Amanda Owen’s Farming Lives More4, 9pm
and no fewer than 1,011 toys. With a week to go before the parents get married, a grand reorganisation, and some empathetic listening, gets underway.
Switching broadcasters for a new chapter in her life post-separation from her equal-tv-star husband, the Yorkshire farmer and erstwhile mainstay of Channel 5’s schedules travels to six farms around the country to learn about their methods of production. She begins on the remote Scottish isle of Shetland, where two sisters have inherited their father’s cattle farm in profoundly challenging circumstances. Easygoing and heartwarming, Owen proves herself to be one of British broadcasting’s most reliable delights.