Guy will be co-presenting the 2011 World Sheep Dog Trials on More4 this year. More telly news soon!!
2011 World Sheep Dog Trials Press Release
MORE4 GOES HIGH-TECH WITH THE WORLD SHEEP DOG TRIALS
More4 has announced it will exclusively broadcast the World Sheep Dog Trials, the countryside event that sees handlers and hounds from around the world compete for the title of world champion.
Anna Miralis, editor, documentaries, said: “We are delighted to be broadcasting the World Sheep Dog Trials on More4, bringing new audiences and a fresh perspective to a traditional British countryside activity. The World Sheep Dog Trials builds on the success More4 has had with a diverse range of content, including Crufts, which drew large audiences earlier this year.”
Live event and sport specialists North One Television will produce the coverage for the World Sheep Dog Trials and will give it a 21st century makeover with high-tech production techniques including High Definition, super slo-mo, fence and pen cameras and dog and sheep telemetry.
More4 will broadcast nine hours of coverage throughout the event, which runs from 15-18 September and takes place on the Lowther Estate near Penrith, in the Lake District. More4 will broadcast a two-hour programme at 7pm on each day of the event, plus an event highlights show.
The fourth annual World Sheep Dog Trials will see a total of 23 nations and 240 handlers and their dogs competing for the ultimate prize – a gold shepherd’s whistle and the much-coveted title of world champion.
The shows will be presented by countryside adventure girl Ellie Harrison and motorcycle racer and British heritage fan Guy Martin, with commentary from one of the nation’s best-loved commentators, Barry Davies.
North One CEO Neil Duncanson said: “This is a truly unique event and we aim to capture all the action, all the personalities and all the great colour from behind the scenes. At this level, the relationship between the handlers and the dogs is almost telepathic. We’re hoping it will appeal to a very broad audience.”
Tim Longton, English president of the International Sheep Dog Society (ISDS), which runs the World Sheep Dog Trials, said: “To secure such high profile exposure through North One Television and More4 is a major coup. It will provide a massive boost both to the event – a highlight of the 2011 northern calendar – and the world of sheep dog trailing in general.’
Countries taking part this year include all the home nations, debuts from Brazil and Japan, along with the USA, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Faroes, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Come by lad, come by
An interesting choice…. Suckin sheep eh!
Better learn this then janas drinking song then lad “Tractor trailer combine baler cultavator rotavator DOG NAMED SHEP”
Absolutely superb news. Used to have a working collie miself with 5 international one man and his dog champs in his bloodline. Cant wait to watch it this year. You gonna wear a flat cap?
What’s the score with your Gold Cup entry the same weekend?
What will he do next? ……. International underwater basket weaving contest lol x this I one of the reasons why we love guy…. So random!!!!!xx
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Sheep in super slow-mo sounds hilarious
I was looking at my wife getting undressed for bed the other night and I told her that I’m going to get her one of those new “sheepdog bras” for Valentine’s Day.
“A sheepdog bra?” she replied.
“Yeah, it rounds them up and points them in the right direction.”
Sounds like a good un.
But what about Scarborough???
Will Guy still be doing Olivers Mount Gold cup ?? be gutted if not.
Good job Guys boat show taught him sheep don’t produce cotton eh! used to love the show one man and his dog,& have a feeling this will be even better!
Ha ha!! That will be fun to listen to and watch !!
BUT – wont you be at Olivers Mount that weekendracing in the Gold Cup….?????
Safe racing!
Love and pizza’s and HobNobs to you!:)
Carole xx
He kept that quiet when i asked him to autograph our pedigree Dorset Ram known as Guy Martin at our local Armoy road races p.s. he did it and what a laugh it was:)
will you be having a go guy?
You lucky lucky lucky lucky sod Guy. I’m I love with Ellie Harrison the fittest cleverest wan on tv. You get !
Hey Guy, it’s all about getting your ‘brand’ out there. More good luck to ya.
Woman even. See I was that narked I couldn’t spell !
“dog and sheep telemetry” is there a more beautiful combination of words in the English language?
Sheep telemetry?
I’ve heard that Guy will go up against the winner. He’ll be on his TAS Suzuki and obviously he won’t be rounding the sheep up in field, it’ll be in one of the large carparks. I’d love to see the sheep telemetry trying to run away from 200bph.
Hope your still going to be at the gold cup guy, i’ve booked tickets to see u there xx
Should be good.Don’t be feeding them sheep that Relentless stuff to speed them up !! What about the Gold Cup ???
This will be brilliant!! I can’t wait.
never thought you and sheep would appear on the same programme as each other stranger things have happened i am sure just not sure what yet
perhaps doing saltzammergut trophy on a unicycle would get close
Would be gutted if it ment Guy missed the Gold Cup. That was going to be my first road racing event. Just leave the dogs in the back of the van for the weekend. They’ll be ‘reet. Seriously though a bit of confirmation would be a big help was about to order tickets.
i hope these dam dogs are made to feel the full weight of the law at the trials .
should be good looking forward to watching it
Well done on your sucess at the Ulster Grand Prix. It’s not just the sheep that has big Bo**ocks !!!
Cant wait be cracking love all that anyway
Ah, yes. But will “the real Guy Martin” be competing?
aye up lad ! so your coming to gods country for the trials eh? are you gonna make the bike show at hutton in the forest on the 18th ??
Hello, could you please tell me if the sheepdog show with Guy martin will be showed again please.
By hec Guy what you doin on Channel 4 didn’t let you get much of a word in not like that bird who spent most of the time sayin “I don’t think I pronounced his name right” Best you get back to the BBC I’m thinking.