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Doyen of the barrellers Bill Blackes 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

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 Instagram and click here for Paul's website

What's it like reintroducing a large predator to the wild? One person with firsthand experience is Maria Davidson, who manages the large carnivore programme for Safari Club International. She comes from the Louisiana Department of Fish and Wildlife, which has an impressive track record reintroducing black bears – as long as we can hunt them. She talks to Charlie Jacoby at the 2026 SCI Convention in Nashville. For SCI Foundation, go to https://safariclubfoundation.org/ For the black bear film, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYHw5kHnLGA

River Monsters star Jeremy Wade comes to the 2025 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to talk to Charlie about rivers and fish. For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to https://fieldsportschannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast136

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 For more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast135

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 and Pakistan, if not in England. For the Coursing Museum, go to TheCoursingMuseum.com For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast134

News channel @GBNewsOnline 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.

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. For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit https://fieldportschannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast132

Here is the story behind the PDS1. David Wright talks to the man who came up with it, Peter Jones – and asks the question: is the Proficient Deer Stalking Certificate 1 for you? You can find the PDS1 in our shop, priced at £395 For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast131

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

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 more ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast129 For Patrick's book, Uncommon Ground, visit Amzn.to/42OF6tU For more from Patrick, visit Telegraph.co.uk/authors/p/pa-pe/patrick-galbraith/

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 ways to listen to this podcast, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast128 For more from Iona, visit WomenWhoWorkinFieldsports.co.uk For Claire, go to BASC.org.uk/women-in-shooting

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 https://x.com/adamhartscience For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit https://fieldsportschannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast126

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 talk to Charlie Jacoby at the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2025. For more from Benedict, go to RestoreNature.com For the Southill Estate, visit Facebook.com/p/The-Southill-Estate-100093051180196 For more ways to listen to this podcast, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast126

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.