A COUPLE with an unusual hobby from Flintshire are set to feature in a popular BBC show for their efforts to protect wildlife.

BBC's Wynne's Welsh 80's continues this week with BBC Radio Wales Presenter Wynne Evans along with his dog, Ginny.

Digging deep into the BBC Wales archives, next week's episode explores 1987 looking at some of the most quirky and memorable stories to hit the news that year.

On the episode airing on Monday, March 25 is a couple from Flint discussing how they share their home with bats. Yes, bats!

They are among the very few people in Wales licenced to keep and handle what are protected animals, as they take responsibility for nursing injured bats back to health before returning them to the wild.

Flint couple Gordon and Pauline Jones give the run of their living room to injured bats.

The pair explain the nature of the creatures, describing them as being incredibly sociable despite their lack of popularity among us humans.

What started as a casual interest soon transformed into a demanding hobby. You can follow more of their story in the episode.

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Also in the episode (Series 1: Episode 8) one farmer whose ducks are noted for their egg-laying ability claims that the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has had an adverse effect on the number of eggs produced, meaning he’s had to stop sales. He’s calling for an independent radiologist to examine his ducks.

Other clips from the year include Cliff Morgan meeting Lady Anglesey, Rob Brydon’s complicated TV quiz and the opening of the second longest ski slope in Britain - on the Great Orme.

The episode, already available on BBC iplayer, will air on Monday, March 25.