It is the couthie TV show that explores Scottish farming and rural affairs.
However, despite its charm and warmth, BBC Scotland show Landward once fell foul of Russia's much-feared secret police.
The confrontation came as the show filmed innocuous footage about Moscow's first-ever Highland Games.
Recording a pipe band marching through Red Square playing at full volume, the crew were given a sinister ultimatum by the KGB - leave now or else!
The incident is recalled in a new episode of Landward celebrating the show's 50th anniversary. Archive footage of the 1990s stand-off shows frontman Euan McIlwraith anxiously turning to the camera.
'Talk about a major impact!' he says. 'It's the first time a pipe band has ever appeared live in Red Square. Unfortunately, the KGB doesn't see it that way and we've just been asked to move on.'
The confrontation with the KGB came as the BBC filmed a pipe band performance.
Archive footage showed frontman Euan McIlwraith during the 1990s confrontation.
It is still unclear whether the Kremlin officers were suspicious of a foreign film crew or simply didn't like the sound of the pipes.
Landward first aired in 1976 and a new series begins next week with a special anniversary episode in which presenters describe some of their weird and wild experiences.
Original presenter Ross Muir recalls the perils of working with animals, especially while filming live. He says: 'We had a ram in the studio once and a guinea fowl which evacuated its bowels over my suit.'
Chef Nick Nairn, a presenter between 2007 and 2009, remembers trying to cook local produce on a Shetland beach, only to be hit by a ferocious squall.
Olive oil pours horizontally from the bottle, while his cooking bowls blow away along with the programme scripts. He recalls: 'It wasn't windy when we set up.'
Dougie Vipond, who has fronted Landward since 2009, said his favourite moments include sailing to St Kilda and climbing Ben Lawers to see the sun rise.
However, he also recalled how his first day on the show was almost his last. He said: 'It was February and we went to film at Loch Tay. The producers asked: can you water ski? I said yes, though I hadn't done it for 15 years.
'Obviously, I fell in. It was absolutely Baltic. Then I fell in again. It felt like a vice was being tightened round my forehead. It was a nightmare. I was scared that if I couldn't do it they'd get rid of me.'
Landward was first screened on April 4, 1976, from BBC Aberdeen, where it continues to be produced.
Louise Thornton, head of commissioning for BBC Scotland, said: 'We're incredibly proud to mark this milestone.'
Landward airs at 8.30pm on Thursday, April 2 on BBC Scotland and iPlayer.