{"id":132218,"date":"2023-10-18T09:31:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T09:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=132218"},"modified":"2023-10-18T09:31:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T09:31:17","slug":"countryfile-star-quits-show-after-13-years-onscreen-with-emotional-message-to-fans-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/tv-and-movies\/countryfile-star-quits-show-after-13-years-onscreen-with-emotional-message-to-fans-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Countryfile star QUITS show after 13 years onscreen with emotional message to fans | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
Countryfile presenter Ellie Harrison reveals that after 13 years, she is quitting the show in her last ever Countryfile magazine column.<\/p>\n
Ellie wrote "After 13 years, my final column is a fond farewell to Countryfile – I'll miss the people, places and stories.<\/p>\n
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"Thirteen-and-a-half years after I arrived four hours early for my first Countryfile shoot, which culminated in me commuting up Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) to deliver Matt Baker a sandwich of freshly harvested mushrooms, it has come time for me to bid you farewell. <\/p>\n
"It has been a decision I've drawn out, such is the bond with the programme, and boy will I miss the geography field trips. But like all endings, I'll take all the lessons from these days forward with me on my journey."<\/p>\n
She went on to shine a light on "thornier" issues such as biofuels and meat production, before reminding readers that "our countryside is a gift."<\/p>\n
Ellie concluded by revealing her reasons for leaving the show – to focus on her family, her business and new opportunities.<\/p>\n
"There are many things I'll miss," she wrote. "I've come to realise that I don't need to navigate to a whole new ocean or even a new sea, but to chart a new course somewhere in these waters, raising my three wonderful children, growing our family business and following my own creative calling to produce art of my own making. <\/p>\n "The winds of change are blowing, my hands turn the tiller and I close my eyes to take comfort from Invictus: 'I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.'"<\/p>\n<\/p>\n She ended her column with a promise to be back on screens again in the future, adding: "I'll see you again someday."<\/p>\n Ellie Harrison began her career as a secretary at Channel 5 whilst having dreams of becoming a country singer.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The first TV show that she presented was Michaela's Wild Challenge which won a children's Bafta.<\/p>\n She is best known, however, for presenting Countryfile on BBC and has also appeared on The Great British Winter and the Discovery Channel's Daily Planet.<\/p>\n She is married to a GP, Matthew Goodman, and they have three children.<\/p>\n<\/picture>'IT'S NOT RIGHT' <\/span><\/p>\n
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