1 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:04,160 NARRATOR: Across Yorkshire's moors and dales, 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:08,240 the world's most famous vet set the benchmark for animal care. 3 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,960 And James Herriot's legacy lives on. 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,000 COWS MOO 5 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,400 His former trainee, Peter Wright... 6 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,040 All my life, I've enjoyed doing this. 7 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:22,480 ..has been a Yorkshire vet for over 40 years. 8 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,000 I'm getting the impression you wouldn't take me on 9 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:27,400 as an assistant, is that right? Probably! 10 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,120 Peter's old partner, Julian Norton... 11 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,560 With a gloved hand and lubricated finger, I'm well equipped. 12 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,600 ..now runs two practices. Come on, young man! 13 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:38,840 One of them in the town where Herriot worked, 14 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,560 surrounded by the North Yorkshire landscape he loved. 15 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,560 Look at that. What a sheep! 16 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,120 And in the foothills of the Pennines... 17 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:48,200 I'm armed and ready. 18 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,040 ..a new generation of town and country vets... 19 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,440 This is the closest to James Bond I think I'm ever getting. 20 00:00:53,480 --> 00:00:55,440 ..also uphold the Herriot ethos. 21 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:56,960 Another day in paradise. 22 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:58,880 The teams are united... 23 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,720 We can probably knock this off ourselves, do you think? Pffft! 24 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,920 ..never taking their eyes off the ball... 25 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,600 Howzat?! Ooh-ah! 26 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,720 ..as they help animals of all shapes... 27 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,600 I didn't think I'd be hugging a turkey today. 28 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,360 ..sizes... That's more like pulling a calf out! 29 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:14,920 ..types... 30 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:16,760 Nearly done, nearly done, Bertie. 31 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,040 ..and temperaments. 32 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:19,760 Ow! He's bit me. 33 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,960 It's definitely not glamourous. 34 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,720 Penile amputations still make me squirm a little bit. 35 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,120 But it's varied. 36 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:30,440 Eee-aw! You ought to know better. 37 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,320 It's rarely easy. Urgh! 38 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,040 But they continue the Herriot tradition... 39 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,280 Whoa! ..treating all creatures. 40 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:38,800 That's it, there we go, there we go. 41 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:40,200 ..great... Aw, Merlin. 42 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:41,320 Come on! 43 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,760 ..and small. 44 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,120 There's very little that's ordinary about Yorkshire. 45 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:04,160 So much of this land can't be fully explained or understood. 46 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:07,240 The high peaks... 47 00:02:09,920 --> 00:02:11,920 ..meandering valleys... 48 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,320 ..mysterious skyscrapers of stone. 49 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:23,320 A Yorkshire vet's work can involve even stranger things. 50 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:29,640 Before keen youngsters can adventure into the unknown, 51 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,800 they might arrive back-to-front, 52 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,960 or insides-out. 53 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,720 And as he heads to his latest emergency, 54 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,960 Peter's fears are about the upside-down. 55 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,240 Just had a call from a farmer called Stephen 56 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:50,080 who is quite concerned about a cow that he's got that's calving. 57 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,920 And it sounds as if the calf is in an abnormal position, 58 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,720 because he said the head is right down underneath 59 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:58,520 and he can't feel it particularly well. 60 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:03,240 The cow who has Stephen in a spin is 13-year-old Daisy. 61 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,400 When I had a feel inside, it's upside-down. 62 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:07,880 It isn't a big calf, 63 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:10,600 but I just thought I'd better have a help to do it. 64 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:13,280 Stephen is very, very experienced, 65 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,760 and I know he'll be watching her very carefully, 66 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,200 so hopefully, we'll have a good outcome. 67 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,280 But as Peter knows from his last visit, 68 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,000 not every calving has a happy ending. 69 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,720 PAINED MOO 70 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,280 There's no heartbeat. No. 71 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:32,480 Ah, dear. 72 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:38,000 The calf was dead before we started, but we had to get the calf out, 73 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,080 otherwise we were going to lose them both. 74 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,920 We rarely get this nowadays, you know. 75 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:44,480 We've had a long session, haven't we? 76 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,160 Morning, sir. Good morning, Stephen. How are you? 77 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,280 Oh, I'm in good fettle, thank you. Good lad. 78 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:53,960 Good to see you. It's upside-down, the head's down below. 79 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,240 Right. I brought her in yesterday cos I thought she was going to calf, 80 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,880 and she just hasn't bothered at all. And she's opened up OK? 81 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:02,360 Yeah, I got my hands in no bother at all, Peter. Yeah. 82 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,640 Daisy holds a special place in Stephen's heart. 83 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,120 She's the old favourite, she's the oldest one we have. 84 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,240 How lovely. So, she's a bit of a pet, then? 85 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:12,360 Yeah, she is. 86 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,880 You wouldn't think this cow was in second stage of labour, 87 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:16,920 which is when she should be straining. 88 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:21,000 The calf should be coming like this with its head and feet together, 89 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:22,440 almost in a diving position. 90 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:23,960 But its head is underneath, 91 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,440 and of course, then they can't engage the birth canal properly. 92 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:29,440 And as a consequence of that, they don't get on 93 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,840 and start straining to produce the calf. 94 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,640 Let's have a look and see what we've got there. 95 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:38,880 Have you had your Weetabix this morning? 96 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,440 THEY CHUCKLE 97 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:42,840 Oh, no. 98 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:44,680 Not even porridge today. Oh, no. 99 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,560 Yes, there's two front feet there, but there's no head, is there? 100 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:54,840 No. Yeah. 101 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:56,640 I see exactly what your problem is. 102 00:04:57,960 --> 00:04:59,640 She can't get the calf into position. 103 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:00,880 No, that's right, you see. 104 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:02,840 It's way back in, that head, isn't it? 105 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,200 Way back in and down and underneath. 106 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,800 It's hard work, because the neck's twisted right round underneath. 107 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:14,280 I'm trying to get this head... up into position, 108 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,440 but you're working at arm's length, up to my armpit. 109 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,560 Yeah, yeah. And it's... it's not easy. 110 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,200 MOO 111 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:26,280 Right, now I'm going to try and get a head rope on there. 112 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:27,400 Yeah, right. 