Big Circus Media series, Our Dream Farm with Matt Baker, will return to Channel 4 in 2025 with a new series.
The new 8×60 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.
Filmed in and around the farm, the 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 15-year tenancy of the farm set deep in the heart of rural Eryri.
Matt Baker said, “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.”
Deborah Dunnett, who commissioned the series for Channel 4 said, “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.”
Gareth Collett from Big Circus Media said, “Thanks to Deborah Dunnett at Channel 4 and Giles Hunt at the National Trust for working tirelessly with us to make this series. Also Diolch to the local Welsh community who made us all very welcome.”
Giles Hunt from The National Trust said, “The National Trust were delighted to work with Big Circus and Channel 4 to have made another series of Our Dream Farm. We hope the series increases people’s understanding of the role farmers and land managers play in restoring nature, producing food and improving the climate for the whole of the UK. The National Trust hugely values its relationship with it farming tenants – and works hard to collaborate on ways to achieve more nature on our land, whilst maintaining important farming values. Rural life and culture in Wales are critically important considerations among these communities that work almost exclusively in Welsh and we were delighted to be able help bring these important aspects to a wider audience. The farm we are letting is among the most nature rich in the Trust’s Wales portfolio – and the lucky winner of the tenancy will be charged with caring for it for the public, now and over the next 15 years. We all very much look forward to working with them.”
Our Dream Farm with Matt Baker was commissioned by Deborah Dunnett for Channel4 with Jo Street, Channel 4’s Director Commissioning, Nations & Regions. The series was produced by Matt Baker, Executive Producer and Creative Director of Big Circus Media and Gareth Collett. Executive Producer and Managing Director of Big Circus Media. The Series Producer for Big Circus Media was Charlie Bullock.
Jon Creamer
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