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CHRISTOPHER TIMOTHY:
Across Yorkshire's moors and dales,
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the world's most famous vets
set the benchmark for animal care,
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and James Herriot's legacy lives on.
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COWS MOO
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His former trainee, Peter Wright...
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All my life I've enjoyed doing this.
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...has been a Yorkshire vet
for over 40 years.
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I'm getting the impression you
wouldn't take me on as an assistant.
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Is that right?
Probably.
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Peter's old partner,
Julian Norton...
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With a gloved hand and a lubricated
finger, I'm well equipped.
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...now runs two practices...
Come on, young man.
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...one of them in the town
where Herriot worked,
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surrounded by the North Yorkshire
landscape he loved.
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Look at that. What a sheep!
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And in the foothills
of the Pennines...
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I'm armed and ready.
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...a new generation
of town and country vets...
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This is the closest tojames Bond
I think I'm ever getting.
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...also uphold the Herriot ethos.
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MAN: Another day in paradise.
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The teams are united...
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We can probably knock this off
ourselves.
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PETER LAUGHS
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...never taking their eyes
off the ball...
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Oh!
Howzat!
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THEY GRUNT
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...as they help animals
of all shapes...
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Didn't think
I'd be hugging a turkey today.
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...sizes...
That's more like pulling a calf out.
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...types...
Nearly clone. Nearly clone, Bertie.
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...and temperaments.
Ow! Bit me.
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It's definitely not glamorous...
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Penile amputations still make me
squirm a little bit.
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...but it's varied.
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Hee-haw! You ought to know better.
THEY LAUGH
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It's rarely easy...
HE GROANS
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...but they continue
the Herriot tradition...
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Oh!
..treating all creatures...
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That's it. There we go.
There you go.
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...great...
Oh, Merlin.
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Come on!
..and small.
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HEY, yo! Ho-ho-ho!
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As the seasons come and go...
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...nature's creatures must adapt.
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During the cold months,
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they have to cope with
Mother Nature's moods.
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Then, as spring sounds
its annual alarm...
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...there's a grand awakening
from the winter slumber...
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SHEEP BLEATS
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...as migrating birds return
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to make the skies
above the rolling hills of Yorkshire
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their home once more.
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In Wetherby, Julian's just made
his return to the practice
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after his own hiatus because of
a serious mountain bike accident.
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And this isn't going to be
a gentle first afternoon back.
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A little French bulldog
needs his help.
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Hello, Vera. How are you feeling?
Not too good.
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Steady. Take it easy.
Ooh, you do look sad, don't you?
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Poor old Vera.
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So, Vera's really poorly.
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She's got a condition
called a pyometra,
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which is a bad uterine infection.
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She's come in this morning
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with a characteristic discharge
from the vulva,
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and it's, er...
It doesn't look very nice.
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She's got a high temperature,
and she's been sick,
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and she's quite poorly, really.
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Ancl we're gonna operate shortly
to remove the offending pyometra
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and hopefully make you feel
a lot better.
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On hand to help easejulian
back into the surgical fray...
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Come on, then, you.
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...is nurse Lucy.
Let's push this.
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So, have you missed me, Lucy?
I have missed you.
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This is an exciting op
to get you back into it, isn't it?
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Yeah. You don't know
what it's gonna be like
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when you get in there.
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It's lovely to have him back.
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We get on like a house on fire,
don't we, Jules?
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We do.
SHE LAUGHS
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Now, if I'm doing anything
a bit wrong, just tell me.
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Don't worry. Oh, I will.
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I don't think I've forgotten,
but just in case.
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It's been six weeks
since I've been operating.
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It's long enough to forget.
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As Julian worries
about being a bit rusty...
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Whoops.
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...Don and Sue are concerned
about Vera.
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Vera, it's my son's French bulldog.
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She's a lovely dog.
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Right, let me get a blanket,
then we'll move it through. Yeah.
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'Kids adore here.
Absolutely adore her.
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'I don't think they know
we've brought her today
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'cos it'd just upset them anyway.'
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But, no, it's worrying cos they're
like your children, aren't they?
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Right. I'm in.
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Are we good to go?
Yeah.
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'This is a very serious illness.
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'She's, like,
got a very big internal abscess
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'inside the walls of the uterus.
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'Ancl at the moment,
that's making her feel very poorly.'
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The main thing is
to spot the problem quickly
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and then to sort of
deal with it quickly.
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And without that,
you've often got clogs that will...
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that can die if, er...
not addressed.
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Across Yorkshire,
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Shona is on her way
from The Huddersfield Hospital
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to Tom's farm.
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Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
HE SHUSHES GENTLY
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He's concerned
about one of his young heifers.
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Unfortunately, it's been bullied
by some of the bigger cows,
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and it created some sort of problem
with the leg.
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I noticed that she were lame
and not just looking happy, really.
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And since putting the call
into Shona...
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Morning, Tom.
Morning. You all right?
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How are you? Yeah, good, thanks.
You? Yes, thanks, yeah.
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...the situation has become
much more serious.
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Bit of a shock this morning.
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The little heifer
you come to look at? Yeah?
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It's had a calf as well, overnight.
Oh, right.
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There were nothing there at all
last night.
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She's actually too young
to have had a calf, really.
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But she's a heifer
that's been brought in.
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Didn't look like she were in calf
at all. Total surprise, like.
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She's still hobbling about.
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Fingers crossed,
we can get the leg right
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and see how they go on.
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Right. I'll come and have a look
at her. Yeah.
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Oh, in't it bonny?
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She feels warm.
Come on, little 'un.
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Come on, wiffy waffy.
Ancl it's had some colostrum.
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Just feels a bit empty, just now,
doesn't it?
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Think it's worth...?
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I think it's worth
giving it a load, yeah.
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Have you had a rough night?
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Right, we'll have to sort
your mum out, calf...
