Addicted to sheep

Green farmer

Just after stumbling across a new programme on bbc4 tonight 9-00. Addicted to sheep. Worth a watch ?

Dickie10

recorded it last night, il watch tonight

Sam Kade

Dodgey program title.

Dickie10

if channel 4 had this on, you definitly would be suspicous!

DJ98

What channel number is bbc 4 I cant find it on sky. Is it on every week or is it a once off thing?

Kevhog1988

was on bbc4 it was an excellent show

Green farmer

theemigrant wrote: »

was on bbc4 it was an excellent show

Ya that was it alright. Very enjoyable alright. Just after reading it was made as a film and shortened for tv after winning farmer weekly awards in uk. Their repeating it at 11.00 tonight on bbc 4 again. the trailer available for it up on YouTube , it anybody knows how to link it here.

tom_k

Here's the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuhTQBKrXpY

Bullocks

Good show , that life wouldn't be for everyone though . Whether money is tight or they dont go on holidays its great to spend so much time with the kids all the time . Not many kids nowadays grow up like that unfortunately.
I thought the young fella that said his calf" just lay down dead " was ahead of his time !

rangler1

The lambing was rough, wasn't a great image for sheep farmng

razor8

thought same here and thought there was ammunition for the tree huggers with the cows tied in the byre

also i thought fairy liquid was no longer recommended

Bullocks

razor8 wrote: »

thought same here and thought there was ammunition for the tree huggers with the cows tied in the byre

also i thought fairy liquid was no longer recommended

I wonder was he double sucking or why were they tied in ? I felt sorry for herself mucking them out . We had thirty cows like that years ago and there used be alot of barrows shifted every day , pure torture .

arctictree

rangler1 wrote: »

The lambing was rough, wasn't a great image for sheep farmng

He seemed to have a lot of trouble dealing with a single. Maybe the lamb was dead by the time they got to her.

rangler1

razor8 wrote: »

thought same here and thought there was ammunition for the tree huggers with the cows tied in the byre

also i thought fairy liquid was no longer recommended

Washing up liquid is supposed to be an irritant internally.......something to do with the scent/perfume they use....why use it when lube is available,

Arrow in the Knee

I thought the first few minutes of the programme was going to be a good omen for the rest of it about sheep.

But then it drifted away from sheep and more about his family.

I thought it was very interesting him describing the finer points of the 'perfect sheep' at the start and if it kept going like that it would be a Very good documentary but unfortunately they didn't continue like that.

White Clover

Watched it there on YouTube. He wasn't painting a rosy picture of farming anyway. Agree with Rangler, the lambing was rough. The non use of a glove wouldn't have helped with the subsequent health of that ewe either.

Username John

Just watched it there as well - I didn't think the lambing was that bad, but maybe I was expecting worse after the comments on here.
I thought the dehorning was worse to be honest, but maybe that's cos we don't do it here.

He won some amount of trophies there at the end! Fair play...

Overall - thought it was a great show... Would love to see more like it...

solerina

Missed it......does anyone know if it will be on BBC again ??

rangler1

Ithink this is it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOq_oaRSjvE.

rangler1

Ithink this is it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOq_oaRSjvE.

arctictree

From looking at a lot of these programmes, it seems to me that holding rental is a big thing in the UK. Is that the case? I wonder how they handle big projects like new buildings and facilities?

IH784man

Did the young boy not go to school?

Great programme though,making farming not as rosy as some programmes make it seem.