Countryfile: Exe Estuary
12:05 am - 01:00 am, Tuesday, January 27 on BBC Two England (2)
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Exe Estuary
Season 2026, Episode 1
Charlotte Smith and Adam Henson meet communities working to protect Devon's Exe Estuary. Charlotte heads out on the water with the harbourmaster and meets a local birder who recently spotted a bird not seen in Devon since 1985, while Adam joins a team at a brand-new nature reserve, where dead wood is being used to boost biodiversity. Charlotte also investigates domestic abuse in rural communities, asking if the law is still failing victims in the countryside
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Charlotte Smith
(Presenter)
Adam Henson
(Presenter)
Becky Pratt
(Series producer)
Mark Beech
(Series editor)
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Charlotte Smith
(Presenter)
Adam Henson
(Presenter)
Best Known For:
Countryfile.
Early-life:
Adam was born in 1966 on the farm where he now works, Bemborough Farm near Guiting Power, Gloucestershire. He spent some time on the Chatsworth Estate before attending Seale-Hayne Agricultural College in Newton Abbot. After graduating, he spent a year travelling through Australia with his friend and later business partner Duncan Andrews. They worked on sheep and arable stations and a kiwi plantation in New Zealand before returning to Australia to plant tea in Queensland.
Career:
Henson's father started the Cotswold Farm Park that he now runs with Andrews. It attracts more than 70,000 visitors a year. Henson made the move to TV in 2001 when he began presenting on Countryfile. Since then, he has worked on Countryfile Summer Diaries, Inside Out, Lambing Live and Radio 4's On Your Farm and Farming Today. In 2013, he worked with culinary writer Nigel Slater on Nigel and Adam's Farm Kitchen. Slater cooked fresh versions of supermarket favourites using produce grown by Henson.
Quote:
"There's not much chance of me becoming a media darling when I have to come back (to the farm) and muck out the pigs after filming!"
Trivia:
In his spare time, Henson enjoys shopping for clothes.
Becky Pratt
(Series producer)
Mark Beech
(Series editor)
