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00:00In the heart of glorious North Yorkshire, just outside the historic market town of Thirsk,
00:07sits Stony Brough Farm, home to Gene and Steve Green.
00:12Hello, girls!
00:15Side by side for nearly 50 years, in his mid-90s, Steve's one of the oldest working farmers
00:23in the country.
00:24And while times are changing, always there to help, is their long-time vet, and friend,
00:46Peter Wright.
00:50During these golden years, this couple of proud Yorkshire rare breeds
00:55I'm Yorkshire born and bred, belong in the arm and stick in the head.
01:00Love to embrace their heritage.
01:02This is a deed in 1706.
01:04Oh!
01:05Man, what shouldn't it be?
01:07While still moving with the times.
01:09Wow.
01:10She's got it into her head, it's like it's a two.
01:13I'm thinking I'm for her.
01:15As the adventures continue.
01:17Lovely for you, eh?
01:19On this family farm, like no other.
01:22Welcome to the Boston!
01:24Oh, wow!
01:25Don't panic, I'm here to hold your hand.
01:28At home, with the grins.
01:31Home is where the heart is.
01:44How are you all down, Pez?
01:46Let them in, Steve.
01:48And Jean and Steve Green are very much in love with Stonyborough Farm in Thirsk.
01:53Right, you'll have to shut that gate.
01:56With all its charm and character.
01:58And panic.
02:00So many memories have been made during nearly 50 years here together.
02:05Our morning's always like this, busy as hell.
02:09It's panda mode, girl.
02:14But Jean isn't too enamoured with some of the changes they've seen during that time.
02:19When I first came, it was all farms.
02:24But now, nothing but houses.
02:27And we're the only ones keeping farming going.
02:31All I think about nowadays is build, build, build.
02:35There'd be no green acres left.
02:38We'd be the only green acres there is.
02:41But I like reminiscing on good old days.
02:47When we were youngsters.
02:49And we could run for miles.
02:54We all think about it.
02:56And how many generations before us have been here.
03:00Here.
03:01Don't make pity sense.
03:02But she's been here 82 years.
03:03And it's quarter seven every morning.
03:04My vote fails.
03:05So we'll just carry on.
03:06As long as we can.
03:07Get up in the morning, look at Greenfields and think they said,
03:10Well, how lucky are you.
03:11A lot of people give the right hand to be out here in it.
03:13We're fortunate to have it.
03:14And privileged to come out every day in it.
03:15We're fortunate to have it and privileged to come out every day in it.
03:40As Jane becomes increasingly nostalgic, she's even more curious.
03:50Where's Stephen going?
03:52About who else has called her home home.
03:55Morning, Mrs Green.
03:56Morning, young man.
03:58So Peter's taking her to the neighbouring town of North Allerton
04:01to find out facts and search for the soul of Stony Brough.
04:06So Stephen's parents bought it in 1944, didn't they?
04:11And he paid 2,900 when he bought it.
04:14It'll be interesting to see how long it's been a farm, won't it really?
04:17Yeah, it will.
04:19At the county record office, senior archive manager Kimberley
04:23might just have found some answers across five miles of shelving.
04:29We've done a bit of a dig through the records to do some research for Gene and Steve.
04:34And hopefully what we've found can shed a bit of light
04:36and give them some more information on the history of their farm.
04:38Hello.
04:39Hello.
04:40Hello, young lady.
04:42You're from Kimberley, are you?
04:43Yes.
04:44Well, this is Mrs Green.
04:45Yes, lovely to meet you.
04:46Hello.
04:47And I'm Peter.
04:48Hi, nice to meet you.
04:49No, I'm just a taxi service this morning.
04:50So this is the earliest record that we found.
04:54This is a trade directory from 1890.
04:57And this shows George Ellis listed as a farmer at Stony Brough.
05:00So this is the earliest entry of it being used as a farm.
05:03Good on you, young lady.
05:05So we now know, Gene, that going back to 1890, it was a working farm then.
05:10Yeah.
05:11Probably one of the oldest in that area of thirst.
05:15We have a plan which shows the outline of some of the land at the farm.
05:20Yeah, that's what we call camp field.
05:23This is what we call long field.
05:25Why do you call this one long field?
05:27Because it's long.
05:30So the next thing we were doing was to see how far back we could trace the land through the records.
05:35So we have a deed here, which dates back to 1843.
05:39This is the earliest entry that mentions there being a farmhouse on the plot.
05:44So we think this is when the actual buildings might have been constructed.
05:48These were fields at this point.
05:50So the house is probably about 180 plus years old.
05:53Is that a similar?
05:54Yes, it is.
05:55Well, I think the original windows are still in there, Gene, if you don't mind me saying.
06:01The next document dates back even further.
06:04This is one of the oldest mentions that we found of land at Stony Brough.
06:09And this is a deed from 1706 with land being sold to the Bell family.
06:15And it says, all those two acres of arable or meadow ground lying and being in a field called Stony Brough.
06:22Marvellous, isn't it Pete?
06:24Over 300 years then?
06:25Yes.
06:26It's hard to think that going back in time, that spider and long legs and all the other cows that you've had there, all their ancestors were going back to 1700.
06:39It shows that you really look after the land for the next generation of farmers to come along.
06:46Yeah.
06:47So these people, going back in time, have been custodians of it and just kept it until Mr Green arrived in 1944.
06:56Yeah, we're doing exactly the same as Sandy.
06:59Just looking at it?
07:00Yeah.
07:01It's my first trip to the records office here in North Allerton and I must say, I think I've enjoyed it as much as Gene has really.
07:11And we now know that the house probably dates back about 180 years and there's land mentioned going as far back at Stony Brough from 1706.
07:22To get that information, going that far back, is tremendous.
07:26Tell me we were going back to when North Allerton was a long ago.
07:33There's an intriguing history behind some of Thirsk's other well-known buildings.
07:37At one of the UK's oldest operating cinemas, there have been alleged ghostly sightings of its founder and silent movie pianist.
07:49While a so-called cursed chair from a local pub now hangs on the museum's wall.
07:55To ensure that nobody makes the supposedly fatal mistake of sitting on it.
08:00So Gene and Peter's research into Stony Brough Farm...
08:05We've learnt a lot, haven't we?
08:07Oh.
08:08...has set their minds racing.
08:10You know, when you think, how many people since the 1840s have lived in this house?
08:16Oh.
08:17I mean, that's a hundred years before your father bought it.
08:21Oh.
08:22He begs the question, with all the people that's been through it, whether any spirits remain here.
08:28Do you smell spirits?
08:29Is there?
08:30Yes.
08:33We have one and we call him Casper.
08:35Casper the friendly ghost?
08:36Yeah.
08:37Is he?
08:38He plays with electrics and water.
08:39That's a dangerous thing to do.
08:41Could kill him.
08:42Well, you soon know when he's about the strange smells.
08:47Sometimes you can smell cooking.
08:49I can't.
08:50Hey, Pete, come and have a look at this.
08:54Oh.
08:56What's that?
08:57That's a light from a ghost.
08:59Oh, crikey.
09:01There you are, look, there's two of us.
09:03What are they?
09:04Ghost.
09:05Oh, crikey.
09:06Are you under frightened, Fraser?
09:08I'll tell you what, I'll be looking under my bed before I get in tonight now.
09:11Have you ever thought about getting somebody here that could get in touch with the other side?
09:18No, yeah.
09:21He's pregnant, dear.
09:24I think I'll be with Steve.
09:26I'm willing.
09:27Are you?
09:28Yeah, I'm willing.
09:29Well, on that note, I think I'm going home.
09:31I think I'm spooking up for one day.
09:33Right, anyway, I'll see you soon.
09:36Hey, Peter.
09:37Yes, dear.
09:38Oh!
09:41See and his family lived here from 1944 to present day.
09:45But it starts making me think, really, what's going on here in the past.
09:50They're absolutely adamant that they've seen apparitions here that can't be explained.
09:55There's smells here that can't be explained.
09:59Who knows what this house has to tell.
10:02Let's see if we can reveal some of the tales that's behind Stony Brook.
10:08No.
10:09Coming up.
10:10We've got Tossey and Apple here.
10:11I am quite fond of them.
10:12Sickly calves are scaring Gene.
10:13They both look rough.
10:14I'm very concerned about it.
10:15And if there's something strange, who are you going to call?
10:16I woke up once, and there were two girls standing here.
10:17They're ghost hunters.
10:18I think it's time to get some of the cows in and investigate this.
10:20Oh, definitely.
10:21We'll get some cameras in here, definitely.
10:22Stony Brook Farm in Thirsk, whose origins have just been traced back 300 years, has been
10:51the Greens' family home since 1944.
10:56It was a regular stop on the runs of James Herriot when Gene and Steve ran it as a working
11:01dairy farm.
11:02There's not a rush to go, Steve, is it?
11:05No.
11:06Now, their only cows are calves.
11:11We've got Tossey and Apple here.
11:14I am quite fond of them, yeah.
11:18They can be like pets, really.
11:22Any veterinary help the Greens need these days comes from Herriot's one-time trainee, Peter.
11:29Tossey's got pneumonia badly, but we don't know whether Apple will have it or not.
11:38Pneumonia is a killer in cattle if you don't eat it on time.
11:42Good stockmen can twig it.
11:44They both look rough.
11:46I'm very concerned about them.
11:48Hello?
11:49Anybody there?
11:50How are you?
11:51Yeah.
11:52That one doesn't look very well, Gene.
11:55No, it doesn't.
11:56He's got his ears back and he's blowing hard.
11:58Yeah.
11:59Yeah.
12:00It's the time of year.
12:01Yeah, and it's where they're in the pain.
12:03It is, Steve.
12:04It's dank and miserable.
12:05These act like your small calves.
12:07These are...
12:08These are your big ones.
12:09Bigger boys.
12:10I think what I'm going to do, we have a young assistant out there, a young novice.
12:16And I'm going to pass this rope through to him.
12:19Do you want my gloves, then, to protect your hands?
12:21Why, maybe?
12:22I'll get this role in here, say.
12:24I thought you were talking to me, right, Gene.
12:26No, I...
12:27And then we can let Nurse Gene in.
12:31Right.
12:32Mrs Green, I'm going to now take the temperature of our patient.
