A BAFTA-nominated actress donned her wellies and recited a poem in a south Cumbria pigstry for a TV documentary about one of the area's most renowned writers.

Patricia Routledge, most known as the lovable but unlucky Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances , visited a farm in Woodland, Broughton, as part of a More4 show exploring the works of Beatrix Potter.

The Tony Award winning actress, who is patron of the Beatrix Potter Society, read aloud one of the Edwardian publishing sensation's poems in a field to pigs as the show discovered how she was inspired by animals and nature in the heart of the Lake District.

The documentary is being broadcast tonight (26/01) at 9pm and is in honour of the 150th anniversary of the year of the writer's birth.

Gary McClure, who owns the Woodland farm and is one of the Lake District's leading chefs, was delighted to welcome the 86-year-old actress after the TV production company got in touch about filming on the land.

He said: "They were filming in the Lake District to find out what (Beatrix Potter) did and how she was encouraged by the wildlife.

"She was here for half a day. We had the whole film crew in the kitchen. She was drinking builder's tea as she didn't like normal tea. She was really down to earth.

"For the show she recited a poem about pigs and it's one of Beatrix Potter's poems.

"I like to promote Cumbria and Broughton and I think it's really, really good that we allow them to come and it's going to be a good way to bring people into the area."

Miss Routledge, who played Beatrix Potter on stage in the 1990s, takes a look at some of the original paintings and writings by Potter in the Victoria & Albert Archives in the one-off documentary.

The famous writer is one of the most iconic figures in Lake District history, with her novels about Peter Rabbit and his friends still as read today by children as they were a century ago.

Beatrix Potter Quiz
Test how much you know about one of the Lake District's most famous writers and her creations in our quiz. Good luck!
When Beatrix was young she kept several small animals as pets, including mice and a hedgehog. What was the name of her first pet rabbit?
Benjamin
Billy
Bunny
Boris
How many books were published in the Tales series?
21
22
23
24
What was the title of the last Tales book to be published in 1930?
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
The Tale of Ginger and Pickles
What is Peter Rabbit's favourite food?
Carrots
Cabbages
Radishes
Lettuce
Who played Beatrix Potter in the 2007 film, Miss Potter?
Nicole Kidman
Renee Zellweger
Kate Winslet
Emma Thompson
What type of animal is Miss Moppet?
Cat
Mouse
Squirrel
Rabbit
Who owns the garden which Peter Rabbit visits to eat vegetables?
Mr McGonagall
Mr McGregor
Mr McGee
Mr McGiggle
In The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, what is the name of the island which the squirrels visit?
Badger Island
Owl Island
Hedgehog Island
Fox Island
What is Peter Rabbit's mother called?
Jacqueline
Jasmine
Jennifer
Josephine
Beatrix Potter died in what year?
1942
1943
1944
1945
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Well done!

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