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 Big Cat Diary 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 National Trust tenant farmer In Economics at New 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.

Ray Mears (top) and Matthew Oates BBC Countryfile Live National Trust Theatre Saturday 5 August

16.00-16.45 17.15-18.00 Wildlife’s Climate Change Mike Dilger’s Wild Guide to Nature Presenting John Hammond has regularly appeared on BBC The One Show’s Mike Dilger is one of TV’s best-known Countryfile, not just to present the weather but also to wildlife presenters. He has birded, botanised and even show how our climate affects the British Countryside. He entomologised all over the world, from here in the UK to will be joined on stage by David Bullock, the Head of Southeast Asia. His books include Nightingales in Nature Conservation for the National Trust. Together they’ll November, R Mike will talk about where his love of nature deliver a fascinating and often startling view of the impact came from and the challenges that go with being a wildlife that climate change could have on the UK’s wildlife during presenter who is literally up-for-anything. this century. Find out how he picked up the title of ‘Britain’s most You will hear how some animals face a desperate battle for diseased man’, learn a few bird calls, then sit back and survival, while others may actually flourish as weather enjoy an insightful and hilarious guide to one of the patterns change. Plus we’ll discover that when it comes to trickiest jobs in television SPB Wildlife in Your Garden and coping with a changing climate, it could be humans rather Wild Town. than wildlife that face the biggest challenge.

18.30-19.30 Concert Soundscapes – music inspired by nature For a perfect end to a brilliant day, why not relax and reflect listening to some of our favourite music that has been inspired by nature?

Join soprano Susanne Mecklenburg, pianist William Hancox and violist Judith Busbridge in a musical celebration of nature including some of the best-loved works by Haydn, Britten, Bridge, Vaughan Williams, Walton, Granados and Poulenc.