This Farming Life star Terrance Glenn has revealed a devastating double health diagnosis that forced him to reduce his workload on the family farm in Campbeltown. The BBC Two programme, which has aired since 2017, follows farming families in remote areas of Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Health Battles and Stepping Back
In a season eight episode aired in February 2026, viewers saw the Glenn family rounding up their 400 Scottish mules and blackface sheep. Terrance, who ran the farm for 30 years, now helps where he can, but his son Andrew has taken on greater responsibility.
Terrance suffered a serious stroke and later received a prostate cancer diagnosis. He explained that they began scaling back cattle about 10 years ago due to his health, saying: "I had been push, push, pushing the whole time and then you just get to a stage where the body can't take it anymore."
Emotional Moment and Support
Recalling the cancer diagnosis, Terrance said: "When you get a phone call, and the person on the other end says, 'I'm sorry, but you've got cancer.' The girl kept chatting away to me after that, but I never heard another thing after that." He described himself as "one of the lucky ones" under active surveillance, adding: "It just made me think differently about things. You should stop and enjoy your surroundings."
Andrew described his bond with his father as resembling both mates and a father-son dynamic, saying: "I owe him a lot. He's taught me so many things about how to be a man, how to farm." Gail called Terrance the "kindest person ever", while Andrew acknowledged his father endured "a lot of torment" and "broke himself down" to secure his future.
