A Christmas baby!

A surprise birth heralds in the festive celebrations at Longleat...

- CAREN CLARK, HANNAH DAVIES

Baubles and tinsel are going up at Longleat as the Wiltshire safari park opens its gates to the cameras for BBC1’s Animal Park Christmas Special.

Hosted once more by Ben Fogle, Kate Humble, and Jean Johansson, the five-part Yuletide special sees Longleat’s residents get ready for the big day. And there are plenty of Christmas miracles, including the arrival of the park’s first baby aardvark, which needs help with feeding, while a giant anteater is also born.