Harvest (2013)
Season 2013
Right across our countryside it's harvest time. Gregg Wallace and Philippa Forrester are down on the farm revealing the results of this year's harvest as it comes in.
This is the spectacular climax of the farming year, when fortunes are won or lost in the attempt to put food on our plates.
This is the spectacular climax of the farming year, when fortunes are won or lost in the attempt to put food on our plates.
Where to Watch Harvest (2013) • Season 2013
3 Episodes
- Vegetables: The Goodness of the Earth
E1Vegetables: The Goodness of the EarthIn the first episode we visit the fertile fenland of Lincolnshire, the vegetable capital of Britain. Gregg Wallace, a former greengrocer, and Philippa Forrester, science expert and home grower, join farmer Andrew Burgess at the start of the main potato harvest to see the struggle to grow, and gather in potatoes, still our favourite vegetable. The also experience how broccoli is picked and packed and a greenhouse where tomatoes can be harvested year round - Cereals: The Seeds of Life
E2Cereals: The Seeds of LifeGregg and Philippa join farmer Tom Bradshaw at the start of his frantic wheat harvest. Stefan Gates reveals the biology behind the magic of seeds and how they germinate. Philippa explores the extraordinary precision and speed of the oil seed rape harvest that must be gathered in before a rain storm which could ruin a year's work. And we explore the grain harvest behind whisky, one of Britain's biggest exports. - Fruit: Sweet Treats
E3Fruit: Sweet TreatsWe visit a pioneering cherry grower in idyllic Herefordshire. Gregg and Philippa join farmer Andy Hunt as his workers struggle to pick 40 million cherries by hand in just a few short weeks. Stefan Gates reveals why winter chill, pollination and ripening are so critical to a good crop. Gregg takes part in the Scottish strawberry harvest to discover if they can claim the sweetest strawberries in Britain. And Philippa discovers how blackcurrants must be harvested by extraordinary machines in a matter of a few hours before they ferment on the trees.