Matt meets a family whose generations have been drawn back to Northern Ireland's most northerly tip to spend their days combining a love of native breed horses and of their homeland. Matt also heads to Falkirk to meet the people dedicated to caring for two of Scotland's manmade wonders, the 100-feet-high Kelpies and the Falkirk Wheel - the world's only rotating boat lift.

Matt Baker explores the Ffestiniog hills of north Wales's World Heritage Landscape, meeting a man who has committed his working life to the future of the world's oldest independent railway company. Then, in the Dumfries and Galloway countryside, he meets a self-taught food pioneer who grows mushrooms that are sought after by Michelin-star chefs worldwide.

In this first episode, he heads to Kent to meet the Englishman teaming up with one of the world's most prestigious champagne houses to realise a dream of making the first true Anglo-French sparkling wine. In the Highlands, Matt meets two ex-farmers whose lives are entwined with the village of Crathie's church.