Kelvin's Big Farming Adventure
After playing a farmer in the soap opera Emmerdale for many years, actor Kelvin Fletcher has decided to become one in real life. Despite having no agricultural experience he and his family have quit city life and moved to a 120-acre farm.
- 2022-2022
- 1 season
- Documentary
After playing a farmer in the soap opera Emmerdale for many years, actor Kelvin Fletcher has decided to become one in real life. Despite having no agricultural experience he and his family have quit city life and moved to a 120-acre farm.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
29 mins
A month after buying the farm, the list of jobs that need doing grows, along with stress levels. Luckily their neighbour Gilly lends a hand. Before buying their own livestock the couple get some hands-on experience with Gilly's flock.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
Kelvin and his wife Liz buy their first livestock - a flock of rare breed Cotswold sheep. They set out to shear them and sell the fleeces but they manage to contaminate the fleeces with farmyard muck, with a wool buyer visiting imminently.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
29 mins
Pigs are next on the shopping list for Kelvin's growing farm. He's heard that some rare-breed pigs are for sale locally, but motor racing season is starting and he has to attend a training session, leaving Liz to buy the piglets.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
29 mins
Despite a growing workload on the farm, The Fletchers enter three of their rare-breed Cotswold sheep into the Ashbourne Show. Training is a disaster, with Daniel the ram lamb preferring to play dead, and reputations are on the line.
Episode 5
Episode #1.5
29 mins
The Fletchers face the realities of farming as Kelvin takes one of his lambs to the slaughterhouse. An eye-opening visit to a local alpaca farm inspires Kelvin's next big idea. Two of the cast of Emmerdale pay the farm a visit.
Episode 6
Episode #1.6
The summer is drawing to a close. Kelvin and Liz have come a long way with their farm, but their hard work has come at the cost of their social life. To get to know the neighbours better, they decide to throw a farm-warming party.