BBC viewers have leapt to Adam Henson's defence after Sunday night's episode of Countryfile – a lambing special.

It follows after the presenter welcomed several baby lambs in a number of gruesome birthing scenes on the TV programme.

The series of footage showcases the reality of lambing births as Adam helped aid a pregnant sheep.

Adam, 56, also discussed how male lambs are castrated at birth – otherwise known as removing of the testicles once the animals are born.

Beginning scenes see the BBC host face some trouble as a pregnant sheep struggles to give birth naturally by herself.

Adam heroically came to the sheep's aid by offering a helping hand as he questioned whether the lamb was breathing.

He said: "So usually the sheep will be stood around chewing, which is chewing their cud, but there's one here that is looking restless.

"She's about to lie down. And in fact, it looks like she's got a little bit of slime coming from her," he explained.

The candid footage was aired just minutes into the show, leaving viewers stunned by the raw birthing segment.

"That's great, she's licking it while she's lying down. She is a great mum," Adam explained as the lamb started to breathe.

Thankfully, the lamb didn't need further help from the farmer and he ushered the lamb to its mother where it could be cleaned.

During the episode, some Countryfile viewers slammed the host for putting them off of their food.

Twitter user Leigh fumed: "Me turning over the TV to #countryfile eating me tea…" Whereas, Havelock added: "Omg Adam I'm having my tea #countryfile."

Tallboy wrote: "Just what you need, Adam talking scrotums and testicles at tea time."

Carol tweeted: "Don’t think I’ll eat lamb again. #Countryfile." She added: "She later went on to say: "Makes me want to be a veggie. That poor little boy lamb having its bits tied up to drop off."

However, one fan came to the defence of the BBC show and hit back at users who had made complaints, saying: "It's farm life, happens all the time."

Another user, @norfolksheep, slapped back at the criticism as they wrote: "Lord knows where they think lambs come from." @brackleian added: "Total nonsense!

Episodes of Countryfile air on Sundays at 6PM on BBC One. Alternatively, you can watch previous episodes on BBC iPlayer.

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