Helen Skelton sweetly cradles two lambs after helping to save a newborn animal's life during a VERY dramatic birth on Springtime on the Farm

Helen Skelton helped save the life of a newborn lamb during a very tricky labour on Monday's episode of Springtime on the Farm.

The TV presenter, 37, got stuck in with the lambing while filming the Channel 5 show at Cannon Hall Farm in South Yorkshire.

As she helped one ewe give birth, the atmosphere suddenly became tense with farmer Ruth having to rub the tiny animal in an attempt to clear its airways.

Helen could be heard worrying about the lamb and saying: 'Come on gorgeous, She's been in there a while hasn't she?' 

The star then looked on as farmer Ruth massaged the lamb, revealing things were on the up as she said a few seconds later: 'Here we go.' 

A relieved Helen then asked Ruth 'how hard' the birth was, with Ruth explaining that the little lamb had its 'tongue stuck' as well as 'swollen.

Although not being 'out of the woods', the lamb was put with its mother and Helen seemed relieved that it appeared to be adjusting well. 

Helen then joyously told Ruth, 'I wish I could hug you that was a moment,' before the two knocked elbows and smiled.

Springtime On The Farm is a four-night event showing Britain's farmers as they prepare to welcome lots of newborn animals to their farms during lambing season.

Presenters Adam Henson, Helen and Jules Hudson are seen in the middle of all the action and are even called on to help out occasionally.

Farmers from across the country will be featured as well as the Nicholson brothers Rob and Dave, at the show's base camp Cannon Hall Farm in South Yorkshire. 

From his own farm in the Cotswolds, Adam will be offering a unique insight into a wide variety of rare breeds as he prepares his sheep, cattle, pigs and ponies for the season ahead.

Over the four-night run, which is co-presented by JB Gill, three finalists of the annual Young Farmer of the Year award will also be featured, with viewers discovering what led to their nominations and meeting meet the winner.

Stars from The Yorkshire Vet will also be taking part as Peter Wright visits one of the only farmers in the country who breeds Angora rabbits for their fibre and Julian Norton pays a trip to a pygmy goat breeder whose animals are about to give birth. 

The series also introduces the teenage champion shepherdess who's about to take over the family farm, an aspiring Rugby Union player who's also a dab hand when it comes to lambing and a farmer from Dartmoor who rounds up his livestock – cowboy style. 

Helen previously told MailOnline she feels 'guilty' and 'overcompensates' for not giving her kids the childhood she had growing up on a farm.

She said that after being raised in the Lake District, she longs to be able to give her children Louis, three, and Ernie, five, the chance to explore the countryside – but her TV career forces her to live on the edge of a city.

In an exclusive interview in November, Helen, who's married to professional rugby player Richie Myler, 30, said she and her husband's jobs prevent their young family from being able to reside closer to where her parents live in Cumbria.  

She said: 'I grew up on a farm on the edge of the Lake District so I constantly feel guilty for not giving my kids the childhood I had. I don't live on a farm; I live on the edge of a city. I probably overcompensate.

'My dad is always saying 'why don't you move back here?' And I would love to be able to do that. I spend half my life looking at smallholdings.

'But I work in TV and radio and my husband works in rugby so when we moved back to the UK we moved in with my parents in Cumbria. 

'We have little kids, he doesn't want to commute for two hours a day. At this stage of life I need to be able to get into town.'

The former Blue Peter presenter said while she hopes to relocate to the heart of the country one day, living on the outskirts of Leeds also has its advantages as she has a big garden, which came in handy during lockdown.

She said: 'Our house is tiny but our garden is huge. All the time I've cursed the fact there's no room in the house and there are washing baskets everywhere, this year I have loved it because we do have a good garden.

'We have an old, cold, small house but we have a great garden so I feel very lucky.'

Springtime on the farm is on Monday to Thursday at 8pm on Channel 5