The Yorkshire Vet

A farmer rushes down from the moors in need of Peter Wright's help, as his ewe is struggling with an unusual labour. Julian Norton operates on a rescue hedgehog with a badly injured foot, while Martin Paterson performs complex spinal surgery on a little French bulldog. Also, after the recent alpaca wars at Cannon Hall Farm, David Melleney hopes to restore peace once and for all by taking Stanley in hand.

Matt responds to an emergency call about a rhea who's been attacked by a pack of dogs and David treats a lamb with five legs and six feet. Julian heads into theatre to operate on an old basset hound who has a badly damaged eye. Peter enjoys a reunion with a former Skeldale colleague.

Julian and Lucy head to a local llama trekking centre to see Ozzy, who has an unusual eye problem. Peter heads to see his friend's sheep who are suffering with a nasty virus that's given them swollen faces and can pass to people.

Julian sails with a record-breaking swimmer and her Labrador, while Peter tackles a tough lambing on the moors. A hedgehog needs surgery, and Matt faces chaos at a parrot sanctuary.

Martin Paterson from the Huddersfield animal hospital heads into war-torn Ukraine in an ambulance loaded with medical supplies. And a duck with penis problems might need an amputation.

While 1970s fever hits Julian Norton's practice in Wetherby, Peter Wright attends to a grumpy goose called Jemima, who has a nasty-looking eye infection and old Collie Stomp needs life-saving surge...

Peter Wright's heart is melted by a super-cute nine-week-old Cockapoo puppy with a deformed leg. Can he perform a successful operation to help him find a new home?

Can Peter Wright help a young farmer who's inherited her farm, as her sheep struggle to give birth? And Matt Smith's unusual patients are father and son otters at the local zoo.

Peter Wright is reunited with a baby donkey called Elvis, who he saved when he was a newborn, but the donkey has become lame, which is worrying his young owner. An old, one-eyed dog has a problem with his remaining eye, putting extra pressure on Julian's surgery, and Shona battles to deliver a calf. Plus, Matt rushes to help a pregnant sheep who has prolapsed.

A cat with a thorn in his eye causes panic at Peter's practice and Julian operates on a ram at his old friend Rodney's farm. David rushes to see a horse who has suffered wounds to three of his legs out in the field and Rohin visits a farm at a quarry, where some new born goat kids are struggling to get milk from their mum.

Matt Smith assists a tortoise with an unpleasant maggot infestation, while Julian Norton tries to save a baby hare who's been attacked by a dog.

Peter Wright uses a CT scanner and discovers that a Labrador has a cancerous lump behind his eye. Matt Smith tries to cure a lame cow. Julian Norton examines a pet turkey with a raspy cough.

When a farmer isn't able to deliver a lamb with large legs, it becomes a huge job for Peter and some abandoned kittens are discovered at the local farming museum. Matt and Martin perform pioneering spinal surgery on a three-year-old cocker who's been experiencing pain on his walks. Plus, Shona receives an emergency call from a friend who's worried about her young Shire horse.

A heavily pregnant basset hound is rushed into Julian's Thirsk practice, where it's all hands on deck to save her puppies. Peter's feeling the pressure from the pupils as he performs a procedure on a school's pet sheep and one of Cannon Hall Farm's residents, Gary the donkey, is struggling to walk and needs Matt's help.

A lame Scottish wildcat's x-rays give Matt a shock, Julian operates on a special Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and Shona visits a sheep with a nasty looking wound - he might have been shot.

In a first for Peter Wright, he has to deliver a stuck lamb with building work going on all around him. Shona Searson and David Melleney strive to save a cow with a twisted stomach.

Shona Searson hits the fast lane to the farm in the middle of the motorway where a ewe is struggling to give birth. Meanwhile, Julian Norton heads back to the place he trained to be a vet to help a stray ferret.

Matt Smith scans an abandoned, emaciated sheep, suspecting she's pregnant. Julian Norton takes a Labrador puppy into surgery for a hip injury, hoping to give her a new lease of life.

