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This Farming Life

Series 3

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 9 months

New entrant crofters Lynn and Sandra’s pigs go to slaughter. Raymond’s bull Major is injured in a brawl. The Rodgers face another TB test and Stevie goes buffalo shopping. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Jane Fitzgerald
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe
Production Manager:
Sam Breslin

Billy and Us

Series 1

He's at It Again, God

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

This episode takes a look at Billy Connolly’s relationship with organised religion. Featuring classic routines which established him as a taboo-busting comedian. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Billy Connolly
Interviewed Guest:
Roz Armstrong
Interviewed Guest:
Janey Godley
Interviewed Guest:
Lubna Kerr
Interviewed Guest:
Allan Little
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin McKenna
Production Manager:
Sam Breslin
Series Producer:
Colin Murray
Executive Producer:
Rachel Bell

This Farming Life

Series 3

Episode 9

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 9 months

Lynn and Sandra harvest their first honey. The Rodgers give bull Mario a send-off. Raymond’s flock is under threat from flystrike, and 50 of Stevie’s buffalo escape. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Jane Fitzgerald
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe
Production Manager:
Sam Breslin

This Farming Life

Series 3

Episode 5

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 9 months

The Rodgers face a final TB test. Animals arrive at Lynn and Sandra’s croft. Raymond is kept guessing by his surrogate sheep and a calving boom starts at Kirsty and Aimee’s farm.

Contributors

Series Producer:
Jane Fitzgerald
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe
Production Manager:
Sam Breslin

This Farming Life

Series 3

Episode 6

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 9 months

Kirsty tackles her first breach birth. Stevie's pygmy goat Ginger's worryingly overdue. Raymond's cows run amok and the Rodgers take young heifer Nadia to Balmoral Show. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Jane Fitzgerald
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe
Production Manager:
Sam Breslin

This Farming Life

Series 3

Episode 7

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 9 months

Raymond tests the market for his cross-bred valais blacknose sheep. Lynn and Sandra go to their first ever auction to buy sheep and hens for the croft. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Jane Fitzgerald
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe
Production Manager:
Sam Breslin

This Farming Life

Series 3

Episode 8

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 9 months

Lynn and Sandra face a drought on the croft. At the Royal Highland Show, Raymond and Johnny aim high with their Charolais, while Aimee puts her pony skills to the test. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Jane Fitzgerald
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe
Production Manager:
Sam Breslin

This Farming Life

Series 3

Episode 10

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 9 months

Raymond and a team of volunteers give the valais blacknose sheep a bath. Kirsty and Tom rescue fallen sheep on the isle. Stevie attempts to milk his first buffalo. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Jo Roe
Series Producer:
Jane Fitzgerald
Production Manager:
Sam Breslin

This Farming Life

Series 3

Episode 11

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 9 months

Raymond and Jen take a busman’s holiday to Switzerland. The McLeans host the Holstein Society and bad news forces Stevie to make a shocking decision. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Jane Fitzgerald
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe
Production Manager:
Sam Breslin

This Farming Life

Series 3

Episode 12

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 9 months

Lynn and Sandra start an egg club. The Rodgers host a barbecue for the Young Farmers Club. Raymond and Johnny wean this year’s lambs, and Kirsty and Aimee bring in the barley. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Jo Roe
Series Producer:
Jane Fitzgerald
Production Manager:
Sam Breslin

This Farming Life

Series 3

Episode 4

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Dairy farmers the McLean family are introduced. Raymond goes the extra mile to save his lambs. Stevie faces buffalo number 666, and Kirsty and Aimee take their calves to market. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Jane Fitzgerald
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe
Production Manager:
Sam Breslin

This Farming Life

Series 3

Episode 3

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Inspectors arrive to check Raymond and Johnny’s subsidy claim. Kirsty and Aimee gather the flock in from St Ninian’s Isle. Lynn and Sandra host their first workshop at the croft. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Jane Fitzgerald
Executive Producer:
Jo Roe
Production Manager:
Sam Breslin

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 4 months

Hannah gains access to a top-secret site where anonymous staff and the latest tech work to make the British passport one of the most secure documents on the planet. Show more

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 4 months

Hannah Fry discovers the hidden WWII radar technology that heats up baked beans and learns the legend of the melted candy bar in an engineer’s pocket that kick-started a kitchen revolution. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 4 months

Hannah goes behind the scenes to look at the technology behind the lift, entering a 246m high lift shaft to test everything from the brakes to her own fear of heights. Show more

The Secret Genius of Modern Life

Series 2

Vacuum Cleaner

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 4 months

Hannah takes a look at the vacuum cleaner, going behind the scenes with Dyson and discovering how the motor in their latest vacuum spins nine times faster than that of a Formula One race car. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 4 months

With rare access to electronics giant Samsung, Hannah uncovers the technological game changers that have made the smartphone a reality. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 4 months

Headphones: these marvels of miniaturisation are worn by 30 million people in the UK. Hannah Fry visits Bose to find out how the teeny earbud tech works and meets the human testers with ‘golden ears’. Show more