| LANDWARD | Running since 1976, BBC Scotland programme on rural affairs (8) |
| MILIBAND | David -, 2001-13 Labour MP for South Shields; Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2006-07 (8) |
| PASTORAL | Done with spoken work on rural life (8) |
| PHILLIPS | Welsh actress who played Livia in 1976 BBC TV drama series I, Claudius (4,8) (see 22D) |
| THOMPSON | Author of Lark Rise to Candleford, a semi-autobiographical trilogy of novels based on rural life in the Oxfordshire hamlet of Juniper Hill (8) |
| CONCORDE | +Transportation provider since 1976 |
| ICEDANCE | Winter Olympics performance since 1976 |
| HOSPITAL | General _, US TV soap running since 1963 (8) |
| LOCATION | Word which when repeated three times gives the title of a property show which has been running since 2000 (8) |
| BEECHGROVE | BBC Scotland gardening programme on air since 1978 (10) |
| FARMING | - Today; BBC Radio 4 programme based on rural life and agriculture (7) |
| EARTO | ___ __ The Ground: RTE rural affairs programme. (3,2) |
| EAR | __ To The Ground: RTE rural affairs programme. (3) |
| RODDYMCMILLAN | Actor who portrayed Para Handy for a BBC Scotland series (5,8) |
| HEATHERREID | Meteorologist on BBC Scotland who gained the nickname 'The Weather' (7,4) |
| THENINE | News programme BBC Scotland is axing (3,4) |
| HIGHLANDCOPS | BBC Scotland police documentary series (8,4) |
| BENN | Hilary ?, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2007-10 (4) |
| DEFRA | The rural affairs department initially fared badly (5) |
| SIAN | Welsh actress who played Livia in 1976 BBC TV drama series I, Claudius (4,8) (see 20A) |