113 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,480 What we call a water bag, which is the placental sac. 114 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:32,560 So I've just ruptured that now, 115 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,480 so that I can then work underneath the sac, 116 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:36,840 to get the head rope on. 117 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:38,360 If it's getting rid of its water bag, 118 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:39,960 it'll be making a bit more room. It is. 119 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,920 I've got the head rope on now. 120 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:46,280 I think it's going to straighten up once we start and pull. Pull, right. 121 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:49,720 Get a bit more lube in there. 122 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:50,960 That's that. 123 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,400 Where's that other leg now? 124 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,080 It's there. That's it. 125 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,280 I'm going to ease that next leg through now a bit, 126 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,120 which is that one. 127 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:05,120 Right. 128 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,040 I'm just gonna put a little bit of tension on there now. 129 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,240 Let her do a bit of pushing as well. Yes, that's right. 130 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:12,800 It's a reasonable size. 131 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:14,160 Let's just hope it's alive. 132 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,640 In Huddersfield, Jo has arrived at the hospital 133 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,440 from a local college's animal care centre, 134 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,600 with one of their big characters. 135 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,360 Bugs is a giant continental rabbit, 136 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:35,440 so he's larger than the average rabbit, 137 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:38,000 and he's big and fluffy. 138 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,400 One of the students last week was giving him a health check 139 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:43,200 and noticed that he's got a big mass in between his shoulder blades, 140 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:44,960 which I'm a bit concerned about. 141 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,400 I'm just wanting Matt to have a look to let me know 142 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:50,040 if it's, I don't know, a cyst or a tumour. 143 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,080 He lives with another rabbit called Fergie. 144 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,840 We've got a little tiny rabbit and huge rabbit, and they're bonded. 145 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,560 It'd be really sad if we lost him, cos she'd be friendless. 146 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,720 You all right, Jo? How's things? Hey, Matt. 147 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,160 Erm... Not too good. I'm a bit concerned about Bugs. 148 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,040 Yeah. He's got a lump that I'd like you to have a look at. 149 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:09,160 Right, then, let's have a look at him. 150 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:10,320 Come on, Bugs. 151 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,520 HE GRUNTS 152 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:13,560 Yeah. 153 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:16,880 There we go. There you go. 154 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:20,480 Blooming hell. One big rabbit, one big, hairy rabbit. 155 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:22,520 That is one big bun-bun. 156 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,520 Right, then, let's have a feel. 157 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,520 Oh, yeah, I can feel that. 158 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,280 Sometimes, you get nice fatty lumps that are quite soft, can't you? 159 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:35,560 But I see what you mean, that's really quite solid 160 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,160 and quite nodular on Bugs there, isn't it? 161 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,440 Eh, Bugs? Eh? What do you think it might be? 162 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:43,760 Feeling it, potentially a tumour of the muscle tissue. 163 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,600 I think, in all honesty, Jo, given how quickly that's come up 164 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,960 and how quickly it's growing, we best have it off. 165 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,360 What's causing it, gosh know, 166 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:52,800 but I think we'll get the lump off to the lab as well, 167 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,240 and then we know exactly what we're dealing with. Yeah. 168 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,520 Just check you for any other lumps, chief. Oh, Bugs. 169 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,120 I know. Let's have a feel. Look at him! 170 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,800 He's like, "No! No!" "What you doing?" 171 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:05,200 He knows you, that's why. 172 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:10,000 First things first, the 64 million kilo question. 173 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,080 Right, let's see how much he weighs. 174 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:13,600 What do you reckon? 175 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:16,560 I reckon... I reckon seven and a half. 176 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,720 You're going seven and a half. I'll go six and a half. 177 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,760 You reckon? Right, then, Bugs, let's see how much you weigh. 178 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:22,880 All right. 179 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,080 Good lad. That's it. You just stay there. 180 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:28,560 Certainly not your average rabbit. 181 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,240 This is a rabbit that's been pumping iron 182 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:31,640 at the gym for a long time. 183 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,280 6.1 kilos, Jo. 184 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,760 I was hoping it wasn't gonna be something as serious, 185 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,160 but I had a feeling it might be something not so good. 186 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:42,760 But hopefully, he can remove it and that'll be the end of it, 187 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,280 and he'll be all right again and go back to his friend, Fergie. 188 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:49,560 So, the plan is to clip a nice big patch 189 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,240 on the back of Bugs' back, 190 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,640 and get rid of this mass and all its attachments. 191 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:57,320 However, it does have some roots into the muscle, 192 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,240 which I'm going to have to make sure I take out, 193 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,160 because sometimes, if you don't take a tumour out in its entirety 194 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:03,840 and you leave some of the roots there, 195 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:05,560 it can just start to spread and grow again. 196 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,880 Now we've clipped the fur, 197 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,320 it's so obvious where that mass is. 198 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,240 I just don't like the feel of it at all. 199 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:23,760 LAUGHTER 200 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,040 Man down! 201 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,800 Peter's down, but will the calf give him a lift? 202 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:29,320 Bit of fluid on her. 203 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,800 HARD SLAPPING 204 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:33,720 And can Julian... 205 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:35,280 Lancelot... Is that Lancelot there? 206 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:37,160 ..be a white knight for a coughing sheep? 207 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,800 LOUD COUGHING 208 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,920 There is quite an area of consolidation in his lungs. 209 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,520 NARRATOR: Near Kirkbymoorside, 210 00:09:57,560 --> 00:10:00,120 Peter's trying to save an unborn calf 211 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,480 who's stuck in an unusual, upside-down position... 212 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:07,240 I think I've got that head pretty much squared up now. 213 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:11,200 ..with Stephen also worried about his favourite cow, Daisy. 214 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:13,080 We're making a bit of headway now, Steve. Yes. 215 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,240 Yep, that's lined up now. That's there. Yeah. 216 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,400 Right. Now we'll have a bit of tension on these legs. 217 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,040 Right. 218 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:20,200 Ah, that's it. 219 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,280 We're making way. Yeah. 220 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,080 THEY GRUNT 221 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:25,520 Right, Steve. 222 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:29,680 Come on, lass. It's coming. 223 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:30,720 Keep coming. 224 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,000 We'll just pull on his legs. Yeah. 225 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:40,880 It's coming, Steve. Yeah, it's coming. 226 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:42,800 COW MOOS 227 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:45,440 Come on, lass, push. 228 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:46,920 That's it. 229 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:53,440 LAUGHTER 230 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,840 Man down! 231 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,960 He's bigger than I thought, Peter. He's a decent calf, Steve. 