A WOLFman is bringing his fearsome but beautiful pack to the Dorset County Show in Dorchester.

Former Commando Shaun Ellis will be bringing the animals to the two-day extravaganza on the showground just outside Dorchester.

He will be among the star attractions when the country comes to town at the annual event on September 4 and 5.

Mr Ellis has starred in British and American TV programmes. He recently appeared in a series with Martin Clunes to explain to him how dogs live in packs.

Show secretary Sam Mackenzie-Green said: “The Wolfman has raised three wolf cubs.

“He was their pack leader. He taught them how to eat meat.

“He taught them how to howl. He taught them how to behave in the wild.

“He’s got something about him– he’s a character.”

The show, now in its 169th year, will include traditional stands and tents with livestock and horticulture competitions and displays.

Other crowd-pleasers include the Diggerland JCB Stunt Team, known as the Dancing Diggers.

Sam said: “Lots of people have said we must have them. The way they all move together, you can’t take your eyes off them.

“It’s like having a set of performing dinosaurs.

“Children particularly enjoy seeing them.”

Other attractions include Titan the Robot, the giant 55-stone android, who has appeared on stage with US singing star Rihanna.

There will be the Exeter X Factors, Flyball relay-racing dogs, mounted games at breakneck speed on ponies, and a new small farmers’ market, with local food producers who have not traded at the Dorset County Show before.

Sam said: “I heard from a couple of teachers last year that all the children were talking about when they went back to school was Titan the Robot.

“He was enormously popular.

“I remember standing next to our home crafts chairman when Titan appeared and she was gobsmacked.

“She’d never seen anything like it.”

* Dorset County Show is one of the premier county shows, celebrating the spirit of the county and the best rural traditions of Dorset since 1841.

The showground is one mile outside Dorchester just off the A35, between Grey’s bridge and the Stinsford roundabout.

A First Buses service will be running frequently from Dorchester to the Showground from 7.35am to 5.08pm.

An advance adult ticket is £10. Entrance is free for children aged 16 and under.

Tickets are also available from the website and from tourist information centres.

A record 55,000 visitors, 6,000 animals and 400 stands were at last year’s show.

The show also has a website at dorsetcountyshow.co.uk