September 28, 2021 - 14:35 BST Sharnaz Shahid. By what name was Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales (2021) officially released in Canada in English? [citation needed], Matt's last show on "The One Show" was on Tuesday 31 March 2020, where he wasn't on the couch with co-presenter Alex Jones, but was at home in self isolation. Weve made 6 programmes this time round, picking up where we left off . cant wait for you to see it.". You can unsubscribe at any time. The room has skylights in the ceiling and glass doors leading out to the garden. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Theres a string of hamlets and villages along the way, including Cowshill, where the Killhope Burn river rushes beneath a stone bridge before crashing over Burtreeford Falls. The star, who previously presented Blue Peter, lives in Durham with his wife and two kids who will feature on the show. Everybody helps each other. This article is about the British television presenter. Baker and his crew were also unable to stay at the farm during the coronavirus pandemic, due to lockdown restrictions. Matt stars in his own series Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales which originally aired on More4 earlier this year. Take your time plan three or four days or more; stop and explore the villages. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. The loop from Barnard Castle, northwest along Teesdale, over the top to Weardale and finishing at Durham city, has to be one of the best routes in Britain. Now this area is like a magnet for me. The star has received endless praise for making the selfless move to support his beloved parents. The former Blue Peter presenter had to hire a bed and breakfast in the local area for his family and crew to stay in while they filmed the series. When presenter Matt Baker received a phone call telling him his mum had been in an accident and needed knee surgery, he decamped his entire family to his parent's farm in the Durham Dales Matt . Everyone comes north up the M6 and turns left at the Lake District, but they never turn right, over the North Pennines to the Durham Dales. [22] He is president for Here4Horses.[23]. Aside from his dog Bob, he has chickens, goats, sheep, lambs, donkeys, horses and multiple dogs. Fans have fallen in love with the feel-good series, with one saying on Twitter: "Loving Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales. The Durham Dales incorporating Teesdale and Weardale is a peaceful and tranquil landscape of moors, hills, valleys and meandering rivers with small villages and market towns. The BBC star moved from Hertfordshire to the Dales to help out with the smooth running of the farm and make some much-needed changes. Another family room and dining areadoubled up as a place for Matt's children to study while their schools were closed following the COVID-19 pandemic. Fans of new More4 show Our Farm in the Dales were left devastated this week after Matt Baker and his wife Nicola made a sad announcement before the latest episode. [5] The couple married at Winston in Teesdale,[3] in 2004[20] and live in Buckinghamshire with their son and daughter. On the 23rd August 2021, Channel 4 Television announced that they have commissioned Big Circus Media to make two further 6-episode series and a Christmas special of the hit show. Series 2 Episode 1. Having grown up on his family's sheep farm in the Durham hills, Countryfile and former The One Show presenter Matt Baker is heading back to rescue his family farm after his mum had a. Figures from 2018 show that he was earning between 450,000 to 499,000 a year with the BBC when he was presenting The One Show. I come up here with my wife and kids and to stay with Mum and Dad whenever I can. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. Its a brilliant place to blow the cobwebs away and listen to the sound of curlews on the breeze. Baker met his wife Nicola, a physiotherapist, when he was performing in the disco show at Pier 39 in Cleethorpes. We would often take a boat out and row down there, which is lovely. ITV Dancing On Ice's Christopher Dean issues Jayne Torvill health announcement. In the upcoming episode, he will be helping out by planting the apple orchard his parents have always dreamt of. hopefully you can join us on more 4 at 9pm for the last instalment of new beginnings. In early 2011, he was also elected as the president for the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs. In 2005, he briefly appeared as himself, as the presenter of Blue Peter, in an episode of sci-fi series Doctor Who, when The Doctor was flicking through television channels. EPISODE 1. Total or partial reproduction of this article and its photographs is prohibited, regardless of links or credits. Baker was born on 23 December 1977 at Easington in County Durham where his father ran a newsagent's shop,[2] and his parents had a smallholding in the village. From the age of 5 Baker was a keen dancer and began competing as a gymnast whilst at school. Baker was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for charitable and voluntary services to fundraising. After an appearance in the school production of Grease,[3] it was suggested that he attend drama school. Most of them were students. A post shared by Matt Baker (@mattbakerofficial). However, we can look to previous seasons for hints as the first series aired in March 2021 and the second lot of episodes aired in October. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. He provided commentary for the gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, as well as doing some presenting work. Matt Baker, pictured here on BBC's Countryfile, grew up with a small farm and has gone onto have a family farm of his own. Matt Baker returns home to rescue his family farm in Our Farm in the Dales, Channel 4 initiates Turkey-Syria Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) advert across 29 channels, Crufts returns to Channel 4, More4 and All 4 with wall-to-wall coverage, Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins USA Heading to E4, Grant, Joshua and Hilary Pass SAS: Who Dares Wins - Jungle Hell Selection in Dramatic Series Finale. The pair have two children together: Luke and Molly Baker. Due to his love of animals, even when the wholesome presenter found himself working in London full-time when his TV career took off, he moved to a countryside retreat, a smallholding in the Chilterns, where he brought in a flock of sheep, chickens, dogs and a cat so that it became a small-scale version of the family farm. You can unsubscribe at any time. If your living room is smaller than you like, there are many easy ways to give the illusion of more space without the need for a dramatic and Helen Skelton wowed both judges and the public on Friday night with her incredible performance of a Fosse-inspired routine on Strictly Come Matt Baker home: Countryfile's Matt lives with his wife Nicola Mooney and their two children in a Hertfordshire farmhouse look inside. Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Daleswas commissioned by Channel 4s Deputy Head of Formats & Features Sean Doyle. Matt's parents, including his mother Janice, renovated the farm and kept it going for the family. As you wind your way up Teesdale, youll go through a string of lovely towns and villages. The characters around here the farmers and the other neighbours are a real close-knit community. A Year On Our Farm by Matt Baker is published by Michael Joseph, priced 20. Matt Baker returned to live on his family farm in Durham after his mum suffered an accident. Here, speaking to The Big Issue for his Letter To My Younger Self, he explains just how much of a privilege growing up in that environment was.. Much as I love the city, though, my heart is in the hills and dales, and Ill soon head back there. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. The heartwarming series touches on an emotional period of his life when he moved his family to Durham to help his parents run the family farm. ", Matt too confirmed the show was coming to an end, when he took to Instagram to write: "Its the last episode of Our farm in the Dales tonight.. i cant believe how quick its gone..Im so proud of my family and the great team of friends whove helped to create it! "We live a life thats up and down the whole time anyway I am a northerner through and through and the Durham Dales, where I grew up, are like a magnet; I cant stay away. ", GALLERY:Inside the most stylish celebrity kitchens. Its definitely worth stopping for a wander, and perhaps a coffee at the Rose and Crown.A few miles further on lies Middleton-in-Teesdale, a leafy market town whose streets are lined with handsome stone houses. Its such a good programme. [4] He took A-levels in Drama, Biology and Sports Science at Durham Sixth Form Centre. It feels real. Baker co-presented Countryfile Summer Diaries on weekday mornings on BBC One, along with Open Country for Radio 4 and Animal Rescue Squad and Animal Rescue Squad International for Channel 5. One of the first is Romaldkirk, a sleepy hamlet laid out around a green. The farmland gets narrower and narrower. [12] Matt continued his previous commentating work by providing commentary for the Tokyo 2020 gymnastics events. Our Farm in the Dales is a heartwarming series that touches on an emotional part of presenter Matt Bakers life. Theyll have their work cutout,but can the Baker familymake the changes neededso the farm can enter a new chapter? Its full of interesting shops and cafes, and great walks out of town and along the river, perhaps to the eerie ruins of Egglestone Abbey. Im proud to call it home. You can see from the top edge of the Yorkshire Dales above Richmond to the distant Greta Valley the Pennine pass where the A66 crosses and north to the high land of County Durham: Hamsterley Forest, Pikeston Fell, Monks Moor, Five Pikes. He had previously worked as an entertainer with a 1970s comedy disco-dancing revival show called Disco Inferno, which toured the north of England. Matt Baker and his wife and kids move to the organic sheep farm where he grew up in the Durham hills to help secure its future. Matt Baker takes his mum Janice and dad Mike on some memorable, easy-to-reach excursions around their beloved North East, as they relive old memories and make new ones Sign in to play Episode 4. Unfortunately, the farm is not open to members of the public as it is privately owned by the Baker family. He said he did not want to feel like a presenter this time around, and instead wanted viewers to feel like they were simply joining him on his farm. Television presenter Matt Baker receives a call that leads him to move his wife and two children north to run his family's sheep farm in the Durham hills after his mum had a serious accident Read allTelevision presenter Matt Baker receives a call that leads him to move his wife and two children north to run his family's sheep farm in the Durham hills after his mum had a serious accident.Television presenter Matt Baker receives a call that leads him to move his wife and two children north to run his family's sheep farm in the Durham hills after his mum had a serious accident. In this intimate series, Baker returns to his childhood home of Durham to help mother Janice and father Mike. The four part series shows the transition the presenter made moving his family from the south to rural living up north. Matt Baker and his wife embarked on a new venture shortly after the TV presenter left The One Show