Wire star Dominic West fears Britain will take up ‘shameful’ US-style factory farming Dominic West, the television and Hollywood actor, has warned Britain is moving towards a ‘shameful’ system of factory farming that will destroy the countryside and create a new breed of superbugs.

The Eton-educated actor, who stars in hit television series the Wire and films including 300 and Centurion, said US-style ‘mega farms’ that house thousands of pigs are springing up around the country.