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so you've got a mum, hopefully.
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Can you see that big lump there?
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Yeah, and she's quite... standing
with her legs quite far forward.
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See the roundedness there?
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I think the hip...
hip's perhaps popped out.
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My first thoughts, looking at Mum,
are not good, really.
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There's quite a lot of swelling
over the hip.
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If she has dislocated it,
it's a painful condition,
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causing more and more trauma
over time
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and grating on the actual
pelvis bone which it should sit in,
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so we can't really just leave her
wandering around in a pen.
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It's just gonna cause Mum
too much pain and distress,
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and she's just gonna get
more and more unwell over time.
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If it is that, I'm afraid, really,
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the only thing we can do
is put her down.
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But with the newborn
looking to her mum,
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Tom and Shona are desperately hoping
something can be done to save her.
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Where there's life, there's hope,
in't there?
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You've just gotta try and
do your best with what you've got.
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Ideally,
we'd save the mum in this scenario
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because she has bonded
with the calf overnight.
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We need to have a closer look and
see if there's anything we can do.
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Who have we got here?
He's called Rebel.
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Will Rebel yell when Peter treats
his serious problem?
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That's not healthy.
It certainly isn't normal.
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And Julian's rocked...
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It's... Oh!
HE EXHALES DEEPLY
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...on his return to surgery.
Oh, God!
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CHRISTOPHER TIMOTHY: In Wetherby...
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Nine o'clock on Friday, sweetheart.
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...Bev and Sarah
are feeling the heat.
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I need a bigger...
Think I need a bigger fan.
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There was a lady in the supermarket
behind me, and I was just paying,
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and she went...
HOARSELY: "I'm really sorry.
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"I just need to have a moment."
I went, "You all right?"
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She went, "I've been up all night
with my hot flushes,"
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and the woman on the till
was exactly the same.
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"I'm really sorry.
I've got it as well,"
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so you end up having a conversation.
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That's normally mine and Bev's topic
of conversation,
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is menopausal misfits that we had.
Yeah. I bypassed it.
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THEY LAUGH
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You don't need a waft, then?
I don't need a waft.
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THEY CHUCKLE
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Yes, it's not pleasant.
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No, I best leave that on, actually.
I daren't turn it off just yet.
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BEV LAUGHS
Whew!
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What are you gonna be like
in the summer, love?
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Tell me about it.
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In theatre, the heat is on Julian,
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who's performing his first operation
since his own knee surgery.
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JULIAN: Oh, interesting.
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He and nurse Lucy are trying
to save French bulldog Vera
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by removing her infected uterus.
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Oh, that's... Oh, Christ!
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HE EXHALES DEEPLY
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Oh, God!
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Not quite sure
what the best way of...
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keeping all this out is.
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Let's get some barrel clamps...
cos this is just pouring out.
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This has ruptured
just literally as I got it out.
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It popped. Had that happened
before the surgery,
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or had we delayed,
or had Vera's owners not noticed,
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that would've resulted in, erm...
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pretty much certain death,
I think, for Vera.
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So, luckily, we've, erm,
got to it before that point.
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But yeah, that's pretty, er, tense.
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At least it didn't burst inside you,
girl.
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Yeah, that would have been, um...
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been Vera's...
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last, um...
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last moment.
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We need to get the uterus out
fairly quickly.
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It's a bit more urgent
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because it's actually ruptured
in one point.
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Oh, she probably feels better
that's out of her.
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She will do, yeah. Should be fine.
Perfect.
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Ugh, stinky.
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It just smells, yeah, like...
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rotten. That's the...
That's the word I'd say for it.
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With the infected uterus removed,
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it's a small step towards
a full recovery for Vera...
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and Julian.
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It feels good to be back.
I think this is my place.
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This is where I should be.
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Ancl it seems, apart from
a rather challenging surgery,
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it seems like I've still got it.
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There. You wouldn't know
there's been any...
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drama under that.
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I'm quite tired now.
My leg's hurting.
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Vera is doing OK now.
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She should be feeling a lot better
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as soon as she comes around
from the an aesthetic,
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and then fingers crossed.
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She'll stay on the drip
and the antibiotics this afternoon
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and maybe home either later today
or tomorrow.
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Snoring away like a good 'un.
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I've coped OK.
My leg withstood the surgical time.
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It's a little bit sore now,
and it's a bit swollen,
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so I'm gonna go and sit down
and have a cup of tea,
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and lift my leg in the air, so...
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So, yeah, it could have been worse.
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Um, a bit more of a dramatic clay
than I was intending,
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but, um, I guess that's the nature
of being a vet.
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Across Yorkshire...
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COW MOOS
243
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Her other leg's collapsing a bit,
isn't it?
244
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...Shona's made the journey
from the Huddersfield hospital
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to Tom's farm,
246
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and they aren't hopeful
for a new mum with a hip injury.
247
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Ch-ch-ch-ch.
248
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When we've got a cow
with a calf at foot,
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the life of the calf comes into
the equation as well.
250
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The problem being,
if we do have to put the mum down,
251
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calf then doesn't have a mum
to feed her.
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Poor girl.
253
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It'd be a lot better if we can save
the cow and rear the calf.
254
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This bone here
is the front of the pelvis.
255
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The spine's there,
256
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and the hip should be about here.
257
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It's a ball and socket joint.
258
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Ancl if that ball has come out
of the socket,
259
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it's moving around
in all the soft tissue in that area.
260
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Basically,
the hip bone should be like that.
261
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Ancl this is the leg bone
and it's come up and over.
262
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So that's what
all this swelling is here...
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SHE SIGHS
264
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"unfortunately.
265
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COW MOOS
266
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She has dislocated her hip.
267
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COW MOOS
268
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Some strong force
has pushed this out and up.
269
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That's why this side is so big
and swollen there.
270
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You can feel it's absolutely solid.
