FieldsportsChannel"s Podcast

15:53

How the BBC got it wrong with pheasants

FieldsportsChannel"s Podcast ·

2026/09/30

The BBC's scriptwriters gave Sir David Attenborough duff information on pheasants. The BBC's 2026 wildlife series Secret Garden claimed pheasants eat vast numbers of insects, reptiles and amphibians every day, with no evidence to back it up. The reverse is true. Best-practice gamebird releasing achieves a biodiversity gain, which is the subject of Game for Nature, a new report by GWCT. CEO Nick von Westenholz and director of advisory Roger Draycott discuss its findings with Charlie in the Carter

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15:39

How one council voted for hunting

FieldsportsChannel"s Podcast ·

2026/09/16

Warwickshire county councillor Scott Cameron (Restore Britain) successfully introduced, saw off opposition from the antis and had passed a motion supporting gamekeepers and farmers in the county. He came to the 2026 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to explain to Charlie how he did it. For more ways to listen, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast152 For Scott, visit X.com/CllrScottC

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18:13

How to fend off DEFRA

FieldsportsChannel"s Podcast ·

2026/09/09

Three more years. The Labour Government, with its massive majority, has until August 2029 to rebuild its relationship with the British countryside. Trailhunting bans, family farm tax, and Islington animal rights agends: we look at what it is likely to do and what we can do to fight back. Panel is Dr Marnie Lovejoy from BASC, who specialises in holding the government to account, and former DEFRA minister Sir Mark Spencer from Aim to Sustain. For more ways to listen, go

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12:15

Inside story: BASC's legal victory against Natural...

FieldsportsChannel"s Podcast ·

2026/09/09

BASC's top team discuss their recent High Court victory against Natural England and how their Fighting Fund can lead the battle for shooting. Chief executive Ian Bell and chairman Eoghan Cameron come to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2026 to say what a battle it was. For more ways to listen, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast150 For BASC, visit BASC.org.uk

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17:19

How Burnham rebuilds his relations with the countryside

FieldsportsChannel"s Podcast ·

2026/09/02

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP spells out how PM Andy Burnham should approach his dealings with the British countryside. He and BASC lobbyist Orlando Wind-Cowie are speaking to Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July. It's the inaugural Christopher Graffius memorial debate, in memory of Christopher, who was in charge of communications and public affairs at BASC for many years and who died earlier in 2026. For more ways to listen, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast149

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26:42

What will Burnham do to the English countryside?

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2026/08/19

Tim Bonner from the Countryside Alliance sets out his hopes and fears for the next three years of Labour rule over the English countryside. After the chaos of the Starmer premiership, what does rural England have to loo forward to? He talks to Charlie Jacoby in the 2026 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre. Click here for more ways to listen Click here for the Countryside Alliance

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14:19

2026 grouse prospects

FieldsportsChannel"s Podcast ·

2026/08/05

With the Gloirus Twelftth just around the corner, the GWCT gives its verdict on what the 2026 grouse-shooting season will be like. Speaking at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, GWCT director of Scotland Nick Hesford, senior advisor Scotland Felix Meister and upland ecologist Leah Cloonan talk about that plus the GWCT's upland flagship Maternal Grouse project. Red grouse have declined by 33% in recent years. With some moors producing consistent bags and others not shooting for several years, GWCT's

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15:52

Peak District wildfire fight

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2026/07/29

Richard Bailey from the Peak District Moorland Group calls the wildfires burning across Derbyshire a 'fire wave'. He speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the 2026 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre about what the Westminster government can do about it. Read and listen to the full story on Scribehound Find the Peak District Moorland Group on Facebook

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09:30

Uplands' bureaucratic fightback against DEFRA

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2026/07/29

Jo Pearson's job at the Moorland Association is to help upland estates fill out forms. These forms are applications for controlled burning licences from Natural England – and Jo knows that, if she fills out enough forms, DEFRA may get to hear about it, and may realise what a pointless exercise 'controlled burning' forms are. She speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the 2026 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre. Read and listen to the full story on Scribehound Visit MoorlandAssociation.org

