A fourth-generation farmer said singing in a choir, which has reached ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent semi-final, gave him “extra support” in his job, which could be “very lonely and isolating”.
Ben Brooke, who farms near March in Cambridgeshire, auditioned to join the Hawkstone Farmers Choir last May, which was formed by TV celebrity Jeremy Clarkson.
The choir has made it through to the closing stages of the show after judge Amanda Holden gave them a “golden buzzer” at the weekend, external.
Brooke, from West Bilney, in Norfolk, said the choir, made up of farmers from across the UK, wanted to raise awareness of mental health issues affecting many working in agriculture.