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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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100 episodes
Updated July 29

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Aug 5, 2025 · 21 min
Rewilder works with gamekeeper
Benedict Macdonald is the author of Rebirding and founder and director of Restore. He is working with Charles Whitbread's Southill Estate in Bedfordshire, which combines a mix of grey partridge shooting and arable. Benedict and Southill gamekeeper Paul Dunn explain how 'restoring' nature and shooting can work together, including restoring wetlands and reintroducing beavers. They talk to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2025. For more from Benedict, go to RestoreNature.com For the Southill Estate, visit Facebook.com/p/The-Southill-Estate-100093051180196 For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast126
Jul 30, 2025 · 38 min
Neil Parish at the 2025 Game Fair
Talking to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre at the end of the three-day Game Fair at Ragley Hall, farmer and former MP Neil Parish comments on what we have learned from DEFRA, and what's coming up on the rural agenda. Click here for Neil's own podcast.
Jul 30, 2025 · 17 min
The future of the GWCT
Talking to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, GWCT chairman Sir Jim Paice and new chief executive Nick von Westenholz set out their vision for the charity.
Jul 30, 2025 · 18 min
DEFRA minister Daniel Zeichner at the 2025 Game Fair
Talking to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, DEFRA minister Daniel Zeichner defends the British government's record on the countryside, including the family farm tax, lead ammo ban, trophy imports, Countryside Stewardship schemes and whether he is in favour of nationalising farming.
Jul 30, 2025 · 15 min
Greg Smith MP at the 2025 Game Fair
Talking to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, Greg Smith MP says how he spoke up for grouseshooting, even though his constituency is in Buckinghamshire. Plus he examines other threats to shooting sports.
Jul 30, 2025 · 17 min
Robbie Moore MP at the 2025 Game Fair
Talking to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, Robbie Moore MP talks about how he and others disposed of the attempt by BBC TV's Chris Packham to force a ban on grouseshooting.
Jul 30, 2025 · 21 min
Sir Geoffrey Clifton Brown MP at the 2025 Game Fair
Talking to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, Sir Geoffrey Clifton Brown MP explains the threats to shooting sports from the Labour government.
Jun 25, 2025 · 20 min
James Martin, part 2, with Merlin Griffiths
TV chef James Martin and his friend, celebrity barman or 'mixologist' Merlin Griffiths, came to the Game Fair in 2024 – James to run the restaurant and Merlin to pour the drinks. They came and sat down with Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, where they talked about food, booze and how to make a great cocktail. For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast119
Jun 10, 2025 · 11 min
James Martin, part 1
TV chef James Martin came to the Game Fair in 2024 to run the restaurant. He took time out to visit Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, where he talks about his life in cooking and the challenges facing game meat marketing. Click here for more ways to listen to this podcast.
Apr 30, 2025 · 31 min
Sika deer are here to stay: Rory Putman and Niall Rowantree
Professor Rory Putman and deer expert Niall Rowantree discuss Scotland's next big deer problem: sika. The Scottish government has successfully wiped out large numbers of iconic Scottish red deer. In their place are coming a new, invasive species, Japanese sika. More a horde than a herd, our experts expect they will be Scotland's number one deer within a few years. For Niall's website, visit Deerman.co.uk For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast117
Apr 23, 2025 · 20 min
How did animal rights extremists evolve?
Charlie's dad, Martin Jacoby, explains how the hunter-gatherers of 200,000 years ago slowly evolved into both sport hunters and animal rights activists. Find Martin's book on Amazon For more ways of listening to this podcast, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast116
Apr 19, 2025 · 25 min
Thermal drone deer counting
Ben Harrower from BH Wildlife Consultancy uses a thermal drone for a unique aerial view of how the six UK deer species populations, and our wild boar, are expanding and contracting across the UK. As part of our filming for A Year in the Life of Sika, Ben covers all aspects of his work from the advances in drone tech to the incredible wildlife moments he is able to witness from 400ft in the air. Find BH Wildlife Consultancy at BHWildlifeConsultancy.com For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast115
Apr 19, 2025 · 14 min
Gamekeepers Welfare Trust
Ian Grindy from the Gamekeepers Welfare Trust tells the story of the charity and explains why it is needed more than ever. He talks to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. For more from the GWT, visit TheGamekeepersWelfareTrust.com For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportchannelpodcast106
Apr 19, 2025 · 18 min
The story of the rabbit – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 110
They shot 5,000 rabbits in one day in Shropshire and 7,000 in one day at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. The rabbit has had a relatively short but dramatic history in the UK, from Roman food source through population explosions, and becoming one of the most prized quarry species of the great Victorian shots. Shooting writer Simon Reinhold tells the animal's story to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. For more from Simon, visit SimonReinhold.co.uk For more ways to listen to this, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast110
Mar 18, 2025 · 26 min
Hunting Ethics by Nick Fox
Nick Fox has been working on this book all his life. The hunter, zoologist and falconer has brought out Hunting Ethics: A Personal Journey. In this podcast with Charlie Jacoby, he talks about different elements of the book, including why it is innate within us to hunt – and governments can't ban hunting. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast114 Buy Hunting Ethics at Falcons.co.uk/product/hunting-ethics-a-personal-journey/
Mar 5, 2025 · 13 min
Teresa Dent CBE from the GWCT
Teresa Dent CBE led the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust as chief executive for 22 years. In the spring of 2025, she retires. In July 2024, she came to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk about the trust's work, and the difficulty of producing science that politicians can use. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast113 Find the GWCT at GWCT.org uk
Feb 26, 2025 · 16 min
Country Food Trust
SJ Hunt runs the Country Food Trust, a charity that delivers game, venison, poultry and vegetarian meals to food banks and the homeless. It is the major market for pheasants, partridges and deer carcases. Talking to Charlie Jacoby at the 2024 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, she explains how it works. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast112 Find the Country Food Trust at TheCountryFoodTrust.org
Feb 12, 2025 · 14 min
Value of shooting
BASC chief executive Ian Bell explains the new Value of Shooting report , which shows how vital the sport is to rural economies. He is talking to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. Click here for more about the report For more ways to listen to this podcast go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast111
Jan 29, 2025 · 12 min
Eat Wild's Louisa Clutterbuck
Louisa Clutterbuck from the game meat marketing agency Eat Wild explains her role, and how it fits in with other agencies such as Game To Eat and Eat Game. She talks to Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. (And she had the baby, a boy called Jasper). For more, go to Eat Wild's: Website Instagram Facebook X.com
Jan 22, 2025 · 16 min
Greg Smith MP
Greg Smith MP says how to deal with the Labour government. Of course, he was talking to Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024, just after the general election, and much water has gone under the rural bridge since then – but his advice stands. To listen to the whole podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportchannelpodcast108