Amanda and Clive return to screens in Channel 4’s Our Farm Next Door
It’s “business as usual, without the romance”, says TV star and shepherdess Amanda Owen as she and her ex, Clive Owen return to our screens in their new Channel 4 documentary, Our Farm Next Door, which follows the former couple as they breathe life back into a derelict farmhouse – Anty John’s – just a stone’s throw away from their family home in the Yorkshire Dales.
The couple and their nine children found fame on the Channel 5 show, Our Yorkshire Farm, which ended after five years in 2022, the same year Amanda and Clive announced their separation.
Sitting down with HELLO! ahead of their TV comeback, Amanda, 50, opens up about family life after her split with Clive, 69, why the pair “never really separated” and how their children are following in their footsteps.
Why did you and Clive decide to team up to renovate Anty John’s?
A: “Why wouldn’t we? I know when people separate the clue is in the definition: ‘separate’. But actually, when you’re spinning as many plates as we do with our business and our children, our whole lives are intertwined. So there never really was a separation in that we’ve always been in each other’s lives.
“The bigger picture is that we need to make everything work and keep everything going forward. I know it’s a bit of a cliche to say that farming is 24/7 but it really is. There is just so much to contend with without even thinking about the children. There’s plenty of work to go around. It’s pretty much business as usual, without the romance.”