Amanda Owen says it's been 'incredibly hard' year after Clive split

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Amanda Owen addressed her split from husband Clive as their new TV show got underway, saying the last year had been “incredibly hard”.

The Our Yorkshire Farm stars split in 2022 after 22 years of marriage but have now reunited for the new Chanel 4 series Our Farm Next Door. It follows them as they restore Anty John's Farm, a derelict building in the Yorkshire Dales, with the help of their nine children: Raven, Reuben, Miles, Edith, Violet, Sidney, Annas, Clementine and Nancy.

Both opened up about their split as the new show started, with Amanda describing them as “separate” although they are still married. She said they had “got through” their hard year and both made it clear that while they are no longer a couple they are parenting and working on their latest project together.

What, how and why?

The former couple had tied the knot in 2000 but two years later they confirmed they had broken up, and they have suggested that fame affected their marriage.

Amanda — aka the Yorkshire Shepherdess — spoke about what happened in the first minutes of their new More4 show, saying: “Me and Clive, although we are still husband and wife, we are separate. This last year has been incredibly hard in so many respects but we’ve got through it.”

Clive added: “Me and Mandy, we’ve had a strange few years and we’re now in a place where although we are not actually together, we are still in business together, we still have these kids together. It’s a crazy situation but it isn’t; it’s the most sensible thing for everybody to do."

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Amanda went on: "It’s just what happened, just pressures and stresses but now we are kind of pulling back together again because we kind of need to, because we’ve got a house to do up.”

Later on, she confessed that the pair sometimes rubbed each other up the wrong way as they were working as they had different ways of doing things, but she said that ultimately they were "both on the same side".

What did viewers say?

Fans of the family were thrilled to see them on television again after Our Yorkshire Farm wrapped in 2022 following five series.

"So happy to see the Owen family back on TV with Our Farm Next Door, got their work cut out trying to rebuild that farmhouse!" one person commented on X. Another said: "Absolutely fantastic that you're back, been so gutted that you stopped filming Our Yorkshire Farm but totally looking forward to your new series. Will be watching every episode."

"It’s lovely to see the family back again, clearly involved in their new venture," said someone else on the platform. Another viewer agreed: "So good to see the family back on our screens tonight - easy viewing."

Our Farm Next Door is streaming on Channel 4.