12:35I've got to say, just putting my hand under her tail here.
12:40It's hot.
12:41She feels very hot.
12:42Yes, very hot.
12:44One, five and a half.
12:45Do you know what?
12:46You're not far off, Gene.
12:47A hundred and four and a half.
12:48It's a high temperature, but I'd rather have that because it shows that her body's fighting
12:53against it.
12:54With Peter confirming Gene's pneumonia diagnosis.
12:58This is quite bad, Gene.
12:59A large area of lung affected.
13:02He can prescribe treatment.
13:04That's if he's even needed.
13:06I'm going to give her some antibiotic that will last up to a week.
13:10Anti-inflammatory.
13:11And then...
13:12You're ahead of me now, aren't you?
13:14No.
13:15Sorry about that, son.
13:17And I'm also going to inject that one as well.
13:20That one, because we've been in its own place, and it's been airborne.
13:25Mrs Green, I don't need to tell you anything, do I?
13:28Right.
13:29Now then.
13:30That's it.
13:31That's one.
13:32Sorry, dear.
13:33Now, he's going to take some catching, this one.
13:35Hang on, I'm coming down.
13:36Hang on, hang on.
13:37Because this one's lively.
13:38Very lively.
13:39Right.
13:40So we need one more injection.
13:41Mission accomplished.
13:42With the job done.
13:43All right, Steve.
13:44Right.
13:45Let me go around.
13:46Knowing that Gene and Steve's 46th wedding anniversary is approaching, Peter has a surprise
14:01for them.
14:03Well, you're always giving me things.
14:05Well, I've got you a present.
14:07Something that I know Geney treasures.
14:10Fish and chip shop vouchers.
14:13There's enough there to have a veritable feast.
14:18What do you get the couple that's got everything?
14:20I couldn't have anything better.
14:21Well, I think so.
14:22On a cold day as well, there's nothing better, is there?
14:24Right.
14:25I hope you enjoy your fish and chips.
14:27We'll see you soon.
14:28We'll see you soon.
14:29We'll see you soon.
14:30We'll see you soon.
14:31We'll see you soon.
14:32We'll see you soon.
14:33We'll see you soon.
14:42The Greens friend, Matt, is a Yorkshire vet who's always shared his home with exotic
14:47creatures.
14:48And as he's working in Thirst this week, he has a special surprise for Gene and Steve.
14:54I know they've not really had much experience with exotic animals.
14:59So I thought I'd take the opportunity while I'm up here to introduce them to my pet snake
15:03store.
15:06Afternoon, both.
15:07How are we doing?
15:08Oh, we're Uncle Dory, Jack and Harry.
15:10Have you met any pet snakes before?
15:12No.
15:13Never, Martin.
15:14This won't be venomous.
15:15No, it's not, no.
15:17Oh, she's gorgeous.
15:19Yeah.
15:20Oh, aren't you beautiful?
15:22Like a colour.
15:23Oh, I like your colour.
15:24And all those beady dark eyes as well.
15:25Oh, yes, me.
15:26She's quick.
15:27Did I buy this?
15:28No.
15:29No, she's really, really friendly.
15:30Oh, she's beautiful.
15:31Fever.
15:32Oh.
15:33Well, I don't know a slimey animal.
15:34No, it's like being waxed.
15:35Oh, I can't like it.
15:36Harder.
15:37Oh, yeah.
15:38Excellent.
15:39It's so good to see Stephen Genie enjoying Storm because so many people are just scared
15:54of reptiles.
15:56Oh.
15:57Oh, I see her, you little baby.
15:59Would she get lost, Matt?
16:02If you don't keep an eye on her, she'll definitely get lost.
16:05And where you going now, buggerloose?
16:08Matt, she's gonna be bloody asleep.
16:09She's gonna be asleep.
16:10Wait a minute.
16:11Come back, you bugger.
16:12Well, we'll have trouble getting it out from there.
16:13What?
16:14Matt's latest exotic patient of the thirst practice might be just as tricky to control.
16:29It's an Australian marsupial from Cannon Hall Farm, a sugar glider called Pilot, who needs
16:36castrating.
16:37One of the biggest challenges is getting under anaesthetic to start with, which is transferring
16:42from his little box to the little anaesthetic chamber that we've got and not losing him
16:46because certainly he'll be angry, he'll be flighty, and we're gonna need to be quick
16:49off the mark.
16:50Sometimes you get them quite nice, you know, but it's very much Jekyll and Hyde.
16:54And certainly when you see the teeth, you don't want to be bitten by one.
16:57Knowing he could encounter some turbulence with Pilot, Matt's assembled a crew of nurses,
17:03Frankie, Robin, and Amy.
17:05Do you bite her?
17:06I would always assume yes, and they have really big teeth.
17:10Anti-angry animal gloves, this is great.
17:12Right, little Pilot, just see how angry they get.
17:16Bloody hell, fire.
17:18Right, we're ready, ready for the transfer, Robin?
17:23Go.
17:24Three.
17:25Two.
17:26Pilot.
17:27While Yorkshire is a new home to some strange, out-of-the-ordinary creatures, this county
17:34has a rich history of ghostly tales.
