Countryfile (1988– ) User Reviews (8)

Interesting Sunday mornimg rural affairs magazine programme

[chris_gaskin123 · 21 July 2004]

Countryfile is one of the better programmes than are shown on Sunday Mornings.

Each show has reports on rural issues including farming, wildlife, rural transport(especially railways) and a viewers' video diary. You also get the weather forecast for the week ahead. Sometimes, we see reports about other countries' rural affairs.

Countryfile is hosted by former Newsround presenter John Craven. Other presenters include Ben Fogle and Michaela Strachan.

Watching this is a nice way to spend half an hour on a Sunday morning, although some programmes now last an hour.

A necessity - reminds you what is important

[timothy-price-794-581328 · 10/10 · 5 October 2021]

I really can't believe Countryfile gets an overall poor review - can only imagine those that love it (and there are many) aren't the 'type' to leave reviews, while those that do really aren't interested in our Countryside?

It concentrates on the so-important issues in our Countryside, and farming communities - the health and welfare of animals, habitat and the people who live in and support what makes our Country special. While showing the beauty of our U. K., with engaging presenters. What's not to love.

Truly essential viewing for what is truly important in our Country....

Yet More Woke BBC Nonsense

[paddy-360-460932 · 1/10 · 4 July 2021]

Yet more woke propaganda from the BBC. Save your money and cancel your BBC license!

Typical BBC rubbish

[Impman2 · 1/10 · 3 October 2021]

Metropolitan, woke view of the countryside.

Constantly taking every opportunity to bash Brexit.

Dull and politically motivated

[jkeen-05004 · 1/10 · 14 May 2023]

Sorry, this is another BBC programme that has become unwatchable. Not representative of the reality of the British countryside or the vast majority of the population who live there. The agenda is clear and the stories are shaped around it, the annual calendar campaign is a bore-fest, by all means raise money for a good cause but make it specific / relevant to the subject of the show and come up with a creative idea!!! Not sure how long the BBC believes it can continue to drive the narrative regardless of what viewers actually think.

Real shame as some of this programme used to be informative . I'm really struggling to find BBC shows that I actually want to watch, would trade my license for an alternative subscription if I could.

child-like view on country pass-times and lifestyles.

[stuff-242-168276 · 1/10 · 18 December 2011]

This program is laughed at within the UK for it's innocent view on agriculture and country lifestyle with deliberate omission of contentious and informative facts.

There are little or no details on EU subsidies, finances of farmers, practises of husbandry, and land ownership.

Issues such as factory farming, social isolation and suicide, the relation between supermarkets, the economy and initial farming provision, rural racism, disease control and fox hunting are given a wide birth.

What might be an informative conduit between TV viewing city folk tax payers and the countryside is wasted on distractive and cute optimistic individual scenarios.

Classic Sunday morning viewing for city people with a hangover who engage with the nostalgic frisson towards the main presenter.

Famous in the UK for his sanitised and wooden style of presenting a young persons news program in the 80's called "John Cravens News Round".

Now he is continuing to sanitise and uninfrom, then grow old, like some bland antipathies to Sir David Attenborough.

John Craven, an entirely professional presenter who kept his head down professionally and was rewarded with this pensionable program continues to uniform.

Boring

[ronbell-23984 · 1/10 · 6 January 2019]

No idea how this show is still going, it's boring, just dull.

If you want to fall into a coma, watch this terribly boring show.

Too political

[gav-52188 · 1/10 · 7 May 2023]

This was an excellent program which I watched religiously for many years but has become so political. The focus has moved from issues affected the countryside to political issues with the usual BBC biased spin on things. Very disappointing a real shame as there are some great presenters.

Please return to the original agenda of farming and nature issues, not immigration etc. If I wanted to see those sort of issues I'd watch Question time or something similar. I do feel the BBC in general focus too much in their own preferred subject matter. Such a shame. Time to dispense with the licence fee in my option although many will disagree no doubt.