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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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Show overview

The Plodcast has been publishing since 2010, and across the 16 years since has built a catalogue of 695 episodes, alongside 112 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 390 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 80 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 105 episodes published. Published by Immediate Media.

Episodes
695
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

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371. Finding healing wild plants on a walk with herbalist Brigit Anna MacNeill

Oct 6, 20261h 7m

Sound Escape 293. Finding peace and gentle stream in a mountain cleft

Oct 2, 202615 min

370. Enjoy a deep and soothing connection with wild plants, with forager and botanist Robin Harford

Sep 29, 20261h 3m

Sound Escape 292. Be soothed and teased by the waters of the Witch's Pool

Sep 25, 202614 min

369. Learn how foraging can improve our bodies and minds on a wild wander in Herefordshire with Liz Knight

Sep 22, 202655 min

Sound Escape 291. The soft sounds of an autumn woodland walk

Sep 18, 202617 min

368. Rewilding head, heart and landscape at the Sharpham Estate in Devon

Sep 15, 20261h 12m

Sound Escape 290. Soothing rain falling in a thirsty wood - and a marsh tit sings

Sep 11, 202611 min

367. A quest to find King Arthur with historian Amy Jeffs

Sep 8, 20261h 1m

Sound Escape 289. Enjoy the song of the sea on the island of Sark

Sep 4, 202615 min

366. Harvesting walnuts with the Bishop of Bath and Wells in the Somerset Levels

Sep 1, 202657 min

Sound Escape 288. Join the crowds in Bristol witnessing 2026's the solar eclipse

Aug 28, 202614 min

365. A quest to explore the wildlife of the River Thames with writer and naturalist Stephen Rutt

Aug 25, 202656 min

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
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