It's Not Easy Being Green

  • :
  • : 23
  • : 1
  • BBC Two
  • 20
  • Documentary

:

.

1
1x1
Episode 1
Episode overview
The family move into the house, and, with the help of friends - beer-guzzling students - and local businesses, they plant crops, re-tile the roof, and construct a wooden aqueduct from a .. show full overview
1x2
Episode 2
Episode overview
A greenhouse is erected with a unique heatsink designed by Dick and made from recycled bottle glass to keep it warm and the family acquire two pigs, ominously named "Christmas" and "New Year".
1x3
Episode 3
Episode overview
Dick attaches a generator to the water wheel that powers all the lights in the house and the family enjoys a bumper first harvest.
1x4
Episode 4
Episode overview
A heating distribution system is installed to help spread the warmth from the efficient wood burning stoves to the rest of the house and to clear the house of damp. Dick and Jim make bio-diesel from chip fat.
1x5
Episode 5
Episode overview
Winter is closing in, but the heating distribution system is not working as well as intended - the wood burners can't quite keep up with the cold Cornwall winds. The children are off at .. show full overview
1x6
Episode 6
Episode overview
Both the heat sink and the water wheel have proven reliable. Dick installs a solar hot-water panel to complement the wood burners in the spring and autumn. December 28 arrives, and with .. show full overview
1x7
Episode 7
Episode overview
A second wind turbine is erected, and a composting toilet is installed. Brigit gets into the cosmetics business by making her own moisturiser. Donnachadh McCarthy returns for a new .. show full overview

Characters