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Expat teachers Anne and Mike Roberts were in their late fifties and living in Holland when they decided to up sticks and start a new life as self-made farmers in rural Hampshire. Armed with just a set of tools, an old Volvo and a rearing livestock handbook from the 1980s, Anne and Mike arrived at an empty field and realised the scale of the project they were taking on. Four years later, Matt Baker visits the now flourishing mixed livestock farm that covers over 100 acres and is home to ewes, goats, pigs and chickens. He also helps to welcome a new batch of chicks and a litter of piglets to the farm. 

When Helen Skelton covered the BDO World Darts Championship at Lakeside earlier this year, darts player Scott ‘Scotty Dog’ Mitchell said he would buy his dad a tractor with the prize money if he won. Two months later, Helen reunites with this country boy – who is now world champion - at his dad’s farm in Dorset to see the new tractor make its grand arrival. Helen learns about Scott’s farming background and how the Young Farmers Association not only introduced him to the world of darts, but also taught him some of the essential skills to be a great sportsman. Then Helen and Scott visit the dartboard where it all began…

Animals have been able to roam freely across the open landscape of the New Forest for centuries. But its increasingly busy roads are causing deadly clashes between man and nature. Shauna Lowry meets Graham Ferris of the Commoners Defence Association and Robert Maton, an Agister of the Verderers – whose job it is to protect the New Forest. Shauna finds out why there were 138 road traffic accidents last year and what their organisations are doing to help. She also helps ‘commoner’ Jean Smith turn out her donkeys with new reflective collars and meets Road Safety Sergeant, Rob Heard, to see how the effort to save the New Forest’s animals and traditions is a truly collaborative one.

The UK is surrounded by water but as yet we have hardly tapped into the power of the sea. Tom Heap looks at plans for six new tidal lagoons, which it is claimed could supply 8% of the country’s electricity. He visits Cardiff to look at the proposed location of one of the lagoons and visits a tide mill to discover more about how they generate power. Tom also meets the Angling Trust who are concerned about the impact that underwater turbines could have on the local fish population – and he talks to the RSPB who so far have supported the plans for the new lagoons despite being against another tidal project, the Severn Barrage. 

Adam Henson is off to Levin Down nature reserve in West Sussex with a very special delivery – three of his own rare breed Exmoor ponies. He meets reserve manager Mark Monk-Terry from the Sussex Wildlife Trust who explains how conservation grazing is used to manage this nationally important chalk grassland site. Together they help the ponies settle in to their new home, where they will play a vital role grazing higher areas of woody scrub and vegetation.

Charlotte Smith is at London Fashion Week meeting with the fashionistas who are using the best homegrown products in their daring designs. She gets the latest on beautiful British leather from top designer Amanda Wakeley. Charlotte also tries on some wonderful hats featuring British pheasant feathers. Then it is back into the countryside where she meets a farmer who has branched out into ethical angora – giving Charlotte the chance to have a go at being a bunny barber.