In the landmark 200th episode, a lamb is stuck mid-delivery, Julian Norton and his team are worried that a French bulldog has bladder stones, and Matt Smith takes aim at a young deer.

A newborn lamb is rushed to the hospital with his insides out. Rohin Aojula must defy the odds and save the baby. As he goes into the woods, Matt Smith's in for a pig surprise.

Love is in the air for Yorkshire's alpacas, vet Matt Smith meets a disabled chicken with an overgrown beak, and a dog owner is heartbroken when she accidentally runs over her own terrier.

Peter Wright rushes to help a three-hour-old donkey called Elvis whose life is in danger because he can't feed from his mum. Plus, it's vets versus farmers at a charity cricket match!

Vet Peter faces a difficult lambing at an old friend's farm, the baby's legs are hanging out and it's in a nightmare position. Meanwhile, vet Julian heads into surgery, hoping to give another anxious owner more precious time with her elderly dog.

David Melleney and Rohin Aojula team up to try to save a cow and her unborn calf. The cow's uterus is twisted, and David fears the worst. However, when he sees a glimmer of hope, there's a big decision to make.

An accident leaves a young Irish Wolfhound stuck in a tiny gap between two walls. Rohin has to work out if she's badly injured and how to get her out. And Peter assists a poorly pet fish.

Julian rushes out to an emergency at an old friend's farm. Matt meets a cat called Bagpuss who is nothing like his TV namesake. And Shona visits the stables where she learnt to ride.

Shona tries to deliver a cow called Tinkerbell's calf. But Tinkerbell isn't very fairy like - and her kicking doesn't make it easy for Shona and the team to get to work.

Matt performs surgery on a heifer with a lump that's growing larger at a worrying rate, Rohin is shocked by a Siamese cat's sizeable problem, and there's a horse with suspected colic.

A frog called Kermit has a very delicate problem at his rear end, Julian operates on a cat who has a strange lump, and a ewe struggles to give birth to large twin lambs.

Peter rushes to help a pregnant cow that is expecting twins; Julian meets a champion ferret who has an infected foot; an old horse has sore eyes.

Peter deals with an emergency at the practice in Kirkbymoorside, when a local farming couple rush in their pregnant Texel ewe.

Matt responds to an urgent call from a 16-year-old farmer who is worried about his pregnant ewe, which has been struggling to give birth. Peter takes young vet Hannah to meet a huge bull called Cyril. He needs a pedicure, but doesn't seem too keen on the idea and when Peter and his apprentice are finally able to get started, the clock is ticking and nerves are jangling, because they know that the big fella might wake up at any moment.

A three-legged sheep called Star might be given a new lease of life if Matt can successfully fit her with a prosthetic leg; Julian meets a special dachshund.

Matt performs an emergency C-section at the Ellis' farm.

Julian heads over to see alpaca lover Jackie Barlow, because of a large lump.

In this episode, Matt rushes to a local cattle farm to help Tilly the cow give birth. But as he delivers one healthy baby, he suddenly has more than he bargained for.

Peter faces a late night emergency as Abbie rushes in her sheep who is pregnant with triplets. The babies aren't due for another three weeks, but Peter must act quickly.

Kaiser the alpaca has a mysterious and painful skin problem, and Matt calls for Julian to help him work out what is causing it, while Shona feels the pressure when she visits a herd of pedigree cows to fix a hernia in a calf for the first time. Peter tends a donkey that has has a nasty-looking cut on his eyelid, and Julian is anxious when he tries to clip the claws and beak of an aggressive parrot.

A much-loved pet pig called Pigley Scott is brought to the practice, and Matt and David head to a local farm where it looks like a pregnant cow requires an emergency C-section. Later, when a German shorthaired pointer requires surgery, his owner is beside herself with worry.

Peter receives an emergency call from his old friend Ivor, who has found one of his calves limping, and Peter suspects her leg is broken. Julian is slightly overwhelmed when 18 rats are brought to the practice, while Matt visits a blind sheep whose eye has become dangerously enlarged and David deals with a stray dog that's been brought into the animal hospital.

