10am-11.00am Keynote debate: game bird bag size. Limits or no limits? Does the public care? Do the UK governments care? And what does this shooting season look like, following covid and bird flu. On the panel are Shooting Times editor Patrick Galbraith, sporting agent Mark Osborne and the GWCT’s Roger Draycott.

11.00am-11.20am The Royal Mint – one of Britain’s oldest organisations, hosted by Toby Osborne with speakers Chris Barker, Ben Hinchey and Laxmi Vaghani.

11.20am-11.40am With firearms licensing rising up the political agenda, BASC’s Martin Parker and Bill Harriman discuss why the Home Office’s current consultation is the most important for 35 years, and how it will help shape the future of your certificate.

11.40am-12pm River Monsters host Jeremy Wade talks fish, fishing and what happens when you throw a TV camera into the mix.

12pm-12.30pm Would you buy a ‘rewilded’ estate? Andrew Chandler of Carter Jonas experts discuss the advantages and disadvantages.

12.30pm-12.50pm TBC

2.00pm – 2.20pm TBC

2.20pm – 2.40pm The Westminster government is trying to end gamebird release next to European SPA protected areas in England. BASC chief executive Ian Bell explains why BASC is paying for a judicial review.

2.40pm – 3.00pm TBC

3.00pm – 3.20pm The Royal Mint has a 1000+ year history and its role in King Charles III’s coronation. Toby Osborne

3.20pm-3.40pm Masters of Fox Hounds Association chairman Andrew Osborne recently rowed the Atlantic, raising £180,000 for the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young. He talks about that challenge, plus the challenges facing trailhunting, which is seeing a new round of attacks from urban politicians.

3.40pm-4pm James Wallace of River Action talks about the failing River Wye, and how the Red Tractor is not working for the dairy industry. River Action is producing a charter for rivers.

4pm-4.20pm The Forestry Commission backs the British quality wild venison assurance scheme. Martin Edwards explains what it’s all about.

4.20pm-4.40pm Paul Childerley and Jose Souto brought a deer carcase to the cookery theatre. They talk about deer – are there too many? Is the government right? Does the UK need a mass cull?

4.40pm-5pm Michael Morpurgo and Warhorse + Lord de Mauley (master of Horse at Cavalry, plus is trustee of Laparda, and Laparda member is launching Morpurgo’s book.

5.00pm – 6.00pm Warhorse drinks

10am-11am Keynote debate: are there ‘too many’ deer? The UK governments want them shot because otherwise trees won’t grow (and create habitat for deer). Highland deerstalker Niall Rowantree, BASC’s Martin Edwards and Carter Jonas’s Mark Russell talk about it.

11am-11.20am Sovereigns from 1958, year of the first Game Fair, to now, hosted by Toby Osborne with speakers Chris Barker and Ben Hinchey

11.20am-11.40am Shadow environment secretary Daniel Zeichner talks about Labour’s policies towards the countryside and for country sports.

11.40am-12pm You’ve read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and the Tao of Pooh? Now, Simon Whitehead has a new book out about ferreting and mental health. He’s on stage to expain it.

12pm-12.20pm The Welsh government has banned snaring based on dodgy science. The RSPB doesn’t kill foxes effectively and that’s why their birds die out. Here’s where the world goes wrong on foxes. GWCT game research scientist Rufus Sage and headkeeper at the Bisterne Estate Rupert Brewer explain the GWCT’s latest fox research, understanding fox behaviour and the benefits of fox control to the conservation of threatened species.

12.20pm-12.40pm The Game Fair is hosting six hunts a day. It’s as popular as ever, so why the constant negative stories in the media? Polly Portwin from the Countryside Alliance talks about the future of hunting with hounds with a public that looks like it is more and more distanced from the countryside.

12.40pm-1pm With steel set to replace lead, what’s your old gun worth? What impact does the proposed ban on lead shot have on the value of antique guns?

1.20pm-1.40pm Edward King talks about gunmaking apprenticeships and what a career in the gun trade can offer (beyond lots of shooting).

1.40pm-2.00pm Will rural constituencies vote left v right or town v country? Greg Smith, MP for Buckingham, explains the challenges facing the Tories as they start campaigning for the next general election

2pm-2.20pm The Westminster government is trying to end gamebird release next to European SPA protected areas in England. BASC’s Gareth Dockerty explains why BASC is paying for a judicial review.

2.20pm-2.40pm Europe’s urban politicians are going all colonialist. They are telling African countries how to run their wildlife management by trying to ban trophy imports. Tristan Breijer from European hunting organisation FACE explains how pressure groups are paying for these bans in Europe.

2.40pm-3pm Ian Coghill from Aim To Sustain talks about its work defending gameshooting, plus what he thinks of the ‘People’s Plan for Nature’.

3pm-3.20pm TV chef James Martin talks game, venison and duck: how he has made it his mission to get people eating good quality wild food.

3.20pm-3.40pm The Royal Mint – then and now, hosted by Toby Osborne with speakers Chris Barker, designer Dominic Jones and Laxmi Vaghani.

3.40pm-4pm How shooting could be the next Formula One. F1 boss Ross Brawn talks about what it takes to create a world-class, media-ready sport that’s loved by millions.

4.00pm-4.20pm Firearms Licensing Managers come to the theatre to answer your questions: Inspector Chris Downs from the Metropolitan Police and Superintendent Adrian Davis from Warwickshire Police, who is also the national coordinator for the National Police Chiefs Council Firearms Licensing Portfolio, talk about firearms licensing suitability and new processes.

10am-11.00am TBC

11.00am-11.20am Bullion coins & Historic Coins – an alternative investment?

11.20am-11.40am Comedian Paul Whitehouse, one half of Gone Fishing with Bob Mortimer, comes to the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre stage to talk to Charlie about angling memories and how he is working on the water companies to improve Britain’s rivers.

11.40am-12pm TBC

12.00pm-12.20pm Led by actor Jim Murray, Activist Anglers is a collective that all the angling community is invited to join. Anglers know that we’re the custodians of our rivers, the advocates, the protectors. It’s time we let non anglers know, too, because we are a huge voice, and deserve to be heard, by government and those in power in order to effect real change. Jim is also an active ambassador for the Angling Trust and Atlantic Salmon Trust.

12.20pm-12.40pm Jonathon Muir and Alison Baker from the Atlantic Salmon Trust on efforts to reestablish wild salmon, the threats that face them and how to reverse them.

12.40pm – 1.00pm Aim To Sustain talks politics, social licence, standards and best practice. Chat chaired by Ian Coghill

1.00pm-1.20pm River Monsters host Jeremy Wade talks fish, fishing and what happens when you throw a TV camera into the mix.

2pm-2.30pm The Westminster government is trying to end gamebird release next to European SPA protected areas in England. BASC’s Gareth Dockerty explains why BASC is paying for a judicial review.

3.00pm-3.30pm Gold, Whisky or Historic Coins?

3.30pm-4.00pm TBC