Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas and Bitzer bring a cake to a contest at a festival, Shaun tries to steal it but ends up hiding in the Farmer's jacket. At the festival, he encounters three llamas named Hector, Raul and Fernando, who are hypnotized by a flutist. The flute player stumbles and awakens the llamas, who create chaos in the cake contest. Once the llamas are again hypnotized, they are taken to an auction and sold. Thanks to Shaun, the Farmer and Bitzer accidentally buy them. Back at Mossy Bottom Farm, the Farmer leads the llamas to the sheep meadow. Shaun befriends the llamas and
Shaun the Sheep aired in ABC Australia in January 2016. A series of 15 1-minute 3D shorts were released on Nintendo's Video service for the Nintendo 3DS between March and June 2012. The Nintendo shorts will be released in early 2016 on the official "Shaun the Sheep" YouTube channel under the name "Mossy Bottom Farm Shorts". Another series of 21 1-minute sports-themed shorts, named "Championsheeps", aired on CBBC during the Summer of 2012. A half-hour television special based on the television series, titled "", premiered on BBC One on Boxing Day 2015. Reviews of the series were consistently positive. Harry Venning of "The