A goat with a painful foot condition is brought in to see Peter, who takes some X-rays to try and find out the cause. A bulldog is rushed in after eating some chewing gum, and Julian heads to a local care home to visit one of his favourite former clients.

Two brothers are worried about their cow, which is foaming at the mouth, and ask for Peter's help to get to the bottom of the issue. Peter also has a daunting visit to the Greens' farm - Dusty the feline has an injury, but won't be easy to help - she's affectionately known as the `Devil Cat'. Elsewhere, an animal lover finds a pigeon with a deformed leg and takes her to Julian, who decides to operate.

A farmer rushes in a struggling pregnant sheep who belongs to his two-year-old son, and Julian and Anne head to Jacki's alpaca farm to deal with Ebony's worrying lump on her lip. Springer Spaniel Poppy has an aggressive cancer, so Shona and Martin are facing complex surgery to remove the tumour from inside her rib cage

A pregnant ewe is rushed to the animal hospital from Cannon Hall Farm, while for young vet Rohin, there's a day gaining vital experience on the farm. With Matt's guidance, he has to remove the very large horns from some cows, and soon learns that traditional vet work is tiring. Meanwhile, Julian rushes a cat into emergency surgery before heading to Jacki's farm for some well-earned

Peter is called out to an emergency when a cow has a life-threatening stomach problem, and Julian welcome an expectant dog to the new Wetherby practice. In Huddersfield, Matt treats an exotic animal in the form of water dragon Bandit, who needs his tail amputating.

Peter and Matt head to Cannon Hall Farm, where their old friend Prince the reindeer having problems with its antler. Later, Julian operates on a little West Highland White Terrier called Ted, and Shona visits a litter of puppies on a farm in the middle of a motorway.

Matt performs delicate eye surgery on a peacock in a bird lover's back garden, and Julian heads to a sheep farm where one of the rams needs a vasectomy. Meanwhile, Peter heads to see a worried farmer whose newborn calf is unable to stand up.

A ewe in labour is rushed into the animal hospital from Cannon Hall Farm, and vet Matt prepares to deal with this urgent case in the car park. Meanwhile, Peter has a reunion with a feisty feline, and Morris the beagle is rushed into the practice by his worried owners after suffering a sudden illness.

Julian Norton heads to the Taylors' farm, where there is a double sheep emergency in the form of a new mother and an expectant ewe that have both prolapsed. Peter Wright operates on a collie that requires emergency surgery and also heads out to see Shetland pony called Banjo, which is struggling badly because of a sore hoof.

Peter Wright is concerned about a tawny owl whose eye he removed 18 months ago and now has a serious problem with its remaining eye, which means its life is in danger. Meanwhile, Julian Norton visits a local dairy farm to help a new mother, and back at the surgery he and his team battle to save a litter of unborn puppies.

Peter Wright tries to save a cow who has suffered a huge prolapse after giving birth, and Matt and David attempt make-or-break surgery on a sheep with a foot infection. Elsewhere, Jasper the 13-year-old golden retriever has a nasty looking cancerous tumour on his mouth, and Julian embarks on a tricky surgery to try and remove it.

Julian treats a seriously ill llama called Echo who is struggling to breathe, and he has the tricky job of conducting his very first llama chest X-ray. Elsewhere, Walter the pug arrives at Huddersfield hospital with a painful knee problem, so Matt and Martin put him through the CT scanner as they try to work out what is causing the pain.

Peter Wright rushes to help a cow struggling to give birth and it is believed the calf may be coming out backwards. Meanwhile, Joanne and her three-year-old son Jack are sure their kitten Jasmine has been in a road accident, and later Julian and Matt head out to a farm where there are two boisterous patients to treat.

A cow needs urgent attention after suffering a serious leg wound that leaves the bone exposed - but it is not clear if anything can be done to save the animal. A dog is brought in to surgery with a lump that is making it hard to walk, a hedgehog's foot is operated on, and five girls are worried about their pony, whose eyes have begun to swell up.

