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00:00In the heart of glorious North Yorkshire, just outside the historic market town of Thirsk, sits Stony Brough Farm, home to Jean and Steve Green.
00:12Hello, girls!
00:14Side by side for nearly 50 years, in his mid-90s, Steve's one of the oldest working farmers in the country.
00:24Come on, man. Hiya! These animals just get us out of bed.
00:31And while times are changing...
00:33She get going, I'll be all right. I'm cold.
00:36...always there to help...
00:38If in doubt for Mrs Green, go for the Yorkshire.
00:40...is their long-time vet...
00:43Ooh, we seem to like that.
00:45...and friend, Peter Wright.
00:47It's nice to see you looking hunky-dory.
00:49Definitely.
00:50During these golden years, this couple of proud Yorkshire rare breeds...
00:55From Yorkshire bone and bread, belong in the arm and thick in the head.
01:00...love to embrace their heritage.
01:02This is a deed from 1706.
01:04Ooh!
01:05Man, what's in it, Pete?
01:07...while still moving with the times...
01:09Wow.
01:10She's got it into her head that she would like it a two.
01:13I'm thinking I'm four, right?
01:15...as the adventures continue...
01:17What a thrill, eh?
01:19...on this family farm like no other.
01:22Welcome to the ghost hunt.
01:24Oh, wow.
01:25Don't panic, I'm here to hold your hand.
01:28...at home with the greens.
01:41Home is where the heart is.
01:44Come on, you old young kids.
01:46Let them in, Steve.
01:47And 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.
01:59I've got it.
02:00So many memories have been made during nearly 50 years here together.
02:05Our morning's always, like, this busy as hell.
02:10It's panda mode.
02:12Ha!
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.
02:39We'd be the only green acres there is.
02:42But I like reminiscing on good old days.
02:47When we were youngsters.
02:49And we could run for miles.
02:51We all think about it.
02:56And how many generations before us have been here.
03:04Heya!
03:05Don't make pity your sense.
03:08But she's been here 82 years.
03:11And it's quarter seven every morning.
03:14Without fail.
03:16So we'll just carry on as long as we can.
03:22Get up in the morning and look at Greenfields.
03:25And I think they said,
03:26Well, how lucky are you?
03:28A lot of people give the right hand to be out here in it.
03:33We're fortunate to have it.
03:35And privileged to come out every day in it.
03:45As Jean becomes increasingly nostalgic,
03:48she's even more curious.
03:50Right, Steve, I'm 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 Jean and Steve.
04:34And hopefully what we've found can shed a bit of light and give us more information on the history of their farm.
04:39Hello.
04:40Hello.
04:41Hello, young lady.
04:42You must be 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.
04:52So this is the earliest record that we found.
04:55This is a trade directory from 1890 and 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, Jean, that going back to 1890, it was a working farm then.
05:10Yeah.
05:11One of the oldest in that area of Thirsk.
05:16We have a plan which shows the outline of some of the land at the farm.
05:20Yeah, that's what we call camp field.
05:22This 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.
05:34So 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.
05:47These were fields at this point.
05:49So the house is probably about 180 plus years old.
05:52Is that right, Kimberley?
05:53Yes, it is.
05:54Well, I think the original windows are still in there, Jean, if you don't mind me saying.
05:58The next document dates back even further.
06:03This is one of the oldest mentions that we found of land at Stony Brough.
06:08Oh.
06:09And this is a deed from 1706.
06:11Whoa.
06:12With 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 they did.
06:59Just looking after it?
07:00Nothing.
07:01Yeah.
07:02It'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 Jean 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 on go.
07:33There's an intriguing history behind some of Thirsk's other well-known buildings.
07:39At 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.
08:02So Jean and Peter's research into Stony Brough Farm...
08:05We've learnt a lot, haven't we?
08:07No.
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.
08:27Do you think spirits?
08:28Is there?
08:29Yes.
08:30Yes.
08:31We have one and we call him Casper.
08:35Casper the Fendley 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.
