It was meant to be a documentary exploring the impact our carnivorous ways was having on the planet.

But the BBC's 'Meat: A Threat To Our Planet' has become embroiled in a row with British farmers, who fear the show could damage their reputation.

The show, headed up by Liz Bonnin who has presented on Springwatch and Blue Planet Live, took viewers to the Amazon rainforest to see the destruction to the rainforest to make room for meat production.

As she flew over the land from a light aircraft, she explained how Brazil exports thousands of "tonnes of beef" to the UK every year.

"For my first time flying it to see this makes me feel sick to my stomach," she said, later declaring that she no longer eats red meat following her work on the programme. "I just naturally have lost the taste for it at the moment."

But while on air, the claims made by Bonnin were being furiously challenged by the British farming community, who fear viewers could be misled into thinking similar intensive farming methods are used here. Some even went as far as suggesting the documentary was biased.

Farmer Gareth Wyn Jones, who has hosted The Hill Farm on BBC One and runs a farm in Wales, said it was "scary" to see how many farmers were affected by the show.