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On Your Farm: A Journey Through the British Isles and Beyond

On Your Farm: A Journey Through the British Isles and Beyond: Episode 5: Rare Breeds

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Episode 5: Rare Breeds

Rare Breeds

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Charlotte Smith harvests the best stories from Radio 4's long-running On Your Farm.

Farming Today's Charlotte Smith ploughs the archive, harvesting the best stories from Radio 4's long-running show On Your Farm.

Charlotte Smith hears from founder Joe Henson why the Rare Breeds Survival Trust was set up. BBC Radio 4's On Your Farm programme visits Joe's Cotswold farm to hear about the history of farm animals. 

Mining the rich archive of past editions of the long running series On Your Farm shows how much the farming industry changed across the 20th century. The series, which began in 1965, has visited every possible kind of farm around the British Isles and beyond.

Producer: Mark Smalley.

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Charlotte Smith harvests the best stories from Radio 4's long-running  On Your Farm

Farming Today's Charlotte Smith ploughs the archive harvesting the best stories from Radio 4's long-running  On Your Farm

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