Series synopsis
Springtime on the Farm is a drama television series that premiered on 5 on April 9, 2018. It stars Helen Skelton, Adam Henson, JB Gill and Lindsey Chapman.
Documentary series celebrating British farms. Peter Wright, Adam Henson and Lindsey Chapman reveal what happens at Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley during the busiest time of year - Spring.
Premise
Documentary series celebrating British farms. Peter Wright, Adam Henson and Lindsey Chapman reveal what happens at Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley during the busiest time of year - Spring.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Helen Skelton as Presenter
- Adam Henson as Self
- JB Gill as Presenter
- Lindsey Chapman as Presenter
- Jules Hudson as Presenter
- Peter Wright as Self
- Dave Nicholson as Self
- Rob Nicholson as Self
Supporting cast
- Kelvin Fletcher as Self
- Julian Norton as Self
Episodes
This series spans 10 seasons with 44 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | August 7, 2018 | August 7, 2018 |
| Season 1 | 5 | April 9, 2018 | April 13, 2018 |
| Season 2 | 5 | April 8, 2019 | April 12, 2019 |
| Season 3 | 4 | April 13, 2020 | April 16, 2020 |
| Season 4 | 4 | April 5, 2021 | April 8, 2021 |
| Season 5 | 4 | April 18, 2022 | April 21, 2022 |
| Season 6 | 8 | April 11, 2023 | April 21, 2023 |
| Season 7 | 5 | April 15, 2024 | April 19, 2024 |
| Season 8 | 4 | April 15, 2025 | April 18, 2025 |
| Season 9 | 4 | April 21, 2026 | April 24, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Best of Springtime on the Farm Highlights of all the thrills and spills from the week spent on Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley during the busiest time of year - spring. |
August 7, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Adam Henson and Lindsey Chapman celebrate the hard work of farmers around the country battling all year round to keep providing food for the nation's tables, and are joined by Yorkshire Vet stars Peter Wright and Julian Norton. In the first edition, there is a look behind the scenes at how the show's hosts at Cannon Hall Farm near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, stay afloat as a business, and bring over a thousand lambs into the world. Plus, Gloria Hunniford recalls childhood days on her granny's farm in Northern Ireland, and actor Kelvin Fletcher mucks out on a dairy farm. |
April 9, 2018 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 JLS member-turned-farmer JB Gill helps out on a night shift. A highland cattle farmer reveals the efforts it takes to tend his flock, and Gloria gets a tasty treat or two as she tours Cannon Hall's kitchen. |
April 10, 2018 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Celebrating the hard work of farmers around the country, who battle all year round to keep providing food for the nation's tables. This time, Three sisters from East Yorkshire reveal their pioneering pig farming techniques, and Kelvin tries his hand at working with a sheepdog. Meanwhile, JB Gill learns about a cheese making process. |
April 11, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The return of the programme celebrating the hard work of farmers around the country, checking in with them on every day of the busiest week of the year from the base at Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley. |
April 8, 2019 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Coverage from Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley, where former Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher lends a hand, while colleague Dominic Brunt spends time with Peter Wright and Julian Norton, stars of The Yorkshire Vet. |
April 9, 2019 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Celebrating the hard work of farmers around the country, who battle all year round to keep providing food for the nation's tables. |
April 10, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The return of the programme celebrating the hard work of farmers around the country, with Helen Skelton and Adam Henson seeing how they are responding to the Covid-19 crisis, and showing how nature carries on regardless. Working safely within the new social distancing guidelines, Helen presents from her Yorkshire country garden and Adam from his Cotswold farm, while Cannon Hall Farm's Rob and Dave Nicholson will be filming the all-important lambings themselves as they attempt to catch all of the last-minute action. |
April 13, 2020 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Helen Skelton and Adam Henson continue their celebration of the hard work of farmers around the country, seeing how they are responding to the Covid-19 crisis, and showing how nature carries on regardless. Working safely within the new social distancing guidelines, Helen presents from her Yorkshire country garden and Adam from his Cotswold farm. JP Gill becomes a vet for the day, and alpacas and Stirling bulls put in an appearance. |
April 14, 2020 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Helen Skelton and Adam Henson continue their celebration of the hard work of farmers around the country, seeing how they are responding to the Covid-19 crisis, and showing how nature carries on regardless. This episode follows a 24-year-old farmer as he prepares for one of his cows to give birth, and another farmer who is trying to get his land back to normal after it had been flooded. |