232 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:02,400 Yep, that's grand. 233 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:04,880 Oh, it's lovely, a lovely sight. 234 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,080 STEPHEN GRUNTS 235 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:09,760 A bit of fluid on. 236 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,400 HARD SLAPPING 237 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,640 We're maybe not so bad at that. No. 238 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:19,320 Maybe not so bad. Shall we take him round to see her? 239 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:23,920 There we are, lass. 240 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,240 I don't think you need me, do you? 241 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,360 You know what to do, don't you, eh? 242 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,840 You know what to do. She's a beauty, isn't she? 243 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,520 Just... I'm going to have a quick feel in, 244 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:35,920 to make sure she's OK. 245 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:40,000 Oh, beautiful. 246 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,000 Very satisfying, when they go like that, aren't they? It is, yeah. 247 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,320 I'll tell you what, she's soon got her head up, 248 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,440 hasn't she, that calf? Hasn't it, calf. Yes! 249 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:52,200 Do you know, I can just stand and look at him, you know. Yeah. 250 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,600 It gives you so much pleasure, doesn't it? It does, yes. 251 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,960 When you've happy outcome after the last outcome we had. Yes. 252 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,000 Beaut. Absolute beaut. 253 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:03,080 CHUCKLES 254 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:05,960 It'll be her 10th or 11th calf. 255 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,920 Is it really? Yeah, yeah, yeah. 256 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,040 Well, you can see she knows what to do. Oh, yeah. 257 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:13,080 I don't think that cow needs anything, 258 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:14,480 any medication. No. Right. 259 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,360 I don't think she does, Steve. I'll keep an eye on her. Right. 260 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:18,480 Very good! 261 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:23,760 When you visit a farm 262 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,120 and you've got to attend to help with a calving, 263 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,880 you're never quite sure what you're going to find, 264 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:30,880 what problems you're going to encounter. 265 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,240 The problem here was the calf's head was twisted 266 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:38,600 through nearly 180 degrees, and as a consequence of that, 267 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,400 without intervention, the calf would've died. 268 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:43,080 When you leave the farm, 269 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,800 you've got the cow standing there, licking the calf, 270 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:47,600 it doesn't really get much better than this. 271 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:00,880 In West Yorkshire, Julian's on his way 272 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,320 to see regular client Grace, 273 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,920 who's utterly devoted to her flock of sheep. 274 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:08,800 Hello. Hello. 275 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,080 And as he knows from experience... 276 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,080 Become aware of your shoulders. 277 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,240 ..she loves to share their special qualities. 278 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:24,680 We're going to become more aware of our senses. 279 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,720 The main area of my life is all about helping people 280 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:33,680 who are not in a good place to find inner peace and harmony. 281 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,720 Sheep are really therapeutic. They're very sensitive. 282 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,200 How does that feel? Woolly. 283 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,360 Now she's spreading the word even further. 284 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:49,240 Suddenly, my life has changed, and now I'm doing some writing. 285 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,600 I've always wanted to write books, and I just thought, you know, 286 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,200 maybe a few people might buy it. 287 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:56,920 I was not expecting thousands of people to buy it. 288 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:00,840 I'm hoping to write another book, for children this time, 289 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,720 because sheep are magical creatures, 290 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,640 and not many people know that. 291 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:08,840 But while things are looking good on paper, 292 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:10,880 there are problems in the pen. 293 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,400 And she needs Julian's help once more. 294 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,160 The patient today is Lancelot. 295 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,120 He's over there, hiding. 296 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,800 And he's got this really strange intermittent cough 297 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:25,960 that he's had ever since I got him, actually. 298 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Sometimes, when he's running, he'll cough. 299 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,840 Or often, when he's eating hay, he'll cough. 300 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,280 It's one of the things I wake up about 301 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:34,640 in the middle of the night... 302 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:36,960 CHUCKLES 303 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,480 Hello. Morning, Grace. 304 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:39,560 Hiya. You all right? 305 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:41,320 It's a bit boggy. I know. 306 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,360 So, Lancelot... Is that Lancelot there? 307 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,360 With the big woolly cheeks. 308 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:46,680 And a bad cough, you say? 309 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,520 Yes. Poor Lancelot. 310 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:51,480 When he starts coughing, how long does it last? 311 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:54,320 Is it in a big burst? Yeah. It can go on for ages. 312 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,960 'Hello, hello, hello. Oh, Lancelot.' COUGHING. 313 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,440 Gosh. 'Oh, dear.' 314 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:04,840 That was mild, actually. He can do it a lot worse than that. 315 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,280 I'll need to take his temperature and listen to his chest 316 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,120 and listen to his windpipe. So you've got to stand still. 317 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,240 It's not a very common problem, really. 318 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:16,600 It's not something that we see very often. 319 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:20,040 Temperature is 39 and a half, 320 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:24,120 which is up for a sheep. Oh, poor Lancelot. 321 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:26,520 If we can just slightly swap positions, 322 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:28,160 and then I'm gonna listen to his heart. 323 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:32,360 So, things like a heart murmur, you know, can cause a cough. 324 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,000 You've got to keep still, Lancey. So, it'll be unusual in a sheep, 325 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,480 but we need to check his heart's working properly. 326 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,080 Just keep still, Lancelot, just keep still. 327 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:42,720 So, his heart sounds OK, which is good, 328 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:46,200 but there is quite an area of consolidation in his lungs. 329 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:47,240 SHEEP COUGHS 330 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,840 So, the normal lung tissue should be like a sponge, 331 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:53,000 full of air and squidgy. But if it's consolidated, 332 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:57,520 it means that tissue is more solid and it's not stretchy, 333 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,560 so air doesn't go in, 334 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,520 and oxygen doesn't go where it's supposed to. 335 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:07,040 The airways become inflamed because they can't expand properly. 336 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:11,000 If it's only a small area of lung that's damaged, that's fine. 337 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:15,600 But if it's a bigger area, then it will become more compromising. 338 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,560 Yeah, it's on this side as well. 339 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:29,400 HORSE GRUNTS 340 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,240 Over in Huddersfield, Matt's in theatre 341 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:36,440 with Bugs, the local college's continental giant rabbit. 