271
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I was kind of hoping there might be
something like a haematoma there
272
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that was just making her that lame.
273
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I mean, there's nothing
that we can do for that
274
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that's gonna benefit her welfare.
275
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Ancl I think, you know, even...
even giving her some painkillers
276
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to keep her on the calf isn't...
277
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isn't gonna be a good idea
really either. Ah. Yeah. Yeah.
278
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Yeah.
I think we'll have to let her go.
279
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COW MOOS
280
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Tsh.
281
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I think the best situation is that
we, unfortunately, put Mum down
282
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so she's not suffering
from this anymore.
283
00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:08,015
And we find someone
to wok after the ca“.
284
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It's not what I wanted to hear,
285
00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,095
but these things happen and you...
286
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I try and be optimistic in farming,
you can't not be.
287
00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,615
At least we've got
a little heifer calf.
288
00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:21,015
It's not good, but there's a little
bit of hope, in't there, like? Yes.
289
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Sad ending, but it's making the best
out of a bad situation, really.
290
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It looks a good little strong calf.
291
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Next 24 hours,
get some colostrum into her.
292
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We'll take her back to
the other farm where we live,
293
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and we'll have to hand rear her.
We'll try us best with that.
294
00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,295
And, yeah, we'll see how we go.
295
00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,375
At the practice in Kirkbymoorside,
296
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the waiting room is full of pets
297
00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,135
who were lovingly chosen
by their owners.
298
00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:54,655
Are you going to come?
299
00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,615
But for Brenda's aptly named cat,
300
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it was the other way round.
301
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He's called Rebel.
He belonged to someone else.
302
00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:05,655
And then he decided
he didn't like a new cat
303
00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:07,575
that he's owner had taken in,
304
00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,255
and he came to live with us.
305
00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:14,415
He just came... came across
the field and decided he'd stay.
306
00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,295
He's very good company.
He's always with me.
307
00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,655
If I'm in the garden, he's with me.
308
00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:24,175
If I sit down,
he wants to be on my knee.
309
00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:28,935
But Brenda's had to bring Rebel
to see Peter, with very good cause.
310
00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:32,135
He's got a large lump on his head.
311
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I'm worried about it. Very worried.
312
00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,775
Mrs Purcell?
Yes.
313
00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:44,735
Hello.
Good morning.
314
00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,415
Who have we got here?
He's called Rebel.
315
00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,255
Let's go through
and have a proper look at him. OK.
316
00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:57,015
Right, Rebel.
317
00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,335
Oh, crikey.
I can see what your problem is.
318
00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,135
It doesn't hurt him.
319
00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:06,695
Some of these things, like growths
and, you know, cancerous growths...
320
00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:08,535
Yes.
..they're not painful.
321
00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,295
It started as a tiny little thing.
322
00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:12,895
Just tiny.
Yeah. Yes.
323
00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:14,775
It's just getting bigger and bigger.
324
00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,135
You can't leave that.
Ancl I think I can get that off.
325
00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,255
There's also one starting here.
326
00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,695
That's how this started.
Did it? Mm.
327
00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:30,895
Yes, I'll have a look at that
as well.
328
00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,015
Right, Mr Rebel.
329
00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,375
When I finish the operation,
I'll give you a ring. Yes.
330
00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,735
I'll let you know what we're doing.
That would be lovely.
331
00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:40,775
Thank you very much indeed.
I'll speak to you later.
332
00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,055
Yeah, thank you.
I know you'll look after him.
333
00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:44,495
I'll look after him. OK?
334
00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:52,935
My biggest concern with this lump,
it's ulcerated and it's growing.
335
00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,295
So it is tissue
that's out of control.
336
00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,775
It's cancerous, and we need to
give it a reasonably wide berth.
337
00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:02,415
That's not healthy.
338
00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:03,895
It certainly isn't normal.
339
00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,175
It's going to continue bleeding,
if we leave it.
340
00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,135
It's going to continue annoying him.
341
00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:09,775
Ancl it's going to continue growing.
342
00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:18,255
This is looking, uh,
a pretty horrible tumour.
343
00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:19,815
Not nice at all.
344
00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:23,495
Ancl this was never going to get
any better in any way.
345
00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:25,495
It's only going to
gradually get worse.
346
00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:29,175
So, really, it's something
that does need removal now.
347
00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,055
Coming up...
348
00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:37,055
Julian may be back in the saddle...
349
00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:40,655
Ah, these harnesses,
they're terribly difficult.
350
00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:42,935
...but his patient isn't.
351
00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,575
Oh, no, no, no. It's THAT way.
352
00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,175
No, cos that's upside down.
Oh, no, that's upside down.
353
00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,535
And Matt is on his own...
354
00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,975
David's ducked out just in time
to leave me the angry one.
355
00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,815
...to face a wolf
in sheep's clothing.
356
00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:58,455
Ancl he's muttering something
to Matt.
357
00:17:58,480 --> 00:17:59,855
MATT CHUCKLES
358
00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,375
CHRISTOPHER TIMOTHY:
At the practice in Kirkbymoorside,
359
00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,855
Peter and nurse Imogen are operating
360
00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:15,895
to remove a nasty tumour
361
00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,815
from the head
of 15-year-old cat Rebel.
362
00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,535
I'm just working my way
slowly round it now.
363
00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:28,615
There's our mass removed.
364
00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:32,255
So, I'm just going to take
a little bit more skin
365
00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:37,135
off this side, just in case
there's any microscopic spread
366
00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:38,735
that we can't physically see.
367
00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,335
I had a cancerous lump.
Really? What on?
368
00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:45,615
My back.
369
00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,935
The doctor said, "|t looks like
a sebaceous cyst to me.
370
00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,735
"I'll take it off for you
while you're here."
371
00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:01,295
It wasn't a nasty-nasty,
but it frightened me, really.
372
00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,935
Because, uh, I thought it was
just like a cystic thing. Yeah.
