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. Find out more about us at www.countryfile.com/podcast Subscribe to the print version of BBC Countryfile Magazine at https://www.ourmediashop.com/bbc-countryfile-magazine-wmonx25
What this show covers
birdsDorsetnature soundsrelaxationsummer countrysideTrouble WasCharlotte Edwardesnovel writingDorset coastjournalism
What listeners will find here
A Dorset wheat field and the rare, insect-like call of a hidden quail
This episode settles beside a wheat field in high summer Dorset to listen for the elusive call of a quail. It’s a short countryside sound escape built to relax you, with the bird remaining unseen but vividly present through its distinctive voice.
From Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door: Charlotte Edwardes on fiction, trauma and a life in journalism
A walk along Dorset’s coast becomes a conversation about Charlotte Edwardes’ debut novel, Trouble Was, set during the drought summer of 1976. She discusses writing family life and trauma through a child’s eyes, while sharing stories from her career as an award-winning journalist and war correspondent.
Episodes
366. Harvesting walnuts with the Bishop of Bath and Wells in the Somerset Levels
1 Sept 2026 · 57 min
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