Countryfile

Christmas Special (26x51)

:

It's Christmas and the Countryfile team have all made a pledge to meet up at the famous Christmas market in Bath. But before they do they're out and about. Ellie's on a farm gathering holly and ivy and meeting the artist who designed this year's Christmas stamps. She then experiences Christmas Georgian-style, making old-fashioned mince pies in a period kitchen. Adam's in the fields with foreign seasonal workers, before sitting down to a traditional eastern European Christmas feast. John gets his hands on the first ever Christmas cards and discovers that it was the Victorians who gave us another staple of Christmas - the cracker. Weatherman John Hammond tells us all about how snow is formed. Matt Baker's at the market learning about its history and trying his hand on a few stalls. Once the rest of the team arrives with their gifts, Matt leads them and the crowd in a rendition of one of our best-loved Christmas tunes. While the rest of us are relaxing, for some Christmas is the busiest time of year. Tom Heap meets a rural rector who looks after ten different parishes to find out how he copes. Tom also asks whether communities in the countryside lose out when they have to share their vicar.