The Sheep Detectives

Outside the English town of Denbrook, shepherd George Hardy lives in a meadow and spends his time isolated from society, reading murder mystery novels to his flock of sheep. The sheep live in blissful ignorance, believing they turn into clouds upon death. When faced with an uncomfortable situation, they can will themselves to forget. They discriminate against a "winter lamb", born in winter rather than the typical spring. One morning, George is discovered dead outside his trailer. The town's only policeman, Tim Derry, initially thinks the cause of death is a heart attack. Reporter Elliot Matthews, in town to report on a local festival, believes it to be a murder, and encourages Tim to look deeper. Tim concludes George was poisoned by one of the townspeople. Devastated by George's death, the sheep decide to solve the mystery on their own, in particular crime aficionado ewe Lily, the ram Mopple who always keeps his memories, and loner Sebastian, a winter sheep George rescued from being exploited at a carnival.