A FARM shop near Cirencester welcomed BBC film crews and Countryfile presenter Adam Henson last month to shoot a segment for the popular Sunday night programme, aired this weekend.

Jolly Nice owners Simon and Rebecca Wilson invited Adam to their shop and butchery in Frampton Mansell, as well as their Westonbirt farm where they rear rare breed pigs, to shoot scenes for the long-running show’s autumn special episode.

The popular presenter and Cotswold farmer was seen transporting Tamworth, Iron Age, Berkshire and Gloucestershire Old Spot rare breed piglets on his trailer to the Westonbirt farm, explaining that such breeds at one time had fallen by the wayside due to modern pork production, but are now coming back into fashion.

At the farm, Adam and Simon, who've known each other for several years, discussed the benefits of allowing pigs to roam freely across the farm's three acres of Gloucestershire woodlands, a very traditional method to rearing pork which takes six or seven months.

Simon explained that during the autumn months the pigs are able to scour for berries, acorns and briars, improving the texture and flavour of their meat, as well as clearing the woodland floor to allow for regeneration.

Heading over to Jolly Nice farm shop, Adam then bought a couple of kilos of free range woodland pork mince before handing it to TV chef and rare breed enthusiast Cyrus Todiwala to cook up some spicy sausages.

Rebecca, who has managed the farm shop since it opened in 2013, told the Standard that her husband Simon and his family have farmed in Westonbirt for more than 70 years, producing premium pork in their butchery to be used for sausages, pork joints and pulled pork, as well as sausage rolls and scotch eggs.

“We also used to have dairy cows at the farm and my daughter would use the milk to make ice cream which we sold in the shop,” said Rebecca, who studied a pig course at agricultural college.

“Those cows are now used for beef cattle and go into our burgers, including the popular Jolly Nice Burger.”

The farm shop continues to sell ice-cream, though it is now bought in.