This Farming Life
This Farming Life is a TV show on BBC2. The triumphs and tribulations of some very different farming families, from all over the beautiful and remote Scottish countryside. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 36 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in October 2025.
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This Farming Life
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Hit farming documentary series returns with the introduction of three new farming families, while buffalo farmer Stevie Mitchell’s story continues.
Series 1
A look at modern farming life in Scotland. This final episode features all the farmers from across the year reflecting on what each season means to them.
A look at modern farming life in Scotland. Summer arrives at last. In the east of Scotland, Martin prepares two young bulls for the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh.
A look at modern farming life in Scotland. In Argyll, Sybil prepares for George's 50th birthday. Bobby and Anne hold an open day to educate the public about farming.
A look at modern farming life in Scotland. Bobby's father's 90th birthday is looming and thoughts turn to who will run the farm when it's time to hand it on to the next generation.
An insight into modern farming life in Scotland. Spring arrives for the farmers. In the north, John is expecting more than 6,000 new lambs, so he hires extra staff.
An insight into modern farming life in Scotland. Lambing season is just a month away. Martin tends to their 500 pregnant ewes and gets the lambing sheds ready with dad Stevie.
An insight into modern farming life in Scotland. John Scott and Martin Irvine head to the Stirling bull sales, each hoping to sell four of their best bulls.
An insight into modern farming life. As Christmas finally arrives, there are celebrations and a sad discovery in Martin's cattle shed.
An insight into modern farming life. It's early winter and, although the weather is getting colder and darker, it's a time of year that brings new life on the farms.
An insight into modern farming life. Sandy and his fellow crofters gather in their sheep from the moor and club together to dip them in insecticide before mating time.
Series 7
Andy and Jo bring in their crops to discover if they have made the grade. Meanwhile, Nick and Holly are diversifying to secure their farming future, and the Bakers get their own milking cow.
The Thomsons thrash out plans for Nick to take over the family farm. Meanwhile, the Imrie's farm-to-fork event is hit by a storm, and Sally takes her son to market to sell his own lambs.
On Papay, Paul and Mel juggle farm work with wedding prep, while Sally’s ewes in Caithness have been struck by a mystery illness. Jo and Andy turn lambs into much-needed cash.
Series 3, Episode 7
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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.