Countryfile star Adam Henson lets slip he starred in Hollywood movie

In his own words, the Countryfile presenter shares with us the biggest lessons he's learnt in life…

My dad, Joe, always said to me, ‘Just give it a go.’

And I say the same to my kids – it’s a case of learning from your mistakes.

I never dared apply for Countryfile , but then I remembered his words and refused to be afraid of failure.

It changed my life.

My father was a trailblazer when it came to farming.

He opened the first ever farm park in 1971 and was a bit of a celebrity,
but incredibly humble.

He had a strange childhood and an absent father (Leslie Henson was a famous comedian), but he made sure he was a fantastic dad to me and my siblings.

I had a sense of responsibility from an early age.

Back then, life wasn’t easy and my mum used to make all our clothes by hand.

Everything was valued.

To get us to help on the farm when we were little, our dad would give us each a breed to look after, so we understood how to care for them.

If we ever sold any of the animals in our breed, half would go back to the farm and half would go in our piggy banks.

I wish I’d worked harder when I was a teenager.

I was a bit naughty and had an awful attention span.

I had to re-do my A-levels, which meant I had to attend night school on top of the farm job I had after school to get me into agricultural college.

If I’d had any self-discipline I could have just got them the first time round.

There’s no one to blame but myself.

Losing my dad was incredibly hard.

He had terminal cancer and was given four months before he passed away.

He was very unselfish about the diagnosis.

He just shared all his love with my mum and all his children, and just said he'd packed his bags, was ready to go and went quietly.

I’m terrified of dying.

I’m going to make a right old fuss.

I’m not scared of how it might happen, it’s just I don’t want to leave the planet.

There’s too much to see and do.

I don’t like the idea of getting old either, to be honest, all of it scares the living daylights out of me.

In a way I’m turning into my father, which I don’t see as a bad thing.

I try to be loving, open and supportive.

I’m lucky to be very close to my children.

I have a 21-year-old daughter, Ella, and a 17-year-old son, Alfie, and
I tell them to learn from the good and the bad things.

Learn the way you want to be treated, set a standard, and don’t accept anything less.

I have no attention to detail.

I’m all over the shop.

At my Cotswolds farm, we have a board with all the staff’s characteristics on.

We write down each other’s strengths and weaknesses.

That’s what makes a team.

Everyone has their strengths, and I don’t expect people to do things that don't utilise what they’re good at.

Working with animals can test my temper any day, but it’s my dogs I lose it with the most.

I have a Miniature Dachshund, a Border Collie and two Hungarian Wirehaired Vizslas.

The Dachshund is very naughty.

Every time I walk the dogs, without fail, I’ll shout them back and they all come apart from him.

I end up screaming and shouting my head off, he’s a terror!

I starred in Braveheart.

We had rare long-horned oxen at the farm and they’re trained to pull carts.

I brought them on set, put on a big ginger wig and a kilt with a mate of mine and worked with the actors to get the oxen to drag William Wallace’s dead body in a cart.

The camera zooms right in on my face at one point.

That’s pretty cool.

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