30 min

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Episode 4

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond looks at the challenges and opportunities facing Scotland's dairy farmers. Sarah Mack meets the pioneers behind ambitious plans to make seaweed the fuel of the future, and musical celebrity Phil Cunningham joins the team to explore his other passion in life - Scotland's wildlife.

30 min

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Episode 5

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond joins the Flying Doctors providing a lifeline for people in rural Scotland. Euan McIlwraith examines the boom in exports of Highland cattle and Gail McGrane reveals the science behind weather folklore.

30 min

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Episode 6

Scotland's countryside magazine. The team revisit the farm in Angus to help out with calving. Nick Nairn puts young professional cooks through their paces as they compete to be named Scotland Food and Drink Young Chef of the Year. Sarah Mack reveals the restoration plan for Scotland's oldest working woollen mill.

30 min

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Episode 7

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond visits Horseback UK, a charity helping to rehabilitate injured soldiers. Euan McIlwraith looks at the opportunities for Scottish salmon producers following the collapse of the Chilean salmon industry. And Sarah Mack goes to school for a lesson in tasting wild game.

30 min

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Episode 8

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond and his dog try out the new field sport of Flyball. Euan McIlwraith investigates why juniper berries - the key ingredient in gin - are in short supply. And there's the second in a three part series looking at the many and varied activities that take place on the Rothiemurchus estate.

30 min

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Episode 9

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond investigates claims that local authorities are allowing cycle paths to become overgrown and unusable. Sarah Mack looks at the current fashion for keeping backyard hens. And Euan McIlwraith takes a canal boat into the centre of Edinburgh.

30 min

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Episode 10

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond is joined by landscape photographer Colin Prior for the launch of a major BBC Scotland project to capture images of man's impact on the Scottish landscape. Plus, Euan McIlwraith learns traditional boat-building skills and Nick Nairn indulges his passion for great gardens.

30 min

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Episode 11

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond and landscape photographer Colin Prior continue their journey across Scotland, capturing images of man's impact on the Scottish landscape. Euan McIlwraith and Lee McKenzie take part in a classic car rally. And there's another visit to the Landward farm.

30 min

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Episode 12

Dougie Vipond and landscape photographer Colin Prior continue their journey across Scotland capturing images of man's impact on the landscape. Sarah Mack helps out with a project to protect sparrowhawks. And Nick Nairn concludes his garden odyssey.

30 min

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Episode 13

Scotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond and the team are at Ingliston for the highlight of the Scottish countryside calendar - the Royal Highland Show. As the show celebrates its fiftieth year at Ingliston, the team have all the news, views, sights and sounds from the 2010 event, along with a look back at how the show has developed over the last half century.

30 min

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Episode 14

Scotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond and the team are back for a new series of Scotland's countryside show. Dougie meets Scotland's 'Mr Venison', Christian Nissen, the multi-award winning entrepreneur behind the UK's biggest game processor. Euan McIlwraith examines the costs and benefits of small-scale wind energy and Nick Nairn looks at some scientific leaps in food production.

30 min

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Episode 15

Scotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond begins a two part examination of the differing fortunes of salmon rivers on the East and West coasts of Scotland. Sarah Mack reports from the Golden Spurtle porridge making world championships and Nick Nairn looks at the scientific research behind developments in food production.

30 min

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Episode 16

Scotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond compares the fortunes of east and west coast salmon rivers. Euan McIlwraith tells the story of the Brora salt pans as archaeologists continue to uncover remnants of the area's industrial past, and Sarah Mack investigates the threat to Scotland's soil from the New Zealand flatworm.

30 min

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Episode 17

Scotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond looks at cutting-edge research that will enable machines to identify the taste quality of beef before it reaches the butcher's shop. Euan McIlwraith tries to resolve an annual argument - does a neep or pumpkin make a better Halloween lantern? Plus a new mini-series exploring the landscapes that inspired literary masterpieces.

30 min

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Episode 18

Scotland's countryside magazine show. As the value of sheep fleeces rises, Dougie Vipond is in London's Savile Row as farmers launch a campaign to promote wool. Euan McIlwraith visits the crofters eager to punch above their weight in the food industry. Nutritionist Amanda Hamilton reveals another Scottish superfood.

30 min

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Episode 19

Scotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond is in Mull to meet an adventurer and TV presenter turned ethical fisherman. Sarah Mack profiles the work of wildlife artist Darren Woodhead. And Neil Gunn's Caithness is the subject of another literary landscape.

30 min

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Episode 20

Scotland's countryside magazine show. As the latest Harry Potter movie is released, Dougie Vipond is in Glenfinnan as it braces itself for another deluge of Potter fans eager to explore some of the film's locations. Euan McIlwraith meets the entrepreneur on a mission to get the nation cooking, and Sarah Mack begins a mini-series exploring some of Scotland's rural superstitions.

30 min

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Episode 21

Scotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond visits the small Highland dairy that has become a big cheese in the world's most luxurious department store. Euan McIlwraith joins a group of ramblers with a range of disabilities to try out a range of off-road scooters and Sarah Mack explores more of Scotland's rural superstitions.

30 min

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Episode 22

Scotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond joins the ongoing battle to stop the spread of alien plants. Nick joins a Highland shoot in an attempt to bag an alternative Christmas bird and Euan McIlwraith finds out why sporran makers are fuming at a new EU ruling.

30 min

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Episode 23

Scotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond investigates the hurdles preventing aspiring young farmers from getting a foothold in the industry. Euan McIlwraith learns how the red kites of Galloway have generated millions of pounds for the local economy, and Nick Nairn gets a cooking lesson in the great outdoors.

30 min

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Episode 24

Scotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond meets the award-winning Perthshire farmer who has become the face of a supermarket advertising campaign. Euan McIlwraith meets the woman making sporrans from road kill and Nick Nairn gets another lesson in wild cooking.

30 min

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Episode 25

Dougie Vipond and the team are in the Cairngorms. Dougie hears about hopes for another bumper ski season, Euan McIlwraith visits the resident reindeer population and Sarah Mack is at the Highland Wildlife park to meet the latest Arctic animal to move in.

30 min