08:43You soon know when he's about the strange smells.
08:47Sometimes you can smell cooking.
08:49Hiya, Captain.
08:50Hey Pete, come and have a look at this.
08:52Oh.
08:53What's that?
08:54That's a light of a ghost.
08:55Oh, crikey.
08:56There you are.
08:57Look, there's two mobs.
08:58What are they?
08:59Ghosts.
09:00Oh, crikey.
09:01Are you in this right and pray, sir?
09:02I'll tell you what, I'll be looking under my bed before I get in tonight now.
09:07Have you ever thought about getting somebody here that could get in touch with the other side?
09:18No, we haven't.
09:21He's pregnant, eh?
09:23I think I'll be with Steve.
09:25I'm willing.
09:26Are you?
09:27Yeah, I'm willing.
09:28Well, 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.
09:35Hey, Peter.
09:36Yes, Jim.
09:37Oh!
09:38Seeing his family lived here from 1944 to present day, but it starts making you think, really,
09:48what'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.
10:00Who knows what this house has to tell?
10:03Let's see if we can reveal some of the tales that's behind Stony Booth.
10:10Coming up...
10:11We've got toffee and apple here.
10:14I am quite fond of them.
10:16Sickly calves a scaring gene.
10:18They both look rough.
10:19I'm very concerned about them.
10:21And if there's something strange, who are you going to call?
10:24I woke up once, and there were two girls stood here.
10:29The ghost hunters.
10:30I think it's time to get some of the guys in and investigate this.
10:33No, definitely.
10:34We'll get some cameras in here.
10:35Definitely.
10:36We'll get some of the guys in the way.
10:46Stony Brook Farm in Thirsk, whose origins have just been traced back 300 years, has been the Green's family home since 1944.
10:55It was a regular stop on the rounds of James Herriot, when Gene and Steve ran it as a working dairy farm.
11:02It's not a rusted dusty, is it?
11:05No.
11:06Now, their only cows are calves.
11:12We've got toffee and apple here.
11:14I am quite fond of them.
11:17Yeah.
11:18They can be like pets, really.
11:22Any veterinary help the Greens need these days comes from Herriot's one-time trainee, Peter.
11:29Tuffy's got pneumonia badly, but we don't know whether apple will have it or not.
11:37Pneumonia 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?
11:50Son, how are you?
11:53That 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 phase.
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 on to protect your hands?
12:22Maybe.
12:23I'll get this wrong here, see.
12:24I thought you were talking to me there, Gene.
12:26No, I.
12:27And then we can let Nurse Gene in.
12:29Right.
12:30Mrs. 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 what?
12:41She feels very hot.
12:42Yes, very hot.
12:43One, five and a half.
12:45Do you know, you're not far off, Gene, a 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.
12:57This 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.
13:11Anti-inflammatory.
13:12You're ahead of me now, aren't you?
13:14Sorry 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.
13:36Hang on, I'm coming round.
13:37Hang on, hang on.
13:38Because this one's lively.
13:41Very lively.
13:45Right.
13:46So we need one more injection.
13:49Mission accomplished.
13:51With the job done.
13:52All right, Steve.
13:53Right.
13:54Let it go around.
13:55Knowing 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 Gene and Treasures.
14:11Fish and chip shop vouchers.
14:14There's enough there to have a veritable feast.
14:18What do you get the couple that's got everything?
14:21Couldn't have done anything better.
14:23Well, I think so.
14:24No, couldn't.
14:25On a cold day as well, there's nothing better, is there?
14:28Right.
14:29I hope you enjoy your fish and chips.
14:31We will.
14:32We will, Peter.
14:41The Greens friend, Matt, is a Yorkshire vet who's always shared his home with exotic creatures.
14:48And as he's working in thirst this week, he has a special surprise for Gene and Steve.
14:56I know they've not really had much experience with exotic animals, so I thought I'd take the
15:00opportunity while I'm up here to introduce them to my pet snake store.
15:06Afternoon, both.
15:07How are we doing?
