This Farming Life

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.

Factual
Year 2016-2026
4 Seasons

Get a close-up and candid look into the struggles and triumphs of these very different farming families, living amidst some of Scotland's most beautiful and remote landscapes.

Year: 2017

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E1 • Episode 1
1. 60 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
4. HD
On Mull, new entrant farmers Janet and Alastair take their lambs to auction.
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E2 • Episode 2
1. 59 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
4. HD
Newlyweds Mel and Martin Irvine return to the series and introduce their newest member of the family, four-month-old Erin.
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E3 • Episode 3
1. 59 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
4. HD
Janet and Alastair put their new young virgin tup to the test. Stevie risks the wrath of the buffalo mums when he ear-tags four newborn calves.
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E4 • Episode 4
1. 59 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
4. HD
As winter arrives, Stevie experiments with a radical buffalo-feeding idea and David is anxious to find out if his cows are in calf.
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E5 • Episode 5
1. 59 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
4. HD
Steven and Tracey turn to technology to increase their chances of female calves, while Stevie and Eddie try to save the life of a buffalo calf.
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E6 • Episode 6
1. 59 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
4. HD
Alone on the farm, Mel must act fast to help a trapped bull. The Holstein Society assessor comes to judge the merits of the Roans' herd.
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E7 • Episode 7
1. 59 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
4. HD
Spring is in the air. On Mull, Highland cow Goldilocks gives Janet and Alastair a fright when a calving goes wrong.
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E8 • Episode 8
1. 60 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
4. HD
Lambing and calving are in full swing. In Drummuir, Mel tries every trick in the book to help a first-time mum bond with her lambs.
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E9 • Episode 9
1. 60 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
4. HD
Weaning time at the buffalo farm gives Stevie and his neighbors a sleepless night and a milk fever epidemic puts David and Sandra's cows in peril.
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E10 • Episode 10
1. 59 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
4. HD
In Appin, David is beset by pests and, out on the hill, his lambs are under threat from predators.
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E11 • Episode 11
1. 59 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
4. HD
Janet and Alastair take a road trip to the mainland and find something very unusual in a group of young female sheep.
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E12 • Episode 12
1. 59 min
2. TV-G
3. CC
4. HD
In the final episode of the series, David and Sandra have to shear the sheep and start to train a month-old foal.

Crew
Jo Roe

Producer
Jane Fitzgerald

Producer

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