2026 grouse prospects
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With the Gloirus Twelftth just around the corner, the GWCT gives its verdict on what the 2026 grouse-shooting season will be like. Speaking at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, GWCT director of Scotland Nick Hesford, senior advisor Scotland Felix Meister and upland ecologist Leah Cloonan talk about that plus the GWCT’s upland flagship Maternal Grouse project. Red grouse have declined by 33% in recent years. With some moors producing consistent bags and others not shooting for several years, GWCT’s research team has set out to discover why. For more ways to listen, go to For the GWCT,...
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Peak District wildfire fight
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Richard Bailey from the Peak District Moorland Group calls the wildfires burning across Derbyshire a 'fire wave'. He speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the 2026 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre about what the Westminster government can do about it. Read and listen to the full story on Find the Peak District Moorland Group on
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Uplands' bureaucratic fightback against DEFRA
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Jo Pearson’s job at the Moorland Association is to help upland estates fill out forms. These forms are applications for controlled burning licences from Natural England – and Jo knows that, if she fills out enough forms, DEFRA may get to hear about it, and may realise what a pointless exercise ‘controlled burning’ forms are. She speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the 2026 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre. Read and listen to the full story on Visit
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Westminster wildfire policy madness
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Nobody is in charge of preventing wildfires. That’s the charge Andrew Gilruth of the Moorland Association levels against the Westminster government. Successive government failings mean the fires we see raging in the UK’s uplands can be stopped months in advance, if only there were the political will. He speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre. Read and listen to the full story on Visit
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Shadow DEFRA secretary supports hunting and shooting
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Victoria Atkins MP and her front bench team come to the 2026 Game Fair to show Conservative support for shooting and hunting. The shadow DEFRA secretary speaks to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre about where the Labour government is going wrong – and how the Tories made mistakes, too. For more ways to listen, go to
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Wildlife filmmaker David Beach
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David Beach is a wildlife filmmaker. He comes to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2025 to talk about the difficulties that hunting tourism has presenting its case as the best way for funding conservation worldwide.
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How to run a high-tech shoot
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Counting wildlife stops the government banning shooting. Roger Draycott from the GWCT, Jodie Case from Perdix Wildlife Supplies and Schöffel Working Conservationist Award-winning gamekeeper Rupert Brewer from the Bisterne estate explain how it works for them, and how the PerdixPro system works. for more about PerdixPro for the GWCT And for the Bisterne estate
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Nigel 'Mr Frostbite' Vardy re-learns to shoot
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Nigel Vardy lost his fingers and his nose in an accident on Mt McKinley in 1999. Since then, he has refound his love of shooting – but re-learning to shoot has been a challenge. He tells his story. For more from Nigel, visit For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit
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Bill Blacker on the British gun trade
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Doyen of the barrellers Bill Blacker is part of the beating heart of the British gun trade. He joines Charlie on the stage at the Carter Jones Game Fair Theatre to discuss his work and wider issues, such as how to cope with the forthcoming UK restrictions on lead shot. Visit
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Game Fair deerstalkers
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Every year, José Souto and Paul Childerley bring a roe carcase to the Game Fair and show how they break it down. They come to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to tell Charlie about how and why, plus they launch into the lead ammo debate and how supermarkets sell venison. Find José on and for Paul's website
info_outlineTalking to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, Robbie Moore MP talks about how he and others disposed of the attempt by BBC TV’s Chris Packham to force a ban on grouseshooting.