Wildlife filmmaker David Beach – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 142
David Beach is a wildlife filmmaker. He comes to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre 2025 to talk about the difficulties that hunting tourism has presenting its case as the best way for funding conservation worldwide. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
How to run a high-tech shoot – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 141
youtu.be/uzhkJzxZU_Y Counting wildlife stops the government banning shooting. Roger Draycott from the GWCT, Jodie Case from Perdix Wildlife Supplies and Schöffel Working Conservationist Award-winning gamekeeper Rupert Brewer from the Bisterne estate explain how it works for them, and how the PerdixPro system works. Click here for more about PerdixPro Here for the GWCT And here for the Bisterne estate […]
Bill Blacker on the British gun trade – FieldsportsChannel podcast, episode 139
youtu.be/o2mzRWBL4wU Doyen of the barrellers Bill Blacker is part of the beating heart of the British gun trade. He joines Charlie on the stage at the Carter Jones Game Fair Theatre to discuss his work and wider issues, such as how to cope with the forthcoming UK restrictions on lead shot. Visit BillBlacker.com Other ways […]
Game Fair deerstalkers – FieldsportsChannel podcast episode 138
youtu.be/ZXr_Q0XRJYo Every year, José Souto and Paul Childerley bring a roe carcase to the Game Fair and show how they break it down. They come to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to tell Charlie about how and why, plus they launch into the lead ammo debate and how supermarkets sell venison. Find José on […]
River Monsters’ Jeremy Wade – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 136
@rivermonsters star Jeremy Wade comes to the 2025 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk to Charlie about rivers and fish. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Future of the upland gamekeeper – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 135
youtu.be/qrHBbLVX0xo 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 New scientific report highlights role of North Yorkshire and Pennine gamekeepers in tackling wildfire risk Gamekeepers working across North Yorkshire and the Pennines are playing a vital […]
Waterloo Cup slipper – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 134
youtu.be/D6ZE8T1iRHc 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 […]
Jack Carson: how GB News reports on shooting – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 133
youtu.be/n2Bl0XFI7KU News channel GB News 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. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
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. Watch Niall […]
BASC on the lead shot ban – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 130
youtu.be/opxam757Z7E 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 Other […]
Writer and critic Patrick Galbraith – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 129
youtu.be/mC2bsWSa7xg 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 Patrick’s book, Uncommon Ground, visit Amzn.to/42OF6tU For more from Patrick, visit Telegraph.co.uk/authors/p/pa-pe/patrick-galbraith/ Other ways to listen to our […]
Women in Westminster – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 128
youtu.be/XEdCS25nh_E 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 from Iona, visit WomenWhoWorkinFieldsports.co.uk For Claire, go to BASC.org.uk/women-in-shooting Other ways to listen to our […]
Science and trophy hunting – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 127
youtu.be/X-4hT5SXtzk 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 X.com/adamhartscience Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Rewilder works with gamekeeper – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 126
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 […]
Neil Parish at the 2025 Game Fair – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 125
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. Click here for Neil’s own podcast. Other ways to listen to […]
DEFRA minister Daniel Zeichner at the 2025 Game Fair – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 123
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. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
The future of the GWCT – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 124
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. For more from the GWCT, go to GWCT.org.uk Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Greg Smith MP at the 2025 Game Fair – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 122
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. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Robbie Moore MP at the 2025 Game Fair – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 121
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. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Sir Geoffrey Clifton Brown MP at the 2025 Game Fair – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 120
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. Other ways to listen to our podcasts:
Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre programme 2025
Here is a complete guide to what’s on in the Game Fair Theatre at Ragley Hall, 25-27 July 2025, which is sponsored by Carter Jonas.
