Hannah Hauxwell’s Winter Tales
- Synopsis
- Hannah Hauxwell’s Winter Tales - Available for the first time on DVD.
The two truly extraordinary Yorkshire Television documentaries about the life of Hannah Hauxwell, the Daleswoman struggling to survive alone on her beloved Low Birk Hatt Farm.
Two television documentaries following Hannah Hauxwell in her struggle to survive the winter alone on her farm in the Yorkshire Dales. The first programme TOO LONG A WINTER (45 minutes) was broadcast in 1973. She was then 46-years-old, a spinster, toiling alone on her isolated and dilapidated 80-acre farm. She had no electricity or running water, and was struggling to survive on an income of less than £280 a year. Life was a constant battle against poverty and hardship, especially in the bleak Pennine winters where she had to work outside in temperatures of up to fifteen below zero.
The second programme A WINTER TOO MANY (55 minutes), revisiting Hannah at Low Birk Hatt Farm, was recorded twenty years later. The farm now has electricity and - thanks to the generosity of well-wishers - Hannah has a little more money - which she has invested in a few more cows. Now a pensioner, she is still fondly remembered by the public and the TV crews follow her on her first-ever trip to London as Guest of Honour at the ‘Woman of the Year’ gala. Away from the limelight however, her backbreaking daily work on the bleak farm continues. Every winter has become harder to endure...
Now, as her health and strength slowly fail her, Hannah must make the most heart-rending decision of her life. Has the time come to finally sell her family farm and the animals she adores - before the cruel deprivations of winter sweep in once again? - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2006
- Year of production
- 1973 2004
- Notes
- Broadcast on Sky Travel on 2/5/2004
- Subjects
- Agriculture; Social Studies
- Keywords
- farming; social conditions; Yorkshire
Credits
- Director
- Barry Cockcroft
- Contributor
- Hannah Hauxwell
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £12.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 97 minutes
- Year
- 2006
Production Company
Distributor
Available from retail outlets
- Name
Simply Media
- Contact
- Laura Smith
- info@simplymedia.tv
- Web
- http://www.simplymedia.tv/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0203 542 3722
- Address
- Highlight House
57 Margaret Street
London W1W 8SJ - Notes
- Formerly known as DD Home Entertainment or DDHE
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