Strictly winner, racing driver and soap star Kelvin Fletcher has spent most of his working life playing a farmer on Emmerdale. Now he is attempting to do it for real. Like tens of thousands of other Brits in the past year, he has escaped his urban roots and moved his family to the country to start a new life. And he hasn’t done things by halves. Kelvin and his wife, Liz, have bought a 120-acre farm on the edge of the Peak District National Park, and they plan to bring it back to its former working glory, despite having no farming experience. A month in, the list of jobs is mounting, along with Kelvin and Liz's stress levels. It’s a baptism of fire, but luckily their no-nonsense next-door neighbour Gilly is on hand to help. Before investing in their own livestock, Kelvin and Liz get some hands-on experience with Gilly’s flock of sheep, but the harsh realities of animal husbandry soon hit home. The sight of a sheep’s maggot-infested foot is too much for Kelvin to bear, and he starts
Rookie farmers Kelvin Fletcher and his wife Liz buy their first livestock – a flock of rare breed sheep. They set out to shear them and sell the fleeces, but nothing goes to plan.
Pigs are next on the shopping list for Kelvin’s growing farm, but while he’s away pursuing his other passion - motor racing - it’s his wife, Liz, who must bring home the bacon.
The Fletchers enter three sheep into the Ashbourne Show. Training is a disaster, with Daniel the ram lamb preferring to play dead, and reputations are on the line.
The Fletchers face the realities of farming as Kelvin takes one of his lambs to the slaughter. An eye-opening visit to a local alpaca farm inspires Kelvin’s next big idea.
