TV farming star set to enter Cotswolds retirement home

Long-time BBC Countryfile presenter Adam Henson is visiting the Cotswold Gate Care Home in Burford at 2pm on Friday June 5 for a talk about his life and his dogs.

Mr Henson lives on the Cotswolds Farm Park estate with his wife, Charlie, and has hosted Countryfile since 2001.

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He has also worked on BBC Radio 4’s ‘On Your Farm’ and ‘Farming Today’.

The description for the booking-only event states: “Guests can look forward to a fascinating talk as Adam shares tales of life on the land with his beloved dogs.

Adam Henson (Image: Cotswold Farm Park)

“We will be serving delicious seasonal strawberries and cream with Pimm’s.”

Mr Henson has several celebrity neighbours in the Cotswolds, with the likes of former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson residing nearby.

The 60-year-old has criticised the former Top Gear host in the past including implicitly earlier this year.

Speaking on The FarmED Podcast Mr Henson was asked how he thinks the “general farmer” perceives him, and whether he believes that he is a “Marmite sort of character”.

Jeremy Clarkson (Image: Emma Trimble / SWNS)

He replied: “Probably not as Marmite as Jeremy Clarkson, but I am quite Marmite, I think.”

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The Countryfile presenter went on to acknowledge that farmers watching the show do get “frustrated” in particular about the way the technology, the finances and the struggles within the industry are portrayed.

However, Mr Henson said it was not just a farming programme anymore and that it covers a number of areas.

While acknowledging the impact of Clarkson’s Farm, he noted that it can be quite negative about the sector and that most farmers he knows are more successful than Mr Clarkson’s programme shows farming to be.