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Addicted to Sheep

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Addicted to Sheep

2015

1h 26m

4.0(1 votes)

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Set in the North Pennines, an intimate portrait of a year in the life of tenant hill farmers Tom and Kay Hutchinson as they try to breed the perfect sheep.

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Directed by: Magali Pettier
Written by: Magali Pettier
Produced by: Jan Cawood
Magali Pettier

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