Sarah Beenys New Life in the Country: Series 1

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History Documentary hosted by Mark GoldThorp, published by Channel 4 broadcasted as part of CH.4 series in 2020 - English narration

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Sarah Beenys New Life in the Country: Series 1 Following Sarah Beeny and her family as they relocate from London to Somerset, renovating a semi-derelict former dairy farm into their dream family home.

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In this first episode, the family start to adapt to their new life, and draw up plans for their ambitious modern stately home. Later, the whole family help out with lambing season.

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Sarah and her husband Graham await news from the local council, while the family get to work planting 1,000 young trees they have bought to improve the biodiversity on the farm.

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Following Sarah Beeny and her family as they relocate from London to Somerset, renovating a semi-derelict former dairy farm into their dream family home. This time, the family head to a poultry farm that sells a vast array of chickens, ducks and peacocks to the public. Later, Sarah and Graham explore how to make the farm pay for itself by heading off to find out how to make cider at a local cider mill.

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Sarah and Graham get to work on the foundations of their new dream house, while Raffey and Laurie try to bring in some extra cash for the farm with a petting zoo for the public. Sarah wants to one day plant a truffle wood on the farm and has high hopes that Maple the dog can be trained to sniff truffles out, so she heads off to meet truffle hunter Tom to find out more.

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Sarah and Graham dig the footings for their new home and try their hand at glamping with the whole family. And they get more than they bargained for when they hunt for Graham's lost signet ring.

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Sarah learns how to keep bees, the family get garden inspiration at Forde Abbey and learn about foraging at Ham Hill, and as the coronavirus pandemic reaches the UK, work on the house comes to a halt

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Sarah and Graham recruit a band of workers to begin Covid-safe renovation work after a month's pause in the project. The couple disagree on whether they should have animals, so arrange to borrow four alpacas from a nearby farm to see if they like the idea. The farmhouse finally has power, but it still needs running water, so plans get underway to dig a borehole.