Farming drama ploughs on but yields only frustration

Starring Martin Clunes, Out There’ is a dramatic pancake where the rambling plots and core tension are as slippery and inscrutable as some of the local accents, writes Nick Hilton

- Nick Hilton

What makes you watch a new TV show? Perhaps it has a star name, or it's getting rave reviews, or has a premise that just grabs you from the off. A high-school chemistry teacher starts cooking meth to pay his medical bills. Down and outs compete in violent playground games to try to win a life-changing prize. Office workers undergo a medical procedure to sever their work self from their home self. Bam! From the moment you hear about these shows, you’re intrigued. And then there’s Out There, a new ITV drama, whose premise I will try to explain in the next paragraph.