John Kirkpatrick

Following his appearances on the massively popular TV series "Victorian Farm" John will be presenting a programme of traditional songs to take us through a year in the countryside, reflecting the highs and lows of each season, and giving an authentic voice to the old way of life.

So here we have "The Victorian Farmer's Year in Song". Songs about farmers, and songs sung by farmers; songs about the work on the farm, and songs to make that work easier; songs celebrating particular days in the country calendar, and songs celebrating the daily miracle of life, death, and renewal. And the world we are shown here is not a romantic pastoral idyll viewed through rose tinted spectacles - this a world full of sweat and muck, a world with dirt under the finger nails, a world full of snorting, and grunting, and heaving. And then there are the animals...