Not all penguins live in the icy waters of the Antarctic. Some like it hot, and one species, the Black-footed or Cape Jackass penguin, breeds on a handful of tiny islands under the warm South African sun. Once numbered in millions, they seemed unaffected by a long history of penguin slaughter and egg-collecting until recently when a new threat appeared - oil.

This is the story of the Jackass penguins - who bray like donkeys - and of an amazing rescue operation last year that saved many of them from disaster.

A Berwick Films production
(From Bristol)