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Series 2: Episode 4
With winter giving way to spring, and the year’s earliest lambs and calves born, the vets begin to feel the pressure as they enter their busiest period.\n\nIn Castlewellan ...
13-01-2024
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 6
At the foot of the mountains is the market town of Castlewellan. It is home to the Castle Vets practice, where the team is being kept busy by the rush of newborns.\n \nTerry, on ...
11-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 5
It is the height of spring in the Mourne Mountains. This morning, local vet Jennie is on the road, heading to a friend’s farm just a mile from where she grew up. A young c ...
10-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 3
It is late winter in the Mourne mountains. Despite a blanket of snow covering the stunning landscape, the farms are working hard as the early lambing season is already underway. ...
08-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 2
The series returns to the spectacular Kingdom of Mourne and the mountain vets who are the lifeblood of this unique country community.\n\nThe historic cathedral town of Downpatri ...
07-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 2: Episode 1
It is autumn in the Mourne mountains, a rural area in the east of Northern Ireland where animals outnumber people. \n\nCahir is out on call. A local pedigree sheep breeder has p ...
06-11-2023
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 6
After the busy birthing season, life is less hectic for the mountain vets. \n\nFor vet Maurice King, it is a less pressured time of year and a chance to enjoy the rewards of the ...
09-11-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 5
A calf born with an extraordinarily rare condition is brought in to see vet Martin Fitzpatrick at Castle Vets.\n\nCastle Vets also run an obesity clinic, and head nurse Julie Hu ...
08-11-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 4
At the mixed practice in Downpatrick, the vets treat farm animals and pets, and in the spring, concerned locals often bring wild animals into the clinic. \n\nA pregnant dog is ...
07-11-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 3
Warmer weather finally arrives in the Mournes. The racing season is getting underway and the vets face a rush of emergency operations. \n\nVet Maurice King and his son Cahir are ...
04-11-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 2
It is a busy start to spring and the birthing season in the Mournes is reaching its peak. \n\nIt has been raining for days and vet Maurice King is called into the practice car ...
03-11-2022
BBC 2
Series 1: Episode 1
Rising up from the Irish Sea lies the ancient kingdom of Mourne, a rural area in the east of Northern Ireland that teems with animal life. It's March and the start of the birthi ...
02-11-2022
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 6
Vet Nigel discovers a worrying growth on much-loved cow Florence, but will she have a second chance? Vet Gillian must perform surgery on dog Bailey so that he can be rehomed.
19-08-2022
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 5
It’s summer in the Mournes, and temperatures are the highest on record, giving the mountain vets a new set of challenges like overheated dogs, dehydrated calves and hot ba ...
19-08-2022
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 4
Gillian adopts three baby hedgehogs and hand feeds them until they can fend for themselves. Helen has to respond to a call from her boss’s husband about a difficult calving.
11-08-2022
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 3
Vets Alanna and Lorna need to operate on a three-legged Lurcher but make a worrying discovery. Vet Martin must try to save twin lambs, and Gillian anaesthetises a goldfish.
10-08-2022
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 2
It’s the weekend shift for on-call vets Rosalind and Aidan in the busy spring calving season. USPCA wildlife officer Phil responds to a couple of sick swans that need resc ...
07-08-2022
BBC 2
Series 3: Episode 1
Rosalind must give champion Rhodesian ridgeback Luna an emergency caesarean to save her puppies. USPCA head vet Gillian performs a complicated amputation on a bearded dragon&rsq ...
03-08-2022
BBC 2