Our Great Yorkshire Life

Yorkshire Vet Peter Wright and wife Lin head over to Whitby for a special weekend.

Cannon Hall Farm's Rob and Dave Nicholson have a rare day out on the open sea.

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway undergoes a hectic week of maintenance work.

Yorkshire Vet Peter Wright has a very special day out planned for his wife Lin.

Will Jenkinson braves the North Sea to eke out a living fishing for crab and lobster.

Yorkshire Vet Peter Wright is enjoying semiretirement and is now dedicating time to his passions and interests beyond veterinary work. In Southowram, Halifax, award-winning young farmer Stephen is hoping his Charolais ram is fit for purpose so that his fields can be filled with lambs come springtime. In Ingleton in the Yorkshire Dales, Adam and Moira are up against it as they adapt to living off grid in one of the most remote areas in the county. And in Horsforth, west Yorkshire, Leeds-born chef Matt is on the cusp of realising his lifelong dream of opening his own restaurant in the town he grew up in.

Yorkshire Vet Julian Norton goes searching for hidden edible treasures in woodlands only six miles from Leeds city centre, when he tries his hand at wild food foraging with specialist Craig Worrall.

This week, Rob and Dave Nicholson visit the oldest sweet shop in the world on a quest to find out more about a famous Yorkshire confectionery — Yorkshire Mixture, a mix of traditional boiled sweets that's been popular for almost 200 years. At Eden Camp, a Second World War military museum on the outskirts of Malton, north Yorkshire, 24-year-old Summer O'Brien is in the final stages of completing a special exhibition that reveals the remarkable role the camp played in post-war Yorkshire. On the outskirts of York, we meet architect Stephen Potts who helped lead the team that restored the stunning Holgate Windmill, making it the oldest fully operational windmill in the country. Artist and potter Steve Booton is up against it as he plans an ambitious show with daughter Janna that will showcase the very best work of 54 potters from all over the country.

Dean Andrews takes Emmerdale co-star pal Liam Fox to the River Don, once devastated by industrial pollution but now thriving after half a century of hard work by campaigners. In Pickering, North Yorkshire, ex-RSPCA officer Tink Rush opens the doors of her Yorkshire Teddy Rescue where, for the past five years, she's taken in old, abandoned teddies and lovingly restored them and then found them new homes.

Cannon Hall's Rob and Dave Nicholson have a day off from the family farm, so they travel to the southern Pennines, where a passion project is bearing fruit. In Malton in north Yorkshire, Tom NaylorLeyland faces up to his biggest challenge of the year, as he races to organise a unique event designed to make the market town the ‘Food Capital of Yorkshire'. Vet Sally can confirm he should expect to hear the pitter-patter of tiny hooves come calving season. And Stephen has a treat in store for his cows. He has brought in hoof-care specialists Robert and Diane, whose special machine gives each cow a lift so they can enjoy a special cow pedicure! And in Wensleydale in north Yorkshire, proud Yorkshire artist Andrea Hunter has set up a workshop and has an eager class of students trying to learn her unique style and methods.

Return of the programme following people living around Yorkshire, beginning with Emmerdale's Dean Andrews showing off the region's wonders to co-star and Lancastrian Liam Fox, kicking things off with a trip to Malham in the Dales. The Yorkshire Vet star Peter Wright and his wife Lin have a day out in Harrogate, where they experience the famous Turkish baths for the first time, and go behind the scenes at RHS Garden Harlow Carr.

In Dewsbury, Jo Ounsley, husband Phil and concierge Sally are preparing for the first-time visit of Bengal Romeo, whose owner is jetting off to the Maldives to celebrate her birthday. In Wakefield, model railway enthusiast Simon George is putting the finishing touches to his 200-foot-long replica of a 1.5 mile stretch of real track he remembers from his childhood in the 1980s. Journalist Christa Ackroyd visits the Wentworth Woodhouse stately home near Rotherham, which is twice as wide as Buckingham Palace and is the largest single house ever built for a private family in the whole of Europe. And the village of Crakehall is the location for a feisty competition when Jonathan Firby's team take on local rival Dickie Broach in a game of Quoits. The traditional northern game was popular among the Yorkshire mining communities in the 1880s and is now enjoining a resurgence.

