The budding romance at Our Yorkshire Farm! As Amanda and Clive Owen split, how their son Reuben, 18, has become loved-up with his girlfriend – from adorable Instagram snaps to appearances on his spin-off show
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Amanda Owen and her ex-husband Clive became familiar faces thanks to their Channel 5 programme Our Yorkshire Farm.
But it wasn’t only the parents-of-nine who were popular with audiences at home, since for many, their children – aged from 21 to six – proved to be the real stars of the show.
This was especially true of their eldest son Reuben, 18, who delighted viewers with his farming knowledge and enthusiasm, so much so, that after five seasons on Our Yorkshire Farm, he joined father Clive, 67, on a spin-off show.
The father-and-son duo appeared on Channel 5’s Beyond The Yorkshire Farm, which saw them embark on a digging business venture; it charted the challenges Reuben faced, supported by his father Clive, best friend Tom and girlfriend Sarah Dow.
Reuben and Sarah – who are thought to have started dating in December 2021 – often share snaps with one another on their Instagram accounts to the delight of fans.
Reuben, 18, (pictured with his partner) delighted viewers with his farming knowledge and enthusiasm, so much so, that after five seasons on Our Yorkshire Farm, he joined father Clive, 67, on a spin-off show
In June, Reuben marked their six-month anniversary by posting a series of sweet images of them together. He captioned the photographs: ‘Can’t believe you have put up with me for 6 months… #ily.’
Meanwhile, in February, newly-released audience figures revealed that Amanda’s new Channel 4 show attracted less than half the viewers of Clive and son Reuben’s Yorkshire Farm spin-off.
An industry insider described the figures for the first episode of Amanda Owen’s Farming Lives as ‘solid.’
Viewing peaked at 610,000, with 329,000 watching the show live on More 4 when it aired on January 25.
The show topped the ratings for More 4, almost doubling the audience share of the channel’s next most popular airing that week, Grand Designs.
However it was still a long way behind the 1.7m who tuned in to watch Beyond The Yorkshire Farm in December.
A source in the Dales farming community said: ‘This is not what was expected. Amanda is the TV star and Clive is a farmer who somehow ended up on the telly.
‘I don’t think anyone expected his and Reuben’s show to do better of the two, least of all Amanda.’
Amanda and Clive (pictured with their children) – who were married in 2000 – met in 1996 when he was already divorced with two children, after she arrived at his farm as a 21-year-old trainee shepherdess
The father-and-son duo appeared on Channel 5’s Beyond The Yorkshire Farm, which saw them embark on a digging business venture; it charted the challenges Reuben faced, supported by his father Clive, best friend Tom and girlfriend Sarah Dow (pictured together)
Reuben and Sarah – who are thought to have started dating in December 2021 – often share snaps with one another on their Instagram accounts to the delight of fans
Clive and Reuben’s show was based around the teen’s new contract digging business and was a surprise ratings hit for Channel 5.
During Our Yorkshire Farm viewers saw Reuben, who was raised on the farm, helping birth lambs, plough fields and hand-feed cows since a very young age, gain an apprenticeship to learn how to fix tractors.
During their 21-year marriage, Amanda, 48, and Clive, 67, welcomed Raven, 21, Reuben, 18, Miles, 16, Edith, 14, Violet, 12, Sidney, 11, Annas, nine, Clemmy, seven, and Nancy, six.
Most the youngsters help out on the family’s 2,000-acre Ravenseat Farm in the Yorkshire Dales, where they take care of a thousand sheep, forty cows, several dogs and four horses.
But eldest Raven has started carving out her own career, away from the spotlight, by gaining a degree in biology with First Class Honours.
In February, Amanda welcomed her eldest daughter back to her family farm after years of living away during her time at university.
In June, Reuben marked their six-month anniversary by posting a series of sweet images of them together
He captioned the photographs: ‘Can’t believe you have put up with me for 6 months… #ily.’
Meanwhile, in February, newly-released audience figures revealed that Amanda’s new Channel 4 show attracted less than half the viewers of Clive and son Reuben’s Yorkshire Farm spin-off. Pictured, Reuben and his girlfriend
Father and son duo Clive and Reuben Owens now have their own Channel 5 series Beyond the Yorkshire Farm
The TV shepherdess took to Instagram to share the exciting news that Raven had returned after recently graduating from York St John University.
Raven – who is now helping out with the animals, especially lambing season – celebrated her graduation back in November with both her parents, who confirmed their split last June.
Amanda’s rise from farmer to household name
2000 – Clive and Amanda get married
2011 – Clive and Amanda appear in The Dales
Amanda begins making more media appearances, offering interviews about giving birth on the farm and motherhood in remote Yorkshire
2014 – Amanda releases her first book The Yorkshire Shepherdess. It reached the bestseller top ten and the film rights were sold
2015 – The family appeared in an episode of New Lives In The Wild UK with Ben Fogle, a Channel 5 programme
2017 – Amanda releases a A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess. She also appeared on BBC Radio 4’s The Museum of Curiosity
2018 – Couple land their own TV show, Our Yorkshire Farm. It’s an immediate hit, with over three million viewers watching each episode.
2019 – Amanda released a third book Adventures of the Yorkshire Shepherdess and was the subject of Radio 4’s On Your Farm.
