Episodes 7

1 The Supervet at Christmas (2016)

December 20, 2016

47m

Festive edition of the documentary following the work of Professor Noel Fitzpatrick and his team. Charity worker Kerry brings in Maxi, a three-year old rescue greyhound with severely damaged front legs. Noel's dog Keira is rushed into the practice with sickness and diarrhoea. The team also treats River, a Border terrier puppy who has fractured both back legs, and Noel makes a surprise visit home to Ireland.

2 The Supervet at Christmas (2017)

December 21, 2017

47m

In this festive special, Professor Noel Fitzpatrick enters new territory when he is called upon to help a Humboldt penguin chick. Wall-e is from Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire and needs an operation to cure his unhappy foot. He also treats a three-legged Maine Coon cat that needs help with a mysterious swelling in its back leg and a husky from Thailand undergoes hip surgery.

3 The Supervet at Christmas (2018)

December 6, 2018

47m

As the festive season approaches at Fitzpatrick Referrals, Professor Noel and his team treat three special patients. A one-year-old crossbreed puppy rescued by a charity from Romania is in need of complex surgery, with no guarantee of success. An eight-year-old Dalmatian needs work on its spinal cord, and a Labrador from Switzerland is having trouble walking. Noel's investigations reveal problems with both shoulder and elbow, an unusual combination that requires dramatic intervention.

4 The Supervet at Christmas (2019)

December 17, 2019

47m

A special festive edition following Noel Fitzpatrick as he treats former rescue dogs who have found a new life as family pets, but are still plagued by medical problems. The patients include a shih tzu with damaged discs that are treated with special supports, small pins and cement, a bulldog puppy with a fracture that extends across a growth plate, and a German shepherd that has had a leg amputated, and has developed a hip problem from walking on three legs.

5 The Supervet at Christmas 2020

December 27, 2020

47m

Can Noel get singer Will Young's and model Yasmin Le Bon's dogs home for Christmas?

6 Saving My Dog

May 27, 2021

The nation’s favourite vet, Professor Noel Fitzpatrick returns for this sixteenth series with a Supervet Special ‘Saving My Dog’ in one of the most emotional and heart-rending stories ever filmed for the show: the story of Noel’s dog, Keira.

7 Safari Special

February 23, 2023

47m

Britain’s favourite vet, The Supervet, Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, steps out of his comfort zone in this South Africa special, travelling a world away from his specialist referral practice in Surrey to use his thirty years of expertise to help the most majestic and powerful wild animals of South Africa.

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