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Episode 5

Back to the Land is in Yorkshire, meeting a father-and-son team who own the first and only caviar farm in the UK that harvests sturgeon eggs ethically and humanely.

Back to the Land is in Yorkshire, meeting a father-and-son team who own the first and only caviar farm in the UK that harvests sturgeon eggs ethically and humanely. After dad John invested his entire pension pot in the business, Kate is with them at a crucial point of egg harvest and as they embark on their own breeding programme which, if successful, could make or break the business.

Kate also meets a family that have diversified into growing hemp on an industrial scale and even built their farm house with it, showing that hemp can be a sustainable and effective building material. We join two ex-Londoners who moved to the country to farm rare-breed pigs and created an honest sausage company using only the best cuts of their pigs, all of which are raised outdoors and have over double the life span of commercially farmed pigs.

And we meet a lady who crafts the famous Whitby jet in its raw form, then polishes, shapes and works it into silver and gold jewellery which she smiths herself. The solid black gem was once mined and a major part of the local economy throughout the Victorian era.

59 minutes

Last on

Tue 19 Oct 2021 16:40

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:03

    Alpines

    Cocoon

  • 00:04

    Boy & Bear

    Stranger

  • 00:08

    Courteeners

    The Opener

  • 00:09

    Will Young

    Brave Man

  • 00:10

    Will Young

    Brave Man

  • 00:15

    Of Monsters and Men

    Black Water

  • 00:18

    Kygo & Justin Jesso

    Stargazing

  • 00:19

    Primal Scream

    Boogie Disease

  • 00:20

    Alabama Shakes

    Hold On

  • 00:21

    Laura Welsh

    Unravel

  • 00:23

    Brakes

    Isabel

  • 00:26

    Laura Welsh

    Call To Arms

  • 00:29

    The Maccabees

    Bag of Bones

  • 00:30

    Emeli Sand茅

    Maybe

  • 00:31

    Liv Dawson

    Reflection

  • 00:34

    Tom Grennan

    Found What I've Been Looking For

  • 00:36

    The National

    Conversation 16

  • 00:40

    George Ezra

    Song 6

  • 00:42

    James Arthur

    If Only

  • 00:44

    Norah Jones

    December

  • 00:47

    Joel Compass

    Run

  • 00:48

    Of Monsters and Men

    Winter Sound

  • 00:48

    Of Monsters and Men

    Winter Sound

  • 00:52

    Bipolar Sunshine

    Deckchairs On The Moon

  • 00:55

    Tommy Ashby

    Broken Bones

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kate Humble
Composer Andrew Jones
Graphic Designer John Eddy
Graphic Designer Ian Richards
Colourist Katie Kemp
On-line editing Bernard Pearson
Re-recording mixer Matt Morris
Director of photography Cliff Evans
Sound Recordist Ed Bulman
Sound Recordist Roscoe Gibson-Denney
Line Producer Richard Banks
Series Producer Debb Swindells
Editor Chris Polding
Producer Darren Coates
Director Darren Coates
Executive Producer Sarah Trigg
Director Jim Ashley
Production Company 7 Wonder Productions

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