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15:38

Westminster wildfire policy madness

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2026/07/29

Nobody is in charge of preventing wildfires. That's the charge Andrew Gilruth of the Moorland Association levels against the Westminster government. Successive government failings mean the fires we see raging in the UK's uplands can be stopped months in advance, if only there were the political will. He speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre. Read and listen to the full story on Scribehound Visit MoorlandAssociation.org

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19:03

Shadow DEFRA secretary supports hunting and shooting

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2026/07/29

Victoria Atkins MP and her front bench team come to the 2026 Game Fair to show Conservative support for shooting and hunting. The shadow DEFRA secretary speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre about where the Labour government is going wrong – and how the Tories made mistakes, too. For more ways to listen, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast143

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17:36

Wildlife filmmaker David Beach

FieldsportsChannel"s Podcast ·

2026/05/20

David Beach is a wildlife filmmaker. He comes to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2025 to talk about the difficulties that hunting tourism has presenting its case as the best way for funding conservation worldwide.

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15:22

How to run a high-tech shoot

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2026/05/13

Counting wildlife stops the government banning shooting. Roger Draycott from the GWCT, Jodie Case from Perdix Wildlife Supplies and Schöffel Working Conservationist Award-winning gamekeeper Rupert Brewer from the Bisterne estate explain how it works for them, and how the PerdixPro system works. Click here for more about PerdixPro Here for the GWCT And here for the Bisterne estate

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26:52

Nigel 'Mr Frostbite' Vardy re-learns to shoot

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2026/04/29

Nigel Vardy lost his fingers and his nose in an accident on Mt McKinley in 1999. Since then, he has refound his love of shooting – but re-learning to shoot has been a challenge. He tells his story. For more from Nigel, visit MrFrostbite.com For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast140

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21:34

Bill Blacker on the British gun trade

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2026/04/08

Doyen of the barrellers Bill Blacker is part of the beating heart of the British gun trade. He joines Charlie on the stage at the Carter Jones Game Fair Theatre to discuss his work and wider issues, such as how to cope with the forthcoming UK restrictions on lead shot. Visit BillBlacker.com

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16:03

Game Fair deerstalkers

FieldsportsChannel"s Podcast ·

2026/03/24

Every year, José Souto and Paul Childerley bring a roe carcase to the Game Fair and show how they break it down. They come to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to tell Charlie about how and why, plus they launch into the lead ammo debate and how supermarkets sell venison. Find José on Instagram and click here for Paul's website

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19:54

How to bring back bears and wolves

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2026/03/17

What's it like reintroducing a large predator to the wild? One person with firsthand experience is Maria Davidson, who manages the large carnivore programme for Safari Club International. She comes from the Louisiana Department of Fish and Wildlife, which has an impressive track record reintroducing black bears – as long as we can hunt them. She talks to Charlie Jacoby at the 2026 SCI Convention in Nashville. For SCI Foundation, go to https://safariclubfoundation.org/ For the black bear film, visit

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17:21

River Monsters' Jeremy Wade

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2026/02/11

River Monsters star Jeremy Wade comes to the 2025 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk to Charlie about rivers and fish. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to https://fieldsportschannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast136

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13:21

Future of the upland gamekeeper

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2025/12/17

Retired professor Simon Denny comes to the 2025 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk to Charlie about the future for upland gamekeepers. Simon Denny's report is at MoorlandAssociation.org/post/new-report-highlights-gamekeepers-crucial-role-in-wildfire-prevention-and-moorland-conservation For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast135

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09:49

Waterloo Cup slipper

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2025/11/19

The last slipper at the Waterloo Cup came to the Carer Jonas Game Fair Theatre in 2025, 20 years after the last meeting at Altcar in Cheshire. Arron Atmore tells Charlie Jacoby how Tony Blair's hunting ban has failed the hare, and how coursing is still thriving and still conserving hares in both Ireland and Pakistan, if not in England. For the Coursing Museum, go to TheCoursingMuseum.com For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast134

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