Filmmaker Paul Wyatt knows what it’s like to smell like a sheep.

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Or, more precisely, a sheep taking a hot bath on a London-bound commuter train while being spritzed with perfume.

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The Mighty Fleece: Adventures with wool and sheep, actually draws on over a decade of behind-the-lens field notes as Wyatt rewinds the tape on his own journey with fleece across time and landscapes: from farmyard ear-scratches, shearing, and fleece grading to 21st-century powerhouses washing a million kilos of raw fleece a week, and the circular design projects saving materials from landfill.

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But rewind the tape to day one, and you’ll find a panicked Wyatt gridlocked on the Old Kent Road, with Sebastian Conran waiting for him and his camera to turn up for an interview. Crisis became a catalyst. Years later, his unique approach would change how environmental stories were told: grounded, human-scale, and open to everyone. The trademark of his work.

Equal parts field notes, industrial travelogue, and personal memoir (complete with Wyatt’s up-close and personal guide to inner-city rare breed sheep and where to find them), this is a filmmaker’s perspective on shaping and telling these stories: an insider look at the craft, the innovation defining a sustainable future, and the people (and sheep) who bring it to life.

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