Harvest on the Farm Channel 5: Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson to join Cannon Hall Farm brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson on new farming and agriculture TV show featuring Yorkshire guests including Our Yorkshire Farm’s Reuben Owen and TV chef Tim Bilton

Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson will be filming live from Barleylands Farm in Essex next week on their new show Harvest on the Farm where they will mix with British farmers as they bring in the harvest that will keep the country fed this year.

The four-part series will be spread across four nights and the show’s hosts will celebrate the best of British food, at a time when the weather makes the difference between a bountiful harvest and complete washout.

They will meet with Cannon Hall Farm brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson, as well as a host of special guests including presenter-turned-farmer George Lamb, farm regular and former member of JLS JB Gill, and Rueben Owen from Our Yorkshire Farm.

They will keep count on the star crops that have come in big this year, as well as meeting the producers who turn these modest-looking plants into everyday favourites.

Across the week the show will celebrate great British food heroes from the wheat farmers and bakers who give Britain our daily bread, to the crops that give us a kickstart in the morning.

Fruits and vegetables will be picked and the hosts follow the entire food supply chain from field to fork. The audience will also be encouraged to Eat to Save the World, a campaign launched to help people eat local, lower their food miles, reduce their food waste and try delicious new dishes.

The show will then end with a harvest festival at the end of the week, an epic celebration of great British food and farming.

Episode 1

The first episode will see Helen and Jules meet wheat farmers, delve into the age-old craft of corn dollies and savour the best of British brews.

Chef Tim Bilton, from Huddersfield, will cook up the ultimate super sarnie, JB Gill will explore the secret behind one of the UK’s favourite soft drinks, and there will be a live Harvest Festival Face-Off as Rob and Dave compete in a wonky veg bowling challenge.

TV presenter Helen said: “The harvest is probably the most hectic time of the year for crop farmers, because they literally reap what they sow. This is when they’re bringing everything in and gathering what they’ve worked on for a year.

“It’s a stressful time for farmers, with all the drama of seeing what has grown and storing things the right way but from a telly point of view it’s exciting.”

Episode 2

In the second instalment, TV presenter George Lamb shares his new-found passion for farming, viewers can explore the incredible journey of our beloved foods from field to fork and Yorkshire chef Tim Bilton cooks up a barley spicy lamb stew.

There will also be attempts at throwing shapes on the pottery wheel and presenters will discover the history of the Harvest jug and meet an internet sensation with an astonishing 80-pound cabbage.

The second episode of Harvest on the Farm will air tonight (September 27) on Channel 5 at 8pm.