BBC Countryfile 'really disturbing' and viewers left 'a bit freaked out'

Countryfile fans have been left raging and accusing the BBC of "box ticking" as they issue the same complaint. The BBC show was savaged over "scaremongering" after a segment on Sunday night (April 28) centred on ticks and the dangers of the mites.

One Twitter/X user fumed: "There's a really disturbing report about ticks on #Countryfile this evening. It seems they're active all year round now and just about anywhere." A second said: "Ticks monitoring on #countryfile Just a box-ticking exercise."

And a third said: "Feel like ticks are taking over the planet, a bit freaked out now… #countryfile." And another wrote on Twitter last night: "A once great programme destroyed by non-stop climate change propaganda. The BBC will not stop the scaremongering. #Countryfile."

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During the show, Charlotte headed to Devon to investigate the increasing number of ticks in our countryside – parasites that carry several diseases, which they can pass on to animals they bite. Charlotte discovered the consequences this can have on livestock, humans and our pets.

Adam Henson, meanwhile, was looking at how one of the wettest winters on record is impacting farming. Another wrote: "Wokiefile has totally lost it’s reason for being produced. Now unwatchable." And another said: "Heavens sake, Ticks are a fact of life in the country. easily removed with a cigarette end or a dab of Vaseline. if you know - you know."

"We who live in the country, are aware of ticks, dogs pick them up, along with other anlmals. Dont under estatimate the danger of them, they bite, but they leave the jaw inthe skin , it not treated can cause serious health issues," another said.

Another said: "Ticks have been part of UK nature since forever yet the BBC choose to make it a modern day threat alarming those lacking countryside knowledge."