CASTLE Howard was the venue for the launch of this year's BBC Countryfile Live.

The show will return to the North Yorkshire stately home this August for four days of fun and marks the first time the event has ventured "up north".

Presenters Matt Baker, Anita Rani, John Craven, Steve Brown, Tom Heap and Ellie Harrison joined Yorkshire-born chef Brian Turner for the launch earlier this week.

Countryfile Live allows visitors to meet the presenters of the show - which has been on air every week since 1988 - and participate in a host of countryside-related activities.

Mr Turner will be there, too, dishing up culinary inspiration alongside his celebrity chef friends, while Mr Craven will host a daily pub quiz at the 'Craven Arms'.

For more details and to book tickets go to countryfilelive.com