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Japanese Knotweed cooking
Julia cooks up a storm with an unusual dish made of knotweed.
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Knotweed
Japanese Knotweed was originally brought into the country as an ornamental plant, but it is now the number one invasive species in the UK and can grow an astonishing 10cm in a day. Julia Bradbury meets three people determined to tackle the menace, with three very different methods, including making knotweed into a meal.
Advice on Japanese Knotweed from the Environment Agency -
Kayaking through the caves
Matt explores Cornish sea caves in a kayak - the only way to observe some of their stunning interiors.
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Kayaking
Cornwall’s stunning coastal landscape is the subject of many a painting, but Sarah Adams – a self-confessed claustrophobic artist – likes to go that bit further. She paints the largely unseen natural beauty of the insides of Cornish caves. We challenge Matt Baker to unleash more of his artistic talents by joining Sarah on a painting mission inside a cave, but the only way to get there is by kayak.
The National Trust- Cornwall’s coastal highlights -
Julia's clifftop walk
Julia shows us the breathtaking views from the South West Coast Path.
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South West Coast Path
Cornwall’s tin mining industry may now be almost extinct, but its impact on the coastal landscape is still very much present. Julia Bradbury walks part of the stunning South West Coast Path from Botallack to the Minack Theatre, meeting the local people and discovering more about their history. The breathtaking views combine Victorian industrialisation with the rugged Cornish cliffs.
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Matt at the Minack
Matt's acting skills are put to the test in this unique open-air theatre which is carved out of the cliffs.
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Food Price Speculation
This week John investigates why the prices of some of our most basic foodstuffs have reached an all-time high. Global weather events, the economic climate and our increasing demand for food all have a part to play in pushing up prices of wheat and other commodities, but are the price rises also caused by speculators in The City? John visits a farmer who has already sold his future wheat harvest in order to make the most of the good prices – this is before the seeds have even gone into the ground. He then heads to London to see whether traders buying and selling wheat on the futures market is pushing up prices.
Food prices - the Food and Agriculture Organisation -
Goats
Katie meets some unlikely helpers who'll be working to reveal our lost maritime history.
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Goats
Katie Knapman heads off to Priddys Hard in Hampshire to discover why a former naval base has been lost under forty years of scrub. She joins staff and volunteers from the Museum of Maritime History, along with a shipment of goats. The herd's mission is to uncover the area's lost martime history by eating its way through the weeds.
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Adam's Farm
On his farm, Adam has more than a thousand sheep look after, of all breeds and sizes. At last the end of lambing season is in sight, but before a well earned rest there’s some important parenting for Adam to do. It proves to be a difficult task when his rare-breed ewe gets protective about her lamb and tries to prevent Adam from getting up close.
Credits
- Series Producer
- Teresa Bogan
- Presenter
- Julia Bradbury
- Presenter
- Matt Baker
- Presenter
- John Craven
- Presenter
- Katie Knapman
- Presenter
- Adam Henson
- Executive Producer
- Andrew Thorman
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