This Farming Life

Sea shepherd Sandy gathers in a flock of wild sheep from a remote Scottish island by boat.

George and Sybil gather in their sheep from over six square miles of rugged mountainside.

Crofters club together to dip their sheep in insecticide before mating time.

In the east of Scotland, Martin's sheds are full of pregnant cows.

In the far north, John is expanding his flock and his land.

Sandy Granville surveys the damage to his croft after one of the worst storms on record.

Lambing season is just a month away. Martin tends to 500 pregnant ewes.

Spring arrives and John is expecting 6,000 new lambs, so hires in extra staff.

Bobby and Anne must gather their pregnant ewes from the hills ready for lambing.

Sybil prepares for George's birthday and the arrival of her sister and niece from England.

Martin prepares two young bulls for the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh.

All the farmers from across the year reflect on what each season means to them.