The owner of the famous farm in the middle of the M62 fears his cows have TB - and if even a single animal is diagnosed, it could prove disastrous for the rest of the herd. Julian rushes to the Taylors' farm to treat a sheep that has prolapsed days after giving birth, an eight-week-old shih tzu puppy needs surgery for a hernia, and Peter and Matt work together to castrate a goat.

Julian revisits an alpaca that he has treated through two previous complicated pregnancies, and who now needs help once again with a third difficult birth. Three cows need dehorning for the safety of the rest of the herd, while a pregnant sheep is rushed to Huddersfield's new emergency animal hospital. The owner of a German shepherd fears a lump on the dog's neck may be cancerous.

Julian heads to the historic Harewood House near Leeds to check on a group of goats that are moving to a new enclosure, but catching them proves quite painful. Peter heads over to lend a hand when a young farmer struggles with a tricky lambing, while Caroline and Ben arrive at the practice in Boroughbridge very worried about their old Jack Russell, Scamp. He's jumped off a stile and badly damaged a ligament in one of his legs.

Peter tries to save a lamb that was badly injured during birth. A rottweiler locates a bag of class A drugs - but his owner is more concerned that he has eaten another bag. Anne discovers that wearing glasses can create problems for a vet, a one-week llama takes a turn for the worst, and a difficult birth leaves a cow struggling to feed its calf.

Roger and Rob brave a reindeer's fearsome antlers to examine a painful-looking lump on its eye. Julian arrives at an alpaca farm just in time to witness the birth of one baby and treat another that was born with deformed legs and is struggling to walk. A couple struggle to afford a hip replacement surgery for their puppy, but Julian might have a more affordable solution, and the Greens' newborn calf is not looking healthy.

Julian has to deliver the biggest calf he has ever encountered, while Peter has to perform testicular surgery on a show dog that may bring a premature end to his performance career. A Clydesdale horse that recently needed foot surgery now also needs dental treatment - and the specialist equipment Candela uses for treating teeth is too small for the massive animal.

Julian has to help a ewe through a difficult birth in the middle of a field in the rain, while Peter performs an emergency C-section on a heavily pregnant shih tzu. A male goat presents a serious problem for its owners when it impregnates all the females in the pen, a cat undergoes emergency eye surgery, and a calf is in urgent need of its mother's milk.

The vets treat some of North Yorkshire's more exotic residents, including Amadeus the alpaca, whose owner Christina found him with a stick in his eye. Julian Norton knows he probably would not survive an operation to remove the eye, and the kindest thing might be to put him to sleep, but he is hoping to find another solution. Peter Wright greets a familiar face from Down Under when a baby wallaby comes to the practice a little down in the dumps.

A one-ton bull needs a foot trim, but is reluctant to lie down for the procedure, so Peter has to approach its feet very carefully to avoid his patient falling on him. Julian and Katy operate on a beagle with damaged ligaments, and a cat undergoes a caesarean section - a procedure that is very rarely used on feline patients. The Greens release their calves and donkeys into the field together for the first time, and a tortoise displays a loss of appetite.

A special episode to mark International Dog Day, in which Julian faces the challenge of having to perform surgery on his own four-legged friend Emmy - who is not too keen on needles. Peter removes a tumour from a Great Dane's leg, and a spaniel is rushed in with her side ripped open on a barbed wire fence. Julian pays a visit to a sheepdog whose broken leg he fixed with a metal plate - and which he now has to take out again.

Julian comes to the aid of a cow that is unable to stand up due to a condition called milk fever, caused by calcium deficiency. One false move in the treatment could put the animal's life in danger. Peter works to save the life of a three-week-old kitten with pneumonia. A Chihuahua has a worrying lump that requires surgery, a goose acquires a mating injury from an overenthusiastic partner, and a horse is not going to sit back and allow itself to be castrated.

Julian rushes to an emergency at Jackie's alpaca farm, where a new mum desperately needs his help - but rural North Yorkshire isn't always the best place for driving when time is of the essence, and Julian gets stuck behind not one, but two tractors. There's a glimpse of what lockdown life was like for Steve and Jean, whose daughter Sarah kept a video diary and, with things returning to normal, Peter returns to the Greens' farm, where there's now lots of veterinary work to do.

