Mud Sweat and Tractors: The Story of Agriculture

Milk

Apr 15, 2009

In the early years of the century, 150,000 dairy farmers milked by hand and sold milk door to door. By the end of the century, the 15,000 that were left were breeding cows that increased yields by 400 per cent and milk was sold through supe

Fruit and Veg

Apr 22, 2009

A look at the changes in the way fruit and veg was grown, picked and sold, told through three of the staples in the British landscape - apples, strawberries and tomatoes. Home movies and archive footage reveal the extent of the revolution

Wheat

Apr 29, 2009

Documentary series about the history of 20th-century farming in Britain looks at wheat and tells how the country became self-sufficient in producing bread-making wheat after the Second World War. Told through the working lives and home mov

Beef

May 6, 2009

A look at how two of our finest native breeds of cattle, Hereford and Aberdeen Angus, reigned supreme before the Second World War and helped earn Britain a reputation as the 'stockyard of the world'. The programme also shows how, since then