Landward — Season 3

Aired 4 April 2008 • 25 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme.

Aired 11 April 2008 • 25 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Ken Rundle investigates whether Angus cattle from Argentina could have an effect on the British beef market.

Aired 18 April 2008 • 25 min

Nick Nairn examines why Mutton is making a comeback and Sarah Mack celebrates 100 years of the Scottish Ladies Climbing Club. Plus a five day weather forecast.

Aired 27 April 2008 • 25 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Nick Nairn and the team investigate the future of mountain rescue in Scotland. Shooting interests and conservationists join forces to work on the management of Langholm Moor, and wildlife sculptures start popping up in a Trossachs forest.

Aired 4 May 2008 • 25 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Nick is challenged to cook a two-course meal made from Scottish produced ingredients bought from a supermarket.

Aired 9 May 2008 • 25 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Nick Nairn and the team uncover more stories from, from food and farming to walks and wildlife. Plus a five day weather forecast.

Aired 16 May 2008 • 25 min

Nick Nairn and the team uncover more stories from Scotland's countryside.

Aired 23 May 2008 • 25 min

Nick Nairn and the team to explore Scotland's countryside and meet the people who live work and play in one of the world's great landscapes. Plus a five day weather forecast.

Aired 30 May 2008 • 25 min

Scotland's rural affairs magazine covering food, farming, environment, wildlife and leisure, with Nick Nairn. Includes a five day weather forecast.

Aired 6 June 2008 • 25 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme.

Aired 13 June 2008 • 25 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Nick Nairn takes a trip on Loch Katrine aboard the famous Sir Walter Scott which has just undergone a green makeover. Plus more stories celebrating life in Scotland's countryside and a five day weather forecast.

Aired 20 June 2008 • 30 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Nick Nairn and the team are live at the Royal Highland Show. Over the first two days of one of the biggest events in the Scottish Calendar, the team scour the entire showground to present the news, views, sights and sounds, as well as a preview of some of the weekend highlights. Plus a five day weather forecast.

Aired 29 June 2008 • 25 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme, including the weather for the week ahead. In the final programme in the series, Nick and the Landward team present all the news, views, sights and sounds from the Royal Highland Show 2008. Plus a five-day weather forecast.

Aired 26 September 2008 • 25 min

Nick Nairn, Sarah Mack and Euan Mcilwraith return for a new series of Scotland's farming and countryside magazine show. The nation's obsession with wasting food is tackled and there is a unique insight into the lives of a family of Ospreys. Plus a five day waether forecast.

Aired 3 October 2008 • 25 min

Nick Nairn, Sarah Mack and Euan Mcilwraith return for a new series of Scotland's farming and countryside magazine show. The nation's obsession with wasting food is tackled and there is a unique insight into the lives of a family of Ospreys. Plus a five day waether forecast.

Aired 10 October 2008 • 25 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme. The team find a sloution to a dairy dilemma, meet the funghi expert unearthing new species and take to the Sutherland hills in an attempt to gold-pan their way out of the credit crunch. Includes a five day weather forecast.

Aired 19 October 2008 • 30 min

Scotland's rural affairs magazine covering food, farming, environment, wildlife and leisure. Nick Nairn visits Caithness to meet the people behind the fastest growing food company in Scotland - Mey Selections. Despite being hundreds of miles from their markets, the collection of farmers and other food producers have grown the brand into a 10 million-pound business.

Aired 24 October 2008 • 30 min

Farmers count the cost of one of the wettest autumns in years with many still trying to harvest their crops in October. A look at Haddington Farmers' Market as it dips its toe into the export business for one week only and Singer Dougie MacLean reveals his passion for old tractors. Includes a five day weather forecast.

Aired 31 October 2008 • 30 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Nick Nairn looks at the role of peat bogs in reducing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere and asks if the building of wind farms could do more harm than good. Sarah begins a three-week journey looking at how different sectors of the Scottish tourism industry have coped with the credit crunch. And Euan contrasts the fortunes of sea eagles on the east and west coasts. Plus a five-day weather forecast.

Aired 7 November 2008 • 30 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Nick Nairn looks at how farmers, landowners and homeowners can protect their property in rural Scotland. Sarah Mack meets more tourism businesses using innovation to beat the credit crunch and on Remembrance weekend Euan McIlwraith visits one of many military air crash sites in the Scottish hills. Plus a five-day weather forecast.

Aired 14 November 2008 • 30 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Nick Nairn looks at how farmers, landowners and home owners can protect their property in rural Scotland. Euan McIlwraith goes trawling for squid in the Moray Firth and Sarah Mack meets the enterprising tourist businesses working together to beat the credit crunch. Plus a five-day weather forecast.

Aired 21 November 2008 • 25 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Nick Nairn finds out about the Scottish countryside's answer to Facebook: 'Placebook Scotland' while Sarah Mack starts a two-part investigation into the changing face of crofting. Euan Mcilwraith visits the Perthshire farmland that until recently hid the largest collection of prehistoric monuments on mainland Scotland. Plus a five-day weather forecast.

Aired 28 November 2008 • 30 min

Scotland's farming and countryside series. Euan Mcilwraith goes up a creek with a paddle to highlight plans for long-distance canoe trails and Sarah Mack heads to the Western Isles to hear crofters' concerns about the future of their way of life. Plus the five-day weather forecast.

Aired 5 December 2008 • 25 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Nick Nairn starts a miniseries on winter photography. Three years after the introduction of the Access laws, Euan McIlwraith asks whether Scotland's countryside is truly open, and Sarah Mack joins the Western Isles war against an American invader.

Aired 12 December 2008 • 30 min

Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Euan goes fishing for squid in the Moray Firth. Sarah searches for the Olympic horse stars of the future, and Nick continues his series on winter photography.

Aired 21 December 2008 • 30 min

In the final programme of the series, Nick Nairn continues his miniseries on winter photography and Euan McIlwraith joins the battle to preserve our native pearl mussel, while Bruce MacGregor meets farmers who run a sandwich shop with a difference.