Jean is seriously ill and her favourite sheep's life is in the balance, a springer spaniel with a number of lumps needs some attention and Julian feels the pressure in surgery when he treats a youngster's old rabbit. At Jackie Barlow's alpaca farm, Karine has an abscess on her chin

Return of the documentary following Julian Norton and Peter Wright. Peter gets an emergency call from sheep farmer Clive, whose ewe has gone into labour, but the lambs are tangled up inside their mother. One arrives safely but the second isn't breathing, and Peter's skills are put to the test when he realises there is a third lamb still to come. In Boroughbridge, Julian and Anne operate on a dog with a tumour in its chest

A rare cattle breeder fears for the life of his favourite cow, which has been diagnosed with cancer and will need major surgery to have any chance of survival. A rottweiler puppy becomes seriously ill after eating 15 stones, a ram undergoes fertility tests, and a donkey has a problem with one of its legs. Plus, receptionist Sylvia leaves the Skeldale practice, so the staff prepares a special surprise for her.

Peter faces a struggle to save a baby alpaca that was born prematurely during a storm, and Julian performs a delicate eye operation on a labrador preparing for a dog show. A wallaby dies at a local visitor farm, raising concerns that its joey will not survive without its mother's milk and pouch. A newborn lamb suffers a potentially fatal injury, and a rabbit named Boris needs to be castrated if it is to stay in its new home.

Julian treats a lhasa apso with a mouth tumour which other vets have given up on, and comes up with an alternative course of action to save the dog's life. He also locks horns with an aggressive ram that has a sore eye. Over in Thirsk, Peter treats a Shetland pony with a painful foot condition and a cow with a prolapsed uterus.

Peter gets an emergency call from sheep farmer Clive, whose ewe has gone into labour, but the lambs are tangled up inside their mother. One arrives safely but the second isn't breathing, and Peter's skills are put to the test when he realises there is a third lamb still to come. In Boroughbridge, Julian and Anne operate on a dog with a tumour in its chest.

Peter tends to Marshmallow, a foal struggling to take the vital first feed from mum; Julian operates on new mother Bea, a labrador who has eaten a large sock.

Peter treats a lamb that was born with a life-threatening cyst full of spinal fluid on its head, which will require delicate and painstaking surgery to safely remove. Julian is called out in the middle of the night to save a cow that has experienced dangerous complications while giving birth, a pig is resistant to being castrated, and a dog swallows a bottle of e-cigarette liquid.

Peter treats a ewe that is struggling to give birth to twin lambs, and also performs a complicated and risky surgery on a tawny owl to remove the bird's ruptured eyeball. Julian examines a herd of cows from a breed that is on the endangered species list, a young alpaca has been unable to stand or walk since birth, and a dog lover is left distraught when one of his four-legged friends brutally attacks another.

Julian must treat a pregnant heifer with a pelvis that may be too small to give birth, while a cat that lost a leg after being run over by a car suffers another injury in a road accident, but this time, no treatment may be possible. A pygmy goat keeps getting its head stuck in a wire fence, a dog needs an operation on its lungs, and farmers the Greens celebrate their anniversary with a trip to Whitby.

Julian races to help a horse that has suffered a painful injury. Teal has a large gash on his neck, and owner Lisa has no idea how it happened. Tux is a black Labrador with a nasty-looking mouth tumour. Peter has removed similar lumps from Tux before, but now the cancer has returned, so they are heading for the operating theatre once more.

With his wife and fellow vet Anne, Julian Norton heads out to see old friend Jacki Barlow on her alpaca farm, where one of the residents has a large lump on its foot. Other patients include a Labrador with a taste for gardening gloves, a hermaphrodite dog and a bloated bull.

Julian is treating a pregnant ewe in distress when another animal on the same farm goes into labour, producing twins - one of which is in breach. Peter tries to find out the cause of a black labrador's mysterious tumour, while Helen has a very unusual patient - a rhea that has damaged a wing during an overenthusiastic start to the mating season.