15:08How are we, Uncle Dory?
15:09Jack and Harry.
15:10Have you met any pet snakes before?
15:12No.
15:13No.
15:14This won't be venomous.
15:15No, it's not, no.
15:16Oh, she's gorgeous.
15:17Yeah.
15:18Oh, aren't you beautiful.
15:19Like her colour.
15:20Oh, I like your colour.
15:21And those beady dark eyes as well.
15:22Oh, yes, Steve.
15:23She's quick.
15:24Did I buy it?
15:25No.
15:26No, she's really, really friendly.
15:27Oh, she's beautiful.
15:28Feel her.
15:29Oh.
15:30Well, I don't do a slimey animal.
15:31No, it's like being waxed.
15:32Oh.
15:33I kind of like it.
15:34I don't like it.
15:35I don't like it.
15:36I don't like it.
15:37I don't like it.
15:38I don't like it.
15:39I don't like it.
15:40No.
15:41It's like being waxed.
15:42Oh, I kind of like it.
15:45I do.
15:46Oh, yeah.
15:47Excellent.
15:48It's so good to see Steve and Jeannie enjoying Storm because so many people are just scared
15:55of reptiles.
15:56Oh, here, you little beggar.
15:59Would she get lost, Matt?
16:02If you don't keep an eye on her, she'll definitely get lost.
16:05And where are you going now, bugger loose?
16:06Where is she going?
16:07Matt, she's gonna be bloody asleep.
16:08She's gonna be asleep.
16:09Wait a minute.
16:10Come back, you bugger.
16:11Well, we'll have trouble getting it out from there.
16:25Matt's latest exotic patient of the thirst practice might be just as tricky to control.
16:30It's an Australian marsupial from Kennan Hall Farm, a sugar glider called Pilot, who needs
16:36castrating.
16:37One of the biggest challenges is getting him under anaesthetic to start with, which is
16:41transferring from his little box to the little anaesthetic chamber that we've got and
16:45not losing him because certainly he'll be angry, he'll be flighty, and we're going
16:49to need to be quick off 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.
17:19Ready for the transfer, Robin?
17:20Go.
17:21Three, two, Pilot.
17:23While Yorkshire is a new home to some strange, out-of-the-ordinary creatures, this county
17:34has a rich history of ghostly tales.
17:39And Peter suspects Gene might have heard one too many, because of all the surreal trips
17:48he's made to Stony Brook Farm over the years.
17:52This one might just take some beating.
17:56I'd been 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.
18:18Hello, Peter.
18:20Hello, Gene.
18:21Welcome to the ghost hunt.
18:23What have you got me into?
18:24Do you want to change up on the clothes?
18:26I might do, Gene, because I don't know anything about this sort of thing, you know.
18:31But 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, a friendly ghost.
18:42And you don't think if we agitate him today it might cause a problem?
18:45No, I'm not face-bying.
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, he darned us.
18:57Well, I feel as if I'm up to me depth.
19:00Jason and Michael have ten years' experience as paranormal investigators.
19:06Are these your friends, Gene?
19:08I do, John.
19:09Yeah.
19:10Right, Gene, we'll follow you.
19:12And they're keen to see where the apparent apparitions have taken place.
19:16First stop, the old milking parlour.
19:20So, what about in here, Gene?
19:22What could you tell me about in here?
19:23I smell cooking.
19:24Cooking, you can smell different smells in here, yeah?
19:27Yeah.
19:28Fish 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 stood in here at eight o'clock and you can smell him.
19:37OK, 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.
19:44OK.
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 open wall.
20:24That's a different colour as well.
20:26You can see it reflecting onto the wall, can't you?
20:28Yeah.
20:29And those other two, those are really good as well, because they're massive, those.
20:35But suspicions have also been aroused inside the farmhouse.
20:41With the master bedroom allegedly seeing some activity.
20:48Hello, Steve.
20:49Now then, Rachel.
20:50I know you've had experiences, haven't you?
20:53Oh, yes.
20:54Well, it was here.
