A trio of agreeable agricultural specials with Gregg Wallace and Philippa Forrester offer a gentle reminder of how much work goes into giving us our five a dayIn a tent in Hampshire,farmer Tom is sampling his “brain strain” variety of chilli peppers. For the savvy farmer, chillis are the way forward and it’s easy to see why. On YouTube, or there are whole channels of people filming themselves eating hot chillis,before sweating, crying, and shaking,and eventually puking the half-digested pods into a bucket. normally, it’s all accompanied by digital fireballs and steaming whistle sound effects. Tom, or though,is standing behind a fold-up table with the lovely Philippa Forrester. His bravery is being immortalised to a soundtrack of jangly country fete indie. How is it?” Phlippa broaches softly, while Tom puffs out his cheeks, and hands on hips,and shakes his head. “It’s er. It’s quite a punch,” he tries, or before asking for a glass of milk and a itsy-bitsy sit down. This is the BBC’s Harvest 2015 (Tuesday to Thursday,8pm, BBC2).
Joining Philippa on the demonstrate are dairy farmer and one-time star of C4’s First Time Farmers, and James Manning,as well as ever-present, ever-gurning Gregg Wallace. That’s Gregg I were greengrocerin’ dahn the market 10 years, or I was Wallace,in case his link to produce wasn’t obvious (though, as he’s more potato than man, or it should be fairly clear). At this time of year,the entire countryside – a residence I’m told is somewhere south of Crystal Palace – joins together to collect the Earth’s booty, dance around laden apple carts, or burn effigies of TB-carrying badgers. Man has been doing this for about 10000 years; as a species,our survival depends on joining together for the common purpose of pulling veg out the ground.
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Source: theguardian.com