This Farming Life

Name: This Farming Life
Released: 2016-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: James Thornton

TV Show · Reality

This dramatic, true-life series tells the stories of five very different farming families as they experience the joys and hardships that come from lives and livelihoods tied to the land.

2016 · 58m

Starring James Thornton

EPISODE 1

Taking Over the Family Farm

It’s a big year as Nick prepares to take over the family farm from dad Derek. Jo and Andy await the fate of their swamped crops, and Paul and Mel trade farm tools for fish and chips.
EPISODE 2

Chasm in the Wheat Field

A chasm appears in Andy and Jo’s wheat field, single mum Sally pregnancy-scans her ewes, while the Imrie family discuss an events business set-up to take pressure off the farm.
EPISODE 3

Pig Pandemonium

The Imries wrestle stubborn pigs, while it's Nick’s easycare sheep versus dad’s trad breeds. On Papa Westray, Paul's ram has had a secret rendezvous with two ewes.
EPISODE 4

Lamb-ageddon

John and Antoinette have their hands full, as Ben’s had to take a full-time job. The Morrises have a very difficult lambing, and Sally gets some long awaited news.
EPISODE 5

New Life on the Farm

With no hospital on Papay, Mel must have her baby on mainland Orkney. Nick and Derek fight to keep a calf alive and a nursery group get a lambing surprise at the Imrie family farm.
EPISODE 6

Lambs, Crops and Chicken Pox

In the midst of lambing, Sally's son William gets chicken pox. Storms cause a lambing nightmare for Nick and his easy-care sheep. Jo and Andy must dig up precious wheat fields.