373
00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,895
So, I do understand
Rebel's situation
374
00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,615
and the owner's situation here.
Yeah.
375
00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,215
Just going to, um, have a look
at this other one now
376
00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:17,455
at the side of his face.
377
00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:20,655
This is a very weird lesion.
378
00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,255
The edges of this are abnormal.
379
00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,975
This is almost certainly
another cancerous mass.
380
00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:38,015
I've just incised
all the way round it
381
00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:41,935
so we can then just remove
this thing as well.
382
00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,735
Because this will develop
in the same way as the other one,
383
00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:46,535
if we don't, uh,
if we don't take it off.
384
00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:48,895
Right.
385
00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,015
There we are. Thing's off.
386
00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:53,295
Right.
387
00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,895
Really close to the corner
of his mouth here
388
00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:01,775
so I don't want to stitch through
his lip.
389
00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,775
Well, that's better. Excellent.
390
00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,935
What we can do with these masses
that we've removed
391
00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,015
is send them off to the lab
for histology,
392
00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:19,455
and that can tell us then
what we're dealing with,
393
00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,055
how nasty it is.
394
00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,615
You can see there's normal tissue
underneath there.
395
00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:25,975
Ancl what I've clone now
is taken those extra margins off
396
00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:30,495
around this mass,
so hopefully, we should be fine.
397
00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:44,135
At the practice in Wetherby...
398
00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,535
Hello, Vera.
You're looking a lot better.
399
00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,655
...Vera the French bulldog
is ready to go home,
400
00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:54,175
afterjulian removed
her infected uterus.
401
00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,735
Lucy, I'm gonna need some help.
It's one of these harnesses again.
402
00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,295
So long as he and Lucy
can work out...
403
00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,255
If you clip the lead on there,
then that's...
404
00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:03,775
Oh. That's easier than it was.
405
00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,655
Is that not the clip for the lead?
The other way?
406
00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:07,615
...how to put on her harness.
407
00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:09,055
Sorry.
408
00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,335
I think... Oh, that doesn't
look right either, does it?
409
00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:13,175
No. Like, no way looks right.
410
00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,455
The delay isn't helping Don and Sue,
411
00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:19,055
after a stressful day
for the whole family.
412
00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,935
They'd be devastated
if anything happened. Yeah.
413
00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:25,815
My grandson's been crying,
waiting for her to come.
414
00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:29,495
Come on. I've never been in
this predicament before.
415
00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,895
These harnesses,
they're terribly difficult.
416
00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:37,775
And the grandkids might have to wait
a little longer.
417
00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,055
I don't think that's right, Lucy,
cos look where it goes.
418
00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,535
You wouldn't have it there,
would you?
419
00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:44,895
Oh, I10, no, no.
420
00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,015
It's THAT way.
421
00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:49,215
No, cos that's upside down.
Oh, no, that's upside down.
422
00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:54,695
Well, she's only got to walk
from here to the consulting room,
423
00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,415
so if we've clone you wrong,
we can easily...
424
00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,935
Come on then, girl.
Come on Vera, we're going home.
425
00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:02,295
Do you want to come through?
426
00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,655
In fact, here she is.
She's coming to see you.
427
00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,015
Hello, darling. Hello, baby.
I'll let you take that lead.
428
00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,375
We've been struggling
with the harness to work out
429
00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:11,215
which way up it goes.
Oh, we weren't sure neither.
430
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,975
So, it was, um, very dramatic.
431
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,375
And I'm very glad, very, very glad
we did it today rather than waited.
432
00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,215
If we'd have been
another 12 or 24 hours,
433
00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,815
there's a very strong likelihood
434
00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,175
that that would have burst
internally. Yeah.
435
00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:30,575
And then I think she'd have died.
Um, so, luckily, that didn't happen.
436
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,935
Ancl luckily, it's all out.
Thank you, Julian.
437
00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,655
All right? No, no problem.
No, it's nice to be helpful.
438
00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,295
Right. Thank you.
Good stuff.
439
00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,655
Yeah. Nice to see you again.
Ancl see you next week, Vera.
440
00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:42,575
Ancl then hopefully,
we'll have worked out
441
00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,135
the mystery of that harness.
442
00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,055
So, Vera's really on the mend
already.
443
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,815
Um, the biggest hurdle is...
is past,
444
00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,735
and she's on her way back home.
445
00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,335
From now on, she's obviously
not quite out of the woods,
446
00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:57,335
but she's definitely in
a much better place
447
00:22:57,360 --> 00:23:01,575
and taking it easy, rest,
recuperation. A bit like me.
448
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,775
As a new day dawns in Yorkshire...
449
00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,775
...Shona is hoping
it'll be a happier one,
450
00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,335
after a badly injured cow
who'd recently given birth
451
00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:22,255
had to be put to sleep.
452
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,655
It's always really sad
when an animal is in pain,
453
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,175
for one thing, and there's nothing
we can do to fix it...
454
00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,415
"especially when it's a mother
to a little baby.
455
00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,535
And, you know, we're just hopeful
that this calf's doing well, really.
456
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,615
And that we've made the best
of a bad... a bad 'gob.
457
00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:44,495
The calf needed round the clock
attention from Tom and Anna.
458
00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,855
The idea was to get it on a bottle
and hand rear it.
459
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:49,495
It was quite difficult, to be fair.
460
00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,975
We spent a couple of clays
stomach tubing it, didn't we?
461
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,655
Ancl then we were almost to the point
of giving up hope...
462
00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:58,615
...but once we got it up
and drinking,
463
00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,495
we sort of knew
we were heading the right way.
464
00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,855
Hello. How are you both doing?
465
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,695
Yeah, good, thank you.
Good.
466
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,055
Is this our little friend in here?
It is, yeah.
467
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:13,655
Oh, she's cute, isn't she?
Yeah.
