A Year on Our Farm - How the Countryside Made Me

Matt Baker is our much-loved television presenter, and from Blue Peter, to Countryfile, to The One Show, he has charmed a nation.br>br> Matt grew up in County Durham on a hill farm before his career in entertainment began. As a teenager he was a British champion gymnast and when Blue Peter was looking for a new presenter Matt put together a striking showreel somersaulting in the farmyard and riding a unicycle. In his seven years on the show Matt won two BAFTAs for Best Presenter two years in a row and a Royal Television Society Award.br>br>Matt has also presented Radio 4''s Open Country, Secret Britain, One Man and His Dog, as well as starring in a host of musicals and presenting BBC Sport''s Gymnastics coverage for many years. Matt has raised over 40 million pounds for Children In Need with his Rickshaw Challenge, and is also a trustee of the charity.br>br>br>Matt lives with his wife, children, his sheepdogs and his many beloved farm animals.>

Product details

• Authors: Mat Baker, Matt Baker
• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.07.2022
• EAN: 9780241542743
• ISBN: 978-0-241-54274-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Nature; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Memoirs, NATURE / Animals / Wildlife, NATURE / Regional, Hertfordshire, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Wildlife: general interest, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING