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This Rural Life - Trailer - Featuring the voices of William Chase, Peverel Manners, Jeff & Bob, The Gay Lamber and a Melton Livestock Market Auctioneer

This Rural Life

Release Date: 12/07/2017

Tom Joule - Joules show art Tom Joule - Joules

This Rural Life

In a rare in-depth interview, Joules founder Tom Joule shares the story of his glorified market stall that grew into an icon of rural life and a darling of the City.

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William Kendall show art William Kendall

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Of all the things to be known for, building famous companies and exiting them with piles of cash, repeatedly, would be close to the top of most people’s list. William Kendall has had the kind of career that if proposed in a movie script might be poo-pooed by the studio as being ‘too farfetched’.  

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Dawn Chorus show art Dawn Chorus

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Armed with nothing but a flask of tea, a homemade cinnamon muffin and my trusty digital recorder, I made for the Bluebell Woods. I had hoped to experience a British dawn chorus at its best and I wasn't disappointed. 

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The Vet show art The Vet

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Tom Hume recognised a desire in himself to be intimately connected with nature and to understand how it functions. He then had the foresight to nurture that desire, channeling it towards his ultimate goal of becoming a large animal vet.

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Billy Ivory - Screenwriter show art Billy Ivory - Screenwriter

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He’s worked with Dominic West, Rosamund Pike, Pete Postlethwaite and Helena Bonham Carter and continues to write on (and be terribly secretive about) upcoming projects for the BBC and Channel 4. Billy Ivory went from bin man to Baftas and, of course, has a tram named after him in Nottingham.

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Rural Artists show art Rural Artists

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Two artists absolutely entwined with nature. I met Deborah Bird and Beth Johnson to talk about how they find their flow, who their work is for and what the point of it all is. 

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NFU Vice President - Stuart Roberts show art NFU Vice President - Stuart Roberts

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Newly elected Vice President of the National Farmers Union, Stuart Roberts, forms one leg of a most newsworthy tripod as the right hand man to the NFU's first female President. Stuart is a henchman that one can easily imagine sitting at the helm one day. A bewellington'd Jose Mourinho to Minette Batters' Bobby Robson, if you like. 

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Villagers show art Villagers

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What does a professional gambler from a big city who thinks farmers are miserable old gits have in common with a retired rural councillor who grew up mucking in on his family farm? Answer - They now live but a few doors apart in a quiet Leicestershire village. Meet Jeff and Bob.

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Peverel Manners - Belvoir Fruit Farms show art Peverel Manners - Belvoir Fruit Farms

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The recipe for their famous elderflower cordial hasn't changed in 30 years. Plenty of other things have. I went to meet Peverel Manners, son of co-founders Lord John and Lady Mary and the man at the helm of one of the most respected drinks brands in the country, Belvoir Fruit Farms. 

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The Gay Nightshift Lamber show art The Gay Nightshift Lamber

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Sheep midwifery is no walk in the park and the nightshift is particularly tough. The only guarantees are birth, afterbirth, death and solitude. Throw zero job security and spartan accommodation into the mix and job candidates become fairly thin on the ground.

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Introducing This Rural Life

Bewellington'd chinwaggery kicking off in January 2018 with William Chase, founder of Tyrell's Crisps and Chase Distillery.