April 15, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Helen Skelton and Adam Henson return with the programme celebrating the hard work of farmers, following them as they prepare for the lambing season. From his own farm in the Cotswolds, Adam gives his horses and ponies a springtime MOT to make sure they've shaken off any winter blues, while at Cannon Hall Farm in South Yorkshire, Helen and Jules Hudson are on hand as brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson try to keep their heads above water in the lambing sheds. |
April 5, 2021 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Adam Henson celebrates the `golden fleece' of the rare-breed Cotswold sheep that brought wealth to the region, while in South Yorkshire, Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson join farmers Rob and Dave Nicholson as they face a pig emergency. Elsewhere, Plus, The Yorkshire Vet's Shona Searson tries to save a sow and her litter of piglets and sheep farmer Phil Heard dons his ten-gallon hat to drive his flock onto Dartmoor, cowboy-style. |
April 6, 2021 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 At Cannon Hall Farm, Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson witness dramatic arrivals as farmers Rob and Dave Nicholson welcome some `new kids' on the block. JB Gill visits the final contender in the Young Farmer of the Year contest, 28-year-old Adam Walton, who is following in his late father's footsteps to helm the family pig farm, while in north Wales, teenage champion shepherdess Erin McNaught is handed the reins by her retiring grandfather - right in the middle of lambing season. |
April 7, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Helen Skelton, Adam Henson and Jules Hudson present the series that celebrates the UK's farmers during Spring, their busiest season. Adam delivers a pair of Boer goat kid twins. |
April 18, 2022 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Helen and Jules Hudson are surrounded by new arrivals as farming brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson are in a fight for survival as they are faced with the difficult labour of triplet lambs. |
April 19, 2022 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Tonight we witness the resident alpacas during their springtime mating and farming brothers Rob and Dave face a battle for survival as they care for Young Farmer Joes pregnant ewes. |
April 20, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Featuring Cannon Hall Farm where more than 1000 animals come into the world each spring. |
April 11, 2023 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Adam Henson introduces us to a donkey foal as he begins the task of halter training. Rob and Dave Nicholson face a tough day as one of their prize cows struggles to deliver twin calves. |
April 12, 2023 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Adam Henson is back in the lambing barn as the wave of births hits a new high. Yorkshire Vet Rohin Aojula attends a life-or-death emergency as a pygmy goat struggles to give birth. |
April 13, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The series returns for the biggest lambing season yet, as Channel 5 delivers an avalanche of new life in a week of thrills and spills. Rob and Dave start lambing their 250-strong flock. |
April 15, 2024 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Rob and Dave Nicholson welcome the arrival of a shire foal, JB Gill looks at how the sea can help heal the body and soul, and chef Tim Bilton hand harvests the superfood kale. |
April 16, 2024 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Bambi, the pregnant miniature donkey, is due to give birth any day now. And we meet a jockey who found solace in farming following a devastating accident on the racecourse. |
April 17, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The highs and lows of modern farming at Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, with Helen Skelton, Jules Hudson and JB Gill leading the way. JB Gill explores a green revolution taking root down some forgotten back streets in Manchester and, in honour of 75 years since the Land Girls Army, there is a celebration of the women in farming keeping the nation fed today. |
April 15, 2025 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Rob and Dave Nicholson welcome the arrival of a shire foal to their beloved mare, Sapphire. The pint-sized farmers taking the countryside by storm are introduced, as well as six-year-old Olivia, who isn't scared of getting her hands dirty. Helen, JB Gill and Jules also have their hands full bottle feeding five orphaned goats. |
April 16, 2025 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Helen Skelton meets a donkey foal at Cannon Hall Farm that had a dramatic journey into the world, while JB Gill talks to a farmer giving a voice to those often under-represented in agriculture. Plus, there are plenty of births at the farm with Rob and Dave Nicholson. |
April 17, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | April 21, 2026 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | April 22, 2026 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | April 23, 2026 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | 5 |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 9, 2018 |
| Last aired | April 22, 2026 |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at 19:00:00 |