Wise Owl’s More4 series to return for fifth and sixth run
Leeds-based Wise Owl Films has landed a double series order for popular More4 format Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and Kids, Broadcast can reveal.
The Yorkshire Dales-based series has been the channel’s highest rated show for three years, following the Owen family – including nine children – as they renovate their derelict farmhouse known as Anty John’s, while juggling farming life.
Across 10 hours of programming for series five and six, Amanda will discover more of the history of Anty John’s and of one of its previous owners, Anthony Clarkson, the 19th century Swaledale mapmaker. The two series will follow the Owens’ escapades from Summer 2026 through to Spring 2027.
Series four, which is set to conclude tonight (2 November), opened at 9pm on a Monday last month with 310,000 (3%), just shy of series three’s launch on Monday 19 January (406,000/4%).
The two 5 x 60-minute series were commissioned for More4 by senior commissioning editor, lifestyle, Jayne Stanger, with director of commissioning, nations & regions and head of lifestyle Jo Street.
It is produced by Clare Smithies with Mark Robinson exec producing and James Knight as creative director. Amanda Owen is represented by Jo Cantello at Wolfsong Media.
Stanger said: “Our Farm Next Door is a joy of a series that holds a special place in the hearts of our More4 viewers. I am thrilled we’re continuing to work with the team at Wise Owl to follow Amanda, Clive and the whole family on their renovation journey and I can’t wait to see whether Anty John’s might ever be finished!”
Knight added: “Amanda admits she has never seen a renovation show on TV, which might help explain why we think Our Farm Next Door is unlike any other series on television.
“The combination of family life, the farming calendar and the subject of succession on the farm, the ever-revealing history of Anty John’s and of course the appropriately slow (reflecting Swaledale life) renovation of the building means there is always something fascinating going on for us filming with the Owens.
“It might seem like chaos at times, but we are so pleased that those who watch the series are finding comfort and pleasure in the chaos.”
Wise Owl Films is a non-scripted label of Lime Pictures, part of Banijay UK.
