SURGEONS: AT THE EDGE OF LIFE AMANDA OWEN’S FARMING LIVES

BBC Two, 9pm More4, 9pm

Shaun Dooley narrates further stories of astonishing expertise under duress, as surgeons in Cambridge operate on a patient’s brain while they are still conscious and awake. Not for the weak of stomach, but immensely rewarding and humbling for those who can take it.

Switching broadcasters for a new chapter in her life post-separation from her equal-TV-star husband, the Yorkshire farmer and erstwhile mainstay of Channel 5’s schedules travels to six farms around the country to learn about their methods of production. She begins on the remote Scottish isle of Shetland, where two sisters have inherited their father’s cattle farm in profoundly challenging circumstances. GT