17:41And Peter suspects Gene might have heard one too many, because of all the surreal trips
17:48he's made to Stony Brough Farm over the years.
17:54This one might just take some beating.
17:57I'd be with Gene researching the history of the farm.
18:01And then Gene said to me that there's strange things happen here at the farm, things that
18:07can't be fully explained.
18:09And she's invited some paranormal investigators here today, and she's asked me if I'd like
18:15to come and see what happens.
18:19Hello, Peter.
18:20Hello, Gene.
18:21Welcome to the ghost town.
18:22What have you got me into?
18:24Do you want to change your wonder clothes?
18:26I might do, Gene, because I don't know anything about this sort of thing, you know.
18:31Well, you've seen strange goings-on here, haven't you?
18:33Yeah, we've seen people walk by the window and there's nobody there.
18:37Yeah.
18:38And does it worry you?
18:39No.
18:40We call him Casper, the friend we go.
18:42And you don't think if we agitate him today it might cause a problem?
18:45No, I'm not first-buying.
18:47You're not?
18:48Whatever it is.
18:49Right.
18:50Because it is said that you shouldn't meddle with these things, isn't it?
18:53But you'll think we'll be all right?
18:55Oh, come on, you damn.
18:56Well, I feel as if I'm out of my depth.
18:58Jason and Michael have ten years' experience as paranormal investigators.
19:05Are those your friends, Gene?
19:08I have these, aren't you?
19:09Right, Gene, we'll follow you.
19:11And they're keen to see where the apparent apparitions have taken place.
19:16First stop, the old milking parlour.
19:19So, what about in here, Gene? What could you tell me about in here?
19:23That's about cooking.
19:24Cooking, you can smell different smells in here, yeah?
19:27Yeah, fish and chips, salt and vinegar.
19:29And that's when there's no cooking going on in the house, isn't it, Gene?
19:32Yeah, there's no cooking anywhere.
19:34We could be sitting here at eight o'clock and you can smell him.
19:37Okay, that's interesting.
19:38I said to Steve, Casper's about to do smelling again.
19:42You're calling Casper?
19:43I'll call him Casper.
19:44Okay.
19:45I smell something that you associate with paranormal meetings.
19:50It's definitely something that is sometimes picked up on paranormal investigations.
19:54You do get certain smells like perfumes or tobacco smoke and things like that.
19:59And the fact that you can identify the actual individual different smells is really interesting.
20:04Of course, the aroma of Gene's famous cooking has been known to permeate the air for days.
20:10Michael, come and have a look at this.
20:12You're not going to believe me.
20:14Wow.
20:15And there are other explanations for the light in her photos.
20:19And if you go that way and bring it up, there's one again on the wall.
20:24That's a different colour as well.
20:26You can see it reflecting onto the wall, can't you?
20:28Yep.
20:29And those other two, those are really good as well, because they're massive, those.
20:37But suspicions have also been aroused inside the farmhouse,
20:42with the master bedroom allegedly seeing some activity.
20:46Hello, Steve.
20:49Hello then, Brayton.
20:50I know you've had experiences, haven't you?
20:52Oh, yes.
20:53Well, it was here.
20:55I used to go to Meadow in the afternoon.
20:58This has been 35 years since.
21:01I woke up once and there was two girls stood here.
21:05There was one ear in a flowing dress and one ear in a red dress.
21:13And they were old-fashioned girls, like.
21:16Victorian, would you say?
21:18I would.
21:20Steve, I've known you a long time.
21:22And I know you to be a very level-headed person.
21:27Yes, yes.
21:28You're not prone to imaginations and things like that, are you?
21:31Oh, no.
21:32No, I'm not, no.
21:33And did it upset you?
21:34It did.
21:35So when you came back on an afternoon after that for a lie down...
21:38I never did.
21:39You never did?
21:40That was the end of it.
21:41Was it really?
21:42It was upset you that much?
21:43I never temble barely sleep right now for an hour together.
21:46Right.
21:47I think it's time to get some of the guys in themselves and investigate this.
21:51No, definitely.
21:52We'll get some cameras in here, definitely.
21:54I think we'll get the team together and get cracking.
21:57Yep.
21:58From a scientific point of view, I am interested to see if Jason and Michael do find anything
22:08of relevance.
22:09But I'm still feeling a little bit queasy about it that maybe we shouldn't be meddling
22:14in things that I know nothing about.
22:16I think we'll just see what the evening has to bring.
22:19Coming up...
22:20Come on, boy.
22:21Up here.
22:22Reuben loves his home.
22:23He follows me all over, doesn't he?
22:24Can Peter help some ex-racing greyhounds be just as happy?
22:25These are three retired ladies who are looking for their forever homes.
22:26Ah, I was getting nervous, aren't you, dear?
22:28Good ones.
22:29And if there is a spirit of stonybrough...
22:30You won't panic, I'm here to hold your hand.
22:32Has Jean's voice woken it?
22:34Hello, Cass.
22:35You alright?
22:36Nice!
22:37Oh wow.
22:38Stay!
22:39With stonybrough farm becoming shrouded in a cloak of red trees, the
23:02becoming shrouded in a cloak of darkness.
23:05Hello, boss.
