Accidental Farmer

British TV series or programme

Ashley Jensen
Michael Hodgson
Jean Heywood
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Shaun Dooley

Country of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishProductionProducerEllen TaylorRunning time60 minutesOriginal releaseNetworkBBC1Release21 December 2010 (2010-12-21)

Accidental Farmer is a television comedy drama by broadcast on BBC1 on 21 December 2010,^[1]^[2] written by Daisy Coulam.

It is about a London-based advertising executive who moves to a farm in Yorkshire after buying it with her boyfriend's credit card as revenge for cheating on her; and the rigours and problems she encounters on the farm, particularly from being unfamiliar with the rural setting. It is a comedy drama starring Ashley Jensen as the main character, Erin Taylor.

Cast

Ashley Jensen as Erin Taylor
Michael Hodgson as Clive
Jean Heywood as Olive
Sylvestra Le Touzel as Judith
Shaun Dooley as Matt
Raza Jaffrey as Mike
Sally Phillips as Kat
Robert Pugh as Dr Willis
Lynda Baron as Mrs Hobbs

Ratings

The pilot pulled in 4.575 million viewers, a 17.7% share between 9pm and 10pm.^[3]

References

^ "Accidental Farmer and Oz and Hugh Raise the Bar". The Guardian. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
^ "Accidental Farmer". The Scotsman. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
^ Plunkett, John (22 December 2010). "Accidental Farmer harvests 4.5m viewers". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 August 2013.