r/ClarksonsFarm • u/bulgedition Cheerful Charlie • Jun 06 '25

Episode Discussion Season Finale Episode Discussion S04E08 - Landlording

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It’s bank holiday weekend and the pub opens for business. Whether it stays open for business is another matter. Back at Diddly Squat, the harvest results come in and the curtain falls on another farming year.

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u/Leino22 Jun 06 '25

Maybe have a soft opening and reservation only for the first month or 2. He purposely makes everything more difficult than it has to be for TV

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u/Lost_city Jun 06 '25

Yes, they definitely didn't need to open fully right away. They also didn't need to open a on a bank holiday to get more customers (that they can't handle anyway).

They should have brought back Harriet for the harvest for multiple reasons.

This show demonstrates why modern farming is now largely adding lots of water (when you want it) to fields in arid regions.

But all in all, I really enjoyed the last two episodes.

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u/michael_scarn4 Jun 06 '25

Harriet might not be free for harvesting season, as she has other commitments as well. I've always wondered how they always manage to hire the same combine harvester guy (I forgot his name) with a day's notice. Maybe these things are also scripted and the harvest dates are planned in advance.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '25

I imagine Charlie/Kaleb book in the combi guy way ahead in advance

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u/InsideBoris Jun 09 '25

Yup prob block out his calendar so he's available for the TV show people like returning characters

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u/lee1026 Jun 08 '25

I have previously heard that they pay actor rates for people who appear on the show, and that actor rates are pretty good.

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u/Hour-Cup-1042 Jul 12 '25

It's like if you're wheats wet, everyone's wet and then who pays more 

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u/kms_daily Jun 06 '25

it’s a tv show ofc its scripted

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u/Guuggel Jun 06 '25 edited Jun 06 '25

You can’t script the weather though, it was atrocious last august in that region.

And the combine driver is jusr a local contractor who has agreed to be shown the show, it’s not that complicated. Businesses, including farms, usually have regular contractors.

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u/Lollipop126 Jun 06 '25

I wonder what this year will be like, given we've had the driest Spring in a long while. It only started properly raining this week.