This Week on the Farm - Season 2
Season 2
Episodes
Episode 1
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.
Episode 2
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.
Episode 3
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.
Episode 4
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.
Episode 5
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.
Episode 6
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.
Episode 7
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.
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