# Countrywise

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{{Infobox television
| image              =
| caption            = 
| genre              = [Documentary](/source/Documentary)
| producer           = {{ubl|Mark Challender|Ian Griffiths}}
| runtime            = 30–60 minutes (inc. adverts)
| presenter          = {{nowrap|[Ben Fogle](/source/Ben_Fogle) <small>(2013—16)</small><br>[Liz Bonnin](/source/Liz_Bonnin) <small>(2013—16)</small><br>[Paul Heiney](/source/Paul_Heiney) <small>(2009–2016)</small><br>Mike Robinson <small>(''Kitchen'' series)</small>}}
| starring           = 
| country            = United Kingdom
| language           = English
| network            = [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network))
| first_aired        = {{Start date|2009|03|12|df=yes}}
| last_aired         = {{End date|2016|12|22|df=yes}}
| num_series         = {{ubl|6 <small>(Regular series)</small>|4 <small>(''Kitchen'' series)</small>}}
| num_episodes       = {{ubl|92 <small>(Regular episodes)</small>|24 <small>(''Kitchen'' episodes)</small>|5 <small>(Specials)</small>}}
| company            = [ITV Studios](/source/ITV_Studios)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shiver.tv/shiver-gets-countrywise/|title=Shiver Gets Countrywise – Shiver|access-date=2 June 2014|archive-date=27 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727183044/http://www.shiver.tv/shiver-gets-countrywise/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| executive_producer = Mark Scantlebury
| related            = ''[Countryfile](/source/Countryfile)'' 
}}
'''''Countrywise''''' (known as '''''Countrywise: Guide to Britain''''' since 2016) is a British television series on [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)), which looks at the best of Britain's coast and country. The programme is currently presented by [Ben Fogle](/source/Ben_Fogle) and [Liz Bonnin](/source/Liz_Bonnin).

==Format==
Classical historian [Bettany Hughes](/source/Bettany_Hughes) formerly appeared on the programme, and was introduced as the "Countrywise historian".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bettanyhughes.co.uk/countrywise |title=Countrywise - Bettany Hughes |access-date=2 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630064707/http://www.bettanyhughes.co.uk/countrywise |archive-date=30 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The fourth series of the programme began broadcast on 25 June 2012, when it came from the [Isle of Man](/source/Isle_of_Man) and mentioned the [Manx cat](/source/Manx_cat). A more recent edition of the programme has come from [Ireland](/source/Ireland). This edition of the programme mentioned how the newest member of the ''Countrywise'' team has been the programme's scientist, [Charlotte Uhlenbroek](/source/Charlotte_Uhlenbroek), who discussed [Finn MacCool](/source/Finn_MacCool) when the programme was in [Ireland](/source/Ireland).

In late July 2012, the programme was broadcast in [Pembrokeshire](/source/Pembrokeshire), [Wales](/source/Wales), where it visited the smallest city in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom), that of [St. Davids](/source/St._Davids).

===2013 return===
The show returned on 2 September 2013 with presenter [Paul Heiney](/source/Paul_Heiney) and two new co-hosts, [Ben Fogle](/source/Ben_Fogle) and [Liz Bonnin](/source/Liz_Bonnin). The same format continued for the sixth and seventh series in 2014 and 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/ben-fogle-liz-bonnin-and-paul-heiney-lace-their-boots-they-get-countrywise|title=Ben Fogle, Liz Bonnin and Paul Heiney lace up their boots as they get Countrywise}}</ref> [Paul Heiney](/source/Paul_Heiney) did not return to the show for the eighth series in 2016. Bonnin and Fogle now present ''Countrywise''.

Since 2016, the show has been renamed ''Countrywise: Guide to Britain''.

==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Series !! Start date !! End date !! Episodes
|-
| 1 || 12 March 2009 || 30 December 2009 || 36
|-
| 2 || 29 March 2010 || 4 October 2010 || 26
|-
| 3 || 5 April 2011 || 5 July 2011 || 12
|-
| 4 || 25 June 2012 || 27 August 2012 || 10
|-
| 5 || 2 September 2013 || 21 October 2013 || 8
|- 
| 6 || 27 October 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week44/countrywise|title=Countrywise Episode 1}}</ref> || 29 December 2014 || 8
|-
| 7 || 19 October 2015 || 28 December 2015 || 8
|-
| 8 || 9 September 2016 || 22 December 2016 || 15
|-
|}

===Specials===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Special !! Original Air Date 
|-
| ''Countrywise at War'' || 11 September 2010 
|-
| ''Countrywise: Christmas Special'' || 22 December 2010    
|-
| ''Countrywise: The Real [Downton Abbey](/source/Downton_Abbey)'' || 18 September 2011 
|-
| ''Countrywise: Jubilee Special'' || 29 May 2012 
|-
| ''Countrywise: Winter Wonderland'' || 25 December 2015
|-
| ''Countrywise: Secret Wild Places'' || 17 August 2016
|-
|}

==On-air team==
===Main presenters===
*[Paul Heiney](/source/Paul_Heiney) (2009–2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itvmedia.co.uk/countrywise-itv|title=ITV Media – Countrywise|access-date=2 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203232126/http://www.itvmedia.co.uk/countrywise-itv|archive-date=3 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[Ben Fogle](/source/Ben_Fogle) (2013—2016)
*[Liz Bonnin](/source/Liz_Bonnin) (2013—2016)

===Reporters===
*[Bettany Hughes](/source/Bettany_Hughes) (formerly)
*[Charlotte Uhlenbroek](/source/Charlotte_Uhlenbroek) (formerly)

===''Countrywise Kitchen'' presenters===
*[Paul Heiney](/source/Paul_Heiney)
*Mike Robinson

===''Countrywise Kitchen''===
''Countrywise'' launched a new series in December 2010 called ''Countrywise Kitchen'', about foraging for food and food connected with different parts of the country. The edition broadcast on 10 December 2010 mentioned gathering [mushrooms](/source/mushrooms), and mentioned the [cep](/source/Boletus_edulis) mushroom.

It was a spin-off from the regular series and was co-presented by [Paul Heiney](/source/Paul_Heiney) and Mike Robinson between 2010 and 2012.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Series !! Start date !! End date !! Episodes
|-
| 1 || 3 December 2010 || 20 December 2010 || 5
|-
| 2 || 11 July 2011 || 29 August 2011 || 8
|-
| 3 || 12 December 2011 || 28 December 2011 || 3
|- 
| 4 || 13 March 2012 || 15 May 2012 || 8
|-  
|}

==See also==
*[Countryfile](/source/Countryfile)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=1403966|title=Countrywise}}
*[https://twitter.com/ITVCountrywise Official Twitter]

Category:2009 British television series debuts
Category:2016 British television series endings
Category:2010s British television series
Category:English-language British television shows
Category:ITV documentaries
Category:Television series by ITV Studios

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