Ten years after the most devastating outbreak of foot and mouth disease to hit the UK in living memory, John Craven asks what would happen if the disease struck again today? In this special investigation Countryfile uses dramatisation to recreate what would happen on a farm where foot and mouth was discovered. Farmer Tom Rosedale, played by actor Clive Hawley (pictured above), is at the centre of the outbreak, his business brought to a standstill as the authorities move in. But how quickly would they react to contain the disease and what lessons have we learned from 2001? John meets the man who would be at the helm of the operation – the chief vet Nigel Gibbens who says we would react very differently today. But David Handley from Farmers For Action argues the Government is no more prepared for an outbreak today than it was a decade ago.