The TV spotlight will shine on local farmers.

The team at Cannon Hall Farm at Cawthorne will feature on BBC One daytime programme The Farmers’ Country Showdown.

Lamb is cleaned by its mother just after its birth at Cannon Hall Farm, South Yorkshire, which has opened its gates to armchair farmers who want to get involved with lambing season
Lamb is cleaned by its mother just after its birth at Cannon Hall Farm, South Yorkshire, which has opened its gates to armchair farmers who want to get involved with lambing season.

The episode, set to air on Friday, February 17, at 3.45pm, features the team attending the National Farmers Weekly Awards.

A photograph released by the BBC shows the Nicholson family – Richard, Roger, Cynthia, Robert and David – at the working farm and top visitor attraction.

They will be among three inspirational farming families to feature on the fifth episode of the programme, which looks at farming in the UK.

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Cannon Hall were named winners, bringing home the Best Digital Presence Award for their work on social media and the farm’s website.

The farm’s popular maize maze is a big attraction every summer.