Name: The Simpler Life
Released: 2022-03-22T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Reality

Is modern life bad for us? The Simpler Life explores this question, following a group of Brits as they come together to live by the rules of a community which chose to disregard the majority of modern values - the Amish.

2022 · 47m

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

As the volunteers settle into the first two weeks of a simpler Amish life, their limited stocks and budget are stretched to the limit, and their patience wears thin... is it all too much for some?

47m
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

The group find the frugality of an Amish life increasingly testing. With a farm to run and a barn to build, can they agree on how to spend the community fund?

46m
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

The group see if they can interact with the outside world without losing their commitment to the ways of the Amish, as they go to the local market town to sell the fruits of their labour.

46m
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

It's hay harvest time at the farm and while some of the group continue to appreciate the benefits of a simpler life, others are at crisis point. And there's an unexpected and emotional announcement.

46m
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

It's summer at the farmstead and the remaining volunteers attempt self-sufficiency, but frictions continue to mount and a shock discovery threatens their biggest crop.

46m
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

After four months of living a simpler life, the volunteers close the farm gates on the experiment. Would everyone be happier without the complexity and stress of modern life.

47m

Jo McDiarmid

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Stephen Day

Producer
Charlotte Desai

Producer

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