Pigs
Series about farm animals. It is harvest season, and the focus is on pigs. We look at pigs' ability to deceive and test how intelligent they are with some puzzles.
We all think we know about farm animals - that sheep are stupid, pigs are smart and that cows lie down when it is going to rain. But there's a lot more to them than that. In this series we're bringing together some of the country's best farms to create one sun-dappled ideal where we will test animal intelligence, discover unlikely relationships and uncover a side of farm animals you've never seen before.
It is harvest season. We follow a litter of piglets from birth as they grow up in the Brecon Beacons. We test the theory that every piglet always returns to the same teat to suckle, show that pigs love mud to keep cool because they have practically no sweat glands, and we show how intelligent they are with a series of puzzles. We also reveal that they are masters at the art of deception. Pigs tell porkies! Along the way we meet a pair of kunekune pigs raised as domestic pets in the heart of London. We visit a farm that uses llamas to guard its sheep and meet a pet rabbit with a remarkable identity crisis.
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Peter the rabbit has some unlikely friends
Duration: 01:02
Music Played
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Crowded House
Into Temptation
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Rob Neil |
Executive Producer | Caroline Hawkins |
Editor | Julian Sykes |
Composer | Brollyman |
Production Manager | Jennie Baker |
Broadcasts
- Thu 20 Dec 2018 20:00
- Fri 8 Feb 2019 20:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Wales HD & Wales only
- Sun 10 Feb 2019 15:50Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Wales HD & Wales only
- Sat 21 Sep 2019 17:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Tue 10 Dec 2019 20:00
- Wed 11 Dec 2019 03:00
- Sat 30 May 2020 18:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Wed 30 Mar 2022 20:00
- Thu 31 Mar 2022 01:15
- Wed 7 Dec 2022 20:00
- Thu 8 Dec 2022 01:55
- Tue 12 Sep 2023 19:00
- Wed 13 Sep 2023 03:00