Join the Countryfile team as they come together to celebrate the quintessential rural beauty of Britain: Adam Henson is on his farm in the throes of the harvest season, Helen Skelton is in the Lake District, enjoying some of her favourite childhood activities, Ellie Harrison gets to grips with managing her Cotswold orchard, Matt Baker nets a Spring catch in Southport and John Craven is on the summer seas, hoping for a glimpse of one of our most mysterious marine creatures. Also includes an exclusive full length programme the 25th Anniversary episode as Countryfile celebrates its silver jubilee by throwing a party in the form of a traditional country summer fayre.

In the historic kingdom of Fife, Matt Baker explores Tentsmuir forest, a haven for wildlife where the artist in residence has set up a virtual trail so that any visitor is guaranteed to see badgers, otters and other animals which make their home in the forest. Helen Skelton is at Falkland Palace which was once the playground of royalty in the 16th century. Mary Queen of Scots would once have gone hunting and hawking there and the oldest surviving real tennis court is still seeing some action - not least when Helen takes on Mary in a singles match. Tom Heap is across the Irish Sea investigating one of the most controversial issues in the countryside, culling badgers. The cull in England to reduce the spread to bovine TB may be new but in Ireland they've been doing it for years.

Julia Bradbury is at Burnham Beeches on the hunt for giant wood ants with an unusual defence mechanism which lead to the discovery of formic acid.

Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury are in the county of Hampshire investigating Britain's naval history and heroism, with the story of the cockleshell heroes.

John Craven is on a literary journey in the village of Helpston, while Tom Heap investigates the role of the countryside as a playground.

Ellie Harrison examines Newmarket's equine heritage, and John Craven visits Ely Cathedral.

The Countryfile team explore the people, places and stories making news in the British countryside. This episode explores the county of Northamptonshire

In this special edition of Countryfile, John Craven visits the Lake District - England's biggest national park. Whilst he is journeying in style, John looks back at some of the best stories to have featured cars, boats and bikes on Countryfile.

Countryfile is been given unprecedented access to the Queen’s Balmoral estate. Matt Baker opens the programme at Glamis Castle, the family home of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother. It is where HM the Queen spent many happy childhood holidays. It is also where her love of the countryside was born, and as Matt finds out it is where she and her family explored the nearby countryside in all weathers. Ellie Harrison explores the woodland on the Balmoral estate and sees how conservation projects introduced by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are encouraging wildlife. Anita Rani is on the Western Isles, where the royal family would travel on board the royal yacht Britannia before it was decommissioned. Anita alights on the Isle of Ghiga where the Queen once made an unannounced visit which the locals still remember today.

Matt Baker and the team commemorate the Queen’s lifelong passion for the countryside, the little girl who said her ambition was to marry a farmer. A countrywoman at heart, her love of all things rural is explored on the Windsor estate. From beekeeping to how she helped to save the Cleveland Bay, championing ancient trees – including one reckoned to date back to King Offa – pioneering hydropower, creating vineyards and wetland habitats, Matt Baker, Adam Henson, John Craven, Anita Rani and Sean Fletcher reveal how the Queen embraced the past but always looked to the future.