The Yorkshire Dales and The Lakes - Episode Guide

At Bleak Bank farm, the Dawson family prepare their lambs for auction. It's the hound trail at Buttermere while the residents of Barbon in the Dales await the arrival of high-speed broadband.

In this episode, in the Dales, craft mason and mountain rescuer Pete Roe is called out to try and find a puppy that's fallen down a 50-foot sinkhole near Wensleydale. In the Lakes, sheepdog trainer Katy Cropper - the first woman to win One Man and His Dog - has a tough challenge with maverick dog Connor. At Kilnsey Park, estate owner Jamie Roberts faces a race against time to be ready for The Kilnsey Show. And antique upholsterer Angela Butcher is called to Muncaster Castle for a special commission.

John and William Dawson of Bleak Bank Farm face a crux moment in the farming calendar as they must gather in 2000 sheep across a 3500-acre expanse of the Dales. Later, at auction, John has his eye on a tip-top tup for breeding. The Leyburn Brass Band prepares for the Hardraw Brass Band Festival. And in the Lakes, Trudy Harrison fights to turn round the fortunes of Bootle, a village that has seen 20 businesses fold in two decades. They've lost their local pub and the village shop is up for sale. Can Trudy transform the old butcher's into an estate agents?

In Swaledale, mountain rescuer Pete Roe is called to Tan Hill Inn, Britain's highest pub, where a man has gone missing in freezing overnight temperatures. In the Lake District, Iona and Peter Frost-Pennington - owners of Muncaster Castle - are about to put 800 years of family history in the hands of first-year performing arts students at the annual Halloween festival. And at Bleak Bank farm in the Dales, will John Dawson be the final Dawson to work on the land?

In Grasmere, Michelin-star chef Kevin Tickle goes foraging to cook up some local dishes at his Forest Side restaurant. In Wensleydale, gamekeeper David Hutchinson readies the estate for a shoot. In Middleham, horse trainers Micky and Gemma prepare for a big race at Wetherby. And a Dales-based all-female band of potholing pensioners take on one of the most dangerous underground cave systems in Britain.

In the Lake District, farmer Pip comes up with a unique solution to put an end to losing his sheep - something to do with Day-Glo. In the Yorkshire Dales, have the owners of the Tan Hill Inn finally found landlords to manage their pub? Also, the Dent Brewery boys from the Dales are busy brewing, marketing and delivering their own craft ales. And in the Lakes, Jon Bennett makes his daily ascent to the summit of Helvellyn for a noble reason.

There's a palpable sense of urgency in the air in the Dales as lambing season starts for the hill farming Dawson family, with the arrival of forty lambs per day. In Swaledale, at Britain's highest pub, the Tan Hill Inn, Vanessa and Nigel have survived the winter months but must now decide if running one of the remotest hostelries in Britain is really for them. Also, Ribblesdale primary, a 300-year-old village school in Horton, faces closure. And gamekeeper David Hutchinson and his team begin preparing the fells and woods for the shooting season.

In this final episode of the series, as the busiest event of the year fast approaches, there's a staffing crisis at Tan Hill Inn, Britain's highest pub. At Muncaster Castle in the Lakes, the library ceiling needs urgent repair work, including intricate gold-leaf design. Lake Warden Martin Dodgson patrols Windermere, England's largest natural lake. And as the start of the climbing season approaches, Zac Poulton and fellow adventurer Mick Allen complete safety checks on the Shepherd's Crag rock face in Barrowdale.

The show that looks at life in the national parks of the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales returns for a new series. In the Lakes, champion sheep breeder Arnold Lancaster prepares his flock for the famous Westmorland County Show. In the Dales, the church bells at St Bartholomew's remain silent after their belfry has fallen into disrepair. Locals arrange a fund raiser to get the bells ringing again. And dog trainer John Halstad prepares his dog Wren for a Dales trial.

In the Dales, John Dawson of Bleak Bank farm leaves his son William in charge on a trip away. William gets baling during a break in the weather. In the Lake District, GP Stuart Allen attempts a fifty-mile ultra-run that stretches the entire length of The Lakes. And back in the Dales, geologist John Helm is on a mission to ensure members of the public can safely descend into Gaping Gill, one of the biggest and most spectacular underground caves in Britain.

