I binge watched the last 2 seasons and all I can say is wow, what a winner.
Whilst I suspect most of it is staged it’s still great entertainment. Much better than CountyFile.
Really looking forward to the next instalment.
B
I binge watched the last 2 seasons and all I can say is wow, what a winner.
Whilst I suspect most of it is staged it’s still great entertainment. Much better than CountyFile.
Really looking forward to the next instalment.
B
Fully agree, definitely a winner, and apparently so for the farming community aswell.Originally Posted by bomberman
Some of it is staged, the buying of the Lamborghini tractor being an obvious example, but overall he is genuinely trying to make the farm work.
CountryFile only any good for the scenery usually.
CountryFile is the BBC version of the countryside for city folks.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Not a bad analogy.
I will add this to the watch list, enjoyed the first 2 series.
Been watching Vinny Jones in the country recently which has been enjoyable too.
Great news
‘Gentleman Farmer’ demonstrating that to make a small fortune farming then you need to start out with a larger one.
A sort of Top Gear meets The Archers in many ways.
Enjoyable nonsense all the same.
I was thinking that as well, however, I don't see Caleb doing things '... because the script says so...' . Editing will help, I presume, but it still comes over as natural. And when Clarkson's goal was/is to show how difficult farming is, well... than he's very successful showing it to us.
I wonder if Gerald will have subtitles……
It doesn’t need to be staged or scripted to be entertaining and I don’t believe it is. JC has worked in television for longer than I’ve been alive and he’s very good at it.
Like a great musician who knows how to write a hit song, Clarkson knows how to make a hit tv show. He has an instinct for ‘that’ll make good tv’ and makes decisions based upon that without the need to over think it, or write it.
There’s always going to be a structure to work to - such as this year we’re going to try rearing an animal we’ve no idea about, and see what happens. If it goes well, great tv, if it goes really badly, great tv. Either way it’ll be entertaining and we’ll all be invested in the journey and learn a little along the way.
I’m looking forward to watching it unfold this year.
Episode 2:
Kaleb: Were you in a band?
Andy Cato: I was in a band
Kaleb: I can tell
Andy Cato: How?
Kaleb: You've left your engine running at £1 a litre!
Kaleb really is comedy gold.
Anyone seen it?
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