23:06Jean's hired team of paranormal investigators,
23:09Jason and Michael, are looking for signs of things
23:12that go bump in the night.
23:14What we've got here is something called a spirit box.
23:17Or when Steve was having an afternoon nap
23:19and thought he saw two otherworldly women.
23:22It's believed that spirits can manipulate the radio
23:25and they can speak through the white noise.
23:28Of course, skeptics would just think they need digital radio.
23:31Are the girls still there?
23:34They're just wondering.
23:36They have to come in back.
23:38We're trying to listen if that's an actual voice
23:41or a name coming through.
23:47It's not clear enough.
23:49With no ghostly girls broadcasting from the dark side.
23:52We've turned it off because we just haven't picked it up this time.
23:55No.
23:56Peter can see the bright side.
23:58It sounds like it's time for you to have a sleep on an afternoon again now, Steve.
24:01No, you're not.
24:04The hunt for the supposed ghost of Stony Brough,
24:07who Jean affectionately calls Casper,
24:09has now moved to the calf house.
24:13So, Jean, in here we've got John
24:16and he's got a night vision camera so he can see in the dark.
24:19Yeah, you should eat more carrots.
24:21So we should eat more carrots.
24:22I don't know if you can see, there's Fran there.
24:24Yeah, there's Fran.
24:25She's got something called a K2 meter
24:28and that will pick up electromagnetic fields.
24:30Yeah.
24:31Because some people believe that ghosts are made up of electromagnetic energy.
24:35Yeah.
24:36So we're looking for that to light up.
24:38Don't panic, I'm here to hold your hand.
24:40Thank you Mrs Green, I appreciate that.
24:47If you're here and you can hear us, my name is Michael.
24:50My name is Jason.
24:51I'm Jean.
24:53And I'm Peter.
24:54I don't live here but I'm a regular visitor here.
25:02Oh, yes.
25:03Equipment's gone off over there, that's good.
25:05Hello Casper, are you alright?
25:10Oh, wow, look at that.
25:12Oh wow, that likes your voice.
25:14You welcome them here don't you Jean, you actually welcome them here.
25:18No, we'd rather welcome you than do you now.
25:21Do you live here all the time?
25:24Yeah.
25:25Do you like it here?
25:27Truth be told, I've always been sceptical about this sort of thing.
25:37And as a man of more traditional science and logic, I think I always will be.
25:42But, I also believe in life, that you've got to keep an open mind.
25:46I think what we'll do is get that device and while you're talking to it, see if it reacts to you.
25:51I'm not frightened, don't worry.
25:54Here you go Jean, all you've got to do is hold it.
25:56Yeah.
25:57And then you can just ask the questions like you did before.
25:59And Jean definitely doesn't seem scared.
26:02She seems quite comfortable with the idea of friendly ghostly presences at the farm.
26:08I'll never be one to upset Mrs. Green.
26:11That really does scare me.
26:13Hello Casper.
26:15Yeah, there you go.
26:17Are you alright?
26:18You can stay as long as you like.
26:20As long as you keep an eye on the cattle and the donkey and the horse.
26:26We don't mind.
26:27Wow.
26:28That is really good Jean.
26:30You know, because...
26:31It's alright.
26:32When I'm talking, nothing's happening.
26:33You know?
26:34Yeah.
26:35Every time you spoke on there for me, it was going red.
26:37When you didn't speak, nothing happened.
26:39With Michael and Jason believing they've made a connection, it's time to try and make contact.
26:45So, Jean, we're going to try our last experiment now.
26:49Yeah.
26:50I know you're calling Casper, but I want to find out what his name or her name is.
26:55Franny's going to be leading this, okay?
26:57Yeah, no problem.
26:58So, what we're going to do, Jean, if you can lean forward, and Peter, we're going to put one finger on the planchette.
27:08Okay?
27:10So, would you like to talk to us tonight, yes or no?
27:27Whenever Matt's in first...
27:29Come on.
27:30Come on, transfer.
27:31On, on, on, on, on.
27:32The team get to meet plenty of unknown entities.
27:35He is mad!
27:36Didn't I tell you that the angriest little animals known to man are these guys?
27:40The latest being Cannon Hall Farm's Australian marsupial pilot.
27:45What have I brought you?
27:46I brought you a tortoise.
27:47I brought you a wild cat.
27:48Snake.
27:49Yeah.
27:50I brought you a leopard gecko as well.
27:52Are you?
27:53Yeah, yeah.
27:54This gets the cutest, yeah.
27:55Cutest in appearance, but not cutest in personality.
27:57No.
27:58I feel if these guys were kind of like, like this big, all at the size of an eagle, they would be,
28:02that we would fear them.
28:03They would, they would rule the human race.
28:05Wouldn't you?
28:06Are you a little angry?
28:07Oh, he didn't like that.
28:08He didn't like that.
28:09He didn't like that.
28:10Wow.
28:11It's you.
28:12He saw your hands and he was like, I'm not your mate.
28:13He wanted to look at you guys.
28:14You guys have a soothing effect on him.
28:17The ladies, the ladies man.
28:18Yeah, he must be.
28:19Clearly he is.
28:20Well, that's the reason he's come in, because he's just had four new ladies put in with him
28:22and he's pestering them.
