It’s been a staple of the TV schedules for the past few decades – but now Countryfile is about to get even bigger.
Yes, the BBC One Sunday night show – which has seen its viewing figures reach an all-time high in 2015 – is getting its own daytime spin-off show in 2016.
Countryfile Diaries, to give it its full name, the week-long series will follow the changing pattern of country life through the seasons – coinciding with the series’ seasonal specials.
Daytime controller Dan McGolpin said it would enable viewers to ‘further enjoy the full splendour and sheer variety of life in the British countryside… Read the full story