20:55I used to go to Meadow in the afternoon.
20:58This'll be 35 years since.
21:01I woke up once, and there was two girls stood here.
21:05There was one ear in a flower dress, and one ear in a red dress.
21:13And then there were old-fashioned girls, like.
21:16Victorian, would you say?
21:18I would.
21:20Steve, I've known you a long time, and I know you to be a very level-headed person.
21:27Yes.
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, did you...
21:38I never did.
21:39You never did?
21:40I never did.
21:41That was the end of it.
21:42Was it really?
21:43It upset you that much?
21:44I never came over this table in the afternoon again.
21:46Right.
21:48I think it's time to get some of the guys in, themselves in, and investigate this.
21:52No, definitely. We'll get some cameras in here, definitely.
21:54I think we'll get the team together and get cracking.
22:02From a scientific point of view, I am interested to see if Jason and Michael do find anything of relevance.
22:08But I'm still feeling a little bit queasy about it, that maybe we shouldn't be meddling in things that I know nothing about.
22:16I think we'll just see what the evening has to bring.
22:22Coming up...
22:23Come on, boy. Up here.
22:24Reuben loves his home.
22:26He followed me all over, doesn't he?
22:28Can Peter help some ex-racing greyhounds be just as happy?
22:32These are three retired ladies.
22:34They're all looking for their forever homes.
22:35Ah, Iris. A bit nervous, aren't you, dear?
22:38Good ones.
22:39Good ones.
22:40And if there is a spirit of Stony Brough...
22:42Don't panic, I'm here to hold your hand.
22:45Has Gene's voice woken it?
22:47Hello, Casper. Are you all right?
22:50Oh, nice. Oh, wow.
23:00Stay!
23:01With Stony Brough Farm becoming shrouded in a cloak of darkness...
23:05Hello, boss.
23:06Gene's hired team of paranormal investigators, Jason and Michael, are looking for signs of things that 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 and thought he saw two otherworldly women.
23:22It's believed that spirits can manipulate the radio and they can speak through the white noise.
23:28Of course, skeptics would just think they need digital radio.
23:31Are the girls still there?
23:33We're just wondering.
23:36They need to come in back.
23:38We're trying to listen if that's an actual voice or a name coming through.
23:47It's not clear or not.
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 as if it's high for you to have a sleep on an afternoon again now, Steve.
24:01No, no, no.
24:04The hunt for the supposed ghost of Stonybrough, who Gene affectionately calls Casper, has now moved to the calf house.
24:13So, Gene, in here we've got John and he's got a night vision camera so he can see in the dark.
24:18Yeah, you should eat more carrots.
24:20So we should eat more carrots.
24:22I don't know if you can see, there's Fran there.
24:24Yes, there's Fran.
24:25She's got something called a K2 meter and that will pick up electromagnetic fields.
24:30Yeah.
24:31As 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.
24:39I'm here to hold your hand.
24:41Thank you, Mrs. Green.
24:42I appreciate that.
24:47If you're here and you can hear us, my name is Michael.
24:50My name is Jason.
24:51I'm Gene.
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.
25:05That's good.
25:06Hello, Casper.
25:09You all right?
25:11Oh, there.
25:12Look at that.
25:13Oh, wow.
25:14That likes your voice.
25:15You welcome them here, don't you, Gene?
25:17You actually welcome them here.
25:18No, we'd rather welcome you than do you now.
25:21Yeah.
25:22Do you live here all the time?
25:24Yeah.
25:25Oh.
25:26Yeah.
25:27Do you like it here?
25:33Truth 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
25:51to you.
25:52I'm not frightened.
25:53Don't worry.
25:54Here you go, Gene.
25:55All 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 Gene definitely doesn't seem scared.
26:02She seems quite comfortable with the idea of friendly ghostly presences at the farm.
26:07I've never been one to upset Mrs. Green.
26:11That really does scare me.
26:13Hello, Casper.
26:14Yeah.
26:15There you go.
26:16Are you all right?
