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Fieldsports Channel

Aaron Jones presents a look behind the scenes at Fieldsports Channel - a gentle chat - shooting the breeze with the likes of Andy Crow, Roy Lupton, Paul Childerley, David Wright and Charlie Jacoby.

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20 episodes
Updated Wednesday

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Wednesday · 15 min
Peak District wildfire fight
Richard Bailey from the Peak District Moorland Group calls the wildfires burning across Derbyshire a 'fire wave'. He speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the 2026 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre about what the Westminster government can do about it. Read and listen to the full story on Scribehound Find the Peak District Moorland Group on Facebook
Wednesday · 9 min
Uplands' bureaucratic fightback against DEFRA
Jo Pearson's job at the Moorland Association is to help upland estates fill out forms. These forms are applications for controlled burning licences from Natural England – and Jo knows that, if she fills out enough forms, DEFRA may get to hear about it, and may realise what a pointless exercise 'controlled burning' forms are. She speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the 2026 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre. Read and listen to the full story on Scribehound Visit MoorlandAssociation.org
Wednesday · 15 min
Westminster wildfire policy madness
Nobody is in charge of preventing wildfires. That's the charge Andrew Gilruth of the Moorland Association levels against the Westminster government. Successive government failings mean the fires we see raging in the UK's uplands can be stopped months in advance, if only there were the political will. He speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre. Read and listen to the full story on Scribehound Visit MoorlandAssociation.org
Wednesday · 19 min
Shadow DEFRA secretary supports hunting and shooting
Victoria Atkins MP and her front bench team come to the 2026 Game Fair to show Conservative support for shooting and hunting. The shadow DEFRA secretary speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre about where the Labour government is going wrong – and how the Tories made mistakes, too. For more ways to listen, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast143
May 20 · 17 min
Wildlife filmmaker David Beach
David Beach is a wildlife filmmaker. He comes to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2025 to talk about the difficulties that hunting tourism has presenting its case as the best way for funding conservation worldwide.
May 13 · 15 min
How to run a high-tech shoot
Counting wildlife stops the government banning shooting. Roger Draycott from the GWCT, Jodie Case from Perdix Wildlife Supplies and Schöffel Working Conservationist Award-winning gamekeeper Rupert Brewer from the Bisterne estate explain how it works for them, and how the PerdixPro system works. Click here for more about PerdixPro Here for the GWCT And here for the Bisterne estate
April 29 · 26 min
Nigel 'Mr Frostbite' Vardy re-learns to shoot
Nigel Vardy lost his fingers and his nose in an accident on Mt McKinley in 1999. Since then, he has refound his love of shooting – but re-learning to shoot has been a challenge. He tells his story. For more from Nigel, visit MrFrostbite.com For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast140
April 8 · 21 min
Bill Blacker on the British gun trade
Doyen of the barrellers Bill Blacker is part of the beating heart of the British gun trade. He joines Charlie on the stage at the Carter Jones Game Fair Theatre to discuss his work and wider issues, such as how to cope with the forthcoming UK restrictions on lead shot. Visit BillBlacker.com
March 24 · 16 min
Game Fair deerstalkers
Every year, José Souto and Paul Childerley bring a roe carcase to the Game Fair and show how they break it down. They come to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to tell Charlie about how and why, plus they launch into the lead ammo debate and how supermarkets sell venison. Find José on Instagram and click here for Paul's website
March 17 · 19 min
How to bring back bears and wolves
What's it like reintroducing a large predator to the wild? One person with firsthand experience is Maria Davidson, who manages the large carnivore programme for Safari Club International. She comes from the Louisiana Department of Fish and Wildlife, which has an impressive track record reintroducing black bears – as long as we can hunt them. She talks to Charlie Jacoby at the 2026 SCI Convention in Nashville. For SCI Foundation, go to https://safariclubfoundation.org/ For the black bear film, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYHw5kHnLGA
February 11 · 17 min
River Monsters' Jeremy Wade
River Monsters star Jeremy Wade comes to the 2025 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk to Charlie about rivers and fish. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to https://fieldsportschannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast136
Dec 17, 2025 · 13 min
Future of the upland gamekeeper
Retired professor Simon Denny comes to the 2025 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk to Charlie about the future for upland gamekeepers. Simon Denny's report is at MoorlandAssociation.org/post/new-report-highlights-gamekeepers-crucial-role-in-wildfire-prevention-and-moorland-conservation For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast135
Nov 19, 2025 · 9 min
Waterloo Cup slipper
The last slipper at the Waterloo Cup came to the Carer Jonas Game Fair Theatre in 2025, 20 years after the last meeting at Altcar in Cheshire. Arron Atmore tells Charlie Jacoby how Tony Blair's hunting ban has failed the hare, and how coursing is still thriving and still conserving hares in both Ireland and Pakistan, if not in England. For the Coursing Museum, go to TheCoursingMuseum.com For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast134
Nov 12, 2025 · 14 min
How GBNews reports on shooting
News channel @GBNewsOnline sent reporter Jack Carson to the Game Fair in July 2025. While he was there, he came to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk to Charlie Jacoby about what in the countryside makes TV news.
Nov 5, 2025 · 25 min
Niall Rowantree: what is 'trophy hunting' in the UK? – FieldsportsChannel podcast, episode 132
While Keir Starmer's government is keen to ban trophy hunting in other peoples countries, it has no views about the roughly 20,000 stag heads handed to grateful hunting tourists by paid stalkers in Scotland each year. Deer manager Niall Rowantree discusses the issues around 'trophy hunting' and how Starmer has got it wrong. For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit https://fieldportschannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast132
Oct 22, 2025 · 16 min
Is the Proficient Deer Stalking Certificate 1 for you?
Here is the story behind the PDS1. David Wright talks to the man who came up with it, Peter Jones – and asks the question: is the Proficient Deer Stalking Certificate 1 for you? You can find the PDS1 in our shop, priced at £395 For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast131
Oct 8, 2025 · 27 min
BASC on the lead shot ban
Ian Bell and Terry Behan from BASC join Nick Levett-Scrivener from non-lead cartridge importer Shooting Star to discuss the Westminster government's plan to restrict lead cartridges. They join Charlie on stage at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2025. Click here for the latest from BASC on non-lead ammo. For Shooting Star, go to ShootingStarCC.co.uk
Sep 30, 2025 · 19 min
Writer and critic Patrick Galbraith
Daily Telegraph environment correspondent Patrick Galbraith comes to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2025, two months before he takes up his job, to talk to Charlie about his latest book, Uncommon Ground. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast129 For Patrick's book, Uncommon Ground, visit Amzn.to/42OF6tU For more from Patrick, visit Telegraph.co.uk/authors/p/pa-pe/patrick-galbraith/
Sep 10, 2025 · 20 min
Women in Westminster
Iona Campbell, who set up Women Who Work in Fieldsports, and BASC vice chair Claire Sadler, who runs Women in Shooting, come to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2025 to explain their work to Charlie Jacoby. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast128 For more from Iona, visit WomenWhoWorkinFieldsports.co.uk For Claire, go to BASC.org.uk/women-in-shooting
Sep 2, 2025 · 20 min
Science and trophy hunting
Professor Adam Hart talks to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2025 about the threats facing hunting tourism and the scientific evidence that it is good for conservation. For more from Adam, visit https://x.com/adamhartscience For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit https://fieldsportschannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast126