Accession Number

B349

Series Title

LOOK NORTH

Programme Title

ANIMAL REVIEW

Producer

[Unknown]

Other Credits

[Unknown]

Transmission Date

01/01/78

colour , sound (sep), 28 mins 57 secs

Synopsis

Compilation of animal-related Look North news items from 1978. Extracts feature the felt-making firm that uses ducks to clear its water lodges of weeds, Bob the policeman's border collie that herds ducks as well as sheep, an old English sheepdog owners meeting in Neston on Wirral, various dogs and their owners travelling on the train from the North West to Olympia in London for the Crufts dog show, unwanted dogs at a dog rescue centre, Mrs Sterling from Hale in Cheshire who owns donkeys, ponies and sheep amongst other pets, Red Rum being ridden from Southport to Aintree hoping for a fourth Grand National win and an osprey nesting at Enwood Reservoir in Derbyshire.