In the Highlands, Raymond tests the market for valais blacknose crossbreeds at the Thainstone Rare Breed Sale, while his kids put pressure on him to buy more pets. Crofters Lynn and Sandra are thrown in the deep end when they try to buy stock at auction for the first time. Dairy farmers the McLeans bring in a bovine fertility expert to check on their cows’ pregnancies. Later the family pulls together to tidy up the farm for an upcoming Red Tractor inspection. In Shetland, Kirsty and Aimee attempt a daring rescue mission when they realise a lamb has fallen off one of St Ninian’s Isle’s steep cliffs.
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Series 4: Episode 12
It’s the height of summer - time to prepare for the colder months. This year, coronavirus means farmers are looking much further ahead, finding ways to survive in changing ...
08-11-2024
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Series 4: Episode 11
It’s early summer, the time for farmers to reap rewards. While summer is normally an occasion to combine business and pleasure at markets and in the show ring, the continu ...
07-11-2024
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Series 4: Episode 10
It’s mid-March. Farmers across the UK are in the middle of lambing and spring calving when coronavirus grips the nation.\n\nHigh in the uplands of Northumberland, Emma and ...
05-11-2024
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Series 4: Episode 9
Spring arrives on the farms - the season of new beginnings and spring lambs, when the hard months of winter finally begin to pay off.\n\nIn the Lake District, Matt, Dani and Mur ...
04-11-2024
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Series 4: Episode 8
It’s been a long wet winter. After the deluge, the land is stirring. Farmers are preparing for spring and with it the arrival of new life.\n\nIn Northumberland, Emma Gra ...
01-11-2024
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Series 4: Episode 7
In Armadale, at the northernmost tip of the Scottish mainland, hill farmer Joyce Campbell is checking up on her North Country Cheviot ewes. They live all year round out on 6,000 ...
31-10-2024
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Series 4: Episode 6
It is January, the cold month of survival between breeding and birthing. \n\nOn the Stoer Peninsula in the north west Highlands of Scotland, Helen and Graham corral their Highl ...
30-10-2024
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Series 4: Episode 5
The year draws to a close, and the farmers race the fading light as they prepare for the worst of the winter.\n\nDisaster strikes for crofters Helen and Graham in the remote nor ...
29-10-2024
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Series 4: Episode 4
The first frosts of winter arrive, signalling it is time to settle livestock into winter housing and providing an opportunity for farmers to make plans for the following year.\n ...
28-10-2024
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Series 4: Episode 3
It is late autumn, and the breeding season has arrived. It is an important time - success or failure later in the year depends on the hard work farmers and their stock put in du ...
25-10-2024
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Series 6: Episode 10
No matter what time of year, a farmer’s to-do list is never done. On his croft in the Cairngorms National Park, Robert is up to his elbows at lambing time. He has learned ...
12-05-2024
BBC 2
Series 4: Episode 7
In Armadale, at the northernmost tip of the Scottish mainland, hill farmer Joyce Campbell is checking up on her North Country Cheviot ewes. They live all year round out on 6,000 ...
31-10-2024
BBC 2
Series 6: Episode 1
Filmed across a year, this series follows the lives of five farming families across Scotland.\n\nThe autumn sales are over, and preparations are being made for winter. In Newton ...
28-01-2024
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Series 6: Episode 9
Spring is in the air, bringing newborn livestock. In North Uist, Carianne spends her days on the tiny island of Vallay in search of new Highland calves. When one calf is discove ...
14-04-2024
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Series 3: Episode 3
Inspectors arrive to check Raymond and Johnny’s subsidy claim. Kirsty and Aimee gather the flock in from St Ninian’s Isle. Lynn and Sandra host their first workshop ...
15-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 4: Episode 10
It’s mid-March. Farmers across the UK are in the middle of lambing and spring calving when coronavirus grips the nation.\n\nHigh in the uplands of Northumberland, Emma and ...
05-11-2024
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 12
In the Highlands, new crofters Lynn and Sandra welcome more new sheep and take delivery of a batch of hens that they hope will lay the foundations of an egg empire.\n\nIn Northe ...
05-12-2023
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