GLOUCESTERSHIRE will appear in this week’s Countryfile episode, the BBC show has revealed.

This week, Countryfile presenter John Craven will head to Gloucestershire’s Westonbirt Arboretum near Tetbury “to see it in all its autumnal glory”.

The BBC programme is known for its “reports on rural, agricultural and environmental issues in the UK” and it airs weekly on BBC One.

This is how you can watch the Gloucestershire episode and what to expect.

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Countryfile said: “John Craven visits Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, in Gloucestershire, to see it in all its autumnal glory. At this time of year, 2,500 different species of trees, from around the world, burst into a mosaic of colour.

“John finds out about the history of the arboretum’s autumn colour parties, which were celebrated in the Victorian period, and discovers why leaves change colour at this time of year.”

They added that John “meets the team saving the arboretum's older trees from the winter storms and plants a rare native Sorbus tree to help preserve the species for the future.”

That's not all though as “in celebration of the season” the programme will also look at “the Countryfile archives to revisit autumn stories from around the UK”.

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The programme is pre-filmed either one or two weeks in advance so the team won’t be at Westonbirt Arboretum while the show is televised.

You can watch Countryfile this weekend on Sunday, November 10, 2024, with this episode starting at 5.20pm on BBC One.

John Craven is the main presenter for this episode which viewers can also watch  on BBC iPlayer or catch up with missed episodes.