28:23So, unfortunately, he's cooked his goose.
28:25If he'd have been a bit off control with himself and decided to get on nicely, then we wouldn't
28:29be in this situation.
28:30Wow.
28:31Yeah, I'll take this off.
28:32We'll just have him on his back.
28:34Fair.
28:35So, literally, we'll hold him like that.
28:37Ooh, look at the size of them.
28:39Put a little lube on his wheelie, keep it wet and moist.
28:42Okay.
28:43One time to burn out.
28:44He definitely gets the award for the smallest scrotum area.
28:49Make sure there's plenty of lube there.
28:51Oh, yes.
28:52Lovely.
28:53I love his little thumbs.
28:55Cute, isn't it?
28:56God bless.
28:57Right.
28:58Let's get him started.
28:59This is slightly different to normal castrations.
29:02We're just going to use a searing, cautery device like the hot blade to cut straight across
29:07from the testicles and the scrotum.
29:09It'll provide the least amount of trauma for the shortest anaesthetic and it'll mean
29:13that he won't start to chew and bite at that wound.
29:16The heat seals everything off and then the body just scars over.
29:19Like there's nothing there.
29:21Certainly, you might notice when they're gone.
29:24Nope.
29:25Just lightly touch the top of the skin there.
29:30There we go.
29:31Just like that.
29:32Pilot is two passengers lighter.
29:34Everything's gone quite well, but unfortunately, you just don't
29:38know.
29:39Well, it's not like you can talk to them and tell them to keep calm.
29:43We've just got to create a nice environment for him as possible.
29:46And I hope he forgives us later on for taking his manhood.
29:50Well done, Pilot.
29:51Oh, cutie pie.
29:53See, I told you.
29:54They wake up and they look to see what's happened.
29:56He's looking.
29:57He's not daft.
29:58Poor little lad.
29:59See you, really?
30:00He is.
30:01He's well crossed.
30:02Well mad.
30:03I don't think Matt's going to be getting a Christmas card from him this year somehow.
30:06Poor little Pilot.
30:08Back at the Greens farm.
30:14Hello, Casper.
30:16After Dean's voice seemed to trigger some electromagnetic energy.
30:20Would you like to talk to us tonight, yes or no?
30:25With the paranormal team and Peter, she's trying to make contact with any ghosts of Stony
30:31Brough past.
30:32So, yes.
30:34That's brilliant.
30:35Thank you very much.
30:37Now, let's spell your name out.
30:42N-O-R-A.
30:51Is your name Nora?
30:53I've seen Ouija boards before on films.
30:56I've never been totally convinced, if I'm honest.
30:59Do you know anybody called Nora Jean?
31:01You see, they're the night called Nora.
31:04I can't be 100% sure that nobody was pushing that planchette.
31:09Even subconsciously.
31:11Who knows?
31:12We just want to work out why you're here, Nora.
31:15Are you here to help Stephen and Jean?
31:18To keep an eye on them?
31:20At times tonight, Eve and I couldn't help getting caught up in the moment.
31:24But either way, it's been a very fascinating evening.
31:28Right, guys, I think let's not push it too much.
31:32Let's say goodbye.
31:33No.
31:34You can take your fingers off.
31:35Yep.
31:36Bye, Nora.
31:37There we go.
31:38It's been a pleasure to meet you.
31:41So, Jean, was Nora somebody that you ever expected it to be?
31:46No.
31:47That was a surprise.
31:48Do you think that's who you've been calling Casper, who's been around on the farm?
31:52Yeah.
31:53That's right.
31:54Do you think Steve will be pleased that it was Nora?
31:57I wouldn't.
31:58I wouldn't tell him.
31:59You wouldn't?
32:00Why?
32:01Do you think it would upset him?
32:02Because he might upset him.
32:03Yeah.
32:04I'll tell Steve.
32:05I'll tell him in my own time.
32:07Okay.
32:08It's a good night, Nora.
32:09Well, on that note, I think it's that time we all went to bed, isn't it?
32:15I need some shut eye.
32:17Yeah.
32:18As the paranormal investigators pack up their gizmos and gadgets, Peter and Jean know one
32:24thing for sure. Casper, Nora, or nothing at all. They won't need to call the Ghostbusters.
32:31Well, Jean, that's been a very interesting and informative night, hasn't it?
32:36Yeah, it's been a good night. More than we ever thought we would.
32:39But we've learnt something that we knew all along. What a very friendly place this is.
32:44Friendly and happy. And you can't send him on that, can you?
32:47No, we're happy-go-lucky. And I'm going.
32:50Good night.
32:51For the past 11 years. Come on, Rome. I'm going in now.
33:04A very definite and constant presence at Stonyborough Farm.
33:08That's it, Rome.
33:10Has been Steve and Jean's old greyhound cross, Reuben.
33:14Come on, mate. Up here. Come on, Steve.
33:19Oh, don't you like this? He follows me all over, doesn't he?
33:24Yeah.
33:25He's made himself at home on their sofa, since they rescued him as an unfortunate puppy.
33:32I went up and saw this woman, who had him with some more pups, and he was a bag of bumps.
33:38And she said to me, I want £40 for him.
