Season 2 Trailer

A first chance to hear some extracts from Season 2 of Folk on Foot. This time we'll be walking with: Jon Boden in the Loxley Valley; Seth Lakeman on Dartmoor; Kerry Andrew at the Brockwell Lido; Fisherman’s Friends in Port Isaac; Stick in the Wheel on th...

Bonus Episode: Six Songs from Season 1

Featuring: Eliza Carthy and Family: “Some Old Salty”;  Steve Knightley: “The Dive”;  Cara Dillon and Sam Lakeman: “The Leaving Song”;  The Young’uns: “The Hartlepool Pedlar”; Sam Lee: “The Birds in the Spring”; Karine Polwart: “T...

Cara Dillon in Dungiven

The multi award winning singer Cara Dillon and her husband and musical collaborator Sam Lakeman take Matthew on a walk through the countryside around the Northern Irish town of Dungiven where she was born and brought up. Standing on an iron bridge over the...

Steve Knightley on the Exe Trail

Steve Knightley of Show of Hands has been described as “a gravel voiced spokesman for the rural poor”. Many of the songs he writes are inspired by the working people he meets in and around his home town of Topsham in Devon. Steve takes Matthew on a wa...

Eliza Carthy (and Family) in Robin Hood's Bay

Eliza Carthy inherited her love of English music from her famous folk singing parents, Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson. Norma recently suffered a serious illness and Eliza moved back to the family home in the North Yorkshire fishing village of Robin Hood�...

Sam Lee singing with Nightingales in Sussex

Mercury music prize nominee Sam Lee is a folk singer, a countryman and an impresario. In this episode of Folk on Foot he invites Matthew to join him in a Sussex wood in the middle of the night as he leads a group of people on a silent walk to hear him sing...

Karine Polwart at Fala Moor

Karine Polwart’s solo theatre piece “Wind Resistance” and album “A Pocket of Wind Resistance” were inspired by Fala Moor near her home in Midlothian just south of Edinburgh. She takes Matthew for a walk across the Moor which is a haven for wildli...

The Young'uns in Hartlepool

The Young’uns are three award winning troubadours from Teeside. Sean Cooney, David Eagle and Michael Hughes take Matthew Bannister on a walk round the historic headland of Hartlepool where Sean used to live in a shed in his parents’ back garden. Along ...

Season 1 Trailer

A taster of what is coming up in our first season of Folk on Foot. You'll hear extracts from Karine Polwart on Fala Moor, the Young'uns in Hartlepool and Steve Knightley on the Exe Trail. More details at folkonfoot.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

S1 Ep28: Paul Rose on his South West Coast Path TV series, Mary-Ann Ochota on her new book and Gary Holpin on his SWCP book.

Andrew White talks to writer Gary Holpin about his South West Coast Path book, presenter & writer Mary-Ann Ochota chats about her book "Hidden Histories - A Spotter's Guide to the British Landscape" and explorer Paul Rose talks about his new TV series ...

S1 Ep27: Interviews from Crufts 2015, Monty Halls' coastal walks, The Ramblers' Benedict Southworth on the England Coast Path and Bill Bailey on lungworm

Andrew White visits Crufts 2015, TV broadcaster Monty Halls describes his favourite coastal walks with his dog Reuben, The Ramblers' Benedict Southworth chats about the England Coast Path and comedian Bill Bailey explains about lungworm. The Walks Around ...

S1 Ep26: Ramblers Scotland smartphone app, 10 years of BBC Two's Coast and Paul Rose on the Pennine Way

Andrew White talks to Ramblers Scotland about an app for non-walkers, the 10th anniversary of BBC Two's Coast and adventurer Paul Rose on his series about the Pennine Way. The Walks Around Britain podcast is presented by Andrew White. For more inform...

S1 Ep25: Wildcamping with Mark Gilligan and Julia Bradbury on family camping and walking

Photographer Mark Gilligan on first first wild camp in the Lake District and TV presenter Julia Bradbury talks to Andrew White about Wainwright Walks, family camping and her role as president of the Camping and Caravanning Club. The Walks Around Britain...

S1 Ep24: Walking the Pennine Way and repairing the moorlands of the Peak District and the South Pennines

Andrew White talks to walker Rose Hakin and writer Damian Hall about their experiences of the Pennine Way and Andrew discovers the work being done to repair the moorlands of the Peak District and the South Pennines. The Walks Around Britain podcast is p...

S1 Ep23: Coast and Coast Australia

Andrew White has a special edition dedicated to the popular long-running series Coast. Emma Johnston joins Andrew from Sydney to talk about Coast Australia and Steve Evanson, the series editor of Coast, talks about the new ninth series of the original UK v...

S1 Ep22: An interview with Terry Abraham

A longer version of Andrew White's interview with film-maker Terry Abraham upon the world première of his latest film "Life of a Mountain : Scafell Pike" The Walks Around Britain podcast is presented by Andrew White. For more information, visit the Wa...

S1 Ep21: Countryfile Magazine Awards

Andrew White has an in-depth look at the winners of the Countryfile Magazine Awards with the editor of Countryfile Magazine, Fergus Collins. The Walks Around Britain podcast is presented by Andrew White. For more information, visit the Walks Around B...

S1 Ep20: Exmoor Moor Rover bus, Discovering the Eden Valley and Terry Abraham on filming the Scafells

Andrew White discovers how to see more of the Moor in Exmoor with the Moor Rover, we discover more of the delights of the Eden Valley and film-maker Terry Abraham tells us about filming in the Lake District. The Walks Around Britain podcast is presented b...

S1 Ep19: Isle of Man Walking Festival, The Ladybird Guide to GPS and Alan Hinkes on his new book

Andrew White chats to Sue Dennis about the Isle of Man Walking Festival and her business Lots of Legs Walking Holidays, we have a Ladybird Guide to GPS with Alex MacDonald and Alan Hinkes pops in for a chat about his new book about his 14 8000m climbs. Th...

S1 Ep18: Walking along the Caledonian Canal, 100 years of HF Holidays and Jim Dixon on the Peak District National Park

Andrew White discovers the great walking along the Caledonian Canal in Scotland; we talk to Steve Backhouse about the centenary of HF Holidays and the Chief Executive of the Peak District National Park Jim Dixon talks about the Monsal Trail and the challen...