during . Jamie Bamber plays Archie Hughes in Beyond Paradise on BBC One. The family farm is a few miles west of Durham, at the gateway to the Durham Dales. For the BBC's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Baker commentated on the gymnastics events. Hope you all enjoy the last one! TV's Matt Baker has gone back to his roots. Its the huge open spaces, and the peace, that I love. Channel 4 is yet to confirm Britons are likely to see the third series airs of the farm. The presenter said he wanted to make sure his loved ones were happy with what was being shown to the public. They have a smallholding, with Matt sharing pictures of sheep, donkeys and chickens on his Instagram account. At the remote hamlet of Langdon Beck, theres a network of footpaths on the river banks and across farmland here if you fancy a stroll. From St Johns Chapel, if youve time, turn left and head north for Upper Weardale. In the summer of 2006, Baker was a celebrity showjumper in the Sport Relief event Only Fools on Horses. In his TV series, Matt returned to his childhood home of Durham to help his mother Janice and father Mike. They get hands on for lambing season and there's exciting news for the goats. Television presenter Matt Baker receives a call that leads him to move his wife and two children north to run his family's sheep farm in the Durham hills after his mum had a serious accident Television presenter Matt Baker receives a call that leads him to move his wife and two children north to run his family's sheep farm in the Durham hills after his mum had a serious accident. Just as well because its not easy living up here. Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales - Series 3: Episode 6 | All 4 Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales Series 3 Episode 6 The Bakers call in some local storm-proofing experts to safeguard. From the castle, the old stone bridge over the Tees leads you to the Middleton road (B6277). Countryfile's Matt Baker grew up on a small farm in the north of England. If you come in spring, the meadows are full of breeding redshanks, lapwings and oystercatchers. Everything you need to know about the Countryfile presenter. As part of the celebration for London's winning bid to host the 2012 Olympics, Baker co-hosted the London 2012 party with Claudia Winkleman on 24 August 2008, after the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. These activities include herding sheep and feeding the farm animals. Matt met his physiotherapist wife when he was performing in a disco show at Pier 39 in Cleethorpes. But then the summer comes along and no matter how short it is, it somehow makes all the struggling worthwhile. The 43-year-old from County Durham now continues to host BBC's Countryfile and BBC Sport. The story will feature in a More4 series,Matt Baker: Our Farm in the Dales, from Big Circus Media(4x60). This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. Matt previously wrote on Instagram: "Hopefully you can join us 9pm on More4. Just as well - because it's not easy living up here. His mother had been involved in a farming accident which left her injured and she was unable to carry out her usual duties. [15], In July 2017, Baker co-presented Wild Alaska Live on BBC One with Steve Backshall and Liz Bonnin. Who is Matt Baker? Matt Baker with mum and dad, Janice and Mike (Image: Channel 4) Group 28 Get the latest County Durham news and updates delivered straight to your inbox - sign up for free email updates Its a small city though it didnt feel it then of bridges crisscrossing the river Wear, narrow cobbled streets, elegant houses and spectacular views out to the countryside beyond. The 42-year-old broadcaster was busy over lockdown renovating his incredible Durham farm. Having just finished the second year of a three-year course at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, his future wife's aunt spotted that Blue Peter was looking for a new presenter. Matt Baker was also a Torch Bearer for the Olympic Flame as it was carried into Durham City as part of the flame's tour of Great Britain. Our Farm in the Dales is filmed on-location at the Bakers 100-acre family farm in the Durham Dales. [2][5][6], Baker wanted to become a physiotherapist, but did not achieve the necessary academic standards. Everybody helps each other. The farm is privately owned by the family and it seems it is not open to members of the public. The Durham Dales are basically two long, green valleys Teesdale and Weardale that rise from the rolling farmland west of Durham, climbing high up to the rugged open moorland of the North Pennines. Two beige sofas are positioned around the fireplace, which has a television mounted on the wall overhead. But before the April 21 episode had even aired, Nicola delivered a huge blow to viewers when she revealed it would be the last. WATCH:Matt Baker shares genius kitchen hack - and fans are impressed! Matt's parents farm which is in the Durham Dales, near to Lanchester appeared in More4's Our Farm in the Dales (2021). He has one sister and two half-sisters. See inside Matt's country property where he has sheep, chicken, dogs and donkeys, GALLERY: The One Show stars' homes you need to see. In this intimate series, Baker returns to his childhood home of Durham to help mother Janice and father Mike. The couple married at Winston in Teesdale, in 2004. The farming is some of the toughest in Britain. After his mums accident, Matt is also looking to make the farm more accessible for his ageing parents. Speaking of filming Channel 4's Our Farm in the Dales, he told The Metro: "We have our own smallholding in the Chilterns, a smaller version of my parents farm, where we have our own chickens and livestock." The series is also unscripted meaning that