Julian gets the call that all vets fear - a young cow has had a baby and prolapsed her entire uterus. This is a rare and life-threatening situation that is difficult for both vet and animal. Peter meets Jemima, a little duck with a big attitude, then comes face to face with his old friend Snakee, a constipated corn snake whose problems have resurfaced.

Peter Wright reflects on a much loved farming couple, Jean and Steve Green. They were married 40 years ago and are looking forward to their anniversary vow renewal. Jean is moved to tears when Julian arrives with an anniversary present. Finally, as the big day arrives, the couple prepare to walk down the aisle again

Dog owner Louise brings her poorly westie Duffy to Boroughbridge where, assisted by his wife and colleague Anne, Julian Norton faces one of his most challenging surgeries. Elsewhere, Peter races to an emergency lambing. Farmer Phil's ewe is expecting triplets, but has been unable to deliver two of them due to complications. Peter has to administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation once the lambs are born, but will it be enough?0

Pampered papillon Belle is out of sorts, and the only way Julian Norton can determine the problem is to open her up. Snakee the corn snake has an unusual lump and a hostile look in his eye, leading Peter Wright to err on the side of caution. Candela pays Shetland pony Sparkle a visit, as her teeth need looking at.

Julian rushes to the aid of a mum-to-be whose baby is breech. Peter tries to remove two suspicious lumps from pet pooch Scruff. Plus, Smartie the pony has a potentially life-threatening blockage, and a baby alpaca needs help to walk again.

Much-loved labrador Murphy is brought in by his doting owner, suffering with a tumour that another vet has declined to remove. Julian Norton assesses the situation to determine whether it is possible to humanely preserve the canine's life. Out in the Yorkshire Dales, Julian visits Bolly the llama, who has a worrying eye problem. Owner Suzanne wants to relieve his pain and discomfort as soon as possible, as his trekking career could be in jeopardy. Later, Peter Wright rushes to assist racing horse Magnum, after the treasured animal is involved in an accident.

A mum-to-be is struggling to give birth to her very large calf, and Julian Norton needs to perform an emergency caesarean - but things do not go according to plan and he drafts in some help from another vet, Candela. Meanwhile, at Skeldale, Peter Wright is dealing with another emergency, as Adele's beloved rabbit Calamity has become accidentally trapped under her bed for over an hour.

Julian Norton meets Toby the tortoise, who has lost his appetite after coming out of hibernation. Peter Wright must choose whether to save a young ewe or her lamb, and deal with a castrated horse who refuses to wake up.

Julian Norton must castrate Big Dillon, the largest ferret he has ever seen. Peter Wright treats Mary the badly injured black swan, and must save a sheep who has prolapsed after giving birth.

Julian Norton receives an emergency call and dashes to the scene of a freak accident involving a sheep. At Boroughbridge, he meets elderly cat who could need life-saving surgery. In Thirsk, Peter Wright meets a badly injured tawny owl who has been brought in by a worried member of the public.

Julian Norton meets Mia the meerkat, who suffered brutal injuries after being rejected from her gang. Peter Wright handles a scary-looking doberman, and a newborn lamb in life-threatening danger. Also featured is miserable-looking cat Jess, who went missing for days and came back injured

Peter helps a pregnant ewe deliver twin lambs. Griff the terrier has swallowed a tennis ball. At Monk Park Visitor Centre, Wendy the wallaby is sick but evading capture. Julian performs a fertility test on Lawrence the bull.

Julian Norton is called out to Gus, a much-loved trekking llama, who has an excruciatingly painful problem. The vet's beloved Jack Russell, Emmie, gets into a skirmish, but how will Julian cope when he is forced to treat his beloved companion? And the team also tries to save an orphaned kitten

Peter Wright battles to save a young cow in labour, whose calf does not want to come out. Much-loved hamster Christopher Nibbles has an ugly skin condition, and rescue dog Bella needs surgery for a growing lump. Plus, Dobby the llama needs castrating, and older farmers the Greens need Peter's help with their young calves

Julian Norton is called out to a sick llama called Gus, while Peter Wright is asked to help relocate a young male deer. He also drops in on elderly farmers the Greens to care for their beloved lurcher, Ruben

Griff the terrier has swallowed a tennis ball - is it safe to leave it there? Wendy the wallaby is under the weather, but Peter has trouble catching the crafty critter. Lawrence the bull's fertility is in question.

