Walnut Tree Farm and its surroundings were the subject of two BBC Radio 4 documentaries, "The House" and "The Garden", that he produced. A further documentary, "Cigarette on the Waveney", covered the subject of a canoe trip down the nearby River Waveney. He also made several television documentary films covering subjects as diverse as rock music, Essex, Hank Wangford, allotments and the world of horse racing. Deakin appears in "The Wild Places" by Robert Macfarlane, whose TV documentary "The Wild Places of Essex" includes scenes shot at Walnut Tree Farm.