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Episode 1
Following six farming families in some of Scotland’s most remote locations. Emma and Ewan move to their forever farm on Bute, while cousins Donald and David prepare for a busy lambing season.
Filmed across a year, this series follows six families in remote and stunning Scotland. It’s early spring as the farmers gear up for lambing, their busiest weeks of the year.
In Northumberland, Emma and Ewan are rounding up their cattle and sheep as they prepare to move from Emma’s home for the last ten years to a farm seven times the size, on the Isle of Bute just off Scotland’s west coast. The move means taking on huge financial risk, and when they finally arrive on Bute, the scale of the challenge that lies ahead begins to sink in.
On the outskirts of Stranraer, Andy Love is preparing to hand over the reins of his dairy business to his daughter, Kayleigh. With Andy’s blessing, she plans to maximise the dairy’s earning potential by bringing a large part of the business in house – pasteurising and bottling their own milk. It’s a risky new venture, at a time when she’s also facing huge challenges at home. Husband Rab is undergoing chemo for bowel cancer, and the couple also run an Italian restaurant which has been hit hard by covid restrictions.
In Loch Ness, Cousins Donald Fraser and David Girvan are preparing for the busy spring season ahead. Donald’s partner Joanna is new to farming. This year she’s keen to get as hands on as possible, and push on with ambitious plans to set up a farm shop.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Series Producer | Fiona Wilson |
Executive Producer | Jo Roe |
Production Manager | Fiona Baird-Crawford |
Production Manager | Stephanie Barrett |
Broadcasts
- Tue 23 Nov 2021 20:00
- Sun 18 Sep 2022 19:00
- Sun 25 Sep 2022 09:00
- Mon 10 Oct 2022 20:00
- Wed 4 Jan 2023 19:00±«Óătv Two except Wales & Wales HD
- Tue 10 Jan 2023 19:00±«Óătv Two Wales HD & Wales only
- Tue 5 Mar 2024 19:00
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