468
00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,575
She's still diddy.
469
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:18,735
It was such a shame about her mum,
wasn't it?
470
00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,095
It's horrible when we have to make
those kinds of decisions.
471
00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:22,535
Yeah, definitely. Yeah.
472
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,815
But it was the bonus
to see her there as well, wasn't it?
473
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,415
We're pretty pleased, really.
474
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:27,975
It was a good outcome,
475
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,175
all things considered,
in a way, wasn't it? Yeah.
476
00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:33,215
Who's her friend?
477
00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,575
Well, we're going a bit soft
in us old age, I think.
478
00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,775
So we thought we'd might as well
feed two calves as feed one. Yeah.
479
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,535
So, um, yeah. Yeah, we've got...
480
00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,575
So you went and bought another one
to feed? Yeah.
481
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,535
Yeah. just bought a bit more weight.
Yeah.
482
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:46,335
I think they do better as well,
don't they,
483
00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:47,855
when there's a few of them?
Yeah.
484
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,055
They're very sweet.
What are you doing at the back?
485
00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,095
It's really nice to see
this little calf doing so well.
486
00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:58,495
Being really well looked after.
Treated like a princess in here.
487
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:00,415
They've not had any breakfast
this morning,
488
00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,695
so we thought we'd give them a feed
while you're here.
489
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:03,895
Oh, yeah, that'd be great.
490
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:12,895
Oh, here she comes.
491
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,175
She's grand, isn't she, Tom?
492
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,575
She's a strong little calf. Come on.
493
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,855
Oh, that's brilliant to see. Yeah.
494
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,615
You're keen on that, aren't you?
495
00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:27,535
Hello. Do you want some as well?
496
00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:31,575
You are greedy. You are.
497
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,055
You're desperate for some more,
aren't you?
498
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,735
This is a great thing to do
as a vet.
499
00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,055
You know, it's definitely
one of the perks of the job -
500
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:41,575
seeing baby animals doing so well.
501
00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:44,055
There you go, you've clone.
502
00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:47,695
SHONA CHUCKLES
A milk foam moustache.
503
00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,415
I think they've both had
their fill now. Yeah, that's it.
504
00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:52,935
Do you want to fit in my truck?
505
00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,975
She's got the life of Riley really,
all things considered.
506
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,975
Ancl Tom and Anna have clone
a really good job looking after her.
507
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,655
Ancl definitely made the best
of a bad job with us losing her mum.
508
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,935
Bit of a sad start to the story,
but a nice ending, for sure.
509
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:17,815
In Kirkbymoorside,
Peter recently removed two tumours
510
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:22,135
which he suspected were cancerous
from Rebel the cat's head.
511
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,575
Come on, turn round.
512
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,415
Today, Brenda's brought Rebel back
to the practice,
513
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,455
hoping the operation
has been successful.
514
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,335
Brenda,
would you like to come through? Yes.
515
00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:37,735
Nice to see you, Rebel. Hey?
516
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:40,175
He's not too keen to see you.
517
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:41,975
HE LAUGHS
518
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,455
He's been really good.
519
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:44,935
It's been wonderful.
520
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:49,375
It's never leaked at all, or bled.
It's been so dry.
521
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,975
But the good news was,
I took two extra strips
522
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,695
either side of the mass,
which I sent off to the lab.
523
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,855
They were clear
of any cancerous tissue.
524
00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:01,855
Oh, that's lovely.
525
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:03,815
Yes, it was a cancerous mass,
526
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,095
but the good thing is,
we've got the whole thing away.
527
00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:10,615
That'll put a smile on his face
when he gets that off.
528
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,375
There you are, Rebel.
There now, is that better?
529
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:14,735
That's lovely.
530
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,335
Well, that looks as if
it's healed nicely,
531
00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:19,535
so I think we're going to
take those out for you.
532
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:23,775
REBEL MEOWS
533
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,055
He says, "Mind my whiskers."
Yes.
534
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:27,175
BREND A CHUCKLES
535
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,495
Yes. That's it.
536
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,175
Lovely. Thank you.
537
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:35,575
To have those stitches removed
and see how the wound's healed
538
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,575
has really, uh, put a spring
in my step this morning.
539
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:42,015
It's lovely to see.
Thank you very much, Peter.
540
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:43,415
You'll be a good boy, won't you?
541
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,175
We should have no more problems
with it now.
542
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,975
So I'm very happy with the...
with the outcome.
543
00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:56,975
And a couple of weeks later,
544
00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,055
for Rebel, things are looking up,
545
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:04,015
while his cat-loving owners
like looking back.
546
00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:07,415
We've been married 70 years
and all that time we've had cats.
547
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,175
Come on, Rebel.
548
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,135
Yes, we love cats, don't we?
Yes, we do. Yes.
549
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,415
We first met,
I used to work at the dentist,
550
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,815
and John came to the dentist.
551
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:22,055
Ancl that's how we met.
We married the following June.
552
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:24,495
Come on, Rebel. Good puss.
553
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,095
His head was healed very well.
554
00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:31,775
He was all right straight away,
wasn't he? He was, yes.
555
00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,095
He's just back to normal, really.
Yes, he is.
556
00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,295
So, all's well now.
557
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,935
He's been a lovely cat.
558
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,255
Really has.
Mm.
559
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,695
Over in Huddersfield,
560
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:03,095
Matt's next patients have
just arrived at the animal hospital.
561
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:04,895
Tonight's job
is vasectomising rams.
562
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:09,295
It's still the one procedure that
makes me cringe a little bit to do.
563
00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:13,695
With three Rams to tackle,
David's here to help and learn.
564
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,535
I've not seen one in years,
actually.
565
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:18,095
So, Matt's kindly letting me
come along today.
566
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,655
Hopefully, get stuck in
and update my knowledge.
567
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:22,215
All right?
568
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,575
And farmers Ian and Rosie...
