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BBC Two 2002 1 season 10 eps Ended

Ray Mears' Country Tracks

2002 1 season 10 eps

Season 1

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Season 1

10 min

S1 · E1 Sep 10, 2002

Building a Makeshift Rucksack Episode 1

Ray dispenses knowledge on building a makeshift rucksack from natural materials such as nettle string, and advises on navigating in woods.

10 min

S1 · E2 Sep 12, 2002

How to Harvest Food from a Hedgerow Episode 2

Ray demonstrates his skills as he dispenses knowledge on how to harvest free food from a hedgerow, including fungal 'chickens' and pignuts.

10 min

S1 · E3 Sep 17, 2002

Lighting Fires Safely in the Wild Episode 3

Ray demonstrates essential skills for survival in the wild, including a reliable method of lighting fires safely and efficiently without the aid of matches or lighter fuel.

10 min

S1 · E4 Sep 24, 2002

Natural First Aid Treatments Episode 4

Ray demonstrates his knowledge of natural first aid treatments, ranging from headache cures to bandages.

10 min

S1 · E5 Oct 1, 2002

Fire Harden a Digging Stick Episode 5

Ray makes a sip well, fire-hardens a digging stick, makes a bushman ostrich omelette, and goes coke can fishing. Lindsay Cannon looks at caves in the Peak District.

10 min

S1 · E6 Oct 4, 2002

Building Snow Holes in the Cairngorms Episode 6

Ray builds snow holes in the Cairngorms, while Lindsay Cannon goes sand yachting in Kidwelly.

10 min

S1 · E7 Oct 8, 2002

How to Make Woodman's Tea Episode 7

Ray demonstrates his skills as he explains how to use the versatile birch tree to make a refreshing sugary drink called woodman's tea, and Lindsay Cannon enjoys a spot of mud-sliding.

10 min

S1 · E8 Oct 11, 2002

How to Light a Life-Saving Fire Episode 8

Ray demonstrates how a stick, some moss and a bootlace can be used to light a life-saving fire, while Guy Lindley-Adams revisits his childhood with a walk along south-east England's chalk cliffs.

10 min

S1 · E9 Oct 15, 2002

Building a Woodland Shelter Episode 9

Ray demonstrates his skills as he builds a woodland shelter complete with natural insulation and a bed made from a pile of twigs, and Lindsay Cannon goes 'island bagging' off the Scottish coast.

10 min

S1 · E10 Oct 29, 2002

How to Cook Rabbit and Purify Water Episode 10

Ray demonstrates his skills by cooking fresh rabbit in an earth pit and purifying water with a filter made from charcoal and sphagnum moss.

10 episodes in Season 1

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This show is series of re-edited short episodes from the Tracks (1994) and Country Tracks (1998) series. It introduces various outdoor skills, bushcraft and countryside cunning with survival expert Ray Mears.

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Cast

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Ray Mears

Self - Presenter

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Total runtime 1h 40m · Episode length 10 min · Country United Kingdom

Show info

Premiered

September 10, 2002

Final episode

October 29, 2002

Status

Ended

Network

BBC Two

Country

United Kingdom

Type

Scripted

Episode length

10 min

Total runtime

1h 40m

Original language

English

Languages

Spoken on screen

English

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