17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
Newport film interrupted by sick baby hedgehog
About A Bell, a film starring the former Dr Who star and also comedian Omid Djalili, is currently being shot in and around Newport.
During shooting in Ringland on Friday, Yvonne, who works on set, spotted a baby hedgehog scuttling under one of their trucks.
This made her concerned for the little hedgehog's welfare and she called out to someone on the shoot who knows about animal welfare. warning signs of hedgehog sickness.
The first thing Yvonne was told is that baby hedgehogs are called piglets.
The unnamed hero had previously rescued over 500 hedgehogs and piglets and told crew members the piglet is out in the day and that is probably a sign of illness and that the piglet likely needed urgent care and attention.
The hedgehog hero immediately saw to it that the piglet was put in a cardboard box, kept warm, undisturbed and offered some cat food, not milk!
Raj, From Elevate Security, takes up the story: 'He was spotted at the back of the truck and made his way to the front, where he was rescued.
"He was put in a box to keep warm and safe and then escaped. He's a real runner!'
Harry the hedgehog gatecrashes a film set. (Image: NQ)
Raj suggested calling the piglet Harry, after Harry Houdini, the magician and escapologist, following Harry's box-busting antics.
Using contacts in the hedgehog rescue community, the crew's hedgehog angel rang for a place at a rescue centre in Caerphilly, which sadly was full.
However, the British Hedgehog Preservation Society was able to secure a hedgehog hospital place at a sanctuary in Merthyr Tydfil.
As Harry was kept safe and then taken to hospital, the Ringland section of the shoot continued without any further hedgehog interruptions.
