Amanda Owen has been grilled by her fans after her new show Our Farm Next Door ‘disappeared’ from screens halfway through the series.
The writer and shepherdess, 50, returned to screens last month with her new Channel 4 show Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and Kids.
Amanda and Clive are separated, announcing their split in June 2022 after 22 years of marriage and welcoming nine children together. They still have a close bond and work hard to co-parent their children.
In the new show, they are joined by their nine children, eldest daughter Raven, eldest son Reuben, Sydney, Clemmy, Nancy, Annas, Violet, Miles and Edith.
Viewers watched on every Monday for five episodes as the family chronicled their attempts to create their dream home by renovating a derelict farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales.
However, More 4 has not aired any further episodes or uploaded them to Channel 4 on demand since November 11.
Amanda Owen has been grilled by her fans after her new show Our Farm Next Door ‘disappeared’ from screens halfway through the series
In the new show, Amanda and Clive are joined by their nine children, eldest daughter Raven, eldest son Reuben, Sydney , Clemmy, Nancy, Annas, Violet, Miles and Edith
Amanda and Clive are separated, announcing their split in June 2022 after 22 years of marriage and welcoming nine children together
With two episodes missing, fans started to worry and took to Instagram to quiz Amanda under a new picture of her and one of her children.
One commented: ‘Love your show but hasn’t been on More 4 the last two Mondays when is it back on the TV?’
Another asked: ‘Will we have more of Our Farm Next Door? Loved it.’
‘Why have they only shown 5 episodes of your new show?’, a third wrote.
‘When is the next episode on TV?’, yet another said.
Clarifying the situation, one replied: ‘I think in the new year there will be new episodes.1-5 just finished recently and I read that they have to go to episodes 6-10 in the coming future.’
To the relief of the show’s fans, the comment was correct. Channel 4 ordered 10 episodes of the show to be broadcast in two blocks of five episodes.
However, it is understandable why fans were worried as it comes two years after Channel 5 cancelled the show which sH๏τ the family to fame – Our Yorkshire Farm – following Amanda and Clive’s separation.
Amanda recently opened up about her ‘not very separated’ split from Clive.
Amanda told The Sunday Times: ‘We’re just getting on with it. We bicker. We argue. There’s no romance. But we’re all right with each other. And that’s a blessing.’
Reflecting on their shared priorities, she added: ‘We’re here and we’ve got a joint mission. It’s about securing the future of the farm, the children.’
Yet, fans who were hoping Amanda and Clive, who met when Amanda was just 21, might reconcile, will almost certainly be disappointed.
She commented: ‘If you’ve gone through a separation, there’s a reason you separated. And it’s usually because you’re not getting on. Who wants that?’
Our Farm Next Door is available to stream on Channel 4.com.