A TV show celebrating the lives of people in the South West and providing a little escapism for visitors and locals alike is set to begin broadcasting a second series this week.

Channel 4’s Devon and Cornwall sets out to reveal the life and work of people in the countryside, around the coast and in the tourist resorts of the two counties.

Meeting farmers, fishermen, those holding on tight to ancient trades, and local people with a sense of adventure, Devon and Cornwall is a series to ’sit back, relax and escape into’ say the programme makers.

Episodes to be aired over coming weeks will feature a wild swim off Looe, a cider maker near Bodmin Moor preparing for a 100-year celebration, and a Longwool sheep farmer in the Tamar Valley.

In tonight’s episode, we meet Cornish fisherman Phil Trebilcock, who heads out to sea in a bid to find lobster and crab. Phil has fished off Newquay all his life and says there is no better place to be. And as he prepares for the harbour’s annual fish festival, he and his fellow singers get in fine voice for a rousing performance.

In the foothills of Exmoor, farmers Rob and Sarah Taylor ready their native ponies for the show season, while also trying to make ends meet on their newly inherited farm.

Lundy Island is featured, where warden Dean Jones is hopeful the depleted seabird colonies are making a comeback.

And on the south coast of Cornwall, shipwreck hunters Mark Milburn and David Gibbins head into the Fal Estuary, in search of a passenger ship that sank in the early 1800s.

The second series of Devon and Cornwall is narrated by South West born actor John Nettles, who before finding fame was raised in this part of the world, and now lives on his farm high up in north Devon within sight of Roughtor and Brown Willy in Cornwall.

Devon and Cornwall Series 2 airs on Monday evenings on Channel 4 at 8pm.