BBC documentary reveals the extraordinary story of a Scottish family and their bear

Hercules the Bear: A Love Story, airing on BBC Two on December 30th, recounts how Maggie Robin, 74, and her late husband Andy, a professional wrestler, bought the 'wee boy' from a Scottish wildlife park for just £50 in 1974. The couple, who didn't have children and lived on a sprawling ranch in Scotland's Ochil Hills, went on to raise the brown bear, who they named Hercules, and share their lives with him for a quarter of a century until the animal's death at the age of 26 in February 2000.