Summer on the Farm: Helen Skelton tells guest to ‘calm yourself’

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Helen Skelton has just finished up a week of presenting Summer On The Farm Live for Channel 5. She hosted the show alongside Jules Hudson live from Cannon Hall Farm in South Yorkshire. But, the wildlife expert has now revealed she does have one regret when it comes to farming. Helen opened up about her passion for the great outdoors in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk.

Wildlife lover Helen has a fair amount of knowledge when it comes to the British countryside.

She’s a presenter on Channel 5’s Summer On The Farm as well as BBC’s Countryfile.

But, she’s now revealed her love of the great outdoors first began in her childhood.

Speaking exclusively to express.co.uk, Helen explained she’s thrilled farming shows have become a big hit with viewers.

Helen explained that she’s been working in television for almost 20 years, but her farming shows in particular seem to be the popular ones.

She said: “Of all of the projects and things that I’ve been involved in, On the Farm, and Countryfile are the two things that everybody talks to me about and everybody asks me about.”

The presenter explained that she often feels “overwhelmed” when thinking about how well known the shows have done.

She confessed the rise in popularity of farming programmes has amazed her, saying: “I grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere.

“So for now, for me to see millions of people tuning in week in week out to watch people talking about farming, I’m always a bit like ‘eh?’

“Yeah, I’m always a bit kind of like, ‘Oh wow god people really are interested in this’,” Helen added.

She explained that her father had always been keen on getting her into farming when she was younger, but she never expected it would be a popular genre of TV.

Looking back on her youth, Helen revealed her regret as she wishes she’d “paid more attention” to her dad’s farming advice.

Speaking about her father, Helen added: “He always used to say to me, ‘Lots of daughters get into farming with their dads you know, lots of daughters get into farming with their dads.’”

After loving her childhood growing up in the countryside, Helen revealed she now encourages her own children to get outdoors as much as possible.

The Countryfile presenter is the mother of two children, Louis aged four and Ernie aged five.

Chatting about her kids, Helen said: “They are that kind of perfect age, they are four and five and they’re just better behaved if they’re outside.

“So the more time we spend outside, the better behaved they are, the better they eat, the better they sleep, you know, so the better they concentrate.

“So I get mine outside as much and as often as possible!” Helen revealed.

Helen’s hit show Summer On The Farm isn’t Channel 5’s only farming programme as they’ve also seen success with Our Yorkshire Farm.

The documentary series follows Clive and Amanda Owen who live and work on a farm along with their nine children.

Speaking about the recent rise in popularity of farming themed shows, Helen noted that lockdown has helped many people reconnect with nature and therefore triggered an interest in country living.

“I think people started to discover what was on their doorstep,” the Countryfile presenter remarked.

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