This Week on the Farm

Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson present a show in which farmers document their lives. The first episode comes from Cannon Hall Farm in South Yorkshire, and features a Highland cow getting ready for an online country show, the construction of a new home for a herd of sheep, and a vet treating a lamb with a broken leg. In Carlisle, a herd of cattle are let loose on the Cumbrian salt marshes, and in North Yorkshire, a financial advisor becomes a vegetable picker.

At Cannon Hall farm, Rob and Dave prepare their bull for mating and relive their childhood by camping out under the stars. A vet pays a visit to a rescue farm near Dewsbury to attend to a boar that keeps trying to escape, while the owners of the real Downton Abbey wait to see if they can expect a new generation of piglets. Plus, a look at how farming is changing under lockdown, including a vegetable supplier's innovative search for new customers.

A one tonne shire horse has an appointment with a blacksmith, an alpaca needs dental work, and a Shetland stallion faces the prospect of being put out to pasture. In Nottinghamshire, a shepherd spends the whole lambing season camping in the same field as her flock, while a new kind of cheese provides salvation for a Lancashire farmer struggling through lockdown.

Rob and Dave assist the police in dealing with a road accident on the M1 involving a deer that has been struck by a car. They return to the farm to bag up and store all the hay they will need to feed their animals in the winter months ahead. Plus, cameras catch up with Shetland stallion Jon Bob Pony to discover if his fading libido has returned.

A newborn alpaca is causing problems, and Rob and Dave have a go at making summer scones. Plus, Bear the Swiss Valais ram awaits a visit from the scanner man. In Kent, a farming family with nearly a century of fruit-picking experience between them share their tips, and Peter Wright tries his hand at beekeeping.

Rob and Dave go in search of a new Shetland stallion, help a newborn Highland calf that is struggling to feed, and give an Alpaca a summer haircut. Away from Cannon Hall farm, a harvest in underway in Lincolnshire of one of the nation's favourite vegetables - but it is a more complicated procedure than most people think.

An orphaned goat from North Yorkshire is in need of a new home, and Rob and Dave decide this would be a perfect companion for their own hand-reared goat kid Millie. Jules Hudson takes a trip to Kent to meet a farmer who specialises in growing unusual vegetables, while Julian Norton from The Yorkshire Vet joins the team to demonstrate the art of blade shearing.

Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson present the final episode in the show in which farmers document their day-to-day lives. A vet comes to Cannon Hall farm to determine if Jeremy the bull has impregnated any cows. Rob and Dave try their hands at making a traditional Yorkshire tipple and take a trip to Whitby to catch some fish. Plus, The Yorkshire Vet's Julian Norton demonstrates traditional sheep shearing methods and farmers in Kent race against time to harvest a crop of rapeseed before the weather changes.

Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson follow the daily lives of farming brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson at Cannon Hall Farm in South Yorkshire. It's a race against time for Rob and Dave as they try to catch their wayward cockerels before chicken lockdown commences due to an outbreak of avian flu. JB Gill visits a dairy farm in Lincolnshire to meet the cows who live a life of luxury and produce milk to match.

Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson follow the daily lives of farming brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson at Cannon Hall Farm in South Yorkshire. With British farms facing their coldest winter in years, and with a blanket of snow covering Barnsley, Jules pops in to lend a hand. This gives Rob and Dave a chance to dust off their trusty 120-year-old sledge to see if it still goes as quickly as they remember. The snow doesn't hamper JB Gill's investigation into how rhubarb is harvested, as he discovers a time-honoured method of growing fruit by candlelight.

Breeding season approaches for the sheep at Cannon Hall Farm in South Yorkshire, and the pressure is on for farming brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson to find the right ram for the job. JB Gill helps harvest some parsnips and Yorkshire Vet Julian Norton goes on a journey to produce a special cheese.

Rob and Dave try to figure out how to turn piles of Swiss Valais wool into a sustainable new source of income. Away from the farm, Jules Hudson heads up to the Moray Coast in Scotland to meet a family who are trying to lead a self-sufficient, eco-friendly lifestyle. And JB Gill helps to harvest some parsnips.

There are real fears for the health of Rob and Dave's prize pedigree bull, Jeremy, and the brothers turn foster parents to a trio of alpacas from a fellow farmer struggling in the Covid crisis. On a lighter note, Rob puts Dave through his paces in a contest with the country's fittest farmer, and JB Gill is at sea off the coast of Norfolk as he joins a fisherwoman trying to get whelks back onto Britain's dinner plates.

Rob and Dave welcome a new goat to the farm that could be a lifesaver for the newborns expected over the coming months. Elder brother Richard joins his siblings to build a home for migrating toads, and Reuben Owen from Our Yorkshire Farm helps repair an unloved vintage tractor.

Amanda Owen remembers what life as a young shepherdess was like for her as she offers advice to farmer Rob McAneney, who has just won the chance to run his own 200-acre farm in a Yorkshire Water competition. Over in Lancashire, JB Gill turns milkman with a Bolton dairy that has brought back the classic milk round to help the business and its customers survive lockdown, while in Barnsley, Rob and Dave Nicholson scan their pregnant ewes to find out just how busy they will be come lambing time.

Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson return to celebrate the very best of the autumn season with brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson at Cannon Hall Farm in South Yorkshire. There is a look at the changing face of the combine harvester, from the comparatively primitive ones of the past to today's hi-tech megamachines, while the Nicholsons roll out the red carpet as they prepare for a very special royal guest.

Farming brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson are taking on a new apprentice, their young nephew Marshall, but he does not seem quite ready for the rigours of farming life. Meanwhile, gardener and therapist Annabelle Padwick joins Helen and Jules to explain why growing your own fresh produce is good for physical and mental health, and there's an exciting arrival at Cannon Hall Farm.

Rob and Dave Nicholson head to an auction in search of a Swiss Valais Blacknose tup for the farm - a breed dubbed `the cutest sheep in the world". However, they don't come cheap. Yorkshire Vet Julian Norton meets a farrier who is preserving the lives of hundreds of horses using specially designed orthopaedic shoes. Back at Cannon Hall Farm, shire horse Lottie requires a life-saving foot operation, while JB Gill joins Helen and Jules to explain why he's so passionate about getting young people involved in farming.

Jules Hudson and Helen Skelton looking at how farming is tackling climate change.

Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson present another crop of seasonal farming stories.

Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson celebrate the very best of British farming during autumn.

Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson celebrate some of the fun and festivities of the Autumn farming season. Farmers Rob and Dave are challenged with entering a local scarecrow festival. The brothers also head to Herefordshire to learn how to make scrumpy cider the old fashioned way.