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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.

Waterloo Cup slipper 11/19/2025

Waterloo Cup slipper The last slipper at the Waterloo Cup came to the Carer Jonas Game Fair Theatre in 2025, 20 years after the last meeting at Altcar in Cheshire. Arron Atmore tells Charlie Jacoby how Tony Blair's hunting ban has failed the hare, and how coursing is still thriving and still conserving hares in both Ireland and Pakistan, if not in England. For the Coursing Museum, go to For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/39092810

How GBNews reports on shooting 11/12/2025

How GBNews reports on shooting News channel sent reporter Jack Carson to the Game Fair in July 2025. While he was there, he came to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk to Charlie Jacoby about what in the countryside makes TV news. /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/39009280

Niall Rowantree: what is 'trophy hunting' in the UK? – FieldsportsChannel podcast, episode 132 11/05/2025

Niall Rowantree: what is 'trophy hunting' in the UK? – FieldsportsChannel podcast, episode 132 While Keir Starmer's government is keen to ban trophy hunting in other peoples countries, it has no views about the roughly 20,000 stag heads handed to grateful hunting tourists by paid stalkers in Scotland each year. Deer manager Niall Rowantree discusses the issues around 'trophy hunting' and how Starmer has got it wrong. For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit https://fieldportschannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast132 /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/38925420

Is the Proficient Deer Stalking Certificate 1 for you? 10/22/2025

Is the Proficient Deer Stalking Certificate 1 for you? Here is the story behind the PDS1. David Wright talks to the man who came up with it, Peter Jones – and asks the question: is the Proficient Deer Stalking Certificate 1 for you? You can find the PDS1 in our , priced at £395 For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/38740865

BASC on the lead shot ban 10/08/2025

BASC on the lead shot ban Ian Bell and Terry Behan from BASC join Nick Levett-Scrivener from non-lead cartridge importer Shooting Star to discuss the Westminster government's plan to restrict lead cartridges. They join Charlie on stage at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2025. for the latest from BASC on non-lead ammo. For Shooting Star, go to /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/38511240

Writer and critic Patrick Galbraith 09/30/2025

Writer and critic Patrick Galbraith Daily Telegraph environment correspondent Patrick Galbraith comes to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2025, two months before he takes up his job, to talk to Charlie about his latest book, Uncommon Ground. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to For Patrick's book, Uncommon Ground, visit For more from Patrick, visit /episode/index/show/fieldsportschannel/id/38410460

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

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