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Countryfile presenter Adam Henson has always been candid about the ups and downs of farming life, as well as his personal experiences. Whilst he has never battled mental health struggles personally, Adam has endured challenging periods, particularly when his wife, Charlie, received a cancer diagnosis. When not occupied with Countryfile filming commitments, Adam runs a farm in the Cotswolds, which his father, Joe, founded in 1971. Despite having a robust network of friends and family for support, Adam recognises the importance of addressing mental health concerns within the farming community. Speaking in an exclusive interview earlier this year regarding suicide prevention for the farming sector, Adam revealed he had never struggled because he is "an upbeat person" and that he has an "incredibly supportive family, wife, and children and people around me." Regarding his professional life, he elaborated: "I have got a business partner who I was at Agricultural College with, and he is one of my closest friends, and what we do is surround ourselves with people that are excellent within their own role in the business," reports the Express . "Whether that is a manager or a farm manager, we work really closely with the team, and we are all very honest and open with one another. "I have had some very difficult times in my life, both in business and personally. My wife was very ill a few years ago, my parents dying, and I lost a nephew." He continued, "We have gone through foot and mouth challenges, Covid, and we have had some tough times, but I've never had poor mental health because I've had that fantastic support system around me." Adam's wife, Charlie, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer after she started suffering from stomach pains in 2020. The pair chose to wed just weeks following Charlie's diagnosis, and rather than embarking on a honeymoon, she found herself mere hours from crucial life-saving surgery. "It was both barrels," Charlie recalled to the Daily Mirror at the time as she described how the scan revealed a four-and-a-half centimetre tumour on her pancreas. "We knew people who'd died of pancreatic cancer, and I absolutely felt this was going to be the end of my life." Charlie revealed that tying the knot had never held significance for her, but following her diagnosis, it became the "most important thing in the world". "I needed to bring us together before I died," she explained as Adam admitted it required no deliberation whatsoever to agree. Two years following her operation, Charlie managed to return to employment on a part-time basis. Countryfile airs on Sunday on BBC One.
