Top children’s channel CBeebies visited Graham’s The Family Dairy to film an episode of its new Down On The Farm series.

Dr Robert Graham Snr and his wife Jean appeared in an item about Jersey cows - filmed from Graham’s Boquhan Farm in Kippen and Airthrey Kerse Dairy in Bridge of Allan – which aired last Friday (21 August).

Down On The Farm explores the outdoor world of farming and the countryside. From livestock to harvesting, presenters JB Gill and Storm Huntley discover where their food comes from and how it’s grown.

The presenters have visited a variety of farms and will get stuck in with growing projects and adventure schools, where children can embrace the outdoors and learn about the environment and their food. Former JLS member turned farmer JB Gill will offer first-hand insight throughout the five-week series, showing viewers around his very own farm.

The episode featuring Graham’s looked at how many of today’s dairy products including cheese, butter, yogurt and ice cream are made from milk.

Storm spent a day at Boquhan Farm helping Robert hand-feed some of the young Jersey calves as he explained life on a working dairy farm highlighting where the milk comes from and what makes the milk from Jersey cows so special.

They then visited the holding barn and milking parlour to film the milk being pumped into tankers before going through the pasteurising and bottling process. Jean was also filmed making a delicious milkshake that will feature on the CBeebies website.

Carol Graham, marketing director for Graham’s The Family Dairy, commented: “We had a great day with CBeebies and welcomed the opportunity to showcase our lovely Jersey cows and milking process on a national children’s show. Programmes such as Down On The Farm are geared towards keeping children entertained while capturing their interest with educational topics and it was a pleasure to work with Storm and the crew.

“The concept sits nicely with our own Graham’s Children’s Tasting Panel that we launched in 2013 in a bid to help educate youngsters on food and life on a working dairy.

“The philosophy behind the panel and our approach to food education is pretty simple, we believe it’s important that children learn real food skills as well as understand where food and drink comes from, this all helps get them off to the best possible start when it comes to eating well for life.”