BBC Countryfile Live National Trust Theatre Saturday 5 August

11.00-11.45 12.15-13.15 An audience with…. Simon King The lunchtime debate: Simon King OBE talks about a love of wildlife No more handouts - should farming which began as a small boy in Africa and subsidies be scrapped after Brexit? blossomed into a television career that has taken Farmers get billions of pounds every year in European him around the world. Simon has been involved in subsidies. But would that money be better spent on some of the landmarks of wildlife documentary- making - from to Planet Earth. education, health or social care? Or are subsidies vital for producing cheap food, looking after the landscape He will talk about the challenges of filming animals and allowing British farmers to compete with producers and about his love of British wildlife – which has around the world? prompted him to create a nature reserve of his own. And there’s a chance to find out the one Guests debating this topic animal that he has always wanted to be. include Helen Ghosh, our Director General, George Dunn, Chief Executive of the Tenant Farmer’s Association, Minette Batters, Deputy President of the NFU and Dieter Helm, Official Fellow In Economics at New National Trust tenant farmer College, Oxford.

Simon King BBC Countryfile Live National Trust Theatre Saturday 5 August

13.45-14.30 An audience with…Ray Mears Ray Mears is a world authority on wilderness survival and a household name thanks to television series such as Tracks, World of Survival and Bushcraft.

This session offers a chance to discover where his love of the natural world came from, how he first started to develop his famous survival skills - in the North Downs of Southern England - and why he is so passionate about passing his knowledge on to others. Plus you may pick up some survival tips of your own!

15.00-15.30 The Butterfly Man National Trust nature specialist, Matthew Oates, has grown up with a passion for butterflies. There’s nothing he doesn’t know about these beautiful creatures – except for what the future holds.

He’ll give a lively and engaging talk on the challenges we face in caring for butterflies when they are threatened by climate change and the loss of natural habitats.

16.00-16.45 Ray Mears (top) and Matthew Oates Details coming soon BBC Countryfile Live National Trust Theatre Saturday 5 August

17.15-18.00 18.30-19.30 Mike Dilger’s Wild Guide to Nature Concert Presenting Soundscapes – music inspired by nature The One Show’s Mike Dilger is one of TV’s best- For a perfect end to a brilliant day, why not relax and known wildlife presenters. He has birded, botanised reflect listening to some of our favourite music that and even entomologised all over the world, from here has been inspired by nature? in the UK to Southeast Asia. His books include Nightingales in November, RSPB Wildlife in Your Join soprano Susanne Mecklenburg, pianist William Garden and Wild Town. Hancox and violist Judith Busbridge in a musical celebration of nature including some of the best-loved Mike will talk about where works by Haydn, Britten, Bridge, Vaughan Williams, his love of nature came Walton, Granados and Poulenc. from and the challenges that go with being a wildlife presenter who is literally up-for-anything.

Find out how he picked up the title of ‘Britain’s most diseased man’, learn a few bird calls, then sit back and enjoy an insightful and hilarious guide to one of the trickiest jobs in television. Mike Dilger View over Longshaw Burbage and Eastern Moors