ONE hundred years after it was written, the world awaits an untold Beatrix Potter tale.

Last night's Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge documentary culminated with the excitement around a new story which is to be published for the first time from the great children's author.

Fans of the Peter Rabbit author will this year be able to add a 24th little animal character book to their collections.

The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots was discovered by publisher Jo Hanks after she found a reference to it in an out-of-print Potter biography.

Quentin Blake, best known for his work with Roald Dahl, has illustrated the story, as Potter had painted just one illustration of Kitty-in-Boots.

This much-anticipated tale will be published in September.

Tony Award-winning actress, Patricia Routledge, followed in Potter's footsteps from her wealthy upbringing to later life as a farmer in Lake District.

The patron of the Beatrix Potter Society describes Potter as "one of the most remarkable women of all time" and "what true heroines are made of".

During the making of the documentary scenes were filmed at Woodland, Broughton.

The More4 show explained how Potter and her brother had a secret menagerie in their nursery and that she would paint the rabbits, mice, bats and frogs.

The documentary, honouring the 150th anniversary of the great story teller's birth, took a look at some of the original paintings and writings by Potter in the Victoria & Albert Archives.

It told how she produced great science and natural history studies but that her papers were unappreciated by the science community until later years because she was a woman.