Based on the classic novel by Richard Adams, which has sold over 50 million copies world-wide, Watership Down is a remarkable tale about the friendship, survival and heroism of a group of rabbits who leave their endangered warren in search of a new home.
We meet our rabbits on their journey to WATERSHIP DOWN, following Fiver's vision of "High, Lonely Hills". They find themselves in all sorts of scrapes on their travels.
Pipkin has a close shave with a weasel whilst out looking for food for the injured Kehaar. Bigwig is angry at Kehaar's lack of responsibility and is not happy to share the warren with a bird and a mouse.
Holly explains he's left Pimpernel at a neighbouring warren. Hazel, Bigwig, Fiver and Holly go to find Pimpernel, while the others stay to help build the warren. They are met at the neighbouring warren by a sleek, well-fed rabbit called Cowslip.
Strawberry settles in at WATERSHIP DOWN, but is rather put out at having to help with the digging of the warren. He is used to a slower pace of life and not having to fend for him.
Hazel fears for the future of the warren - they need more does and sends Kehaar to scout the Efrafa warren. Kehaar watches a rebel rabbit from Efrafa attempt to escape but his offer of help ends in the rabbit being caught and disciplined.
Hazel is thinking about Primrose and the future of the warren. Hannah mentions the hutch rabbits at Nuthanger Farm and Hazel, Fiver and Pipkin set off to break them out.
Hazel decides they are going back to Efrafa. Meanwhile, at Efrafa, we see Woundwort obsessed with the capture of Hazel and Fiver. Primrose feels that whilst the guards are out looking for Hazel and Fiver this is their chance to escape.
Bigwig convinces Woundwort of his desire to join his warren. He is appointed a probationary Captain of Owsla. He forewarns Primrose and Blackavar that Hazel plans to break them out. Primrose shows Bigwig her escape tunnel.
Primrose is homesick for her home warren, Redstone and wants to go and visit. Against his better judgement, Hazel agrees to take her there. Fiver sees a vision of an empty warren, but Primrose will not be dissuaded.
Bigwig wants to raid the farm for flayrah. Dandelion tells an El-Arah story of cunning and trickery, the principal of which they try to use on Chester the farm dog, the only obstacle between them and flayrah.