Julian and Peter rush to help a ewe that is struggling to give birth and, while there, realise there is another expectant sheep that also needs urgent help. At the practice, Peter has a visit from old pal Benji the border terrier, who despite being as lively as ever has been vomiting, while a newborn calf has a life-threatening hernia.

The staff of Skeldale Veterinary Centre have to deal with a lamb born with five fully formed legs, and a peacock which is on the loose at a housing estate. Plus, the owner of a Yorkshire terrier suspects her dog may be pregnant - but the truth is war worse as a life-threatening condition is diagnosed.

Peter Wright and veterinary partner Julian Norton help participants get their livestock into peak condition as clients prepare for the Great Yorkshire Show. Alan and Anne Turnbull seek help after one of their prize-winning show heifers has developed large unsightly warts. Meanwhile, farmer Martin Jackson is doing all he can to bag a prize, preferably the coveted red rosette for first place.

Julian is called out to a poorly three-day-old calf who has collapsed, before turning his attention to Elsie - a piggy who needs a pedicure. And unlucky terrier Holly is brought into the surgery after falling off a bed and fracturing her leg in two places.

Julian Norton has a large lump to remove from between a Highland cow's horns, then must find out why an event horse has broken out in lumps from head to hoof. Meanwhile, Peter helps a first-time mum deliver her lambs and treats a micro-pig who has outgrown his house and is under the weather.

Semi-feral cat Pretty Tom has a suspicious-looking lump on his face, Vera the prized Zwartbles ewe needs help giving birth, Obi Wan the doberman is lame and in pain, a young donkey needs to be stopped from sexually harassing his dad, and a hyperactive Russian hamster needs surgery.

Julian is called out to a desperately ill calf. Peter treats an elderly cat with severe constipation. Other patients include a young, wild stag trapped by its antlers, a dog with a dislocated leg, a postnatal cow and five noisy, young goats whose horn buds need removing.

A badly injured llama has smashed his jaw and lost several teeth. The Greens have taken in a stray cat who needs a health check. New mother Butterfly's calving caused a potentially deadly prolapse. Ella is in agonising labour to birth her puppies.

Julian is woken by an emergency call in the middle of the night, Moobaloo the heifer has been struggling in labour but there is no sign of the calf. And tiny Teeny, a seven-day-old Shetland foal, is rushed in to see vet Helen.

Julian treats a calf with a large and worrying lump, two pygmy goats face castration at the surgery, and after chasing after a badly behaved sheep, Peter flies like a bird.

Julian is called out to a suspected case of foot-and-mouth. Other patients include a Great Dane with cancer, a ram that needs castrating, a rat with a suspicious lump and a rare breed of pig that needs inseminating.

The vets treat a horse with infected hooves, a cat struggling to give birth and an angry monitor lizard. They also take time out to visit the Great Yorkshire Show.

Julian Norton tries to save Millie, a much-loved farm dog and an albino wallaby called Albert, while Charlie, a cheeky pygmy goat, gives Peter Wright the runaround. Other patients include Monster, the spiky hedgehog, and Nykee, an alpaca who needs help to become a mum.

Julian decides to conduct a fertility test on an unproductive ram and Peter tends to a spaniel that will require major surgery after being hit by a car. Julian also heads to Thirsk where a vicious fight has taken place between two rival terrapins, leaving one missing an entire toe.

Julian faces the difficult task of castrating a group of alpacas, whose owner Colin has been using his own holistic techniques to soothe the animals. Peter tends to a Yorkshire terrier belonging to a regular visitor to the surgery, and the team treats a stray cat with a broken leg.