342 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:37,600 All right, let's see. 343 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,240 He's removing big Bugs' large lump. 344 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:42,800 And for Nurse Megan, it's big pressure. 345 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,880 Rabbits are always a bit more high-risk anaesthetic. 346 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:49,080 I'm gonna have to keep a close eye on it throughout the surgery 347 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,440 and make sure all its parameters stay stable. 348 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,280 So, here is the lump. 349 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:56,920 Oh, it looks like it's pus-filled. 350 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:58,640 I'm gonna have to be careful with this. 351 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:02,760 Hopefully, we can get this lump off this chap. 352 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,320 But it looks like it's sitting within the muscle itself. 353 00:17:05,360 --> 00:17:07,960 So, I'm going to have to take some healthy muscle tissue around it 354 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,000 to make sure I've got all the tumour cells. 355 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:13,200 Nasty. It's a very peculiar lump, is this. 356 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:16,880 I'm just trying to work out how deep it goes. 357 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,200 But these roots just seem to extend further 358 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:20,880 than I'd be hoping right now. 359 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:23,680 Hmm. 360 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:25,840 Complicates things a little bit. 361 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,320 How are we doing? Absolutely fine. 362 00:17:28,360 --> 00:17:29,360 Good. 363 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,240 So, you can see here, all the blood vessels. 364 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:32,760 That's one thing tumours are good at, 365 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:34,720 they're very good at recruiting blood vessels, 366 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,040 cos the blood vessels provide all the food and nutrition 367 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,960 that the tumour needs to grow and thrive. 368 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,600 That is a big blood vessel. That there has got no other purpose 369 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,440 than to feed the growth of this lump. 370 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,160 If I just cut through that, there'll be blood everywhere. 371 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,040 Coming away quite nicely now. 372 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,200 There we go. 373 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,320 Lovely. So, I'm really pleased with that. 374 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:03,400 I've got the entirety of the lump out, 375 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,840 as well as the roots that were here and here. 376 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,800 Right, excellent. Let's get that lump off to the lab. 377 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:11,920 Have you ever had pet rabbits, Megan? 378 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:15,280 Yeah, I had one called Flopsy. 379 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,480 He were litter-tray trained. 380 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:20,240 He'd literally take himself downstairs when he was upstairs 381 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,400 to go to the litter tray, he was so good. 382 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:24,800 I had... My first one was called Perkins. 383 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:26,840 I wanted to try and breed them at one point in time. 384 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,120 I had one called Lenny, and then Madison and Maxine. 385 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,400 But then Maxine kept eating her babies, 386 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,160 so that wasn't really successful. Oh, no. 387 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,640 I've had rabbits, I rescued a pigeon, I've had rats. 388 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:41,240 I really like rats, but my mum's absolutely petrified of them. 389 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,160 Rats are some of the best pets ever. They're meant to be amazing pets. 390 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:45,360 Oh, so good. So clever! 391 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:46,960 Used to give it a bit of Sunday dinner. 392 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,200 Aw! Sit there, a bit of beef, bit of meat and two veg. 393 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:51,320 SHE CHUCKLES 394 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:52,760 All done. 395 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,560 Wouldn't have known anything were there. Lovely. 396 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,440 Once we've come round, we can go back to the college 397 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,800 and we can go back to our bunny pals, 398 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:02,760 and we just gotta wait on those results now. 399 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,280 Sitting up already. Smashed it, Megan. 400 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:07,640 Good lad. 401 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:09,000 That tumour did look quite nasty, 402 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:12,400 and I was concerned its roots were spreading quite far. 403 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,440 Ah, there you go. I've managed to get the whole thing out, 404 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:16,880 but we're not out of the woods yet. 405 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:18,400 Until we get this lump off to the lab, 406 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,440 we won't know what we're dealing with. 407 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,440 'Ey up, chief, you all right? 408 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,640 Matt has news on big Bugs. 409 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,520 Because the lump had come up so quick, 410 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,280 sometimes that can be the sign of nasty cancerous tumours, 411 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,040 and got the results back... 412 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:38,240 Can David help a poorly Oriental kitten? 413 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:40,480 He's always been the smallest in the litter. 414 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:42,720 Yesterday, he looked even worse. 415 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:44,440 A bit small there, isn't he? 416 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:48,400 And the Greens head east, as Steve gets a seaside surprise. 417 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:51,600 I want to bring him back to somewhere special, 418 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,200 is the farm he grew up on. 419 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,200 And I believe it's 80 years since he was last here. 420 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,600 No, it couldn't be. 421 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,600 NARRATOR: In Huddersfield, Matt's at the local college 422 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:16,720 after operating on their continental giant rabbit Bugs, 423 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:18,480 to remove his worrying lump. 424 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:22,320 Bugs had a lump underneath his skin 425 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:23,960 that I was really quite concerned 426 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,960 could be something nasty and cancerous. 427 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,600 So, I've come back today to check on him, 428 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,560 make sure everything's healed up, and deliver the test results to Jo. 429 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:32,480 You all right, Jo? Hiya, Matt, you all right? 430 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,120 How is it going? Not bad. You? Yeah, not bad. 431 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:36,800 Got the results back, and it's good news. 432 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:38,720 It's nothing cancerous or anything like that, 433 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,440 it's just a piece of reactive tissue 434 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:43,880 that was sat solidly in between his shoulder blades. 435 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:45,280 So, how's he doing? 436 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:46,320 He's doing really well. 437 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:48,800 He seems quite well in himself, and his hair's growing back, 438 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:51,320 and he's pleased to be back with his little friend, anyway. 439 00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:53,720 Oh, fantastic. How long did it take him to come round, then? 440 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:55,240 Oh, it took a while. Yeah, yeah. 441 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,080 He was a bit unsteady all night. 442 00:20:57,120 --> 00:20:59,280 I kept an eye on him. Yeah. Kept falling over. 443 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,640 But he did come around, and by the morning, he were fine. 444 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,560 Excellent. Right, let's have a look at him. 445 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,760 Come here, lad. I've got you. 446 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,520 All right. There you go. 447 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,720 'Ey up, chief. You all right? 448 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,920 Because the lump had come up so quick, 449 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,360 sometimes, that can be the sign of nasty cancerous tumours, 450 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:18,960 and I wasn't willing to take the risk 451 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,040 to just see how it went. 452 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,160 All good, at least it's not cancerous. 