The Countryfile team have been filming on the Isle of Wight over the last week for a show to be broadcast on Sunday (16th October).
As well as filming at Carisbrooke Castle, on Ventnor Downs and in the Botanic Garden, the crew also visited Brading Roman Villa.
Chairman: Friends of Brading Roman Villa, David Reeves, told OnTheWight,
“Whilst helping to clean one of the mosaics, Countryfile host Anita Rani interviewed Jasmine Wroath (in the white top), the Museum’s curator, in charge of the thousands of artefacts and Roman mosaics at the Villa.”
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Here’s how the BBC are trailing the programme …
Carisbrooke Castle
Matt and Anita explore the Isle of Wight. Matt dons a harness and abseils down the walls of Carisbrooke Castle to help root out the overgrown ivy. He then heads to the castle’s well, the deepest on the Island, to meet Jack and Jill – the Carisbrooke donkeys.Ventnor Downs and Botanic Garden
Anita has her hands full on Ventnor Downs. It’s the day of the annual feral goat round-up, and Anita is joining the human chain of volunteers trying to catch the animals. She also visits the vineyard where the owner is growing red grapes – only possible because of the island’s mild climate.That mild climate has also made the Isle of Wight a great place for exotic plants. Naomi is at Ventnor Botanic Garden, where the backdrop is more like southern Europe than southern England.
Breeding deer
Adam meets the commercial deer owner looking to genetics to breed the best deer he can and, as supermarkets and catering companies pledge to put an end to eggs from caged chickens, Tom Heap asks if this victory for animal welfare is all it’s cracked up to be.
Tune in on Sunday 16th October from 18.15 to see the Isle of Wight feature.
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