Doherty comes to the rescue

Over the past few years, Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park in rural Suffolk has grown from a working farm raising rare pig breeds into an award-winning wildlife reserve, home to a diverse variety of rescued animals, from meerkats and capybaras to zebras and crocodiles.

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“We never thought we'd be building vast reserves so we could rescue all kinds of wildlife, but that's what happened,” presenter Jimmy Doherty explains.

“If you look at the place now, the park, the pathways and all the animals, it looks like it was the masterplan. But it wasn't.”

Three-part documentary series Jimmy Doherty's Big Bear Rescue (Sunday, Channel 4, 8pm) was shot over the course of a year, and in last week's opening programme, we followed Jimmy as he embarked on a mission to save two polar bears whose home, Orsa Predator Park in Sweden, was closing down.