33:42I said, no, I'll rescue you today, and the police are on the way.
33:46And she said, well, I'll took him on A-19.
33:49She said, you know, because I'm taking him. And I brought him home.
33:53And the best thing we ever did, I'd never regret the day I took him.
33:59He would have been dead.
34:01Reuben doesn't do much running these days.
34:07And across North Yorkshire, greyhound trainer Jackie Teal is doing her bit to provide equally happy homes for retired racers.
34:16Oh, Queenie. Hello, Alice. Wanting a bit of a photo shoot? Ooh.
34:22I've been involved with greyhound since I left school. I worked along with the Greyhound Trust.
34:27These are three retired ladies that are all looking for their forever homes.
34:32Queenie's four, Alice is four, and Iris is six.
34:37It's the big day for them because they're going to Greyhound where Peter will neuter them.
34:42Hopefully, pretty soon, we'll have an inquiry for somebody who wants to take a greyhound for its forever home.
34:48Don't be frightened.
34:50Helping Peter get these three ready for rehoming...
34:54Right, Queenie, is Nurse Hannah.
34:57She hasn't taken any breath yet.
35:01You've seen it on umpteen occasions, then you become a little bit more relaxed about it.
35:06Not blasé, but just a bit more relaxed.
35:09That was a good breath there.
35:12Something Peter hasn't seen before is the practice's new monitoring equipment.
35:18And it's not music to his ears.
35:21It's like an out-of-tune artist for going ahead in the background.
35:24Right.
35:26Are we okay to go ahead?
35:27Yeah, she's all sassles.
35:29Don't say a computer says no.
35:34Right.
35:36We're just tying off the ovarian vessels now.
35:49The orchestra in the background doesn't do anything for the noise, really.
35:54I think it's out to Hannah's noise because she's fully in control.
35:58That was a bloody lot less stressful without all these gadgets, I must say.
36:07Right.
36:08So there's the mucus removed.
36:09So far, things have gone well.
36:14So that's Queenie down.
36:17We've now got to move on to one of her mates and carry out the same procedure.
36:21Ah, Iris.
36:22Good girl.
36:23Come on, Iris.
36:24Good girl, Iris.
36:25Come on, Iris.
36:26Good girl, Iris.
36:27Come on.
36:28Bit nervous, aren't you, dear?
36:29Good lass.
36:30Come on.
36:31You don't need to worry.
36:32We'll look after you.
36:33You know, all's well.
36:34Good girl.
36:35Still to come.
36:36Come on, Pilot.
36:37Let's make peace.
36:38Feeding time for the sugar gliders.
36:39Simply in my finger.
36:40We've met.
36:41Worried what's on the menu.
36:42And one of them's just landed on me.
36:43And he's quite close to my own passengers.
36:45While at Stony Brough, the calves have tasty names.
36:47I was talking with Appleton.
36:48But have they recovered enough to mean Peter's earned his lunch?
36:51Sounds like yokes for pizza and chips.
36:53At Stony Brough Farm.
36:54You all right, eh?
36:55Good lad, Rose.
36:56I was talking with Appleton.
36:57And one of them's just landed on me.
36:58And he's quite close to my own passengers.
36:59While at Stony Brough, the calves have tasty names.
37:00I was talking with Appleton.
37:01But have they recovered enough to mean Peter's earned his lunch?
37:05Sounds like yokes for pizza and chips.
37:07At Stony Brough Farm.
37:20You all right, eh?
37:21Good lad, Rose.
37:23Gene and Steve's old greyhound cross, Reuben, is as happy as ever in his favourite spot.
37:29I think he's the best dog we've ever had.
37:32He's the best dog in the world.
37:35While over in Kirby Moorside, Peter's hoping to help three ex-racing greyhounds find their own loving homes.
37:43Have a look at those dogs, eh?
37:46And despite this being a famously fast breed, the Green's comatose canine isn't that unusual.
37:53According to the trainer who brought in these greyhounds, Jackie.
37:57They're very, very lazy.
37:59They're normally a bit like couch potatoes.
38:01They like the comfort.
38:02They don't like the cold.
38:03We do get really attached to them.
38:05But it's really nice to see them go off to their forever homes and to live on a couch.
38:09Peter has already spayed Queenie and has just moved on to Iris.
38:14We're going to do the exact same procedures we used on Queenie.
38:20With the help of Hannah.
38:22Is that thing making all the right noises?
38:25It is, yeah.
38:26She's really settled.
38:28Good.
38:29And the new monitoring machine that has him a little unsettled.
38:34What's that flashing red light?
38:36Might be the alert.
38:37Oh.
38:38You're frightening me now.
38:40It's all good.
38:42That's easy for you to say.
38:44Well, that's gone pretty well.
38:47Happy with that.
38:49Two down, one to go.
38:52With the team now on their home straight.
38:55I'm trying to spin around, so heads are bound.
38:57Perfect.
38:58Perfect.
38:59Last of the finish line would be Alice.
39:02Okay.
39:09All's looking good.
39:10And it won't be long before Alice is sitting with her two mates.
39:13With these characters, I don't think they'll have much difficulty in finding some...
39:21lovely homes.
39:22All three girls finished now, so I'm very happy with that.
