In episode 4 of this series, Alex speaks with Jake Fiennes, farmer and conservationist, about the post-war intensification of British farming at the expense of wildlife. As the UK and the EU continue to negotiate a post-Brexit trade deal, Alex and Jake focus on the role EU membership played in British farming before analysing the ways in which life outside the EU will be different.

Jake Fiennes is the conservation manager at Holkham Estate, an 18th-century country house in Norfolk, England. In his work as an integrated farmer, he strives to marry conservation with agriculture in a mission to prove that they can co-exist.