Our Yorkshire Farm
Channel 5
Clarkson’s Farm
Amazon prime
My mother used to say babies can be instantly soothed by two things: the sight of fluttering leaves or people absorbed in work. But it’s not just babies. Two recent TV hits demonstrate that much comfort can be derived from insights into hard labour in leafy landscapes. And for me, the particular pleasure of both programmes was their celebration of people who had no interest in being celebrities but were just getting on with the mucky stuff of daily life.