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04/09/2011

Matt Baker and Clare Balding head to the North Pennines to find out what makes the area ideal shooting country. Plus, will a proposed badger cull help eradicate bovine TB?

Matt Baker and Clare Balding head to the North Pennines for a hike and bike tour. Matt hitches a ride on a trike to visit some of the spectacular sights here. He drops in at a winery where beetroot is the main ingredient. Clare's on foot, finding out what makes this place ideal shooting country. As the season gets underway, she meets a group of women mixing glamour with game shooting. James Wong is also in the Pennines. He's discovering how planting trees is helping to train soldiers and increase the UK's woodland cover. Elsewhere, with bovine TB in England at its highest level in decades, the government is proposing killing badgers as a solution. If a cull goes ahead, how will it work in practice and what impact it will have - Tom Heap investigates. Down on the farm, Adam is in search of a new sheepdog.

1 hour

Last on

Fri 9 Sep 2011 02:55

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Role Contributor
Presenter Clare Balding
Presenter Clare Balding
Presenter Matt Baker
Presenter Matt Baker
Presenter Tom Heap
Presenter Tom Heap
Presenter Adam Henson
Presenter Adam Henson
Participant James Wong
Participant James Wong
Series Producer Teresa Bogan
Executive Producer Andrew Thorman

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