39:27Queenie.
39:28Alice.
39:29How are you doing?
39:30Looking quite bright, aren't you?
39:32Are you ready to go home?
39:34Well, we'll have to organise that then, won't we?
39:38And Iris, you're still a bit shy of me, aren't you?
39:41I bet you children end up with a very nice home.
39:45I know you will.
39:46And I know something else.
39:48You all deserve it as well.
39:50You do.
39:51You do.
39:52Yeah.
39:53Gene and Steve's suspicions of supernatural activity at Stonyborough Farm were partly based
40:04on an unexplained smell of fish and chips.
40:07But with Peter back after morning surgery...
40:10I got a call from Gene this morning to say, would I call bye?
40:14And she said it had to be about 12 o'clock time.
40:18Well, today the reason is clear.
40:19It's his recent wedding anniversary present.
40:21Good afternoon.
40:22Good afternoon.
40:23Good afternoon, young man.
40:24I've got a surprise for you.
40:25Good afternoon.
40:26Good afternoon, young man.
40:27I've got a surprise for you.
40:29And the best gift return you could wish for.
40:32Oh, yes.
40:33So we bought you fish and chips.
40:38Hello lovely.
40:39I'm glad I called in now.
40:41For Peter, this has always been a home from home.
40:46I couldn't have had it better, could I?
40:50Yeah.
40:51And after their recent paranormal excitement, they're back on more familiar turf of now
40:56healthy calves.
40:57How was toffee and apple doing?
40:59Fives in the fridge.
41:00The dough is well.
41:01Take two pounds from your morning.
41:03Yes.
41:04Good.
41:05That's good.
41:06And hearty food.
41:07Normally I have sandwiches at dinner time.
41:10And I haven't got around to having them yet.
41:13And it's just as well, really, because I don't think I could have eaten sandwiches on
41:18fish and chips.
41:19I've had a pasty and then I've followed on fish and chips.
41:24Have you?
41:25Yeah.
41:26Yeah, but you have a big appetite, Mrs. Green.
41:29I think wherever you go in Yorkshire, you'll get decent fish and chips.
41:34I don't like Yorkshire fish and chips.
41:36What about?
41:37Heavy.
41:38The only thing is now after a meal like that, I don't want to do much more work.
41:43I want to go to sleep.
41:46Oh yeah, I'm the old guy in here.
41:50Over at Cannon Hall Farm, it's also lunchtime in the Mammal House.
41:56Take a minute for my ass to adjust.
41:57It's really bright outside, isn't it?
41:59Yeah, yeah.
42:00Where Pilot, the Australian sugar glider, Matt Castrated, now has a harmonious home with
42:05his four lady friends.
42:07There you go.
42:08Come on Pilot, let's make peace.
42:10He recognises you.
42:11He recognises me.
42:12He recognises me.
42:13Good lad.
42:14I'm sorry about how to do it.
42:16You can fly better now.
42:17Nothing weighing you down.
42:19Ooh, ow.
42:20Nibbling my finger.
42:21And one of them has just landed on me.
42:23And he or she is quite close to my own passengers.
42:26Back in North Yorkshire, it hasn't taken long for the three retired racing greyhounds, who
42:39Peter operated on, to find their forever homes.
42:44One of them just came with a small hurdle to overcome.
42:48When she arrived, she was called Alice, and I'm also Alice.
42:53So we thought it'd be a bit confusing.
42:55So now it's Gracie.
42:57We're like inseparable.
42:59She won't leave her aside.
43:01It feels great to give her a second chance.
43:04She's had her career, and it's now time for her to retire and live out her best life.
43:08She ran for five years, and now it's the thing she least wants to do.
43:13We go for two 15, 20-minute walks a day, and she spends the rest of the time sleeping.
43:20That sounds familiar.
43:22Because although so much has changed around Stonyborough Farm over the decades,
43:27a constant has been Jean and Steve providing a happy home for all their animals.
43:33It's not that day, is it?
43:35No.
43:36And enjoying it themselves.
43:40It's our home, and we love it.
43:42We'll never sell it.
43:43It's been good to us and those before us.
43:47I've lived here, man and boy.
43:49But you can't look back on life.
43:51You can't look forward.
43:53No.
43:57Right, calm, Steve.
43:58Turn full circle on me.
44:00Next time, in freezing temperatures, reality bites.
44:17Too cold for you.
44:18I think we'll abandon the job this morning.
44:20I've got you, Steve.
44:21You're steady, Steve.
44:22You're steady, Steve.
44:23Yeah.
44:24And while Jean's keen to celebrate her Yorkshire roots.
44:27She's got it into her head that she would like her to do.
44:29Right, you're as a Yorkshire.
44:31Will Peter be as daring as her, or the artist?
44:35They've never really done.
44:36And we don't want to be done.
44:38And that's at home with the Greens, new next Tuesday at nine.
44:45The new series of the Yorkshire Vet continues on Thursday at eight, and it's time for that
44:49annual agricultural Hoopnanny, the great Yorkshire show with our favourite familiar faces.
44:55Next, will Ben Fogel discover the good life in a Tuscan forest, close to the birthplace of Michelangelo, in New Lives in the Wild.
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