Our Yorkshire Farm star Amanda Owen appeared on Monday’s episode of This Morning with two of her daughters
Our Yorkshire Farm star Amanda Owen has issued a farming update about the renovation of Anty John’s. The Yorkshire Shepherdess lives and works at Ravenseat Farm alongside her ex-husband Clive and their nine children.
Their first documentary series, Our Yorkshire Farm, launched on Channel 5 in 2018 and has since emerged as one of the channel’s most beloved programmes. In 2024, Channel 4 commissioned a ten-episode series called Our Farm Next Door, which chronicled the family’s journey as they renovated a 200-year-old farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales.
The second series aired last year, with another instalment set to premiere on More 4 tonight (Monday, January 19) at 9pm. Ahead of the new series airing, Amanda appeared on today’s episode of This Morning with two of her daughters, Clemmy and Nancy.
While speaking to hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard about their latest adventures, Amanda issued a disappointing update on Anty John’s. Ben began: “The other thing that’s a big character in the new series, of course, is the new house, which is called Anty John’s. Can you tell us a bit about the history of the house, Amanda, because it’s an extraordinary [building]. Where it is is just extraordinary.”
A picture of the building was then shown on screen, with Amanda explaining: “Yeah, it was a derelict house. We bought it during the COVID lockdown, and it’s a renovation project. Again, everything that goes against it is it’s in a National Park, it’s a listed building, so there are certain parameters within which you can work.”
Revealing that the project wouldn’t be finished anytime soon, the star added, “So, it is a very slow job. The whole idea is to put the house back to how it would have been, keeping the integrity and the heritage of it alive, but also making it something that is liveable and workable. Nothing too contrived or anything like that. But it is a slow project, a very slow project. [The kids] are all involved in it. Talk about keeping busy.”
Clemmy then revealed that they were currently designing a cupboard bed in the house, which Nancy quickly claimed. “I want the most strangest bed,” she said.
“They’ve all been involved to a certain degree, but this week, we’re putting the water supply in,” Amanda went on, with Nancy interjecting: “I mean, who wouldn’t want to sleep in a cupboard?”
Amanda then revealed the interesting part of the water installation process, saying, “It involves a lot of shoveling. It involves literally coming from a spring. We were in a hotel last night in London, and there was a little shout from a certain somebody who was getting into the bath. [She] shouted to me, ‘Mum! The water, it’s see-through!’ It’s spring water, it’s Yorkshire’s finest. It gives you the tan.”
Gesturing to her daughters, she added: “You’ve been painting walls, you’ve been tidying up, and goodness knows what.” The star then revealed that some of their horses will be allowed in the new house, but only if they fit.
This news comes after Amanda issued a health update for a beloved family member just months after a heartbreaking death. On Sunday (January 18), the star revealed that their pet dog, Sprout, had been going through a difficult time after grieving the loss of her four-legged friend, Chalky.
