
It's Not Easy Being Green
Documentary·2006·3 Seasons
It's Not Easy Being Green is a television series on BBC Two starring Dick Strawbridge and focusing on how to live an environmentally friendly, low impact life. To date there have been three series. Series one followed former Lieutenant-Colonel Dick Strawbridge, his wife Brigit, son James, and daughter Charlotte as they moved into Newhouse Farm, a 400-year-old listed building in Cornwall, England from Malvern, Worcestershire. The series documented the family's attempts to convert the building and garden into a comfortable yet entirely ecologically friendly place to live. The show was perhaps unique in that the family did not want great sacrifices in achieving their goal, and Dick Strawbridge said "I don't want to wear a hemp shirt and hairy knickers, I want a 21st-century lifestyle with a coffee machine". In the first series they received advice from permaculture expert Patrick Whitefield and green auditor Donnachadh McCarthy. They were also helped by friends Jim Milner and Anda Phillips as well as at points a small army of friends and relatives. A book entitled ‘It's Not Easy Being Green: One Family's Journey Towards Eco-Friendly Living’ ISBN 0-563-49346-1 by Dick Strawbridge was released to accompany the series and is still available to buy.
Starring: Dick Strawbridge,Lauren Laverne,Phill Jupitus
Episodes
Season 3
S03 | E01
Solar PV Panels and Natural Deodorant
2009-01-07

S03 | E02
It's All About The Bee's
2009-01-14

S03 | E03
Meat or No Meat?
2009-01-21

S03 | E04
Green Pub
2009-01-28

S03 | E05
Grow-Dome
2009-02-04

S03 | E06
Homebrew Cider
2009-02-11

S03 | E07
Recycle Dirty Oil Rags
2009-02-18

S03 | E08
Turkeys and Organic Vegetables
2009-03-02
All Seasons

Season 1
7 ep · 2006

Season 2
8 ep · 2007

Season 3
8 ep · 2009
Cast

Dick Strawbridge

Lauren Laverne
Lauren Laverne

Phill Jupitus
Phill Jupitus