Home Ground - Episode Guide

Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott introduce us to a host of stories and people who use the countryside for work, rest and play.

Gavin Andrews visits Benburb Valley Park to learn about measures to protect the ageing forest. Jo Scott enters the world of competitive sheepdog trials.

Gavin repairs dry stone walls in the Mournes, and Ruth Sanderson takes part in a survey of coastal birds.

Gavin learns what it takes to be a winner at the Balmoral Show, Northern Ireland's biggest agricultural event.

Gavin helps a farmer move cattle between islands on Strangford Lough.

This week, Jo joins the fire brigade in the Mourne Mountains to help prevent wildfires, while Gavin goes wild swimming in Lough Erne.

Home Ground returns for a new series, celebrating the richness of rural life in Northern Ireland. Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott introduce us to a host of stories and people who use the countryside for work, rest and play.

This week, Jo enters the world of competitive ploughing, while reporter Ruth Sanderson investigates the harmful effects of plastic in our oceans.

Gavin finds out about the seal population in Strangford Lough. And the importance of migrant workers to the mushroom industry.

Gavin Andrews meets an award-winning beef farmer to learn what it takes to produce high-quality beef for the supermarkets.

Home Ground returns for a new series, celebrating the richness of rural life in Northern Ireland. Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott introduce us to a host of stories and people who use the countryside for work, rest and play.

This week, Jo relies on horse power to clear a forest, while reporter Ruth Sanderson helps to restore peatland on the Mourne Mountains.

Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott introduce a host of stories of people who use the countryside for work, rest and play. Gavin meets a group of Ulster Wildlife trainees while reporter Ruth Sanderson joins the National Trust to round up the wild horses on Murlough Bay.

This week, Jo joins young farmers scything meadows in Enniskillen, and reporter Ruth Sanderson fishes for eels on Lough Neagh. Last in series.

The rural affairs magazine show returns for another series. Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott introduce a host of stories and people who use the countryside for work, rest and play.

This week, Jo Scott goes canoeing on Strangford Lough, while Ruth Sanderson meets cancer survivors with a passion for fishing.

This week, Gavin Andrews tries his hand at cartwheel making, while Ruth Sanderson learns about the tradition of laying hedges.

This week, Jo Scott reveals the history behind a town that existed in the Silent Valley, and Ruth Sanderson is in County Antrim restocking a local river with salmon.

The rural affairs magazine show returns for another series. Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott introduce us to a host of stories and people who use the countryside for work, rest and play.

This week, Gavin helps with a restoration project in Ballycastle, while series reporter Ruth Sanderson goes to Castle Espie to find out about the effort to protect rare bird populations.

This week, Jo is at Shane's Castle for the Irish Game Fair, while reporter Ruth Sanderson tags owl chicks with Ulster Wildlife.

This week, Gavin meets students at Greenmount Agricultural College, and series reporter Ruth Sanderson celebrates the legacy of Harry Ferguson.

Home Ground is live for a series of special programmes from the Mount Stewart Estate, featuring wildlife, farming and all the fun which the countryside has to offer.

Home Ground comes live from the Mount Stewart Estate. In a series of special programmes, Jo Scott, Gavin Andrews and Ruth Sanderson explore the wildlife, farming and fun of rural life around the demesne and surrounding area.

The final episode of Home Ground is live from the Mount Stewart Estate, featuring wildlife, farming and all the fun which the countryside has to offer.

The rural affairs magazine show returns for another series. Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott introduce us to a host of stories and people who use the countryside for work, rest and play.

Gavin learns about the tradition of flax, while Ruth Sanderson meets a local farmer competing in this year's Fermanagh County Show.

Jo Scott travels to Kilkeel to meet the newly appointed harbourmaster, the first female to take up such a post. Gavin Andrews joins in the effort to increase woodlands.

Gavin Andrews travels to the Giant's Causeway to help the National Trust prepare for the return of grazing cattle to the bay after almost half a century. Jo Scott visits Glenview Farm in Co Antrim to learn how horses can help develop life skills, and wildlife expert Conor McKinney investigates the nocturnal actvities of animals in cities and towns

in this lambing special, Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott spend the day helping out at Crosby Cleland's farm outside Saintfield, Co Down. Plus, Jo meets a nine-year-old boy who is running his own poultry business

Jo Scott and Gavin Andrews present a magazine series celebrating rural life in Northern Ireland.

Gavin helps with the vegetable harvest, while Jo meets the women using social media to highlight their contribution to farming.

Presenters Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott introduce us to a host of stories and to people who use the countryside for work, rest and play. This week Conor McKinney helps release rescued curlews, while Gavin helps clear rubbish from our rivers.

Jo learns about the importance of bees to the environment and Ruth Sanderson goes behind the lens to discover the art of cattle photography.

The rural affairs magazine show returns for another series. Gavin Andrews and Jo Scott introduce us to a host of stories and people who use the countryside for work, rest and play.

Gavin Andrews helps out on a goat farm near Fivemiletown during its busy kidding season, while Jo Scott meets a dairy farmer turning his farmland into a forest. Wildlife expert Conor McKinney is on the trail of the elusive pine marten in Slieve Gullion. Jo takes a trip along the scenic Blackwater River on a new boat specially designed for wheelchair users.

Jo Scott lends a hand on a daffodil farm in Co. Tyrone as they prepare for spring, while Gavin Andrews travels to Portballintrae to meet the locals keeping the village's maritime heritage alive.

Gavin Andrews meets Northern Ireland's only full-time gamekeeper in the stunning Glens of Antrim, while Jo Scott is in County Armagh helping with restoration work on Northern Ireland's oldest canal. Conor McKinney visits the peatlands of Cuilcagh Mountain to see the work being done to help protect this vital habitat, and Gavin samples a unique ice cream made from the country's only known breed of dairy shorthorn cattle.

Jo Scott meets an inspirational farmer who proves that disability is no barrier to a career in farming, while Gavin Andrews visits the Mourne Mountains, where the ancient Irish spirit poitín is undergoing a revival. Conor travels to one of our few pockets of ancient woodland left in Northern Ireland, located in County Londonderry's Faughan Valley, as Jo tries her hand at paddleboarding in the seaside town of Bangor.

Jo Scott travels across the country to hear about an ambitious new project which aims to tackle poverty and isolation in rural villages, while Conor investigates the growing problem of wildfires and their impact on wildlife. Deep in County Tyrone's Sperrin Mountains, Jo catches a glimpse of a spectacular night sky at the country's only Dark Sky Park.

At this year's Balmoral Show, Gavin Andrews meets a rare breed of sheep making its Balmoral debut, while Jo Scott catches up with members of the Women's Institute as they mark their 90th anniversary.