453 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,760 Yes, nothing cancerous there. Nothing we need to worry about. 454 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,240 He will live to see another day. He will, indeed. 455 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,200 Tell you what, you can't feel the lump there at all. 456 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,120 It's totally gone. No remnants of it at all. 457 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,600 Which is great news, isn't it, Bugs? Good lad. 458 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,480 Right then, Jo, I shall leave you to it 459 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,640 and get Bugs back to his pals, eh? 460 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,880 Thank you very much. No worries, see you later. 461 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,040 See you later, Matt. Bye! See you later, Bugs. 462 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,880 After having an operation and going through all that trauma, 463 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:48,800 for it to turn out well is really pleasing, 464 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:52,000 and the students will be happy, and I'm sure the staff will be as well. 465 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:53,760 And his little friend will be even happier 466 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:55,240 that she's not losing her partner. 467 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:58,520 There you go. 468 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:01,480 I am so pleased that Bugs has recovered well, 469 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,520 and he can crack on as normal. 470 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,720 Fur's grown back, so he's not even gonna be too chilly 471 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:07,520 when it gets cold this winter. 472 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:19,640 At the practice in Wetherby, the nurses need their safe space. 473 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:22,720 Only the nurses go in this drawer, cos look, 474 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:24,760 all the nurses' stethoscopes, you don't see... 475 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,320 All the scrub hats. There's no vet stuff in here either. 476 00:22:27,360 --> 00:22:30,640 They even have a secret stash. 477 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,600 Sometimes, when we hit a wall at, like, two o'clock, 478 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:37,840 do you know what I mean, we have to have a little Yorkshire mix. 479 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:39,800 But as you can tell, all the worst ones are left. 480 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,200 Only Yorkshire people can have it, that's why... 481 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,720 I'm the only one in here that can have it. 482 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:46,560 And although she works in the west... 483 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,440 Good afternoon, Sandbeck Veterinary Centre, 484 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:49,480 Beverly speaking. 485 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:51,520 ..Lucy recently moved north. 486 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:53,520 Proper Yorkshire, only West Yorkshire. 487 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,040 I'm now in North Yorkshire, that's why I'm so much posher. 488 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,520 Oh, you sound so posh, Lucy (!) Do I not sound posher? 489 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,880 No! I know I sound posher, 490 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:03,680 cos I went home, and my dad was like, "Oooh." 491 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:04,960 DOG BARKS 492 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,240 But Lucy's posh tones might have been a little too loud 493 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,760 to keep their sweet secret. 494 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:13,160 Erm... 495 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,040 Them pesky receptionists running in and stealing them all. 496 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,720 We're gonna have to change drawers. Where shall we put it? 497 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:20,880 I don't know. Let's hide it somewhere else. 498 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,760 Where would they not go? 499 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,360 We could just move it down. Somewhere high, no-one's that tall. 500 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:27,600 No, cos then I can't reach it! 501 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,400 Safely out of the way, to avoid sweet-stealing accusations... 502 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:37,880 Do you want a listen? 503 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,520 ..Julian's examining Grace's therapy sheep, Lancelot, 504 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,960 who has a cough. And he's concerned about his lungs. 505 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,400 It's actually a bit worse on this side than the other side. 506 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,880 So, a normal lung should sound... There should really be no noise. 507 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:52,560 And you can hear there, there's like a... 508 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:53,960 Yeah. 509 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,400 Like Darth Vader. 510 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:00,360 Often, it's something that you see early in life, 511 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,080 you know, as a young lamb. 512 00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:04,560 So, if the lungs are abnormal, 513 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,880 then that does predispose to infections, 514 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,840 and so they can fill up with pus or goo or mucus. 515 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,120 And that can spread. 516 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:16,880 But generally, if it's simply consolidated lung tissue, 517 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,440 it won't spread, and it won't get any worse, 518 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:23,040 and it won't get any better. But if there's some infection there, 519 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:25,760 then we can tackle that quite easily with antibiotics. 520 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:30,240 OK. There's a very good antibiotic for exactly this kind of thing, 521 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,680 that a single dose will be sufficient. Phew. 522 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,160 It's simple enough to do, 523 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,360 but are you all right just to keep him a bit still? 524 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:41,400 I'm gonna go around there, 525 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,440 so it's away from you and away from me. 526 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,720 Good boy, Lancelot, good boy. That's you done. 527 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,320 There we are. Normally, a single dose is sufficient. 528 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:52,640 And that'll take away any infection that's there. 529 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:54,200 It concentrates in the lung tissue, 530 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,320 and it persists in the lung tissue for quite a while, 531 00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:58,440 so it's perfect for this kind of thing. Great. 532 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:02,360 And I think from here, just see how he gets on. 533 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,880 Keep him fairly steady. Try not to let him do too much running around. 534 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:09,480 He's my pet. I am gutted. I know, I know. 535 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,640 Very good. Well, thank you for calling me out, 536 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:13,680 and keep in touch, let me know how he gets on. 537 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,640 Well, thank you for coming. All right. No problem. Bye. 538 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:22,800 I feel really sad. I mean, it sounds not so terrible, I know, 539 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,440 but I love them all. 540 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,480 And so, just to think of him with some nasty stodgy lungs going on, 541 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:31,200 that's really sad. 542 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,680 Well, this is quite a big problem for Lancelot. 543 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,280 When he does start coughing, it seems to be very dramatic. 544 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,480 And he coughs, and he can't stop, 545 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,480 his head goes down and almost bangs on the ground 546 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,280 with the vigour of the coughing. 547 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:49,920 I'm hoping that there is some pockets of infection 548 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,000 that will be improved by the... by the antibiotics. 549 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:57,000 For the time being, he needs to put his feet up and take it easy. 550 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:58,320 That's his best chance. 551 00:25:58,360 --> 00:26:01,160 And then once the drugs do their thing, he should recover 552 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,720 and improve, to at least be able to keep up with his mates. 553 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,240 COUGHING 554 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,880 As he approaches his 95th birthday, 555 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,880 Steve Green is one of the country's oldest working farmers. 556 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,160 There we are. 557 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:24,440 Helped, of course... 558 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:25,840 Just keep still. 559 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,440 ..by his beloved wife, Jean. 560 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:28,640 I'll teach you. 561 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,600 Steve has lived in Thirsk for eight decades. 