
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 during these crucial months. \n\nIn Aberdeenshire, new entrant farmers Isla and George French wrangle their herd of semi-wild red deer closer to the farm to tackle one of the more difficult jobs as a deer farmer. The rutting season is here, and soon the stags will fight for dominance, so removing their antlers, painlessly, is a necessary but daunting task. Later, two new young bucks join the group, and the older stags begin to roar, signalling the beginning of the mating season. \n \nIn the Lake District, Matt and Murray prepare for a big shopping trip. Their new, bigger farm is in need of some top-quality breeding rams, or tups. Matt and Murray are heading to the Kelso Ram Sale – a one-stop shop for any farmer looking to expand their flock. Vet Dani is usually in charge of the purse strings, but the boys have been let loose and end up blowing the budget. \n\nAt the northernmost tip of the Scottish mainland in Armadale, Joyce Campbell is gathering her 600 ewes off the hills in preparation for tupping season. The farm's 6,000 acres are home to a number of peat bogs, and when the stubborn ewes decide to use a different route, they get stuck in the mud.\n\nIn the remote Stoer Peninsula, Helen and Graham take advantage of the unusually settled weather to take their small boat out to collect their creel pots. Later, Graham is worried about one of their piglets, Melon, and when he goes missing the following morning, Helen sets out on her morning rounds with a sense of dread.
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Series 3: Episode 7
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 ...
01-11-2025
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Series 3: Episode 6
In Shetland, Kirsty tackles her first breach birth. Stevie’s favourite pygmy goat Ginger struggles to give birth to twins. Raymond’s cows run amok on their way to th ...
25-10-2025
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Series 3: Episode 5
The Rodgers face a final TB test. Animals arrive at Lynn and Sandra’s croft. Raymond is kept guessing by his surrogate sheep and a calving boom starts at Kirsty and Aimee& ...
19-10-2025
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Series 3: Episode 4
A new family, dairy farmers the McLeans, are introduced. Raymond goes the extra mile to save his lambs. Stevie faces buffalo cow number 666, and Kirsty and Aimee take last year& ...
18-10-2025
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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 ...
12-10-2025
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Series 3: Episode 2
New entrant crofting couple Lynn and Sandra send their first pigs to slaughter. Raymond’s best bull Major is injured in a brawl. The Rodgers hopes of Balmoral show hang on ...
03-08-2025
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Series 3: Episode 1
As the new year begins, we meet three new farming families – father-and-son team Raymond and Johnny Irvine, Shetland sisters Kirsty and Aimee Budge and the Rodgers family ...
27-07-2025
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Series 7: 5. New Life On The Farm
On the remote island of Papa Westray, the Baker family need to pregnancy scan their 64 ewes, but their flock is running amok. They have timed lambing to happen after Mel has her ...
04-03-2025
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Series 5: Episode 9
Summer turns to autumn in Bute, Emma and Ewan are in the market for new tups or rams to produce good prime lambs the following spring. When they arrive at Kelso, the biggest she ...
25-01-2023
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Series 7: 6. Lambs, Crops And Chicken Pox
Sally is in the thick of lambing on her croft in Caithness, where unseasonal weather is taking its toll. She loses three lambs in one day and has to call out the vet for a ewe t ...
11-03-2025
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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 7: 11. Handing Over The Reins
In Dumfries and Galloway, the Thomson family meet to discuss plans for Nick’s succession, but there has been a growing change of heart.\n\nNear Glasgow, the Imrie family p ...
15-04-2025
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Series 7: 8. Royal Highland Showtime
In Fife, Andy and Jo prepare to compete at one of the biggest highlights in the farming calendar, the Royal Highland Show. The event holds a special place in their hearts, as it ...
25-03-2025
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Series 6: Episode 11
Summer is in full swing. In the Cairngorms, Robert’s cattle get their first taste of freedom and fresh grass, while Jenni’s alpacas need a short back and sides from ...
09-06-2024
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Series 5: Episode 3
Ronnie and Pete prepare for a leggy new arrival, Joanna embarks on a steep learning curve, and young farmer Sean nears the end of a bumper lambing season.
10-01-2023
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