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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Rosemary on March 15, 2016, 10:31:20 pm
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Enjoyed the first two episodes of "This Farming Life" tonight. Will watch the other two plus "Lady Lairds" tomorrow and Thursday. Between these, "The Mart" and "The Croft", I don't recall so many programmes on farming before.
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Also, Addicted to Sheep, was an excellent programme-it was featured on country file a while back.
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There also used to be lambing live with kate humble and adam henson on bbc. Also kill it, cook it, eat it. You need to google them both they where both excellent!
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This latest farming program is the best by far, no all knowing presenters hyping everything up, just a fai r view of farming life.
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I agree. The presenters are often more interested in putting themselves across rather than the subject matter. Adam Henson is an exception but then he was a farmer before he became a presenter. Farming doesn't need people bouncing around being enthusiastic all over the place.
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Farming doesn't need people bouncing around being enthusiastic all over the place.
Really? :innocent:
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I'm enjoying the series as well. Particularly the couple with the croft. :)
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Farming doesn't need people bouncing around being enthusiastic all over the place.
Really? :innocent:
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Sorry, not making myself clear. Differentiating between professional presenters paid to be enthusiastic about anything they're presenting, from the Boat Race to Crufts, and people who are genuinely passionate about the subject concerned.
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What's wrong with Ellie or Julia bouncing all over the place lol :roflanim:
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Obviously with a little bit of f knowledge 2
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What's wrong with Ellie or Julia bouncing all over the place lol :roflanim:
I've no problem with a smiling face, but Ellie wearing her hair loose when she's around machinery I do object to. It sets a bad H&S example, and is of course putting her life at risk, should she get the hair wrapped around a pto. Still, she's taken to wearing her hair up far more often now since I pointed out the problem to the Beeb :innocent:. I'm not usually a complainer, but when it comes to farming I do care.
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I too am loving all the farming/countryside programs at the moment. Is a bit of a distraction from my own small holding though and makes me want more space, although 3.5acres is really enough for us at the moment.
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loving the prog…. :thumbsup:
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Watched it tonight, is it on all week :thumbsup: :sheep:
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:wave: monday, tuesday and wednesday evenings -tonight's I think was 8th of 12 - well worth catching up on iplayer
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My favourite farming couple are the hill farmers george and sybil, I really love their way of life and how they struggle through it all.
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I am enjoying the programme and so is my daughter which is great but I can't say I enjoyed watching 'jumbo' struggle to support his own weight after four days with the emphasis on what a potentially great breeding bull he might be. I guess that is 'this farming life' though, commercially driven genetics which put less emphasis on a calf who is up in minutes, cows who are good natured enough to not need tying up etc. I don't know, I guess I'm just not a fan of these Arnold Schwarzenegger bulls!
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loving the programme. loving Cybil too.
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loving all of them…so different in so many ways.yet still the same goal
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I am enjoying the programme and so is my daughter which is great but I can't say I enjoyed watching 'jumbo' struggle to support his own weight after four days with the emphasis on what a potentially great breeding bull he might be. I guess that is 'this farming life' though, commercially driven genetics which put less emphasis on a calf who is up in minutes, cows who are good natured enough to not need tying up etc. I don't know, I guess I'm just not a fan of these Arnold Schwarzenegger bulls!
I don't think they deliberately bred him to be a big calf. I'm sure they'd said that his mum had calved the previous year and lost the calf, so she was in great condition when she conceived and didn't have a calf sooking from her so the calf she was carrying had loads of goodness and did lots of growing - I was on the edge of my seat when they were calving him, it's a great programme :)
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Yes, I do totally get that. I know there was an explanation for why he was so big, the bit that bothered me about it was when the narrator said the guy would be hoping jumbo might be the next big bull or whatever and I just thought, hmm, he can't even stand up after 4 four days, Im not sure he's prime breeding material. It makes me think they prize quantity (of muscle) over quality.
Anyway, perhaps a debate for another thread ;) I am really enjoying the programme though there is a nice variety and different scales/methods of farming, very interesting.