Our Lives: The Seal Whisperer

BBC One North East & Cumbria HD

8:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Monday 24 February

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Documentary exploring Ben Burville's extraordinary relationship with the seals of the Farne Islands. By day, the busy GP is hard at work seeing patients in the coastal town of Amble, Northumberland, but he spends much of his spare time beneath the waves with the seals, building a unique rapport with them and becoming a leading seal expert. Filmed across six months, the film includes moving scenes of a young seal pup being rescued by the British Divers Marine Life Rescue team after violent winter storms strand it on a beach