Jimmy Doherty's Big Bear Rescue
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Friday, September 4 on Channel 4 (4)
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Jimmy and the team build a vast bespoke enclosure when a pack of 12 arctic wolves need a new home. The hierarchy in the pack has recently changed, so Jimmy and his team need to plan the move meticulously to keep the balance of power stable. The pack arrives safely but on the first night one wolf rips open the top of the wolfhouse and gets out onto the roof. Soon, however, the wolves are out and about exploring their new reserve with its pools and woodlands and also welcome four new pups to their pack. Ewa the polar bear is joined by two other homeless bears - Flocke and Tala
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Matthew Wortman
(Director)
Jimmy Doherty
(Executive producer)
Jane Rogerson
(Executive producer)
Simon Hamilton
(Editor)
Adam Mitchell
(Editor)
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Did You Know..
Matthew Wortman
(Director)
Jimmy Doherty
(Executive producer)
Born:
May 24, 1975
in
Essex
Best Known For:
Jimmy's Farm.
Early-life:
Born on May 24, 1975, in Ilford, Essex. After leaving school he studied animal biology at the University of East London and entomology at Coventry University's zoology department. Jimmy proved he had TV presence while appearing briefly in Jamie's Kitchen and Oliver's Twist alongside his childhood friend Jamie Oliver. Harbouring dreams of being self-sufficient and to grow all his own produce, he attempted to turn his vision of living the 'good life' into reality.
Career:
At 28, Doherty quit his life as a city-dwelling academic and threw himself into the back-breaking task of transforming a dilapidated old dairy farm into a flourishing organic pig business. His efforts, documented in BBC series Jimmy's Farm, turned him into a household name. The success of that show spawned the follow-up BBC projects Jimmy's Farm Diaries, Crisis on Jimmy's Farm, Jimmy's Farming Heroes, Jimmy's Food Factory, and A Farmer's Life for Me. More recently, he has presented Channel 4 shows Jimmy and the Giant Supermarket, Jimmy and the Whale Whisperer, Jamie & Jimmy's Food Fight Club and Food Unwrapped.
Quote:
On the importance of farming: "It's the most important thing, without a shadow of a doubt. Because without organised agriculture, you just wouldn't have anything else."
Trivia:
In August 2014, Doherty was one of 200 public figures who signed a letter opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum vote.
Jane Rogerson
(Executive producer)
Simon Hamilton
(Editor)
Adam Mitchell
(Editor)
