A BABY rhino at Knowsley Safari Park will be featuring in a BBC programme today, Monday, which will show her meeting her dad for the first time.

Adorable white rhino calf Nomvula, who has been bred at the park, will be the star of the show on BBC Inside Out North West at 7.30pm.

The magical reunion was captured by the programme, which has followed Nomvula, now a star attraction at the park, through her first year of life.

Jason Doherty, rhino team leader at Knowsley Safari, said: “My nerves were on edge as it could have gone one of two ways as it could be a very good introduction or not be very pleasant.

“The worst thing that can happen is the bull comes out and the females take an instant dislike to him or vice versa and there is actually a very high level of aggression.

“It’s what would happen in the wild and obviously that’s what we’re trying to replicate in a captive environment.

“That nose to nose greeting is really significant and really is a way of communicating and saying hello really.

“The fact that he backed away is good and this introduction couldn’t have gone better and I’m really glad you will get to see it.”

The first episode of the new series is presented by Dianne Oxberry.

Nomvula was born in January 2016 weighing seven stone.

Her mother 21-year old Meru had a 16 month pregnancy and Nomvula is her sixth calf at born at Knowsley.

Dad Shaka is 28 years old and has sired four calves.

Nomvula’s name was chosen by a social media vote and means Mother of Rain in the Zimbabwean Shona language.

She is the eleventh calf to be born at Knowsley Safari in the last ten years.

The white Rhino is an endangered species with only 21,000 left in the wild with almost 1,200 being poached every year for the horn.

To see more of this story BBC Inside Out North West goes out on Monday January 16 at 7.30pm on BBC One.