Julian is called to a heifer in agony with an object embedded in her painful, swollen and infected foot, while Peter removes a huge lump from Holly the golden retriever's head. Meanwhile, two of Skeldale's favourite clients, farmers Steve and Jeanie, are concerned about their cat Spitfire, who has not been his usual feisty self.

Julian receives a late-night emergency call to help a cow give birth, but the delivery is more complicated than expected, with the mother and calf's lives hanging in the balance. Alfie the blind labrador is brought to Skeldale following an unusual baking incident, having swallowed a spatula while trying to steal some food.

Julian Norton receives an emergency call from alpaca breeder Jackie, whose prize-winning female Cinderella is pregnant and struggling with a difficult labour. Back at the practice, Peter Wright is dealing with Larry the chinchilla, who is responsible for a population explosion and needs to be castrated, while Dougie the petulant parrot is due for a beak and nail trim.

Julian Norton returns to Jacki Barlow's alpaca farm to investigate a worrying lump in the mouth of one of her animals, and having recently put another of the alpacas to sleep due to a cancerous growth, the vet fears the worst. Meanwhile, Peter Wright carries out dental surgery on a Yorkshire terrier with a diva-like personality, and Julian tries to get to the bottom of a pygmy goat's skin problem.

Julian answers an emergency call-out to a herd of Alpacas, Peter tries to save the eyesight of a two-day-old lamb, Helen performs an emergency caesarean on a beagle, and seven-year-old Ben brings in his bunnies Hip and Hop to see Peter for a manicure.

Julian takes some bullocks by the horns, a dog needs an emergency operation to remove a bone in its oesophagus, Peter braces himself to treat a feisty ferret, a ram cannot walk after too much mating and the Greens are concerned about their rescue donkey.

Julian Norton has to get to grips with castrating alpacas, while Peter Wright attempts to perform a life-changing operation on a dearly loved pug dog that is having breathing difficulties.

Julian and head nurse Sarah tend to an injured swan at a fishing lake. Meanwhile, Bobby (a canine member of the North Yorkshire police force) is brought in to the surgery to have an operation.

Julian Norton, Peter Wright and their staff deal with more animal emergencies including a dog facing an emergency operation to remove a tumour and a prolapsing sheep that has to be treated on the car park.

Julian risks life and limb to inject a ferocious pig, stud alpaca Lothario fails to live up to his namesake's reputation, Peter examines elderly clients Steve and Jeanie Green's dairy herd, but will he have good or bad news for them?

Julian Norton treats a much-loved moggie with a badly swollen eye before being called out to help a ewe deliver twin lambs. Back at the surgery, his Herriot-trained partner Peter Wright needs a strong stomach to deal woth a bull terrier with terrible halitosis.

In a special festive episode, Peter rushes to a friend who has a pet turkey that has been attacked by a dog, and Matt has to operate on a terrier to remove a large tumour. Meanwhile, Julian's team are a surprised by an unexpected visitor to the practice, a lost parrot that the team try to reunite with its owner.

Life in veterinary surgeries in Thirsk and Boroughbridge. Cannon Hall Farm's reindeer, Geoffrey and Prince, need check-ups to get them in good order for present-delivery season.

Julian Norton deals with a sick sheepdog and Peter Wright tries to reach a cow with pneumonia that needs constant care, but a raging blizzard means his route is blocked. Without medication the cow will die, so Peter must brave the extreme conditions to get through on foot. Meanwhile in Boroughbridge, farmer Ben has brought his prized sheepdog Meg in to see Julian after discovering a lump.

Peter looks back on the highs and lows of his veterinary career. He returns to his childhood home for the first time in 50 years and visiting his former teachers from primary school to sixth form, who reveal the events that inspired his medical career. He also looks back on his experiences as a work experience student for Alf Wight, also known to the world as James Herriot.

Festive edition of the documentary inspired by the classic Christmas song, beginning as vets Julian Norton and Peter Wright encounter 12 huskies, followed by 11 braying donkeys and so on. The countdown of patients also includes feisty ferrets, running reindeer and ends, of course, with a poorly partridge - although whether it is in a pear tree remains to be seen.