26:18You can stay as long as you like.
26:20Long 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, Gene.
26:30You know, because I'm talking, nothing's happening.
26:33You know?
26:34Every 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,
26:43it's time to try and make contact.
26:46So, Gene, 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.
26:54Franny's going to be leading this, okay?
26:57Yeah, no problem.
26:58So, what we're going to do, Gene, if you can lean forward, and Peter,
27:05we're going to put one finger on the planchette.
27:08Okay?
27:09So.
27:10Would you like to talk to us tonight, yes or no?
27:15Whenever Matt's in Thirsk...
27:29Come on.
27:30Transfer.
27:31On, on, on, on.
27:32...the team get to meet plenty of unknown entities.
27:34Who is Matt?
27:35Didn'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.
27:44What have I brought you?
27:45I've brought you a tortoise.
27:46I've brought you a wild cat.
27:47The...
27:48Snake.
27:49Yeah.
27:50I've brought you a leopard gecko as well.
27:52Are you?
27:53Yeah, yeah.
27:54This gets the cutest one.
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
28:02would be the...
28:03We would fear them.
28:04They would rule the human race.
28:05Wouldn't you?
28:06Are you a little angry?
28:07No.
28:08Oh, I didn't like that.
28:09I didn't like that.
28:10Wow.
28:11I saw your hands and you were like, I'm not your mate.
28:13You want to look at you guys.
28:14You guys have a soothing effect on him.
28:16He's the ladies.
28:17He's 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 more controlled with himself and decided to get on nicely,
28:28then we wouldn't be in this situation.
28:30You want that off?
28:31Yeah, I'll take this off.
28:32I'll take this off.
28:33I'll just have him on his back.
28:34There.
28:35So, Richard was up.
28:36We'll hold him like that.
28:37Ooh, look at the size of them.
28:39Put a bit of lube on his wheelie.
28:41Keep it wet and moist.
28:42Okay.
28:43We'll transfer him out.
28:44Definitely gets the award for the smallest scrotum area.
28:49Make sure there's plenty of lube there.
28:51Oh, yes.
28:52I will do.
28:53I love his little thumbs.
28:55Cute, isn't it?
28:56Oh, bless.
28:57Right.
28:58Let's get him sorted.
29:00This is slightly different to normal castrations.
29:02We're just going to use a searing,
29:04cautery device, like a hot blade,
29:06to cut straight across through the testicles and the scrotum.
29:09It'll provide the least amount of trauma
29:11for the shortest anaesthetic,
29:12and it'll mean that 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.
29:23No.
29:25Just lightly touch the top of the skin there.
29:30There we go.
29:31And just like that, Pilot is two passengers lighter.
29:34Everything's gone quite well, but unfortunately, you just never know.
29:39And, well, it's not like you can talk to them and tell them to keep calm.
29:43We've just got to create as nice an environment for him as possible,
29:46and I hope he forgives us later on for taking his manhood.
29:49Well 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.
29:59He's feeling.
30:00He is.
30:01He's well cross.
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 Jean'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 Brough past.
30:32So, yes.
30:34That's brilliant.
30:35Thank you very much.
30:37Now spell your name out.
30:40N-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?
31:01Yes, I've had an aunt 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.
31:33Let's say goodbye.
31:34No.
31:35You can take your fingers off.
31:36Yep.
31:37Bye, Nora.
31:38There we go.
31:39It'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 tell him.
31:59You wouldn't?
32:00No.
32:01Why? Do you think it would upset him?
32:02It might upset him.
32:03Yeah.
32:04I'll tell Steve.
32:05I'll tell him in my own time.
32:07OK.
32:08It's a good night, Nora.
32:12Well, on that note, I think it's that time we all went to bed, isn't it?
32:15I need some shut eye.
32:16Yeah.
32:17As the paranormal investigators pack up their gizmos and gadgets, Peter and Jean know one
32:24thing for sure.
32:26Casper, Nora, or nothing at all.
32:29They won't need to call the Ghostbusters.
