Shepherd & Sheep

Of all the characters in the nativity story, I think the shepherds are my favourite. Bless them, there they are, out watching their flocks by night and suddenly their whole world is turned up-side down by the sky being riven with angels singing. Off they toddle, then after they've met the baby, back they go to the hillside.

And they have provided, down the years, many opportunities for comedy west-country accents to appear in plays and carol services...