A special programme in which the Countrywise team of Paul Heiney, Liz Bonnin and Ben Fogle go in search of countryside virtually untouched by man. From the frozen mountains of the Cairngorms, to the raging North Cornish coast, much of which nature has reclaimed as its own.

Ben climbs a mountain in the Lake District with a man whose job it is to battle the elements every day. Paul experiences the peak district by glider. Liz travels to Cambridgeshire witnessing the incredible sight of thousands of swans as they migrate to avoid the Russian winter.