562 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,720 But before he moved to Herriot country... 563 00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:40,200 ..his family farm was 50 miles away in Whitby, 564 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,200 on Yorkshire's stunning coastline. 565 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,960 This is where I come from. 566 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,200 Where Steve used to live. 567 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,000 That's that bridge! 568 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:53,040 Ah, that's it. 569 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,480 That's where I climbed up. 570 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:56,680 SHE CHUCKLES 571 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,880 So, today, Peter's organised a birthday surprise - 572 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:02,080 a trip back to where it all began. 573 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,280 I want to bring him back to somewhere special, 574 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,960 which is the farm where he grew up on. 575 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,480 And I believe it's 80 years since he was last here. 576 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,520 So it's a very special day for me, 577 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:19,200 and it's also a very special day for Mr Green. 578 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:24,760 Do you recognise where you are? 579 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:26,440 Is this your farm? 580 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,120 No, it couldn't be. 581 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:33,560 Aye, it is. The caravans. 582 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,720 Aye, it is. Aye, that's it. 583 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:36,840 There you are, boss. 584 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,600 Oh, it... it's all fixed up now, you see. 585 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,480 Now, Steve, how are you? 586 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,400 All right? Hold on. Just go steady. 587 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,240 Oh, I'm pleased to see you. This is where I was born, here. 588 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,400 I thought it'd be a nice treat for you to come back. 589 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:55,560 Aye, it is! 590 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:57,320 There's a Fergie tractor. 591 00:27:57,360 --> 00:27:59,960 Aye, this is it. 592 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:05,320 That was the barn, but it was a lot higher, like. 593 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:08,000 These days, the farm's owner is Willy. 594 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:16,320 Willy! This is Steve. 595 00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:18,880 Hello, Steven. Pleased to meet you. Aye, pleased to meet you. 596 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:20,720 And Jeannie. Jeannie. 597 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,800 So, you lived here all your life, Willy? All my life, yes. 598 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,400 Your granddad, I believe, bought this from the Greens. 599 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,440 Eighty-odd years ago. JEAN: Eighty year on Thursday. 600 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,440 This coming Thursday? Yep. 601 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:36,000 Ah, yeah. He was 15, and he's 95. 602 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,280 Yeah, aye. That's a few years ago. 603 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,280 LAUGHTER 604 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,560 Dairy used to be just there. 605 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:43,880 Aye. 606 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:45,680 Let's go and have a look in, shall we, Steve? 607 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:49,040 Come and have a look, Steve, and I can show you. Aye. 608 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,560 At the animal hospital in Huddersfield, 609 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,480 they see lots of cats and dogs. DOG BARKING 610 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:09,000 But today, David's expecting some less familiar felines. 611 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,000 Got Sharon coming in, bringing in a nice litter of kittens 612 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:13,520 for their second vaccine. 613 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:14,880 They're a bit of an unusual breed, 614 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,080 so I'm looking forward to seeing what they look like. 615 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:23,400 I've been breeding Siamese cats and Oriental cats for about 15 years. 616 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,720 It's a passion, to an obsession. 617 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:29,800 They're wonderful creatures. They're very dog-like, very loyal. 618 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:31,760 Yeah, very similar to a lap dog. 619 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,960 They'll fetch and carry, they'll work for you as well. 620 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,680 But Sharon and Chris are worried 621 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,040 about the smallest kitten in the litter. 622 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,240 A couple of days ago, he didn't look too great. 623 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:47,160 And last night, he had really bad diarrhoea, 624 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:48,600 and he's not very well. 625 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,160 Hi. Have you got the kittens? Hiya. 626 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,440 Do you want to come through? Want me to give you a hand? 627 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,160 DOG WHINES 628 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,520 Hey, guys. They're pretty chilled out in there, aren't they? 629 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:04,200 Yeah, they're lovely babies. Yeah. 630 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,080 Are there any really naughty ones or are they all...? 631 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,320 They're all naughty. Are they all naughty? 632 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,320 THEY CHUCKLE 633 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:12,400 Okey-doke. 634 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:14,120 MEWLING 635 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:15,640 That's a good boy. 636 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:17,560 Hmm? Yeah. 637 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:19,480 So, the first one's had his vaccine, 638 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:21,080 and now he's gonna have his microchip. 639 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,040 It's a little bit of a bigger needle, this one. 640 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:24,400 I know, dude. That's a good boy. 641 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,520 Oh, look at that. Perfect example, aren't you, eh? 642 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,760 Just double check it's working. 643 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:30,800 There we are. Smashing. 644 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:32,640 Fabulous. One down. One down. 645 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,000 You look a bit more timid, don't you, hey? 646 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,640 You're still really good, aren't you? 647 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:39,440 MEWLING 648 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:40,960 Another good boy. 649 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,280 Very good boy. Next. 650 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:46,280 Not a peep. Tough lad, aren't you? 651 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:49,960 She is a bit timid, this one. 652 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:51,480 You're not going anywhere, are you? 653 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,160 You never know. It's always the quiet ones, innit? 654 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,680 They're all being so good. Yeah, so far, so good. 655 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,920 That normally means the last one's gonna be a tricky one. 656 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,560 Once the jabs and chips are all done... 657 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:06,840 Good girl. There we go. 658 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,600 Let's just double check it's working, that one. 659 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:11,440 BEEP 660 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:16,160 ..David can turn his attention to the smallest, poorly kitten. 661 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,960 A couple of days ago, he didn't look too great. 662 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,160 He's always been the smallest in the litter, 663 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:23,560 but I looked and thought, "You don't look so great." 664 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,480 It's bad. Yeah. 665 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:27,320 Watery, isn't it? Mm-hm. 666 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,600 Hey, dude. Yesterday, he looked even worse. 667 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:36,040 He had a runny bum. And today, he's still got a runny bum, 668 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:37,880 but it looks like he's straining to go. 669 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:39,680 MEWLING 670 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:41,440 A bit small there, isn't he? 671 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:43,840 At this stage, you do worry, because when you're breeding, 672 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:45,520 you see these things happen, don't you? 673 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,080 And sometimes, they come through, sometimes, they don't. 674 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,640 MEWLING 675 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,640 Good boy, Lancelot. Clever boy. 676 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,480 To see if Lancelot's tale has a happy ending, 677 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:03,760 Julian hits the books. 