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BBC Countryfile Magazine brings you The Plodcast - a weekly escape to the British countryside with fascinating guests and the wonders of the great outdoors.

Enjoy a new escape into the countryside every Tuesday and wind down with our Sound Escapes on a Friday.

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Nov 29, 2022 · 1 hr 1 min
174. A woodland wander with 'naked campaigner' Hannah Bourne-Taylor
One woman's extraordinary passion for swifts
Nov 25, 2022 · 9 min
Sound Escape 92: The joy of lying in bed and listening to the countryside waking up
Blissful audio of a sleepy morning in a Peak District village
Nov 22, 2022 · 44 min
173. A wild walk with choughs and curlews on Anglesey
Explore the coastal wildlife of a stunning Welsh island
Nov 18, 2022 · 9 min
Sound Escape 91: Enjoy autumn moods in a forgotten Welsh valley
Pause a while on a country lane and find peace amid a patchwork of farmland
Nov 15, 2022 · 45 min
172. A quest to hear the mysterious corncrake on the island of Tiree
Hear one of Britain's strangest bird calls on a wild Hebridean island
Nov 11, 2022 · 10 min
Sound Escape 90: Spend some precious time in a mossy woodland
Relax to the soothing sound of rainfall on ancient trees
Nov 8, 2022 · 58 min
171. Firecrests and other magical creatures in the New Forest with Dominic Couzens
Learn birdsong with an expert naturalist – in a fabulous woodland haven
Nov 4, 2022 · 8 min
Sound Escape 89: the simple tonic of a stream flowing through an autumn woodland
Escape to the Rhymney Valley in South Wales
Nov 1, 2022 · 40 min
170. In conversation with actress Jenny Agutter
Meet the star of The Railway Children and Call the Midwife
Oct 28, 2022 · 12 min
Sound Escape 88: the mesmerising sound of steady rain in the garden
You open the back door and look out into the garden. Rain streaks down, steady and hypnotic. From a bush a robin sparks up occasionally but nothing else stirs in the downpour. It's a day to cosy up indoors by the fire. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be.Recorded by Maria Hodson, presented by Hannah Tribe. Image from Getty. Email t
Oct 25, 2022 · 48 min
169. More magic at the Folk by the Oak festival – including The Proclaimers and Spell Songs
Enjoy part two of our day at a wonderful music festival in Hertfordshire
Oct 21, 2022 · 12 min
Sound Escape 87: An amazing paddleboarding journey – with geese
Relax to a wonderful soundscape along the River Wye
Oct 18, 2022 · 47 min
168. Enjoy music inspired by the countryside at the Folk by the Oak Festival: Part 1
Listen to beautiful music by The Unthanks, Salt House and We are the monsters
Oct 14, 2022 · 11 min
Sound Escape 86: the thrilling sounds when waves meet a rocky headland
Relax on a remote headland on the north Anglesey coast
Oct 11, 2022 · 1 hr 3 min
167. A walk with Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall at River Cottage
Hugh talks about the power of eating for health and happiness
Oct 7, 2022 · 9 min
Sound Escape 85: be mesmerised by the soft burble of a Welsh stream
Sit beside a small stream deep in the Powys countryside
Oct 4, 2022 · 48 min
166. Meet puffins, guillemots and skuas on the seabird sanctuary of Handa Island
Roam a haunting Scottish isle in the company of thousands of seabirds
Sep 30, 2022 · 9 min
Sound Escape 84: a mellow moment beside a sleepy Somerset canal
Enjoy robins and house martins beside the water
Sep 27, 2022 · 1 hr 3 min
165. Wandering among wildflowers with botanist Leif Bersweden
Why we need to protect our native wildflowers and let lawns and verges grow wild
Sep 23, 2022 · 11 min
Sound Escape 83: relax to enchanting robin song beside a Welsh stream
A soothing audio postcard from an autumn woodland in Powys