Countryfile presenter John Craven shared a heartwarming reunion after 30 years with one visitor from the BBC present
John Craven was at The Nationwide Forest for Sunday’s episode Countryfile (Picture: BBC)
A Countryfile visitor was left surprised as presenter John Craven delivered a heartwarming shock through the newest episode of the BBC present.
Throughout the Sunday’s (April 12) installment, veteran presenter John and co-host Charlotte Smith headed to the Nationwide Forest within the Midlands because it reached a milestone second, the planting of its 10-millionth tree.
The celebs met with the individuals who handle the woodlands and explored how their lives have been reshaped by the breathtaking forest.
Throughout one interview, John reunited with a former visitor who had shared their dream of planting 30 million timber within the Nationwide Forest, and the reunion stunned them.
Former head of the Nationwide Forest, Susan Bell, was elated to see John following their interview again in 1992 and expressed how a lot the panorama had “modified” over the previous many years.
Susan was stunned to see footage of her earlier interview with John Craven (Picture: BBC)
“However this web site was all the time spectacular and wonderful, and it is fantastic to see it in full bloom”, Susan excitedly added. “And the attention-grabbing factor is that once we first began, folks would say, ‘If solely this might occur in our lifetime’, and right here it’s.”
John then shared a throwback second with Susan from their first assembly on the forest. He stated: “Nicely, Susan, I’ve bought a shock for you. I’ve bought a clip from that day 30 years in the past if you and I talked about planting new timber within the forest”.
With a shocked expression, Susan gasped, “Ohh”, earlier than including, “How fantastic to see”, as they each appeared right down to see the clip on John’s pill.
Within the video footage, a fresh-faced John planted the very first oak tree within the space, and he shared ambitions for a “fairly a large woodland.”
John an interview with Susan again in 1992 (Picture: BBC)
Within the clip, Susan additionally expressed hopes of planting sufficient timber to cowl 200 sq. miles, or the scale of “The Isle of Wight”, and confirmed plans to plant hundreds of thousands of recent timber.
“30 million was maybe a little bit of an overestimate”, Susan joked as she was delighted to observe the footage.
“We needed to persuade politicians, clearly, as a result of we had been going to wish cash to again it. Landowners themselves had been cautious.”
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She proudly added, “I am loving it. I am loving it. Simply coming right here right this moment, I bought misplaced, and I believed ‘that is precisely what we needed’.”
Countryfile airs Sundays on BBC One and iPlayer
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