''Lambing Live'' is a farming programme which was broadcast live on

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in five parts, beginning on Sunday 7 March 2010. Presented by Kate Humble and Adam Henson, the show was mainly filmed live on the Beavan family farm, near Abergavenny in Monmouthshire and followed a week in the life of the farm, concentrating on the births of the new lambs. Filmed inserts showed the lead-up to the

lambing Domestic sheep reproduce sexually much like other mammals, and their reproductive strategy is furthermore very similar to other domestic herd animals. A flock of sheep is generally mated by a single ram, which has either been chosen by a farmer ...

season, including the purchase of two new stud sheep (tups). The show was produced in a style similar to '' Springwatch''. The second series following a farming family from

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began on 4 April 2011, again presented by Kate Humble. A third series began airing from 24 March 2014. This series concentrates on the Dykes family who have been farming close to the

Pentland Hills The Pentland Hills are a range of hills southwest of Edinburgh, Scotland. The range is around in length, and runs southwest from Edinburgh towards Biggar and the upper Clydesdale. Etymology The name is first recorded for the farm of Pentla ...

since the 1950s. They breed primarily sheep but also some cattle.

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