Will we look back on the 2021 Game Fair as a turning point for shooting sports? Charlie Jacoby thinks so, as he interviews country pople’s peer Lord Botham and BBC Countryfile’s Adam Henson, meets kids getting jobs in the countryside, finds out whether rural Britain is racist, and realises just how irrelevant Wild Justice has become.
Adam Henson is patron of the Country Food Trust
For more from Aim To Sustain, go to AimtoSustain.org.uk
For the programme for the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2021, visit Bit.ly/gft2021
Some of the interviews in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2021
Owl boxes with an expert – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 59
Jodie Case is an owl nut. Representing the Owl Box Initiative, she brings an owl box to the stage of the Carter Jonas Game Fair
How to turn farm buildings into holiday lets – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 58
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvXzpk5X7y0 A discussion on what makes the perfect holiday letting business with Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre: Andrew Fallows of Carter
The story behind John Macnab – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 55
John Macnab, the 1925 novel by John Buchan, has inspired an entire subculture of imitators, including the taking of a salmon, grouse (or brace) and
Hunting apps: the future – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 53
Tristan Breijer takes the stage of the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre back in July 2021. He is one of the team behind the MyFieldsports
Vegans at the Game Fair – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 52
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulnY9YrzRqE We bring together two vegans and two hunters to debate the issues. They meet on stage at the 2021 Game Fair at Ragley Hall.
Famous Grouse artist – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 50
The man who gave us the grouse on the Famous Grouse bottle, Rodger McPhail is one of the top sporting artists in the UK. Charlie
Bill Harriman on the history of the bayonet – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 48
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4nZGjspFeg Bill Harriman – whom you may recognise as an arms expert from BBC TV’s Antiques Roadshow – has written the definitive book on the
Ian Coghill and why the UK’s Moorland Matters – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 47
youtu.be/13AJ1D54uYw Ian Coghill has written the book that the RSPB, the National Trust, Natural England and Wild Justice ought to read. But they won’t. He
How are your foxes doing, Tony Blair? – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 46
youtu.be/NLhWeh0Rk7A In 2004, Tony Blair restricted hunting with hounds because, he said, it was good for the welfare of the fox. Since then, some estimates
Daniel Zeichner MP, shadow environment secretary – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 45
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS2J_pw09NI You can’t win an election without winning rural seats. That’s Sir Keir Starmer’s credo. The man he has appointed to shadow the countryside is
Lord Botham talks grouseshooting
youtu.be/rb-EfO3D9G0 Lord Botham talks to Charlie Jacoby about grouseshooting, cricket and the meaning of life at the 2021 Game Fair. The interview takes place in
What it’s like to shoot at the Olympics – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 43
youtu.be/ZXUVjkMjTig Peter Wilson and Matt French are two of the most decorated athletes who have shot for Team GB. Recorded with interviewer Charlie Jacoby at