Yorkshire farmer and equine vet star in BBC's Love in the Countryside

Last summer producers of Love in the Countryside began a nationwide search for 'matches' for the eight singletons from agricultural backgrounds who found their isolated rural existence was preventing them from finding a partner.

The BBC2 show starts this week, with dairy farmer Peter, 52, - who still sleeps in the same bedroom he was born in - and equine vet Heather, 28, receiving visits from potential suitors to see if they can cope with country life.

Heather, who lives in accommodation at her North Yorkshire vet practice and stable yard, says her work has become her full-time lifestyle.

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Peter runs his own dairy farm in the Dales, and has children from a previous relationship.

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Love in the Countryside, which is presented by Sara Cox, is on BBC2 on Wednesday at 9pm.

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