569
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,615
So, these are the three victims, eh?
Yeah.
570
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,255
...know that extra manpower
will be useful.
571
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,695
Yeah, we were chasing them round
the field for a good ten minutes.
572
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,055
One of them is a bit of a handful.
573
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,895
Shall we have the nice one first?
All right, you're tup one.
574
00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:40,615
Come on, pal.
575
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,095
The reason that we vasectomise tups
576
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:46,175
is because we want them to have
all the testosterone,
577
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:49,255
all the hormonal sex drive to mate.
578
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,175
Three, two, one.
I've got it.
579
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:52,375
MATT GRUNTS
580
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,175
Essentially, we use these tups
to warm up the flock,
581
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,535
as it would be,
to get them super fertile,
582
00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,775
so when the main tup goes in,
he can get them all in lamb.
583
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,135
The whole thing's a warm up
for the main event.
584
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,695
And the first patient
is just a warm up, too.
585
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,495
He's the youngest out of the three,
so he's more calm.
586
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,895
He's had a bit more attention
than the others.
587
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,295
Oh!
588
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,175
Although, Matt's just realised
589
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:19,175
this might not be an easy start.
after all.
590
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,895
He's got one that's a lot smaller
than the other.
591
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,255
There is a bit of discrepancy
in testicular size,
592
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,615
but that is quite abnormally small,
is that.
593
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,815
It might mean it's a bit trickier
for the vasectomy.
594
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,775
I suppose, really, it's quite good
he's going for a teaser tup,
595
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:36,335
because questionably, he's got a bit
of a mini one, don't you, chief?
596
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:42,615
So, here we go.
597
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,135
This is the faff test bit of it.
598
00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,415
So, I need to go through
another little layer,
599
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:52,775
and then we'll be there.
600
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:54,735
DAVID: So much more fiddly
than a castration.
601
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:55,855
Oh, gosh, it is, yeah.
602
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,815
Because there's a slight mismatch
in the testicle size,
603
00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:04,615
I think Matt's slightly concerned
that the length of cord
604
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,015
that will be exposed
is less in the second one,
605
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:08,655
which I think is why
he's left it for me.
606
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:10,855
LAUGHTER
607
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,015
Right. There you go.
Yeah.
608
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,655
It's definitely a lot smaller
than the other side.
609
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:30,015
My theory was to show the nice,
easy one, what it should look like,
610
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:31,935
and, well, David's a big boy,
611
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:33,535
he can go in at the deep end,
I'm sure.
612
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,055
Doing it makes me squeamish.
613
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,855
Ancl watching it makes me
a bit more squeamish.
614
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,215
It's just a little bit of knack
to get in,
615
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,535
exactly in the sweet spot,
and getting it out.
616
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,895
I'm pretty sure that's it there.
617
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,735
Yeah. It's beautiful.
That's it there.
618
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:51,535
It's those little wins
that you like as a vet.
619
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,015
It's like, "|'ve got it, yes!"
Yeah.
620
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:58,855
The penis is still there.
We're safe, you know.
621
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,335
Cool. I'm pretty happy with that.
622
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:09,895
Really good to refresh my memory
there.
623
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,495
Got a whole flock of sheep to see
and a couple of horses now,
624
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:14,775
so I'm gonna leave
the last tup or two to Matt.
625
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,135
SHEEP BLEATS
626
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:20,295
He's the one that's a bit...
Spicier.
627
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:21,775
Yeah.
Shall we get him clone?
628
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:23,455
It's up to you. Yeah, you can do.
Excellent.
629
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,895
All right, let's get him clone.
630
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,255
Sounds like David's ducked out
just in time
631
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:30,095
to leave me the angry one.
632
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:31,695
There we go.
633
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,455
His mouth's going.
He's muttering something to Matt.
634
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:40,895
LAUGHTER
635
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,495
He looks like he's gonna bite
Matt's head.
636
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,575
Still to come...
637
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,055
Good girl.
638
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:57,455
...a family dog walk, but is Vera's
veterinary journey over?
639
00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,735
On t'way home,
when she got her stitches out,
640
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:00,775
she were really excited.
641
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,095
And a team vet walk...
642
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:04,975
PETER CHUCKLES
643
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,775
...although, one has a sick note.
644
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,815
I've been a good patient,
although I won't tell the doctor
645
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:12,655
that I've been in the pub
all afternoon.
646
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,495
CHRISTOPHER TIMOTHY:
At the animal hospital
647
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:21,775
in Huddersfield,
648
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,695
Matt's vasectomising
three of Rosie and Ian's tups.
649
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,855
I don't think he's, uh,
very impressed with this job.
650
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:32,815
And with David gone, he only has
vet student Emily as back-up.
651
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:36,415
I have to say, I'm very glad that
I've got Ian and Emily protecting me
652
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,095
from, well,
kicks and bites and everything.
653
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,455
But he's mouthing something
to me now, saying,
654
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:44,255
"|'m going to get you",
so I don't feel safe just yet.
655
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,655
That's two out of two clone.
656
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,535
Come on, pal. Last of the three.
657
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:56,175
Strap me in.
658
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:57,775
Ready?
659
00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,215
And we're up.
660
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:00,535
OK.
661
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,095
We'll have him clone and dusted
in no time.
662
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:08,975
I feel like he understands
why he's here,
663
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:11,535
and he understands
that he's keeping his testicles,
664
00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:14,375
which in the veterinary world
is quite a lucky thing.
665
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:15,535
There we go.
666
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:16,975
Right, clone.
667
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:20,335
All right. Three, two, one, hup!
668
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:21,775
There we go.
669
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,135
Come on, you.
Come on, then.
670
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,655
They seem OK, yeah. Happy with
the procedure and how it's gone.
671
00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,175
One or two wiggles,
but nothing so serious.
672
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:30,975
Soon got them sorted out.
