Radio 4 now

[GARYSMIFF]

13 october 12:30 radio 4

[jmc]

13 october 12:30 radio 4

Just listened to it. Quite good.

You can 'listen again' on link below

The Great British Hop
Three decades ago Miles Warde worked on a hop farm in Herefordshire. Split shifts, tractors with lights, and when you weren't sleeping you'd be in the pub. Today that farm is now a vineyard, so the presenter began wondering what had happened to the great British hop.
The first thing he discovered is that there are only sixty hop farmers left.
The producer is Miles Warde.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03cd950

Also From Oct 2009

Hops
English hops are enjoying a renaissance thanks to new varieties, greater demand for 'hoppy' ales and the incredible growth in micro breweries. Sheila Dillon enjoys some of the heady aromas and samples some new ales.

She visits Shepherd Neame, a brewery in Faversham, Kent and talks to head brewer, David Holmes, She visits farm owner Tony Redsell, whose family has been growing hops for over 50 years, and meets hop driers Derek Elvey and Peter Shead.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mz6pr

[barneey]

Cheers just listening to it now

[lee1]

great listen cheers