Meanwhile she also appeared on the podcast Trees A Crowd with David Oakes.
2020 – Our Yorkshire Farm becomes a runaway hit in lockdown, with millions tuning into each episode on Channel 5.
Amanda begins making solo appearances on a variety of TV shows, becoming a regular guest on programmes such as Lorraine and This Morning to offer comment on parenting and life on the farm
2021 – Channel 5 broadcast the first episode of series 14 of Ben Fogle: Return to the Wild, which saw Fogle back at Ravenseat Farm.
Meanwhile Amanda was featured as one of the four celebrities travelling with a 360 degree camera in series two of BBC 4’s Winter Walks.
She also released two further books Tales From the Farm and Celebrating The Seasons, both of which she spent time heavily promoting.
November – Neighbours told MailOnline Amanda and Clive had been living apart for months after she ‘got caught up in the spotlight’ of her Channel 5 programme
June 2022 – Amanda and Clive announce their break up
July – Amanda makes her first TV appearance since the break up
She wrote: ‘Raven is back in the thick of it this weekend. Everyone’s hands-on getting the yows [ewes] through the pens for ultrasound pregnancy scanning.
‘A lot of hands make light work. It didn’t take long to get the sheep through the pens and scanned. A smooth operation with little stress for everyone.’
In the first picture, Raven and her sister checked on a cow while they were seen holding a sheep for an ultrasound pregnancy scan in another.
In August 2022, Amanda revealed that Raven was working as an NHS volunteer in a post shared to Twitter.
Sharing a gorgeous photo of the 21-year-old proudly displaying her certificate for the camera while looking chic in a light blue floral mini dress, Amanda wrote: ‘Considerate and kind. ❤️ That’ll do. #NHS #nationalvolunteersweek #proud.’
The certificate from her local NHS trust read: ‘Thank you for your dedication to both our staff and patients. Please find enclosed a special volunteering pin to recognise and thank you for your contribution to our Trust.’
Raven – who wants to be a vet – also regularly updates her 39.6K followers on Instagram, often sharing monthly highlights to the delight of her fans.
For November, she posted snaps of her graduation, alongside other pictures of her day-to-day life – including a psoriasis flare-up.
‘November = busy. A graduation, work and a psoriasis flare up, nothing much else to report,’ Raven wrote in her post caption.
One photograph showed the 21-yer-old taking a selfie at home, with a septum ring and fishnet tights.
Raven also shared a glimpse of what living with psoriasis is like, with a snap taken at home showing her arms and legs as she suffered a flare up from the skin condition.
Many of the Owen children help out on the farm when they are not at school – or travelling to and from as the journey takes an hour and a half each way.
‘In order to make a big family work they all need to tow the line. It’s not about child labour – it’s about pulling together,’ Amanda told the Daily Mail in an article in 2018.
The Owens are both still working at Ravenseat in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, but are no longer living as a couple.
Amanda and Clive – who were married in 2000 – met in 1996 when he was already divorced with two children, after she arrived at his farm as a 21-year-old trainee shepherdess.
After first appearing on ITV’s The Dales, the couple shot to fame in 2018 when they bagged their own series Our Yorkshire Farm on Channel 5.
The show – which ran for four seasons – followed the family-of-11 in their day-to-day running of the remote farm.
In June last year, the couple left fans of the hit series stunned when they announced their split.
Amanda has since been accused of ‘living a lie’ by the jilted wife of her ‘businessman lover’ Robert Davies.
Yasumi Davies, 56, discovered the affair only a year ago when a love letter from the Yorkshire Shepherdess was found inside a paper bag in the boot of Mr Davies’ car as she cleaned it.
Amanda and Clive Owen shot to fame in 2018 when their series Our Yorkshire Farm debuted on Channel 5
Amanda Owen and her ex-husband Clive (pictured on their eldest daughter’s graduation day) became familiar faces thanks to their Channel 5 programme Our Yorkshire Farm
The wife, an investment banker from Tokyo, recognised the handwriting from a signed copy of Owen’s new book.
According to The Sun, she then discovered some of Owen’s jewellery hidden in a box in their bedroom, including a necklace she had worn on TV which read: ‘Together forever.’
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Yasumi, who married Mr Davies on Christmas Day in 2011 following a whirlwind romance, later uncovered a key chain which said: ‘Unbridled love. R & A.’
Mr Davies, whose eldest daughter is the same age as Amanda, instantly confessed to the affair when Yasumi confronted her husband, who has had five wives.
Details of the shocking affair came out almost a year after Amanda and her co-star husband Clive announced their unanticipated split.
In an interview with The Sun, Yasumi said: ‘He rang Amanda in front of me and told her I knew about their affair and that it was over. He said they’d been having an affair for a few years.
‘But instead of acknowledging the pain I was suffering, he was more concerned about protecting her TV career. She didn’t care how I felt and didn’t show any compassion.
‘I’d watched Our Yorkshire Farm and couldn’t help but be impressed by her. She portrayed herself as a wife and a mother, devoted to family, hard-working and an inspiration to others. But she’s been lying to the British public and living a double life.’
Mr Davies then ended the phone call and seemingly his relationship with Amanda, but was seeing the shepherdess again within a month.
The father has since moved away from his family home with Yasumi in Malton, North Yorkshire, and was pictured with Amanda at an event in Folkestone, Kent.
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