the small camera crew follow the family as they go about their daily lives. They performed in all thirty-five shows on the tour in arenas throughout Britain and Ireland, winning on twenty-six occasions. He said he had never considered putting his family in the spotlight before as he wanted to be the one overseeing the whole process. Its worth pulling over at the top for the view. His mother had been involved in a farming accident that left her injured and she was unable to carry out her usual duties. Youre closer to the stars, anyway, so you can see more of them. You could probably do the whole journey from Barnard Castle to the hills and down to Durham in an hour and a half; but thats not the point, of course. Another fan added: "Thankyou for making Our Farm In The Dales, it is restoring my faith in humanity. More info. Normally, the Countryfile star lives with his wife Nicola and their children Luke and Molly in. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. His home has a light brick exterior, in keeping with the country feel. [11], On 4 December 2019, Baker announced on The One Show that he would be leaving in the spring of 2020. When it feels right, get out of the car and go for a walk (so youll need a good map, such as the Ordnance Survey OL 31). The TV star could be seen ripping down a wall made of wooden panels, while his daughter Molly filmed his progress., Matt's home also has a utility room, which one of their sheep once managed to get into. Baker left Blue Peter at the end of its 200506 series;[8] his last live show was broadcast on 26 June. The former The One Show presenter has a suitably country-style living room and it has a very retro feature. The river helps. Matt attended Easington Village School, then, when he was aged 10, his parents bought a farm west of Durham, which they moved into and renovated. [14] [1], On 8 March 2011, Baker gained media attention by asking then-Prime Minister David Cameron, "How on earth do you sleep at night?". Green valleys, wild moorland, lovely villages and empty beaches let Countryfile presenter Matt Baker share the secrets of his home county, Durham. A huge thank you to Sean at More4, its amazing what can happen from a conversation in a barn., Sean Doyle, Deputy Head of Formats & Features at Channel 4:We are delighted that Mattand his family will be opening to the doors to theirbeautiful ruralfarm on More4. WATCH MATT BAKER: OUR FARM IN THE DALES AT 9 PM ON MORE4, AND GET FREAKY WITH US ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. Posting a photo of the animal standing inside his house, Matt wrote: "Just rang home my daughter said 'mum's going to send you a picture of the utility roomdon't worry everything is now sorted. Janice underwent a knee replacement after the accident, prompting ex-Strictly contestant Matt to make the huge decision to move back to Durham, with wife Nicola and the couple's children, to help his dad Mike. From 2009, he has co-presented BBC One's Countryfile on Sunday evenings. Matt Baker's hit series about his life working back on the family farm is set to return. [7], During his seven years on Blue Peter, Matt's colleagues were Katy Hill, Konnie Huq, Simon Thomas, Liz Barker, Ze Salmon and Gethin Jones. READ MORE:The home improvement that can decrease property value by 4,500. Prior to this, Matt presented the children's TV show Blue Peter from 1999 to 2005. Please note terms and conditions apply, and are accessible via the link at the bottom of the page. Where is Matt Baker's farmhouse? Matt Baker's TV show set on the family farm in Durham County has been recommissioned for two more series and a Christmas special. The BBC star moved from Hertfordshire to the. When Michael called Matt and informed him that his mum had been involved in an accident on their farm, he immediately decided to relocate to the farm to assist his parents. [13], In 2015, Baker along with Mel Giedroyc co-hosted four-part BBC One series The Gift. [10] He later took over as a permanent presenter on the show, co-hosting with Alex Jones from Monday to Thursday. After Middleton, the valley slowly begins to narrow as the road climbs higher, and the wild moorland tops get closer and closer. ", BBC Beyond Paradise star Jamie Bamber is married to Eastenders actress. There were all these southerners Id never experienced people like that before. In 2015, Baker co-hosted a three-part factual series Big Blue Live for BBC One. [16], In 2010, Baker participated in the eighth series of Strictly Come Dancing, where he was partnered with professional ballroom dancer Aliona Vilani,[6] finishing in second place to the winners Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev in the final. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. What a lovely program Our Farm in The Dales- the chickens and puppies sealed the deal. And, of course, youve got to go to the cathedral. The characters around here - the farmers and the other neighbours - are a real close-knit community. He undertook the Kazakhstan to Mongolia leg with Julia Bradbury. - Newcastle restaurateur Terry Laybourne on reopening St Vincent for first time since Covid, Top city chef and 21 Hospitality Group owner Terry Laybourne talks about the March 9 re-launch of quayside restaurant St Vincent, the effects of the pandemic, the cost of living crisis and Newcastle's current dining scene. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. Since going on to present staple British shows such as Blue Peter and The One Show, Matt also appeared on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing for series eight in 2010. HELLO! He won two BAFTAs for Best Children's Presenter two years in a row and a Royal Television Society award.
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