At England's last remaining slate mine in Honister, owner Joe Weir is running out of time to fulfil an order of Westmorland Green slate. At Bleak Bank Farm in the Dales, John and William Dawson need to bring their cows in for winter. But one-tonne Billy the bull needs some coaxing. In the Lakes, wild swimmer Suzanna Cruickshank braves the chilly depths of Buttermere. And in Cumbria, health visitor Fiona Dodd is on the road, helping families across a two hundred square mile area of remote countryside.

When his sheep break out into a neighbouring farm, hill farmer and award-winning sheep breeder Arnold Lancaster needs to rebuild a dry stone wall. Rector Sarah Lunn is on a mission in and around Appleby-in-Westmorland, as she works hard to keep traditions alive and communities bonded across her twelve parishes. In Kirkby Stephen, pensioner Hazel Champion readies herself for the weekly trip to Hawes, so she can stock up on provisions and catch up with her family. And in Upper Wharfdale, Dave Younger and 11-year-old son Giuseppe join the rest of the Two Dales Metal Detecting club, as the hills are alive with the sound of beeping when rare finds are unearthed.

Near Windermere, upland farmers Pete and Rona Webster are expecting their first child as they prepare to move to the Dales and take over Rona's dad's farm as he retires. They plan to become the first producers of sheep's milk ice-cream in Yorkshire. Game dealer Andrew Dent and gamekeeper Ian Sleightholm are setting heather ablaze in Wensleydale. In the market town of Leyburn, in Lower Wensleydale, antiques dealer Ken Garrett looks to drum up some business. And in Borrowdale, a team of National Trust rangers need to shift thirty tonnes of stone from the valley floor to the summit of Sty Head.

A train fireman prepares for one of the UK's most scenic railway journeys, from Settle to Carlisle. And a Lakes whisky-maker hopes to distil the region's first single malt.

As winter descends, farmers and their milk are stranded by the snow. A sheep gets stuck in the mud and a slate mine becomes an impromptu ski resort.

The villagers of Carlton-in-Coverdale prepare for the Tour de Yorkshire. Farmers Pete and Rona milk sheep to make ice cream. And GP Stuart climbs Napes Needle.

Craftsman Pete repairs an industrial relic. Ranger Nathan Fox prepares for the arrival of a pair of ospreys. And Marina begins her new career as a professional angler.

In the Dales, John and William Dawson gather their sheep from the slopes of one of Yorkshire's spectacular Three Peaks for a cooling summer shearing. In the Lake District, a father and daughter - members of a legendary Cumbrian climbing family - tackle a lofty Cumbrian crag. On Windermere, boat builder Hamish Paterson puts an Edwardian steam vessel through its paces. And in south Lakeland, a massive one-and-a-half-ton shorthorn bull kicks off during preparations for the biggest agricultural show of his year: the National Championships.

In the Lake District, farmer Kevin Holliday is preparing for an auction that could make or break his year. In the Dales, agricultural show fanatic Mandy Banks chases the prize she covets most - the best Victoria sandwich. It's also one of the biggest, and most controversial, annual occasions in the countryside, with the start of the grouse shooting season - the Glorious 12th. And there's a ride across glorious Ullswater on the venerable old steamer The Lady of the Lake. Narrator: Ian McMillan;

In Cumbria, Sweetheart Wood needs clearing of dead timber with the help of some hard-working ponies, while mountain rescue volunteer Pete Roe helps conserve an ancient bridge.

A Wensleydale farmer bids to become England's champion sheepdog trialler, the Muker Silver Band perform at the annual village show, and a blacksmith crafts an ornate horn burner.

A steam engine obsessive hits a problem restoring a remarkable piece of Cumbrian industrial heritage, while there is a race against time to launch a new cheese from the Dales.

The Dales village of Kettlewell prepares for its annual scarecrow festival, while David and Becca Corrie-Close are busy settling into their farm in the Lakes.

A look back at recent summer seasons for people who live and work in the national parks, including the Dawson farming family gathering their sheep on Ingleborough for shearing. The programme also features Graham Connacher, the skipper of the Lady of the Lake, a steamer that sails the length and breadth of Ullswater in the Lakes.

A special edition celebrating the farming heritage in the two national parks, including champion sheep breeder Arnold Lancaster preparing his flock for the Westmorland County Show.

Return of the documentary following life in the national parks. In Appletreewick in the Dales, pub landlord David Aynesworth has a special night up his sleeve.

A look at spring in the national parks, with Grasmere sheep farmers Peter and Robert Bland marking up their new lambs before setting them and their mothers free on the open fell.