32:32Well, Jean, that's been a very interesting and informative night, hasn't it?
32:36Yeah, it's been a good night.
32:38Learned more than we ever felt we would.
32:39But we've learned something that we knew all along.
32:42What a very friendly place this is.
32:44Friendly and happy.
32:45And you can't say any more than that, can you?
32:47No, we're happy-go-lucky around, can we?
32:50Good night.
32:58For the past 11 years...
33:00Come on, Rome.
33:02We're going in now.
33:04..a very definite and constant presence at Stonyborough Farm...
33:09That's it, Rome.
33:10..has been Steve and Jean's old greyhound cross, Reuben.
33:13Come on, boy.
33:14Up here.
33:15Come on, Steve.
33:16Our dog's relaxing.
33:17He follows me all over, doesn't he?
33:18Yeah.
33:19He's made himself at home on their sofa, since they rescued him as an unfortunate puppy.
33:28I went up and saw this woman who had him with some more pups, and he was a bag of bums.
33:38And she said to me, I want £40 for him.
33:41I said, no, RSPC and the police are on the way.
33:46And she said, well, I'll chuck him on A-19.
33:49She said, you know, cos I'm taking him.
33:51And I brought him home.
33:53And the best thing we ever did.
33:56I never regret the day I took him.
33:59He would have been dead.
34:04Reuben 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.
34:19Hello, Alice.
34:20You wanting a bit of a photo?
34:21Oh.
34:22I've been involved with greyhounds since I left school.
34:25I 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.
34:47Don't be frightened.
34:50Helping Peter get these three ready for rehoming is Nurse Hannah.
34:57She hasn't taken any breaths yet.
34:59You've seen it on umpteen occasions, then you become a little bit more relaxed about it.
35:06Not blase, but just a bit more relaxed.
35:08That was a good breath there.
35:11Something Peter hasn't seen before is the practice's new monitoring equipment.
35:16And it's not music to his ears.
35:20It's like an out-of-tune orchestra going ahead in the background.
35:23Isn't it?
35:24Right.
35:25Are we okay to go ahead?
35:26Yeah, she's all settled.
35:27Don't say computer says no.
35:30Right.
35:31I'm just tying off the ovarian vessels now.
35:45The orchestra in the background doesn't do anything for my nerves really.
35:53I think it helps Hannah's nerves because she's fully in control.
35:57It's a bloody lot less stressful without all these gadgets, I must say.
36:04Right.
36:05So there's the uterus removed.
36:10So far, things have gone well.
36:15So that's Queenie down.
36:17We've now got to move on to one of her mates and carry out the same procedure.
36:22Ah, Iris.
36:23Good girl.
36:24Come on, Iris.
36:25Good girl, Iris.
36:26Good girl, Iris.
36:27Come on.
36:28Bit nervous, aren't you, dear?
36:29Good lass.
36:30It's all right.
36:31You don't need to worry.
36:32We'll look after you.
36:33All'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.
36:39Nibbling my finger.
36:40With Matt, worried what's on the menu.
36:41And one of them's just landed on me.
36:42And he's quite close to my own passengers.
36:43While at Stony Brough, the calves have tasty names.
36:44How's Toffee and Apple doing?
36:45But have they recovered enough to mean Peter's earned his lunch?
36:46Sounds like y'all should be eating chips.
36:47Sounds like y'all should be eating chips.
37:12At Stony Brough Farm, Gene and Steve's old greyhound cross, Reuben, is as happy as
37:27ever 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
37:41own loving homes.
37:43Have a little best I use, 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.
37:58They're normally a bit like couch potatoes.
38:00They like the comfort.
38:01They don't like the cold.
38:03We do get really attached to them, but it's really nice to see them go off to their
38:06forever homes and to live on a couch.
38:10Peter has already spayed Queenie and has just moved on to Iris.
38:15We're going to do the exact same procedures we used on Queenie.
38:21With the help of Hannah...
38:23Is that thing making all the right noises?
38:25It is, yeah.
