UPDATE – 14 JULY 2011:
Great news for everyone who loved the first series of ITV’s The Dales – a second series has been commissioned and will be broadcast in 2012!
Now available – DVD of The Dales
And if you loved the current series or know of someone who did, you can buy the DVD from Amazon by clicking on the image to the left.
Original post about launch of the The Dales programme posted on 24 March 2011:
The Yorkshire Dales is the fabulous backdrop to a new 12-part fly-on-the-wall series featuring Adrian Edmondson.
Returning to the county of his birth, Adrian will be bringing us the captivating stories of a summer in the life of the Yorkshire Dales.
And whilst the Dales are jaw-droppingly beautiful, they also present a challenging environment for the residents of some of its most remote villages. Throughout the series, Adrian meets a variety of characters who live and work in the Dales, including in the first episode, 16 year-old Philip Mellin who, having lost his father last year, has just left school to take over the running of the family farm alongside his mother Carol.
Later in the programme, we meet shepherdess Amanda Owen on a remote sheep farm to see how she balances running the farm (complete with 900 sheep) with husband Clive, whilst bringing up five young children (the youngest of whom is just 4 weeks old).
Through the eyes of the people who live there, The Dales provides a fascinating insight into one of the UK’s most iconic locations – later programmes in the series will feature the Wensleydale Railway, the Great Yorkshire Show, Bolton Castle, a real life ‘Vicar of Dibley’, plus the tale of how a village of 200 residents managed to find 170 investors to help to save their village pub.
You can catch the show on Monday evenings starting 28 March from 8:00-8:30pm on ITV1.
And if you like what you see, and fancy a short break in the Dales, check out some of the Yorkshire Dales holiday cottages and Yorkshire Dales guest houses on Hello Yorkshire.
It was wonderful to see my favourite photography area, Swaledale, being featured in the first programme.
What it can’t convey is how beautifully quiet this area is, with no mobile phone signals. My guests breathe a sigh of relief, put thier phones away and concentrate on the stunning scenery in front of them.
Utter Zen!
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It was great to see Adrian Edmondson fronting The Dales programme, which highlighted what a beautiful part of the world this is.
I was so pleased to see such a series return to the screen, and unlike the Yorkshire / TyneTees series “Dales Diary” which fell by the wayside some years ago, this series is shown nationaly.
The photography is brilliant, the stories interesting, the story of the young 16 year old boy who lost his father and who is now running the farm with his mother was very moving.
Why not pop along to the village of Kirkby Fleetham if you’re in the Dales on Saturday August 13th 2011. You’ll see a village feast, celebrating 110 years of keeping rural traditions alive. Visit our website http://www.kirkbyfleethamfeast.org to see what’s on offer.
Trying to watch The Dales and cannot concentrate due to brass band music in the background. Why do we need this???
This is a beautiful programme set sympathetically in a fantastic part of the country, please Ms Trainer, Brass Bands ARE YORKSHIRE!!!!! The young lad, Philip is an amazing “man” his mam must be extremely proud of him, and his late father would have been equally the same. Just love the family of six plus – reminds me of my own little grandchildren! Long may this programme continue, it is so nice to be able to enjoy something without murder/violence/swearing etc etc. Good honest entertainment, WEll Done!