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Aaron Jones presents a look behind the scenes at Fieldsports Channel - a gentle chat - shooting the breeze with the likes of Andy Crow, Roy Lupton, Paul Childerley, David Wright and Charlie Jacoby.

Women in Westminster 09/10/2025

Women in Westminster Iona Campbell, who set up Women Who Work in Fieldsports, and BASC vice chair Claire Sadler, who runs Women in Shooting, come to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2025 to explain their work to Charlie Jacoby. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to For more from Iona, visit For Claire, go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/38155235

Science and trophy hunting 09/02/2025

Science and trophy hunting Professor Adam Hart talks to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2025 about the threats facing hunting tourism and the scientific evidence that it is good for conservation. For more from Adam, visit For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit https://fieldsportschannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast126 /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/38055095

Rewilder works with gamekeeper 08/05/2025

Rewilder works with gamekeeper Benedict Macdonald is the author of and founder and director of Restore. He is working with Charles Whitbread's Southill Estate in Bedfordshire, which combines a mix of grey partridge shooting and arable. Benedict and Southill gamekeeper Paul Dunn explain how 'restoring' nature and shooting can work together, including restoring wetlands and reintroducing beavers. They talk to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2025. For more from Benedict, go to For the Southill Estate, visit For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/37695655

Neil Parish at the 2025 Game Fair 07/30/2025

Neil Parish at the 2025 Game Fair Talking to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre at the end of the three-day Game Fair at Ragley Hall, farmer and former MP Neil Parish comments on what we have learned from DEFRA, and what’s coming up on the rural agenda. for Neil’s own podcast. /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/37609770

The future of the GWCT 07/30/2025

The future of the GWCT Talking to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, GWCT chairman Sir Jim Paice and new chief executive Nick von Westenholz set out their vision for the charity. /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/37609635

DEFRA minister Daniel Zeichner at the 2025 Game Fair 07/30/2025

DEFRA minister Daniel Zeichner at the 2025 Game Fair Talking to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, DEFRA minister Daniel Zeichner defends the British government’s record on the countryside, including the family farm tax, lead ammo ban, trophy imports, Countryside Stewardship schemes and whether he is in favour of nationalising farming. /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/37609585

Greg Smith MP at the 2025 Game Fair 07/30/2025

Greg Smith MP at the 2025 Game Fair Talking to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, Greg Smith MP says how he spoke up for grouseshooting, even though his constituency is in Buckinghamshire. Plus he examines other threats to shooting sports. /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/37609540

Robbie Moore MP at the 2025 Game Fair 07/30/2025

Robbie Moore MP at the 2025 Game Fair Talking 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. /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/37609455

Sir Geoffrey Clifton Brown MP at the 2025 Game Fair 07/30/2025

Sir Geoffrey Clifton Brown MP at the 2025 Game Fair Talking to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, Sir Geoffrey Clifton Brown MP explains the threats to shooting sports from the Labour government. /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/37609405

James Martin, part 2, with Merlin Griffiths 06/25/2025

James Martin, part 2, with Merlin Griffiths TV chef James Martin and his friend, celebrity barman or 'mixologist' Merlin Griffiths, came to the Game Fair in 2024 – James to run the restaurant and Merlin to pour the drinks. They came and sat down with Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, where they talked about food, booze and how to make a great cocktail. For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/37147185

James Martin, part 1 06/10/2025

James Martin, part 1 TV chef James Martin came to the Game Fair in 2024 to run the restaurant. He took time out to visit Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, where he talks about his life in cooking and the challenges facing game meat marketing. for more ways to listen to this podcast. /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/36942165

Sika deer are here to stay: Rory Putman and Niall Rowantree 04/30/2025

Sika deer are here to stay: Rory Putman and Niall Rowantree Professor Rory Putman and deer expert Niall Rowantree discuss Scotland's next big deer problem: sika. The Scottish government has successfully wiped out large numbers of iconic Scottish red deer. In their place are coming a new, invasive species, Japanese sika. More a horde than a herd, our experts expect they will be Scotland's number one deer within a few years. For Niall's website, visit For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/36372870

How did animal rights extremists evolve? 04/23/2025

How did animal rights extremists evolve? Charlie's dad, Martin Jacoby, explains how the hunter-gatherers of 200,000 years ago slowly evolved into both sport hunters and animal rights activists. Find Martin's book on For more ways of listening to this podcast, visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/36276195

Gamekeepers Welfare Trust 04/19/2025

Gamekeepers Welfare Trust Ian Grindy from the Gamekeepers Welfare Trust tells the story of the charity and explains why it is needed more than ever. He talks to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. For more from the GWT, visit For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/34774520

Thermal drone deer counting 04/19/2025

Thermal drone deer counting Ben Harrower from BH Wildlife Consultancy uses a thermal drone for a unique aerial view of how the six UK deer species populations, and our wild boar, are expanding and contracting across the UK. As part of our filming for , Ben covers all aspects of his work from the advances in drone tech to the incredible wildlife moments he is able to witness from 400ft in the air. Find BH Wildlife Consultancy at For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/36229085

The story of the rabbit – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 110 04/19/2025

The story of the rabbit – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 110 They shot 5,000 rabbits in one day in Shropshire and 7,000 in one day at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. The rabbit has had a relatively short but dramatic history in the UK, from Roman food source through population explosions, and becoming one of the most prized quarry species of the great Victorian shots. Shooting writer Simon Reinhold tells the animal's story to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. For more from Simon, visit For more ways to listen to this, go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/35154865

