Episode 1

Documentary examining daily life in the two counties in south-west England. Enterprising Cornishman Jack Baines hopes to turn fields of colourful flowers into liquid gold by cultivating 275,000 sunflowers. On Cornwall's south coast, traditional boat builder Peter Williams undertakes a very special commission - crafting a brand new Cornish gig for Boscastle Rowing Club. On the northern fringes of Dartmoor in the fields surrounding the market town of Chagford, young farming couple Lewis Steer and Flora Searson raise rare breeds of sheep.