Tales of the River bank Early 1960s tv show

Credits to BBC the owners of this footage. Hammy and friends messing around on the river. SAD BUT TRUE, The series was filmed at Cothy Butts near Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight. At the end of filming in 1973, the animals were released into the wild at this site. The rats, hamsters and cavies died not long after release, but the Mongolian Gerbils survived for at least three years, the colony reaching c. 100 individuals by this time.