Peter and Lin Wright visit Malton, the county's gastro capital, and create a beer with Yorkshire puddings. In the Dales, off-grid couple Adam and Moira prepare a tea and cake kiosk.

Emmerdale's Dean Andrews takes Liam Fox to York to investigate the city's Roman past.

Rob and Dave Nicholson visit the home of celebrated diarist Anne Lister, aka Gentleman Jack. Plus, an ambitious restoration project on the 35-metre-high Keppel's Column nears completion.

Discover how the world-famous Wensleydale cheese is made with Emmerdale actor Dean Andrews. Plus, the launch of a new tweed flat cap venture, and football comes back home to Yorkshire.

Yorkshire Vet Julian Norton heads up the highest mountain in Yorkshire to help rebuild a stile. In Dewsbury, luxury cat hotel managers prep a Vegas-themed day for three feline guests.

Peter Wright and wife Lin head to the Yorkshire Dales to meet potter Rachel Whitfield as they learn how to make their own tea mugs, and gamekeeper Ian sets about some controlled burning.

Florist Sarah Richardson prepares for the prestigious Harrogate Autumn Flower Show at Newby Hall. And in Knaresborough, the competition hots up for the annual town crier competition.

Farmers Rob and Dave Nicholson are set to enjoy a day away from Cannon Hall Farm, they've planned a day of fossil hunting with amateur palaeontologist Brian Foster on Yorkshire's Jurassic coastline for their brother Richard. Plus, journalist Christa Ackroyd travels to Halifax in West Yorkshire to find out more about the life of the town's most famous heroine Anne Lister.

Peter Wright visits a donkey sanctuary, where Donald and Alf, two rescued donkeys, are hopefully about to be rehomed if they can pass Peter's health check. Adam and Moira Domican-Gough from Ingleton share their experiences of living off-grid. In Horsforth, Leeds-born chef Matt Healy is on the cusp of realising his lifelong dream of opening his own restaurant in the town where he grew up.

Emmerdale's Charlotte Bellamy hunts for rare Yorkshire gold near Whitby, hoping to create a ring for her daughter. Sheepdog trainer Carol Mellin prepares her collies and Herdwicks for Skipton's famous sale, while Christa Ackroyd welcomes Queen Camilla to the restored Brontë Birthplace. Plus, photographer Chrys Mellor searches Bridlington's coast for marine wildlife.

Peter Wright joins Leeds Rowing Club on the Aire and Calder Canal before trying woodworking at Stanley Ferry Workshops. Wildlife artist Robert Fuller helps orphaned tawny owl chicks join a family, rookie farmers Rachel and Philip experience their first livestock auction, and Access the Dales offers disabled visitors transformative experiences.

South Yorkshire brothers Rob and Dave Nicholson explore Cawthorne's heritage and try the revived game of knurr and spell. In Bridlington, skipper Peter Richardson prepares the Yorkshire Belle for its first voyage of the season. Meanwhile, chef Matt Healy gathers local produce for a sustainable dinner at Goathland's Homestead Kitchen.

Emmerdale's Charlotte Bellamy escapes to Sandsend for seaside nostalgia, bracing swims and horsebox saunas. Inland, farmer Stephen Short tends sheep with promising sheepdog, Red. In Dewsbury, Jenny Makin prepares a creation for Haworth's Steampunk Weekend, while Tom and Lauren Truelove reopen fire-damaged family pub The Three Acres in Emley.

Reuben Owen tackles hovercraft racing at Allerton Park, while chef Matt Healy meets Syrian refugee and cheesemaker Razan Alsous, inspiring a dish blending Yorkshire and Middle Eastern flavours. At Spurn Point, volunteers restore seagrass, and the Worth Valley Railway recreates the 1940s, celebrating Yorkshire's ingenuity, resilience and enduring community spirit.

Gaynor Faye overcomes a lifelong fear of horses with gentle therapy, while farmer Steven Short hopes his lambs fetch strong auction prices. At Castle Howard, restored rooms reopen after decades, and craftsman Tom Addison completes a historic church restoration, celebrating Yorkshire's resilience, heritage, community spirit, and determination.