678 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:08,600 So, who am I signing it for? Please could you sign it to Julian? 679 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,840 And Steve goes back to the very start of his farming story. 680 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:16,320 Which cow was in here, Steven? Called Elsie. 681 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,760 How many times did you lose milking bucket over? 682 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,840 Oh, a few times. 683 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:34,840 NARRATOR: In West Yorkshire... 684 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,080 Hello. 685 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,600 Hello, my special little baby. 686 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:43,080 Julian recently treated Grace's sheep Lancelot 687 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:46,560 for lung problems that were causing a nasty cough. 688 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:51,160 It was awful when Julian described exactly what was going on. 689 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:54,040 I felt... Well, I was heartbroken, 690 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:57,600 because I just... I really love these sheep. 691 00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,680 They are literally like my children. 692 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,560 I wasn't expecting any change at all, 693 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,760 but amazingly, actually, 694 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:08,280 his cough has reduced by, I would say 50%. 695 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,400 And the most amazing thing was there was one night 696 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:13,920 when they were all just having fun - 697 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,640 so, Beryl was running, and all the others were chasing him - 698 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,240 and Lancelot managed to keep up and not cough. 699 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:22,680 And that was just lovely, that he could play as well. 700 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:24,840 So, with one happy ending written... 701 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:27,520 Good boy, Lancelot. Clever boy. 702 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,920 ..Grace is ready to share her sheep love... 703 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:34,480 So, are we all ready for a story? 704 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:36,240 CHILDREN: Yeah! 705 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:39,720 ..with a bookshop reading of her new children's story. 706 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,520 "It was a bitterly cold night 707 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:47,440 "when Shakta the ewe felt a twinge in her tummy. 708 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,800 "I think my baby's coming, she said to herself. 709 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,360 "Time to get myself under some shelter. 710 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,520 "We must keep warm, she said, 711 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,800 "and gathered the three lambs as close to her as possible." 712 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:01,440 OK, so, everybody, thank you for letting me read to you, 713 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,520 and I hope you enjoyed the story. 714 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:06,280 Thank you! 715 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:07,880 Aw, you're very welcome. 716 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:16,840 Am I signing this for you? And your name is? 717 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:20,320 Catalina. Catalina. What a beautiful name. 718 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:21,840 And who's next? 719 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,160 Goodness! Please can you sign my book? 720 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:27,240 Who's this in the queue? So, who am I signing it for? 721 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,360 Please can you sign it to Julian? 722 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,160 Julian. And is that the normal spelling? 723 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,720 Just the normal spelling, yeah. 724 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,400 How's it going? Has it been a good day? 725 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,320 Yeah, but I mean, it's not easy, is it, 726 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,240 getting kids to sit for a while? 727 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:40,880 So, the next book, is that on the cards? 728 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:42,200 Is it underway? It is. 729 00:34:42,240 --> 00:34:45,240 That's gonna be about Galahad and Lancelot. 730 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,600 Very nice. So, how is Lancelot, is he on the mend? 731 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:50,480 He is. He's actually a lot better since that injection, 732 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,400 which is phenomenal, and he looked really proud of himself. 733 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:54,960 Good stuff. He's finding... 734 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,200 finding his place at the round table. 735 00:34:57,240 --> 00:35:00,240 Yes. 736 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:12,440 Over in Huddersfield, 737 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:15,600 David's hoping there's no unpleasant plot twist. 738 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:17,520 Do you want me to hold him? Yeah, just at one end. 739 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:18,680 I'll take the smelly end. 740 00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:21,760 After vaccinating the rest of the litter, 741 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:24,680 he's examining the smallest Oriental kitten... 742 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:26,280 Let's check his temperature. 743 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,600 ..who Sharon and Chris fear is very poorly. 744 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,640 Gonna be sore, I think, but we need to check it. Yeah. 745 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,080 The smaller they are, sometimes the harder it is to hold them. 746 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:40,520 MEWLING 747 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:42,360 High temperature. 748 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,440 You say he's got a temperature? Yeah. 749 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,760 Let's put him on a course of antibiotics. 750 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,880 Just with the smell as well, it smells like a bit of an infection 751 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,880 in there as well. I know, obviously, he's always been the smallest one, 752 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:54,960 but it's more likely the smallest one in the litter 753 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,840 that does pick up something always, as I'm sure you'll know. 754 00:35:57,880 --> 00:35:59,680 OK, I'll get him that injection out. 755 00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:01,920 And then, of course, to go on with the palatable drops. 756 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:03,920 All right, I'll keep him a second. 757 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:11,000 He's going home, back to his heated bed, 758 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,560 make him cosy, try and get him comfortable, 759 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:14,960 but he's sore. 760 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:19,000 we've called him Mike. 761 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,040 You're just a little diddler. 762 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:25,560 Poorly boy. 763 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,800 Poorly little one. He's got quite a bit of diarrhoea, 764 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:29,600 so we're gonna start him on some treatment, 765 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,520 and hopefully, he picks up quickly with that. 766 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:34,160 MEWLING 767 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:37,600 They're good babies, they're my pride and joy. 768 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:39,680 It's just a shame we've got one poorly one, 769 00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:41,880 but the others are doing really well. 770 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:46,240 Thanks for bringing them to see me. Thank you very much. 771 00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:51,240 So, it's gone really well with the vaccinations. 772 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:52,920 Just need to keep an eye on the last one 773 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:54,720 that has diarrhoea at the moment. 774 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:58,200 If he doesn't improve quickly, 775 00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:00,560 then we might have to have him in, give him some fluids 776 00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:02,320 and some more intensive treatment. 777 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,520 A month later... 778 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:13,320 Hello, sweetie. 779 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,240 KISSES TEETH 780 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,840 ..two of Sharon's kittens are still waiting for new homes, 781 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:21,120 including Mike. 782 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,400 Within a few days, he picked up fabulous. 783 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,080 And this is him now. 784 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:28,760 He's looking amazing. 785 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,120 Aren't you? Yeah! 786 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,320 He's made a fantastic recovery, 787 00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:35,880 eating me out of house and home all over again. 788 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:37,120 So, I'm really happy. 789 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,040 So, he's ready to go to his new home now. 790 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,320 And it'd be lovely to see these two go together. 