Vets in Practice
Vets in Practice | |
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Starring | Trude Mostue Steve Leonard Joe Inglis Emma Milne |
Narrated by | Christopher Timothy |
Theme music composer | Debbie Wiseman |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 11 |
No. of episodes | 110 (+ 4 specials) |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | BBC |
Release | |
Original network | BBC One |
Picture format | 4:3 (1997–2001) 16:9 (2001–02) |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 26 August 1997 31 December 2002 |
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Chronology | |
Preceded by | Vets' School (1996) |
Followed by | Vets in the Wild (2000–02) |
Vets in Practice is a BBC fly-on-the-wall documentary series that followed a group of trainee veterinary surgeons. The first episode, Animal Magic, aired at 8pm on 26 August 1997.[1] Series one attracted 8.09 million viewers (39 per cent audience share).[2] It made celebrities of Trude Mostue and Steve Leonard, who became TV presenters.
Filming took place at various locations in England and Wales, including Longleat Safari Park, as well as veterinary practices in Kenya, Botswana, Turkey, and the Bahamas.
In 1999, it won Most Popular Documentary Series at the National Television Awards.[3]
Contents
Series overview
# | Episodes | Aired |
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1 | 10 | 26 August – 10 October 1997 |
2 | 10 | 5 February – 6 March 1998 |
3 | 10 | 21 July – 18 August 1998 |
4 | 10 | 7 January – 5 February 1999 |
5 | 10 | 27 July – 9 September 1999 |
6 | 10 | 1 February – 1 March 2000 |
7 | 10 | 14 August – 14 September 2000 |
8 | 10 | 5 January – 4 February 2001 |
9 | 10 | 29 August – 28 September 2001 |
10 | 10 | 3 January – 7 March 2002 |
11 | 10 | 29 August – 27 September 2002 |
Specials
Title | Synopsis | Date |
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Vets in Practice at Christmas | Christmas special.[4] | 26 December 1999 |
Vets in Practice at Christmas | Trude visits her family in Norway.[5] | 21 December 2000 |
Vets in Practice at Christmas | Christmas special.[6] | 20 December 2001 |
Goodbye Vets in Practice | Vets reminisce about their time on the show.[7] | 31 December 2002 |
Return to... Vets in Practice
In July 2008, BBC Two broadcast a five-part series called Return to... Vets in Practice, catching up with the stars of Vets in Practice, and highlights from the original series.[8]
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External links
- Vets in Practice at the Internet Movie Database
- Vets in Practice at BBC Programmes
- Vets in Practice at Screenonline
- Britain's Docusoaps Transfix a Nation of Flies on the Wall - 15 Nov 1998 at The New York Times
- BBC puts down Vets in Practice - 25 Apr 2002 at The Guardian
- Lifting the lid: Maria Lowe - 16 Nov 2002 at The Telegraph
- Return to... Vets in Practice at BBC Programmes
- Emma Milne talks to Yorkshire Life - 11 Jan 2010 at Yorkshire Life
- BBC television documentaries
- British reality television series
- 1990s British television series
- 1997 British television programme debuts
- 2000s British television series
- 2002 British television programme endings
- Television shows set in Botswana
- Television shows set in Bristol
- Television shows set in Norfolk
- Television shows set in Turkey
- Television shows set in Wales
- Television shows set in Yorkshire
- English-language television programming