The Yorkshire Dales And The Lakes

- Season 1

(2017)

At Bleak Bank farm, the Dawson family prepare their lambs for auction. It's the hound trail at Buttermere while the residents of Barbon in the Dales await the arrival of high-speed broadband.

The series filmed over the course of a year continues as craft mason and mountain rescuer Pete Roe tries to save a puppy that's fallen down a sinkhole near Wensleydale.

At Bleak Bank farm it's time to gather in the sheep. The Leyburn Brass Band prepare for a big show. And Trudy wants to revive Bootle by opening an estate agents.

In Swaledale, a man has gone missing in freezing temperatures. And it's the annual Halloween festival at Muncaster Castle.

Michelin-star chef Kevin Tickle goes foraging. Gamekeeper David prepares for a shoot in Wensleydale. There's also some potholing pensioners and a big race at Wetherby.

Day-Glo orange sheep, competing micro-breweries and a 950-metre ascent to the summit of Helvellyn are all part of what it's like to live and work in the countryside.

It's lambing season in the Dales. Gamekeeper Dave prepares for the start of the shooting season. And the owners of Britain's highest pub face a big decision.

There's a staffing crisis at Britain's highest pub. The library at Muncaster Castle need repairs. And Lake Warden Martin patrols Windermere, England's largest lake.