Wise Owl Films has been given a double series order to make two new series of Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and Kids, following ‘Yorkshire Shepherdess’ Amanda Owen and her family as they continue to renovate a centuries-old derelict farmhouse into a modern home.
When Blondie Came To Britain picked up the RTS Yorkshire award for best Factual Entertainment programme of the year in Leeds last night.
The BBC Two documentary was produced and directed by Kate Siney (pictured above), edited by Lia Hayes and production managed by Charlotte Topliss with Linda Woodhouse as archive producer, Andrew Morgan as assistant producer and Kay Beaumont and Laura Green as production executives.
Rachel Davies was the commissioning editor for the BBC, with Mark Robinson executive producing for Wise Owl.
More4 is heading to the Yorkshire Dales for a new ten part ob-doc series from Wise Owl Films following ‘Yorkshire Shepherdess’ Amanda Owen and her family as they renovate a derelict farmhouse.
Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and Kids charts the Owens’ journey to breathe life back into a derelict neighbouring property they bought to plan for the family’s future. The series sees Amanda, Clive and their nine children work with a team of local tradespeople to slowly bring their ambitious vision for the farmhouse - known locally as Anty John’s - to life, tackling the changing seasons and challenging elements along the way, as well as getting to grips with the nature of restoring a listed property in a remote location.
Cameras also follow Amanda as she digs deep into the farmhouse’s past and reveals the fascinating part its former owners played in local history.
Anita Rani presents this exploration of the Brontë sisters and their enduring influence in a new Sky Arts documentary from Wise Owl Films.
Anita Rani – The Brontës: Sisters of Disruption (w/t) will look at the impact Anne, Charlotte and Emily Brontë have had on millions of readers across the centuries, including Anita.
Partly autobiographical, this new programme traces Anita’s relationship with the Brontës, as she heads back to Bradford to recall the first time she read Jayne Eyre and Wuthering Heights at school. Anita also reveals the sense of identification she felt with the sisters, growing up in Bradford in the 1980s and 90s, with the stunning landscape of Haworth and the moors (which Anita calls her “happy place”) on her doorstep.