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Emma Campbell visits a farm preparing to take a crop of mistletoe to auction.

Emma Campbell visits a farm in Worcestershire, as its owner prepares to take his latest crop to market - mistletoe. She finds out about the customs surrounding this festive plant.

Mistletoe is now one of the symbols of Christmas. It grows only in certain geographical locations of the UK, and is often found in apple orchards. In this programme, Emma Campbell visits a farm in Worcestershire where the farmer is cutting mistletoe from his cider apple trees, ready to take to auction. She also speaks to a historian and botanist who explains how mistletoe came to have the festive cultural connections we associate with it today, and visits one of the country's last surviving mistletoe auctions.

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