Hunting Ethics by Nick Fox 03/18/2025

Hunting Ethics by Nick Fox Nick Fox has been working on this book all his life. The hunter, zoologist and falconer has brought out Hunting Ethics: A Personal Journey. In this podcast with Charlie Jacoby, he talks about different elements of the book, including why it is innate within us to hunt – and governments can't ban hunting. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to Buy Hunting Ethics at /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/35750240

Teresa Dent CBE from the GWCT 03/05/2025

Teresa Dent CBE from the GWCT Teresa Dent CBE led the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust as chief executive for 22 years. In the spring of 2025, she retires. In July 2024, she came to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk about the trust's work, and the difficulty of producing science that politicians can use. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to Find the GWCT at /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/35545675

Country Food Trust 02/26/2025

Country Food Trust SJ Hunt runs the Country Food Trust, a charity that delivers game, venison, poultry and vegetarian meals to food banks and the homeless. It is the major market for pheasants, partridges and deer carcases. Talking to Charlie Jacoby at the 2024 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, she explains how it works. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to Find the Country Food Trust at /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/35435890

Value of shooting 02/12/2025

Value of shooting BASC chief executive Ian Bell explains the new Value of Shooting report , which shows how vital the sport is to rural economies. He is talking to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. for more about the report For more ways to listen to this podcast go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/35257545

Eat Wild's Louisa Clutterbuck 01/29/2025

Eat Wild's Louisa Clutterbuck Louisa Clutterbuck from the game meat marketing agency Eat Wild explains her role, and how it fits in with other agencies such as Game To Eat and Eat Game. She talks to Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. (And she had the baby, a boy called Jasper). For more, go to Eat Wild's: /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/35063655

Greg Smith MP 01/22/2025

Greg Smith MP Greg Smith MP says how to deal with the Labour government. Of course, he was talking to Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024, just after the general election, and much water has gone under the rural bridge since then – but his advice stands. To listen to the whole podcast, go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/34865810

Ferreter Simon Whitehead 01/15/2025

Ferreter Simon Whitehead Simon Whitehead has been a 'celebrity ferreter' all of his working life. He talks about the job to Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. ▶ Find Simon on , on or on his ▶ For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/34865755

Escape To The Chateau's Dick and Angel 01/01/2025

Escape To The Chateau's Dick and Angel Dick and Angel Strawbridge from the TV series head to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024 to talk about their lives with Charlie Jacoby. for more ways to listen to this podcast. /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/34672055

Jeremy Wade 12/24/2024

Jeremy Wade The star of River Monsters, Jeremy Wade, joins Charlie in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. This podcast is an amalgamation of two interviews in the theatre, where he talks about the series that made hinm famous, and what projects he plans to do next. For more from Jeremy, go to For more ways to listen to this, go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/34601925

Splitting Image Taxidermy's story 12/18/2024

Splitting Image Taxidermy's story Douglas Cockcroft went from hunting guide to founder of South Africa's most impressive taxidermy business, Splitting Image Taxidermy, based in Port Elizabeth and operating all over southern Africa. He tells his story. For more about Splitting Image Taxidermy, visit Thanks to Safari Club International's Life Hunter Advocate Society for supporting this film. Visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/34507995

Future of deer with Niall Rowantree and Prof Rory Putman 11/12/2024

Future of deer with Niall Rowantree and Prof Rory Putman Deerstalker and wildlife manager Niall Rowantree talks to deer biologist Professor Rory Putman about the remarkable sika deer, as part of our filming of the Year in the Life of Sika. Rory explains why sika are so successful when reds struggle, how their range is increasing and why they are so difficult, in fact now impossible, to get on top of. They discuss hybridisation, rewilding, and the idea of introducing wolves and lynx to control deer, which Rory regards as fantasy. For other ways to listen to this podcast, visit For A Year in the Life of Sika, go to This series is supported by , and /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/34394065

Woodcock 11/06/2024

Woodcock Andrew Hoodless of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is a woodcock specialist. He explains the difference between migratory birds, resident breeding birds, and why they are not actually that endangered at all – despite what the anti-shooters like to claim. Andrew talks to Charlie at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024. For more ways to listen to this, visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/33818250

How IFAW kills people with elephants 10/23/2024

How IFAW kills people with elephants Mike Labuschagne has been working as a wildlife ranger in Malawi for more than 30 years. He used to have funding from the US-based animal rights organisation IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, to help the elephants of Kasungu. Now he believes that IFAW should be charged with the murder of local people for wilfully releasing 263 elephants into the area, which can’t support them. For more ways to listen to this and an accompanying article, visit IFAW’s about the Kasungu elephant relocation There is some controversy about how IFAW made its statement, as detailed on South Africa’s /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/33584542

Marina Gibson wins Flyfishers’ Club men-only debate 09/18/2024

Marina Gibson wins Flyfishers’ Club men-only debate The Flyfishers’ Club has been men-only since its foundation in 1884. A chance remark by Marina Gibson at the Hay Festival sparked a media storm that has forced club members to vote on whether to allow women members. Marina explains to Charlie Jacoby and an audience at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024 the reasons she is right. for more about Marina For more ways to listen to this, visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/33107202

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