In a special festive episode, Peter rushes to a friend who has a pet turkey that has been attacked by a dog, and Matt has to operate on a terrier to remove a large tumour. Meanwhile, Julian's team are a surprised by an unexpected visitor to the practice, a lost parrot that the team try to reunite with its owner.
Sheep shearing season is well under way, but while one young ewe was having her annual trim, there was a terrible accident - Julian Norton arrives to find she's been impaled on a trailer. Cameras also follow pygmy goat Jo, who got her horns stuck in a fence, and now needs help to get free.
Life in veterinary surgeries in Thirsk and Boroughbridge. Cannon Hall Farm's reindeer, Geoffrey and Prince, need check-ups to get them in good order for present-delivery season.
Julian Norton deals with a sick sheepdog and Peter Wright tries to reach a cow with pneumonia that needs constant care, but a raging blizzard means his route is blocked. Without medication the cow will die, so Peter must brave the extreme conditions to get through on foot. Meanwhile in Boroughbridge, farmer Ben has brought his prized sheepdog Meg in to see Julian after discovering a lump.
The series concludes with an episode focusing on births and new beginnings. While delivering a calf, Julian also helps a new graduate to begin her veterinary career. At the Boroughbridge surgery, nurse Sally waits to discover if a labrador impregnated by her own dog has successfully conceived, and hopes to be able to take one of the litter home when they are born. Peter Wright is more concerned with preventing pregnancies, and has four cats to castrate in one day before they can go to new homes.
Peter looks back on the highs and lows of his veterinary career. He returns to his childhood home for the first time in 50 years and visiting his former teachers from primary school to sixth form, who reveal the events that inspired his medical career. He also looks back on his experiences as a work experience student for Alf Wight, also known to the world as James Herriot.
Festive edition of the documentary inspired by the classic Christmas song, beginning as vets Julian Norton and Peter Wright encounter 12 huskies, followed by 11 braying donkeys and so on. The countdown of patients also includes feisty ferrets, running reindeer and ends, of course, with a poorly partridge - although whether it is in a pear tree remains to be seen.
Peter Wright takes donkey-loving farmers and long-time friends and clients Steve and Jean Green on a special trip. The Greens pay their first trip to London, where they take a boat on the Thames, enjoy a traditional East End meal of jellied eels and pay a visit to Abbey Road. They then move on to the Chelsea Flower Show, where Pete is to open a special donkey-themed garden, and visit an urban farm in the shadow of Canary Wharf. Finally, they move on to Sidmouth, home of the Donkey Sanctuary's international headquarters.
In this special edition, Julian Norton visits the young people putting everything they have into their number-one passion - farming. The programme celebrates the hard work and dedication of four young farmers, as they spend the summer making their mark on the Yorkshire countryside. Julian meets fourth-generation farmer Ben, who has spent his entire life working on his dad's highly successful farm, but now feels it is time to go it alone.
Special episode of the documentary series about a country veterinary practise. Jean and Steve Green celebrate their 40th anniversary in a ceremony on the farm.
Special episode of the documentary series about a country veterinary practise. Peter Wright and Julian Norton explore the legacy of James Herriot, visiting some of the famous vet's favourite parts of the countryside, while bumping into some old friends on the way.
Julian Norton deals with a sick sheepdog and Peter Wright tries to reach a cow with pneumonia that needs constant care, but a raging blizzard means his route is blocked. Without medication the cow will die, so Peter must brave the extreme conditions to get through on foot. Meanwhile in Boroughbridge, farmer Ben has brought his prized sheepdog Meg in to see Julian after discovering a lump. A fox who needs spaying before unwelcome suitors come calling.
Julian Norton must judge the best Christmas window at Boroughbridge's annual event and Peter Wright has agreed to be Santa in a grotto for children and their pets at the Herriot Centre. Their more familiar tasks include a barn owl with a badly damaged wing and a highland bull that has been tormenting his barn mates.
The festive season is upon them, but work never stops at Skeldale. Peter Wright is called to assist in a difficult birth at a farm, a baby donkey wins everyone's hearts at the centre, a much-loved pet dog is in agony, there's an update on the newborn kittens found abandoned earlier in the year, and Peter and Julian have very different ideas as they go shopping for a Christmas tree for the practice.
Skeldale vets Peter and Julian catch up with old friends and tend to some new cases. Peter returns to the Greensit brothers' farm to tend to their 15-year-old brood mare Caysue who needs urgent attention, Julian revisits an alpaca who was born breech, and Julian calls on Squeaky the swan to see if she's been lucky in love.
One off special in which Peter and Julian catch up with old friends including Dougie - the parrot with a strong Yorkshire accent and a passion for Yorkshire puddings.
It's Christmas in Thirsk, but the vets cannot join in the celebrations until they have tended to their flock. A cow has collapsed on Chris's farm leading Peter to fear the worst, Barney the spaniel may have to have a leg amputated and a piglet named Tiny Tim needs some urgent care. When things settle down, Peter and Julian have the honour of switching on Thirsk's Christmas lights.
With Yorkshire in the grip of another bitter winter, the vets battle against the elements to visit their clients in remote farm locations. The pace of life slows in rural communities around Thirsk, but there is no rest for the team as they contend with cold, dark nights, rain and snow to treat creatures great and small, from owls to cattle.
