A flock of 'puppet sheep' are about to take centre stage in a new Cumbrian play about the life of a Herdwick shepherd.

A flock of 'puppet sheep' are about to take centre stage in a new Cumbrian play about the life of a Herdwick shepherd.

Consider, for instance, that each puppet requires around 16 weeks to build from scratch, and that 354 puppets were used in the making of the film, modelled by a team of between 14 and 21 model-makers.