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The Plodcast

The Plodcast

BBC Countryfile Magazine brings you The Plodcast - a weekly escape to the British countryside with fascinating guests and the wonders of the great outdoors.

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682 episodesEN

Show overview

The Plodcast has been publishing since 2010, and across the 16 years since has built a catalogue of 682 episodes, alongside 112 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 380 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 19th season.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 13 min and 53 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 67 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 105 episodes published. Published by Immediate Media.

Episodes
682
Running
2010–2026 · 16y
Median length
29 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

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

Latest Episodes

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Sound Escape 287. A blissful few moments beside a Welsh lake in high summer

Aug 21, 202618 min

364. A walk in Suffolk with award-winning writer Melissa Harrison discussing her new novel The Given World

Aug 18, 20261h 9m

Sound Escape 286. In a parched landscape, the generous river provides life and music

Aug 14, 202618 min

363. Learn about a plan to eradicate destructive, non-native predators

Aug 11, 202656 min

Sound Escape 285. Gentle breezes and summer melodies from a meadow in Sussex

Aug 7, 202619 min

362. Enjoy and evening with long-eared owls and a lazy day's fishing with writer Kevin Parr

Aug 4, 202643 min

Sound Escape 284. Hear the beautiful music of a mountain spring in a dry summer landscape

Jul 31, 202618 min

361. Discover the secret lives of our forgotten coastal communities with Natasha Carthew

Jul 28, 202656 min

Sound Escape 283. Lose track of time gazing into the watery seashore

Jul 24, 202615 min

360. Celebrate 100 years of Winnie the Pooh with new stories in 100 Acre Wood from Jane Riordan

Jul 21, 202654 min

Sound Escape 282. Immerse yourself in the manic action of a sand martin colony

Jul 17, 202620 min

359. Learn how to rewild yourself and your community with adventurer Alastair Humphreys

Jul 14, 202657 min

Sound Escape 281. Listen to whitethroats and kestrels beside the River Medway in Kent

Jul 10, 202614 min

358. Hear tales from the mill on a beautiful Hampshire chalkstream with Simon Cooper

Jul 7, 202655 min

Sound Escape 280. Gaze out across a coastal bay, rich with life

Jul 3, 202614 min

357. Enjoy a sea fishing adventure on the rocky coast of Dorset with Callum Harris

Jun 30, 202654 min

Sound Escape 279. Wander through a glistening woodland

Jun 26, 202614 min

356. Witness the amazing power of the outdoors - and rescue hens - to help disadvantaged children

Jun 23, 20261h 7m

Sound Escape 278. Wind down on a hazy Welsh clifftop

Jun 19, 202612 min

355. Head to the Hebridean island of Bute to meet naturalist and author Lucy Lapwing

Jun 16, 202658 min
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