673
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,335
Thank you.
No worries.
674
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,935
So, just keep them in tonight,
they've had a bit of sedation.
675
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:39,575
They should be absolutely fine.
676
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,215
Thank you very much.
No worries.
677
00:34:41,240 --> 00:34:43,415
See you next time.
678
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:56,015
In the heart of Wensleydale
in North Yorkshire,
679
00:34:56,040 --> 00:35:00,815
the River Ure flows dramatically
over Aysgarth Falls.
680
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:04,255
James Herriot wrote,
"|t's wonderful here.
681
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:07,575
"The river
has infinitely varying moods -
682
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,375
"a torrent after much rain or snow,
683
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,255
"but in dry weather
there might only be a trickle."
684
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,255
And today, Peter is here to see
685
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,615
the majesty of the Falls
for himself.
686
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,095
This is where my old boss,
Alf Wight,
687
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:26,535
better known as James Herriot,
used to work in the 1940s.
688
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:28,895
He used to visit a lot of the farms
round here,
689
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,775
and he used to stop and take in
a lot of the views,
690
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,135
such as the Falls.
Ancl he fell in love with it.
691
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:35,575
Ancl who can blame him, really?
692
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:41,095
Herriot's famous connection
to this part of Yorkshire
693
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:45,535
has led to his name being given to
a walking route, the Herriot Way.
694
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:49,015
And Peter has laced up
his trusty old boots
695
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,615
to follow in the footsteps
of his old mentor.
696
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,615
But he won't be walking alone.
697
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,975
Peter, how are you? How are things?
Hi, Peter.
698
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,255
Nice to see you.
Nice to see you.
699
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,135
MATT: Absolutely stunning, is this.
700
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:03,895
It's putting on a good show today,
isn't is? It's gorgeous.
701
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:05,815
I don't fancy a swim,
but, uh, you know.
702
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:07,695
I've just realised
I left my trunks at home,
703
00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:09,935
so you guys go ahead, I'll...
LAUGHTER
704
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,615
I know you have some beautiful
places round where you live,
705
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:18,295
but I thought I'd like to show you
some of North Yorkshire's finest.
706
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:20,575
And where better
than the Herflotway?
707
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:22,215
It's a 52-mile circular route.
708
00:36:22,240 --> 00:36:25,335
We're doing 52 miles this morning?!
No, no, no, no, no.
709
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,695
This is where Alf Wight
used to work. Yeah.
710
00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:29,415
We're lucky,
we get a bit of time off.
711
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,255
Alf Wight had no time off, really.
712
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,255
Ancl just a couple of miles
from here,
713
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,895
he stopped at a pub
on his honeymoon.
714
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,695
He did a tuberculin test
while he was here.
715
00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:41,935
What did his new wife think to that?
I think she was given the clipboard.
716
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:43,135
LAUGHTER
717
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:45,495
Well, shall we make a move,
do you think? Yeah.
718
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,095
Right, let's go.
Lead the way.
719
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:52,575
I don't know about you, but I've
never been to Aysgarth Falls before.
720
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,415
I've never been to Aysgarth Falls,
but they were really impressive.
721
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:57,815
Absolutely stunning.
These two love the water, my dogs.
722
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,175
And I kind of was just quickly
getting them on the lead
723
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,455
cos I was thinking, you don't
wanna to be jumping in there.
724
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:03,775
It looks a bit wild, doesn't it?
725
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:08,615
Come on, then.
726
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:13,215
Keeping dogs Yogi, Saxon and Sansa
out of the Dales water isn't easy.
727
00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:16,055
Good dogs.
728
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:17,535
It's all right. Good boy.
729
00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:19,415
But Rowan's husky Rupert...
730
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:22,775
It's OK. Come on.
..clearly prefers the snow.
731
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:24,535
He's a bit scared of water.
732
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,775
I'm actually quite surprised
he went in.
733
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,495
Good boy.
734
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,015
PETER CHUCKLES
735
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,535
It's really nice of Peter
to have invited us up.
736
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:41,895
Ancl it's absolutely gorgeous.
Proper Herriot country.
737
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:43,935
Usually, when me and David
are out together,
738
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:45,695
in recent times,
it's been on a calving,
739
00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:48,255
so it's nice to just enjoy ourselves
and have a clay off.
740
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:51,815
We have to cover all the on-call
for the practice,
741
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:53,775
so it's nice that the four of us
742
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:56,255
have managed to not be on-call
this weekend.
743
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,415
It's great to actually come up
and explore Herriot country,
744
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:01,295
and hear it pretty much from
the horse's mouth
745
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:02,895
about the stories
that you read as a kid.
746
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,775
I'm sure when he was working up here
747
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,535
that he would just stop his car
748
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,895
and just marvel at the views
and the scenery.
749
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,255
Ancl I'm sure he would have a dog
with him as well,
750
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:14,735
because when he was at work,
he always had a dog with him. Yeah.
751
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,415
Does anybody want a cup of tea?
Sounds like a good idea.
752
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,495
All right. Let's have a sit down.
753
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:28,695
That's a well loved flask.
It's a proper Thermos.
754
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:32,015
I told Mrs Green I was coming,
755
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:33,935
and she sent me with
some chocolate bars.
756
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,455
Ooh! She said,
"|t's all got to be eaten up."
757
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,935
Oh, I'm sure we can oblige.
So get them eaten.
758
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,815
Oh, God. Well, Mrs Green
didn't want us to starve.
759
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,895
It's not often five vets
get to sit down together
760
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:46,255
and have a brew, is it?
761
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,615
The best thing is when
you're just finishing a lambing
762
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:50,135
or a calving or a caesarean,
and they say,
763
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,095
"I'll just put the pot of tea on."
764
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:55,015
Doesn't that taste like the best
cup of tea as well? The best, yeah.
765
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:56,655
I had one recently
where the farmer said,
766
00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:58,535
"I'll even treat you to
a fresh tea bag."
