This Week on the Farm

Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson return to celebrate the very best of the autumn season with brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson at Cannon Hall Farm in South Yorkshire. There is a look at the changing face of the combine harvester, from the comparatively primitive ones of the past to today's hi-tech megamachines, while the Nicholsons roll out the red carpet as they prepare for a very special royal guest.

Farming brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson are taking on a new apprentice, their young nephew Marshall, but he does not seem quite ready for the rigours of farming life. Meanwhile, gardener and therapist Annabelle Padwick joins Helen and Jules to explain why growing your own fresh produce is good for physical and mental health, and there's an exciting arrival at Cannon Hall Farm.

Rob and Dave Nicholson head to an auction in search of a Swiss Valais Blacknose tup for the farm - a breed dubbed `the cutest sheep in the world". However, they don't come cheap. Yorkshire Vet Julian Norton meets a farrier who is preserving the lives of hundreds of horses using specially designed orthopaedic shoes. Back at Cannon Hall Farm, shire horse Lottie requires a life-saving foot operation, while JB Gill joins Helen and Jules to explain why he's so passionate about getting young people involved in farming.

Jules Hudson and Helen Skelton looking at how farming is tackling climate change.

Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson present another crop of seasonal farming stories.

Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson celebrate the very best of British farming during autumn.

Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson celebrate some of the fun and festivities of the Autumn farming season. Farmers Rob and Dave are challenged with entering a local scarecrow festival. The brothers also head to Herefordshire to learn how to make scrumpy cider the old fashioned way.