Scotland's countryside magazine.

The team look at the shortage of church ministers in rural parishes. Euan McIlwraith takes part in a tree-planting world record attempt, and find out how a family is getting on with its first attempt at rearing a turkey for Christmas.

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Scotland's countryside magazine returns with a new addition to the team. Dougie Vipond reveals the shocking results of an exclusive survey on tail docking of dogs. Euan McIlwraith meets the residents of Kinlochbervie who are fed up of dealing with nightly stag parties, and Nick Nairn cooks up a treat to beat the credit crunch using cheap cuts of meat. Plus a five-day weather forecast.

Episode 1

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond is in the Western Isles to hear concerns over the government's campaign against bluetongue disease. Euan McIlwraith celebrates the re-opening of the road to the isles, and Nick Nairn provides advice on credit crunch-busting cuts of meat. Plus, a five-day weather forecast.

Episode 2

Scotland's countryside magazine.

Dougie Vipond goes on a rural pub crawl to find out why so many pubs are closing down. Nick Nairn cooks up some cheap and tasty cuts of meat, Euan McIlwraith takes to the hills with a hungry golden eagle, and Sarah Mack roadtests slippers for Dairy cows. Plus a five-day weather forecast.

Episode 3

Dougie Vipond presents Scotland's weekly rural magazine.

Sarah Mack helps celebrate Perth Farmers' Market's 10th birthday and looks at the role markets have played in promoting fresh local food. Euan McIlwraith is in Burns Country for a ploughing match organised as part of Homecoming 2009, and Nick Nairn concludes his mini-series cooking unfashionable and cheap cuts of meat. Plus, a five-day weather forecast.

Episode 4

Dougie Vipond and the team present Scotland's rural affairs magazine.

Visiting the farm where you can eat ten different steaks in a day, tackling the problem of a growing rroe deer population, and chef Nick Nairn takes on the lunchbox challenge.

Episode 5

Dougie Vipond and the team present Scotland's countryside magazine, including a look at how nature conservationists and golfers find a way to live in harmony on the southern tip of Argyll.

Episode 6

Dougie Vipond is in Skye where crofters and environmentalists are in dispute over claims that sea eagles are killing lambs. Euan McIlwraith assesses the importance of drystane dykes to the health of the countryside, and Nick Nairn carries out another lunchbox challenge.

Episode 7

Dougie Vipond presents Scotland's farming and countryside magazine. The reintroduction of the beaver goes on trial in Argyll. Nick Nairn gives his top tips for summer barbecues.

Episode 8

Dougie Vipond previews the start of the World Fly-fishing Championships being held in Scotland for the first time, Sarah Mack turns over turf to uncover treasure, and Nick Nairn has more tips and recipes to create the perfect summer barbecue.

Episode 9

Dougie Vipond visits the Borders on horseback to take part in the Hawick Common Riding and Nick Nairn has more tips and recipes for the barbecue season.

Episode 10

Dougie Vipond goes on patrol with the water bailiffs of the River Tay as they try to crack down on a rise in salmon poaching. Euan McIlwraith heads for the Isles on a seaplane and Nick Nairn has a hot recipe for a barbecue pudding.

Episode 11

Dougie Vipond and the team are at Ingliston near Edinburgh for the highlight of the countryside calendar - the Royal Highland Show 2009. Over four days 160,000 people will visit the showground. The Landward team have all the news, views, sights and sounds from the week when the country comes to town!

Episode 12

Dougie Vipond and the team are back with Scotland's countryside magazine. Over the next four months Landward will take you on a journey through Scotland's landscape to bring you the best in food, farming, wildlife, environment and leisure.

Episode 13

Scotland's farming and countryside programme. Dougie Vipond goes on the beat to learn about life as a rural special constable. Euan McIlwraith is on the gallops as a leading Scottish trainer prepares his horse for the prestigious Ayr Gold Cup, and Nick Nairn continues his series looking at the achievements and challenges facing Scotland's fishing industry.

Episode 14

Dougie Vipond is in Lewis to hear about the impact of cheap ferry travel on the tourist season. Euan McIlwraith spends a day at the races as top Scottish trainer. Jim Goldie saddles his horses for the Ayr Gold Cup, and Nick Nairn is in foodie heaven as he forages at Peterhead fish market. Plus a five-day weather forecast.

Episode 15

Dougie Vipond presents Scotland's countryside magazine.

In this edition, Dougie meets a Lewis crofter making a living from his herd of pedigree Highland cattle. Landowners and gamekeepers reveal their concerns about new deer culling rules and Nick Nairn continues his investigation into the health of the Scottish fishing industry.

Episode 16

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond is in Arran to meet the transatlantic chef behind a herb-growing business. He also finds out why Scottish varieties of apples are set to make a comeback, and Euan McIwraith enrols on a survival skills course in the wilds of Aberdeenshire.

Episode 17

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond goes hunting, shooting and fishing as he takes on the McNab challenge. Euan McIlwraith is in Orkney to meet fishermen behind a lobster farming venture, and wildlife cameraman Philip Lovel is in Skye to track down the secretive otter.

Episode 18

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond is in Scrabster to uncover the secrets behind Scotland's top seafood restaurant. Nick Nairn looks at the history of Scottish cooking, and wildlife cameraman Philip Lovel attempts to film salmon in flight.

Episode 19

Scotland's countryside magazine show. Dougie Vipond finds out why Scotland's sheep farmers are not happy about the new tagging rules. Sarah Mack visits one of Scotland's first micro-distilleries. And Euan McIlwraith is in Orkney to tell the story of the islands' wartime defences.

Episode 20

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond investigates whether our countryside is becoming cluttered with too many road signs. Nick Nairn continues his journey through the pages of Scotland's culinary history, and wildlife cameraman Philip Lovel goes in search of an extremely rare white deer hind.

Episode 21

Scotland's countryside magazine. Dougie Vipond visits the Dutch village with no traffic signs and asks if Scotland should take a similar approach. Nick Nairn concludes his culinary journey through Scotland's history.

Episode 22

Scotland's countryside magazine.

Dougie Vipond looks at the work of the Northern Lighthouse Board and Sarah Mack meets the landscape artist who is transforming a former open cast mine into a leisure space.

Scotland's countryside magazine.

Sarah takes part in a choclate making class with some festive boxes, while Euan follows the journey of the famous Edinburgh Christmas tree from felling in the forest to the switch-on of lights as it forms the centre piece of the capital's winter celebrations.

Landward is a long-running Scottish television programme focusing on agricultural and rural issues, produced and broadcast by BBC Scotland.

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