791 00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:42,960 They make a great pair. 792 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:44,440 DOORBELL RINGS 793 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:48,480 Hi, Christine. Hi, Sharon. 794 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:50,000 Hello. Come on in. How are you? 795 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:51,680 I'm good, thank you. How are you? Lovely. 796 00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,360 Are you coming? 797 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:58,760 Come see your new mum. Come on. 798 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:00,560 BECKONING CALLS 799 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,240 He's gorgeous. He's a little bruiser. Erm... 800 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:07,600 At first, he seems quite small and frail and everything, 801 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:08,840 but when you watch them, 802 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:12,440 and you see them interacting together, he's fantastic. 803 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:15,000 He's playful, he's friendly, he's lovely. 804 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:18,000 I'm really looking forward to being his mum. 805 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:19,680 In you go. There you are. 806 00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:21,800 That's a good boy. With your bro. 807 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,000 It's always sad to see them go, 808 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,120 but it's quite rewarding to see them go. 809 00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,200 It's nice to see them settled in their new homes. 810 00:38:28,240 --> 00:38:29,960 You keep in touch. I will. 811 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,000 Send me photos and let me know how they get on. 812 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:33,640 I'll send you some photos in a day or two. 813 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,600 Any problems, give me a shout. Thanks a lot. 814 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,320 All right. Thanks a lot, Christine. 815 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,240 See you. Bye. Bye. 816 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:41,280 I'm happy. I couldn't ask for any more. 817 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,800 Christine's a lovely person, she'll look after 'em fabulous. 818 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,680 Over on the North Yorkshire Coast, 819 00:38:57,720 --> 00:39:00,320 Peter's in Whitby with Steve and Jean Green, 820 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:05,080 after arranging a 95th birthday surprise for Steve. 821 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,320 You can see it's me lawn mower store at the moment! 822 00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:09,480 Aye. 823 00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:13,640 A first-ever trip back to the farm where he was born and raised. 824 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:19,400 Steve's family had a dairy business here in the 1920s and '30s. 825 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:21,360 How many cows would have been in here? 826 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,120 Oh, there'd be 13 in here. 827 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:24,480 Thirteen? Aye. 828 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:26,640 Of course, these will be original, are they, Willy? 829 00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:28,000 They are original. 830 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:30,040 Polly stood in there. Polly? 831 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,880 My mam used to milk her. Really? 832 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:35,560 So, you remember your mother milking a cow in that corner? 833 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:37,480 I do, yes. Gah, crikey. 834 00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:40,600 She was a kicker, and you had to be really gentle with her. 835 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,760 That must have been naughty girl corner, was it? Yeah! 836 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:47,120 Although there are no farm animals here now... 837 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:49,240 Did you say there were some other cows? 838 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:50,720 Yeah, there was... Aye, that's it! 839 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:52,920 That's where I started... Yeah. 840 00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,520 ..Willy has other uses for the buildings. 841 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,120 Now they're dog kennels, Steve. Aye. 842 00:39:58,160 --> 00:39:59,200 And that's Rocky. 843 00:39:59,240 --> 00:40:01,280 You've made a good job of it, haven't you? 844 00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,520 Which cow was in here, Steven? 845 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:04,960 Called Elsie. 846 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,040 Was she a good-un or a bad-un? Oh, quiet. 847 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:10,840 Oh. Really quiet. She had her own stride outside. 848 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:14,400 Aye, is that the one you milked? That's the one. Aye. 849 00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:17,880 How many times did you lose milking bucket over? 850 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:20,000 Oh, a few times. 851 00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,920 I didn't expect... No? 852 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,640 No, I'm a bit excited. 853 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:27,560 LAUGHTER 854 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:31,640 I'm enjoying it. 855 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:33,760 Brings back a lot of memories. 856 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,480 Threshing machine would stand there. 857 00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:39,200 You haven't forgotten, have you? LAUGHTER 858 00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:40,520 Aye. 859 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:43,760 Same kind of weather. 860 00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:45,080 Bit of fog. 861 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:46,640 I suppose you could see Whitby Abbey, 862 00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:48,960 couldn't you, from here? 863 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,720 Aye, you could. My uncle said, "You'll never settle there." 864 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:55,160 He didn't think you'd settle in Thirsk, didn't he, Steve? No, no. 865 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,960 "As soon as they lost the sight of Whitby Abbey, 866 00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,920 "they'll want to be back again." 867 00:40:59,960 --> 00:41:01,560 LAUGHTER 868 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,160 Despite his uncle's warnings, 869 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:08,200 Steve and his parents left Whitby's wonderful views behind 870 00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:11,240 towards the end of the Second World War. 871 00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:14,520 You obviously left in 1944 when the war was on. 872 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:17,080 Was that a factor in why your dad wanted to move? 873 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:18,560 It were the tanks and that. 874 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:21,400 JEAN: Army tanks. Oh, aye. Practising. 875 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:23,280 Tanks? Would they have come over your land? 876 00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:25,720 Oh, that's right, right across anywhere. 877 00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:28,320 They'd make a heck of a mess, wouldn't they? Oh, they did. 878 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,160 So if that was happening regularly, 879 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,200 I can see why your dad would get fed up. 880 00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:34,600 WILLY: Tell you what we found, Steven, in the loft - 881 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:38,920 the deeds from when my grandad bought it off your dad. 882 00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:42,320 JEAN: Steve, you bought it in October 1920. 883 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:46,520 And you would sell it to my granddad, 1944. 884 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,080 PETER: What do you think about putting an offer in for it, Steve, 885 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,320 and moving back? I think you'll have to put a fair bid in 886 00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:52,920 to get it back now, Steve. I would. 887 00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:55,480 LAUGHTER 888 00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:59,160 I've had a good day, looking back on my life. 889 00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:00,800 That's good, that, isn't it? 890 00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:02,320 It is, yeah. Aye! 891 00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:04,760 I've appreciated it. 892 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:08,080 I think about my mother and dad. 893 00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:14,480 Friends coming to play and mess around and that. 894 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:17,880 I remember, there used to be a hand... Aye. 895 00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:20,000 ..a big handle. Aye. Turnip peeler. 896 00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:22,960 Turnip cutter. Was that your job, cutting turnips, Steve? 897 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,520 Aye, aye, it was one of my jobs. 898 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:27,280 That would warm you up. It did. 899 00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:32,520 I think it's brought an awful lot of memories back for Steven. 900 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:35,800 So, this has been a fantastic day, for me as well, really, 901 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:41,280 to be able to bring him here and enjoy a trip down memory lane. 902 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:48,160 I never thought I'd stand up here again. 903 00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:49,440 I didn't.