767
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:00,975
I know that he regularly...
That's the Yorkshire spirit.
768
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:02,815
That's such a Yorkshire farmer
trick, that.
769
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,175
There's always a bit of cow poo
or a few hairs that drop in
770
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,895
and give it a bit of a protein kick
as well, in't there?
771
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,255
LAUGHTER
772
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:16,335
At the practice in Wetherby,
773
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:19,855
another cured patient
will be out walking again soon.
774
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:21,895
All ready to go home?
775
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,175
Good girl.
776
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,055
Although, maybe not today.
777
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,375
Come on.
You're very sleepy, aren't you?
778
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,415
May have to be carried.
She's very tired, bless her.
779
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:34,695
So, she's probably gonna be tired
this afternoon.
780
00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:35,935
Let her just chill out,
781
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,295
but she's been such a good girl
for us, haven't you?
782
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,855
Oh, my girl. Her little tongue's
hanging out, isn't it?
783
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,055
Oh, thank you so much.
No problem.
784
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:49,455
Meanwhile, a dog the team helped
earlier is now full of energy.
785
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,055
Good girl.
786
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:54,615
Afterjulian removed Vera
the French bulldog's uterus...
787
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,415
Good girl!
788
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,775
...she's made a complete recovery...
789
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,255
Come on baby.
790
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:04,655
...to the delight
of her best pal, Jacob.
791
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:06,935
Like, on t'way home,
when she got her stitches out,
792
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,895
she were really excited.
793
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:10,855
And, like, she was smiling.
794
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:12,855
Yeah. Good girl.
795
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:15,615
When I get home from school,
I love seeing her.
796
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:18,615
Runs up to me
and starts jumping up,
797
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:19,895
licking me and everything.
798
00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:24,215
She means the world to me.
799
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:32,055
For Jacob's dad, Carl,
it's also a huge relief.
800
00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:34,015
Well, she is part of t'family.
801
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:36,935
Ancl kids treat them like
their little brothers and sisters.
802
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:40,695
So, yeah, for kids to be upset,
it makes me upset as well.
803
00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:43,495
Julian's looked after her
and we haven't lost her,
804
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:46,255
and that's the main thing.
Good girl!
805
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,775
SHEEP BLEAT
806
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:51,615
Back in Wensleydale,
the vets' walk is over.
807
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:52,895
ROWAN WHISTLES
Come on.
808
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,855
And they've arrived
in the village of Askrigg...
809
00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:58,935
There's a very, very nice pub
there. A famous pub there as well.
810
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,335
...to meet a friend
who really needed to get out.
811
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,135
How pleasant.
812
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:06,975
JULIAN: A-ha.
Hi, Julian.
813
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:10,455
The Wanderers return. At long last.
814
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:12,375
Good to see you.
Have you had a nice walk?
815
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,295
How's things?
Good. Yeah. The drinks are here.
816
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,655
How are you doing?
All right. Yeah. Yeah.
817
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:19,615
Got you a drink.
Everything's organised on the table.
818
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,015
So, have you had a good walk, folks?
819
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:25,455
I really felt bad that I couldn't
join you cos I'd been injured.
820
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:26,655
That is some serious...
821
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:30,215
It's a bad kind of injury,
but, um...
822
00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:31,735
it's... yeah, it's on the mend.
823
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:34,535
I've been a good patient,
although I won't tell the doctor
824
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:36,815
that I've been in the pub
all afternoon.
825
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:37,975
LAUGHTER
826
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,015
While you've been in the pub
enjoying yourself,
827
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:42,735
I've been introducing them to
the delights of the Yorkshire Dales.
828
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:45,215
Ancl this pub you've chosen,
I mean, you've chosen well, really,
829
00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:46,895
cos this was The Drovers, wasn't it?
830
00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:48,935
In the first
All Creatures Great And Small.
831
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,215
I've been looking at
all the photos on the wall
832
00:41:51,240 --> 00:41:52,935
and it just brings back memories.
833
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:55,415
And that's what made me
want to be a vet, really.
834
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,175
Was the whole village used
as a filming location, then?
835
00:41:58,200 --> 00:41:59,855
The village, was, yeah.
836
00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:02,695
Ancl the inside shots
were clone here as well. Yeah, yeah.
837
00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:05,055
I don't think it's changed
that much either, really.
838
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,535
Cos I remember coming over
for a bike ride in 1981. Wow.
839
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:09,375
Ancl we stopped here for our dinners.
840
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:13,175
In 1981, I bought myself these boots
I've got on.
841
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,535
They're Czechoslovakian work boots.
They're brilliant.
842
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:17,095
They've still got some tread
on them.
843
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:18,975
JULIAN: They're nearly 45 years old?
Yeah.
844
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:21,335
The laces surely aren't original?
They are.
845
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,695
Can you not afford
a new pair of shoes?
846
00:42:23,720 --> 00:42:26,655
Times are hard.
LAUGHTER
847
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:30,615
Was there ever farms in this area
848
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:33,655
that you guys came to
for farm visits? We never did.
849
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,375
But Alf Wight did in the '40s.
In the practice, in the '40s,
850
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,895
they were taking the princely sum
of £3 a clay,
851
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,015
doing farm and large animal work.
852
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:43,615
£3 a day, Pete, I think that's what
you paid me when I first started.
853
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:46,415
LAUGHTER
854
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:48,295
These boys don't know they're born,
do they?
855
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:49,695
They don't know they're born.
856
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:53,935
Thanks for inviting us, Peter.
It's a pleasure.
857
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:55,855
And Julian.
I've thoroughly enjoyed it.
858
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:57,615
Thanks for coming.
Cheers.
859
00:42:57,640 --> 00:42:59,895
ALL CHEERS
860
00:42:59,920 --> 00:43:01,295
MATT CHUCKLES