Helen Skelton fans are left disappointed after Channel 5 technical error

Helen Skelton fans were disappointed after a Channel 5 technical error took Springtime on the Farm off the air on Tuesday night.

Viewers took to social media to express their frustration after an old episode was accidentally repeated instead of a new one from the latest series.

The episode showed life at Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley as the farmers welcomed new lambs and calves.

But home viewers were annoyed that they had to watch a rerun instead of the latest in the series.

One said in response, “What happened, watching a rerun from last year, gutted!”

Another wrote, “Is that what we think happened at the beginning of the show? Or would it always be a repetition?’

A third replied: ‘They had technical problems, so we ended up with a replay’.

One viewer said ‘why is Channel 5 showing spring on the farm last year, where’s the new series’.

Another fan exclaimed, “How about showing the new episode scheduled for tonight?” When will we see it?’.

Another user typed, “I think there may have been a problem on channel 5 because there was a glitch before the start and it shows last year’s spring on the farm?!”

Channel 5 later said in a statement: ‘Apologies, we’ve had a technical issue with today’s scheduled Springtime on the Farm.

“It’s back tomorrow at 8 p.m. as scheduled, all new.”

It comes after Helen revealed her hilarious response earlier this week when asked if she has a boyfriend.

The presenter, 39, who divorced her ex-husband Richie Myler, 32, 14 months ago, proudly shared her comeback in an interview with Thank you.

She complained that during her time hosting Blue Peter between 2008 and 2013, her love life was always fueled by friends rather than her personal achievements.

Helen said: ‘I traveled all over the world and saw and did incredible things. And whenever I came home and caught up with people, they would just ask, “Do you have a boyfriend?” I was like, “No, but I have some world records!”‘

In the same interview, she explained why she doesn’t need sympathy following her split from Richie, who has welcomed a baby with his girlfriend Stephanie Thirkill, 32.

The TV personality was asked about her difficult time raising three children on her parents’ farm after moving to Cumbria from Leeds following the divorce.

She chose not to discuss her breakup with Leeds Rhinos star Richie at length, saying simply, “My life is no different than the lives of millions of other people.

“A lot of people have the same sorts of things to take care of and figure out. I like life, short and wonderful, and you take each chapter as it comes. There’s no point in thinking about things, you just keep going.’

Helen says having three kids means she doesn’t have time to do other things.

She continued, “I always have something to do because they always need something. I loved that my babies were babies because you don’t have time to worry about anything else.”

Helen and Richie are the parents of Ernie, seven, Louis, eight, and Elsie, 14 months.

It was revealed on Monday that Rohan Smith, the coach of rugby player Richie, confirmed that Richie and Stephanie had welcomed their first child together.

Rohan said, “Richie spent a lot of time in the hospital giving birth to his new little baby, so we’ve given him some time to settle in at home.”

It is unknown whether the baby was born before or after Helen’s interview.

The announcement comes just 14 months after Richie split from Strictly star Helen – whom he married in 2013. Their divorce was announced 11 months ago by Helen.

Helen is also rumored to have moved on – after reports circulated that she went ‘on casual dates’ with strictly professional Vito Coppola.

But while she is aware that people are wondering if she is seeing someone. she told Grazia that this speculation misses the point of her busy, colorful life.

However, a source reports that Mirror: ‘Helen and Vito were good friends during Strictly, but really bonded during the tour.

“There were two buses for the cast: the party bus and the silent bus.

“They spent a lot of time chatting on the silent bus and getting to know each other better. They have a lot in common, for example the love of the outdoors.

“Between shows, they also spent one-on-one time with each other, like drinking coffee, just the two of them.

“When the whole group went to dinner, they sat together, deep in conversation.”

The source added that Helen was keen to stay away from Vito when people pulled out their phones because she didn’t want to be seen in the background with the dancer when a photo or video was taken.

Helen took to Instagram in April 2022 to reveal that her marriage to Richie was over, just four months after giving birth to their youngest child, a daughter named Elsie.

Six months later, it emerged that the Richie and Stephanie were expecting their first child together, with Richie cradling his girlfriend’s belly in a glowing black and white photo.