James carries on glamping in latest Rare Breed episode

TV show Rare Breed – A Farming Year’ continues this Thursday where it’s now June, and stars a Randalstown farmer turned hospitality mogul!

The UTV show, made by Strident Media, helmed by local woman Kelda Crawford-McCann, is a ground-breaking year-in-the-life documentary series charting the agricultural year.

Filmed during 2023, each episode captures the highs and lows of each month of the year, as the families deal with economic and environmental challenges.

The Thursday March 7 episode starts in Randalstown, and we see a familiar Rare Breed face – James Alexander. It’s a new chapter for him.

James is a big cattle and sheep farmer, but now he’s venturing into tourism, and has created a deluxe glamping site in a redundant field.

June sees Northern Ireland in the middle of a heatwave. Although the sunny days are welcomed by many, the grass is starting to suffer.

UTV’s Rita Fitzgerald narrates this episode. Sponsored by NIE Networks, ‘Rare Breed’ – A Farming Year continues on Thursday 29th February at 8.30pm on UTV. You can catch up afterwards on ITVX. Simply select ‘Categories, then News, select UTV as your region from the box and scroll across to find the episode.