James Martin, part 2, with Merlin Griffiths – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 119
youtu.be/p2TY2x6jfTI 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 […]
James Martin, part 1 – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 118
youtu.be/RnpCMEF5hWc 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. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Teresa Dent CBE from the GWCT – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 113
youtu.be/JKX8exmYtq4 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. Other ways to […]
Country Food Trust – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 112
youtu.be/l90cTv7xEy8 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. Visit the Country […]
Value of Shooting – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 111
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, go to BASC.org.uk/the-value-of-shooting-report-2024 Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
The story of the rabbit – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 110
youtu.be/cL4xO6OLIWE 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 […]
Eat Wild’s Louisa Clutterbuck – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 109
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 […]
Greg Smith MP – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 108
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpe3B_HT3NM 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. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Ferreter Simon Whitehead – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 107
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma625zPoa-M 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 Instagram, on YouTube, or on his webpage Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Gamekeepers Welfare Trust – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 106
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl9jAkknpSE 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 TheGamekeepersWelfareTrust.com Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Escape To The Chateau’s Dick and Angel – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 105
youtu.be/ecWVU2MFQ1M Dick and Angel Strawbridge from the Escape To The Chateau TV series head to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024 to talk about their lives with Charlie Jacoby. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Jeremy Wade – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 104
youtu.be/osQx0AQ57Vo 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 JeremyWade.co.uk Other ways […]
How to get fishing on the NHS – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 101
youtu.be/7a-YD0HXNCo Podcast this week is from the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre, back in July 2024. It’s an interview with David Lyons, an angler who suffered from depression and successfully persuaded the NHS to prescribe him fishing. He runs the charity Tackling Minds, which takes fellow-sufferers fishing. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Woodcock – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 100
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. Other ways […]
Marina Gibson wins Flyfishers’ Club men-only debate – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 98
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 […]
Will Labour ban gamebird release? – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 97
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDEQLlV268 What has the Westminster government got in store for gamebirds and shooting? The news from the GWCT is good – but their top staff warn us not to be complacent. Sir Jim Paice and Roger Draycott from the GWCT talk to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2024 Other ways to […]
2024-2025 gameshooting prices and prospects – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 96
youtu.be/jJ-iZ3zqM6o Speaking to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game fair Theatre, Digby Taylor from GunsOnPegs.com announces his new research. It’s the most accurate predictor of prices for gameshooting around. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
The man who beat the police – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 95
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4wLW8p_niA When the police took the guns from Chris Sharp after Chris was the victim of an assault, he turned to lawyers for help. One of them, Peter Glenser KC, joins Chris on stage at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to tell Charlie what happened, and where he has got to now with his […]
Shadow DEFRA minister tells Zeichner ‘get off the fence’ – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 94
youtu.be/-AFtyCeJvA0 Shadow DEFRA minister Steve Barclay says Daniel Zeichner should ‘get off the fence’ and announce Labour’s plans for the countryside. Plus he warns that even though the DEFRA minister is broadly pro-shooting, he can’t do much to stop Labour bringing in anti-hunting and shooting legislation. Barclay was talking to Fieldsports Channel’s Charlie Jacoby at […]
Hunters are a ‘protected minority’ – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 93
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z2ZVslPc4IEd Swales and Ronan Brown from Hunting Kind join Charlie Jacoby in the Carter Jonas theatre at the Game Fair 2024, to explain how hunting could qualify for protection under human rights legislation, with hunters being classified as a ‘protected minority’. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
What to expect from the Labour government – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 92
With a new government in power in Westminster, three people with a stake in the future of fieldsports and the countryside come together to talk to Charlie about what Labour could or even will do – to trail hunting, trophy imports, shooting sports and farming. Speaking at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre at the […]