38:26She's really settled.
38:27Good.
38:28And the new monitoring machine that has him a little unsettled.
38:33What's that flashing light like?
38:35It might be the alert.
38:36Oh.
38:37You're frightening me now.
38:38It's all good.
38:39That's easy for you to say.
38:40Well, that's gone pretty well.
38:41Happy with that.
38:42Two down, one to go.
38:44With the team now on the home straight...
38:45I'm trying to spin round so it heads around.
38:46Perfect.
38:47Perfect.
38:48Last of the finish line will be Alice.
38:49Good.
38:50All's looking good.
38:51And it won't be long before Alice is sitting with her two mates.
38:56With these characters, I don't think they'll have much difficulty in finding some lovely homes.
39:23All three girls finished now, so I'm very happy with that.
39:27Queenie.
39:28Iris.
39:29How are you doing?
39:30Looking quite bright, aren't you?
39:33Are you ready to go home?
39:35Well, we'll have to organise that then, won't we?
39:38And Iris, you're still a bit shy of me, aren't you?
39:42I 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.
39:52Gene and Steve's suspicions of supernatural activity at Stonyborough Farm were partly based
40:03on 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? And she said it had to be about 12 o'clock time.
40:18Today, the reason is clear.
40:20It's his recent wedding anniversary present.
40:23Good afternoon.
40:25Good afternoon, young man.
40:27I've got a surprise for you.
40:29And the best gift return you could wish for.
40:33And the best gift return you could do.
40:34And the best gift return you could do.
40:35And the best gift return you could do.
40:36And the best gift return you could do.
40:37Oh, yes.
40:38So we bought you fish and chips.
40:39Well, how lovely.
40:40I'm glad I called in now.
40:42For Peter, this has always been a home from home.
40:47I couldn't have timed it better, could I?
40:51And after their recent paranormal excitement, they're back on more familiar turf.
40:56Of now healthy calves.
40:58How's toffee and apple doing?
41:00Fighting the fish.
41:01The dough is well.
41:02Pick two balls from Cambodia.
41:04Yes.
41:05Good.
41:06That's good.
41:07And hearty food.
41:08Normally I have sandwiches at dinner time.
41:11And I haven't got around to having them yet.
41:13And it's just as well, really.
41:15Because I don't think I could have eaten sandwiches on fish and chips.
41:19I've had a pasty and then I've followed on fish and chips.
41:25Have you?
41:26Yeah.
41:27Yeah, 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.
41:36But I burn heavy.
41:39The 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.
41:46Only all the dough guys here.
41:50Over at Cannon Hall Farm, it's also lunchtime in the Mammal House.
41:55It's taking 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 his four lady friends.
42:08Come on Pilot, let's make peace.
42:10He recognises you.
42:12He recognises me.
42:13Good lad.
42:14I'm sorry but I had 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 Peter operated on.
42:40Gail.
42:41To 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 would be a bit confusing.
42:56So now it's Gracie.
42:57We're like in second one.
42:59She won't leave my side.
43:02It 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 her 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 basic.
43:35No.
43:36And enjoying it themselves.
43:40Let's have a room and we love it.
43:42We'll never sell it.
43:43It's been good to us and does before us.
43:47I've lived here, man and boy.
43:49But he can't look back on life.
43:51He's got to look forward.
43:53No.
43:57Right, come on, Steve.
43:58Turn full circle on me.
44:06Next time.
44:10I'm cold.
44:12In freezing temperatures.
44:13I'll have your heads here.
44:16Reality bites.
44:17Too cold for you.
44:18I think we'll abandon the job this morning.
44:20I've got you, Steve.
44:21Go steady, Jean.
44:23And while Jean's keen to celebrate her Yorkshire roots.
44:26She's got it into her head that she would like it to too.
44:29Might go as a Yorkshire.
44:31Will Peter be as daring as her, or the artist?
44:34He's not my willy-dump.
44:35I'm my dump on time alone.
44:37I'm my dump on time alone.
45:07You.
45:08You.
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