COUNTRYFILE viewers raged about a perceived decline in quality as they branded the latest episode ‘boring’. The long-running BBC news magazine programme began in 1988, reporting on farming and agricultural issues. 3 Joe Crowley was one of the presenters in tonight's episode Credit: BBC Studios/Pete Dadds 3 Adam Henson joined Countryfile in 2001 Credit: BBC 3 Sammi Kinghorn, a world champion wheelchair racer, became part of the Countryfile team last year Credit: BBC The show's presenting line-up includes John Craven, Adam Henson, Matt Baker, Tom Heap, Helen Skelton, Anita Rani and Sean Fletcher, as well as reporters and relief presenters.
Each episode typically involves two presenters visiting a region or place while uncovering what makes that area distinctive. Sunday’s episode saw Joe Crowley and Sammi Kinghorn present stories from the north Northumberland coast. This included a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the National Nature Reserve at Lindisfarne.
Meanwhile, Sammi also visited a local smokehouse that has been serving kippers for nearly 170 years and tried her hand at preparing some herring. In Oxfordshire, Adam Henson met a farmer exploring whether a pasture-based system can work for dairy-goat milk production After tuning in, however, some viewers were left disappointed and took to X (formerly Twitter) to express their thoughts. One wrote: “I used to like watching #countryfile.
I have had a few years off from it and looked in tonight. What have they done.
