‘Our Dream Farm with Matt Baker’ will return to Channel 4 later this year…
The eight-episode series follows The National Trust as it searches for a new tenant of a 600-acre farm in the spectacular Eryri, (formerly Snowdonia), North Wales.
Matt Baker:
“I am delighted we’re back for a second series, shedding light on the tenant farming world and the challenges our farming community faces in not only producing food but also in looking after our environment. It’s an incredible farm and I hope viewers will indulge in the breathtaking landscapes and enjoy learning about Welsh hill farming traditions, culture and techniques.”
Filmed in and around the farm, the exciting new documentary-style series follows the seven shortlisted applicants who have been brought together to get to know the farm where they hope to live. Each week, the candidates are monitored by The National Trust as they complete real world farming tasks as they vie to prove that they should be chosen to take on the tenancy of the farm.
The candidates must consider what it means to run the farm and will be judged on their ability to maximise all of the opportunities the farm has to offer, from environmental sustainability and farming innovation to tourism. Candidates will leave the process one by one until just two are left and invited to attend a final meeting with the National Trust.
Only the winner will be offered the truly life changing 15-year tenancy of this incredible farm set deep in the heart of rural Eryri.
Deborah Dunnett, who commissioned the series for Channel 4:
“Big Circus have made a beautiful series that will really change the life of one Farmer as they take on the management of this glorious tenancy. We are thrilled to have worked in partnership with the National Trust to share the culture, language, history and heritage of this working Welsh farm deep in the Eryri National Park.”
Our Dream Farm with Matt Baker is produced by Big Circus Media for Channel 4. An air date will be confirmed shortly.
