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Keeley Donovan puts the science behind the RNLI’s new water safety campaign to the test. Can she up her  chances of survival by learning to lie back and float? 

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Jules Hudson discovers how an inspirational scheme that started in Australia has reached our shores and is helping men all across the country. Jules is off to the Cotswolds to find out a bit more about how Men’s Sheds is getting isolated men in rural areas into their sheds and building new friendships.

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The village of Ladock in Cornwall has suffered with regular floods for the last decade; but could help be at hand in the unlikely form of a dam-building rodent last seen in cornish waters hundreds of years ago? Margherita Taylor is in Cornwall, getting up close and personal with some unusual furry mammals, with a pioneering project that’s reintroducing beavers for the first time in centuries to help tackle flooding.

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Sheep shearing is underway on Adam’s Farm with the Herdwicks and Whiteface Dartmoors, but the price of wool still doesn't return a massive profit. So keen to look into other options Adam visits his neighbouring farm. They've invested in Easy Care Sheep which they've bred into their flock. These sheep shed their own fleece naturally, removing shearing costs completely. But not wanting to turn his back on the wool industry entirely, Adam meets Justin and Hannah from Solidwool, who have invented a way to solidify Herdwick sheep wool and turn it into fancy furniture.

In spring, Paul Martin was thrilled to see signs that an owl might have moved into the box he’d built in the woods. But he’ll have to rope in an expert to help to find out what kind of nocturnal visitor he might have – or maybe even twit-two!