Future of the upland gamekeeper

Retired professor Simon Denny comes to the 2025 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk to Charlie about the future for upland gamekeepers. Simon Denny's report is at MoorlandAssociation.org/post/new-report-highlights-gamekeepers-crucial-role-in-wildfire-prevention-and-moorland-conservation For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast135 

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 TheCoursingMuseum.com For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast134

News channel  @GBNewsOnline  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.

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

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 shop, priced at £395  For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast131

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. Click here for the latest from BASC on non-lead ammo. For Shooting Star, go to ShootingStarCC.co.uk

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 FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast129 For Patrick's book, Uncommon Ground, visit Amzn.to/42OF6tU For more from Patrick, visit Telegraph.co.uk/authors/p/pa-pe/patrick-galbraith/ 

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 FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast128 For more from Iona, visit WomenWhoWorkinFieldsports.co.uk For Claire, go to BASC.org.uk/women-in-shooting  

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 https://x.com/adamhartscience For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit https://fieldsportschannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast126

Benedict Macdonald is the author of Rebirding 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 RestoreNature.com For the Southill Estate, visit Facebook.com/p/The-Southill-Estate-100093051180196 For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast126