The Yorkshire Vet Episode Rating Graph
Sep 2015 - present
Sep 2015 - present
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S14 Ep10
10.0
28th Jun 2022
Rare Mangalitsa pig breeder Lisa is worried about her boar Hal, that has developed a large lump on its neck. Later, a famous client brings his dog to the practice, and Matt is in unchartered waters as he heads to a local college to operate on one of their fish
S14 Ep9
10.0
21st Jun 2022
Peter has to deal with the most overgrown tortoise beak he has ever seen, and Julian treats a Vizsla puppy that has eaten a washing up-sponge for the second time. Meanwhile, David rushes out to a local farm where a ewe has suffered an unusual, life-threatening prolapse.
S11 Ep17
10.0
1st Dec 2020
Peter provides urgent dental treatment to his niece's horse, while Julian visits a group of vets in training to pass on what he knows about treating farm animals. A ewe in a difficult labour is rushed into hospital, but Matt and the other vets fear it may not be possible to save either mother or lamb. Vets from West Yorkshire attend a special celebration of the 50th anniversary of James Herriot's first book.
S11 Ep16
10.0
24th Nov 2020
Julian investigates when a pregnant cow delivers an afterbirth but no calf, while Peter and Matt compete to see if modern or traditional pregnancy tests are more reliable. A German Shepherd puppy belonging to a woman who has recently lost two dogs is lame and in pain, requiring delicate keyhole surgery to remove a fragment of bone.
S11 Ep13
10.0
3rd Nov 2020
A cow needs urgent attention after suffering a serious leg wound that leaves the bone exposed - but it is not clear if anything can be done to save the animal. A dog is brought in to surgery with a lump that is making it hard to walk, a hedgehog's foot is operated on, and five girls are worried about their pony, whose eyes have begun to swell up.
S8 Ep10
10.0
14th May 2018
Julian Norton and Peter Wright face long nights as they help two struggling animals give birth. Dudley the hedgehog is brought in with pneumonia, and Julian attends to school guinea pig, Betty.
S8 Ep9
10.0
7th May 2018
Julian Norton is called out to see a big bull with the largest abscess he has ever encountered. Julian has to lance and drain it, knowing he is about to unleash a waterfall of smelly, infected pus. Meanwhile Peter Wright is called to an emergency at Debbie's stables - her horse McCoy has a mysterious cut that won't heal.
S8 Ep8
10.0
30th Apr 2018
Peter Wright is called out to help a 10-day-old calf that has been rejected by its other, while Julian Norton decides to perform a risky operation on semi-retired sheepdog Mick, who has a tumour wrapped around his spleen.
S8 Ep5
10.0
2nd Apr 2018
With his wife and fellow vet Anne, Julian Norton heads out to see old friend Jacki Barlow on her alpaca farm, where one of the residents has a large lump on its foot. Other patients include a Labrador with a taste for gardening gloves, a hermaphrodite dog and a bloated bull.
S8 Ep4
10.0
26th Mar 2018
Julian is treating a pregnant ewe in distress when another animal on the same farm goes into labour, producing twins - one of which is in breach. Peter tries to find out the cause of a black labrador's mysterious tumour, while Helen has a very unusual patient - a rhea that has damaged a wing during an overenthusiastic start to the mating season.
S8 Ep3
10.0
19th Mar 2018
Julian gets the call that all vets fear - a young cow has had a baby and prolapsed her entire uterus. This is a rare and life-threatening situation that is difficult for both vet and animal. Peter meets Jemima, a little duck with a big attitude, then comes face to face with his old friend Snakee, a constipated corn snake whose problems have resurfaced.
S8 Ep1
10.0
26th Feb 2018
Dog owner Louise brings her poorly westie Duffy to Boroughbridge where, assisted by his wife and colleague Anne, Julian Norton faces one of his most challenging surgeries. Elsewhere, Peter races to an emergency lambing. Farmer Phil's ewe is expecting triplets, but has been unable to deliver two of them due to complications. Peter has to administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation once the lambs are born, but will it be enough?0
S7 Ep13
10.0
20th Nov 2018
Yorkshire Vet stars Peter Wright and Julian Norton take a break from their busy practices to visit some country fairs. At the Great Yorkshire Show, two of Peter and Julian's clients talk about their feelings as they enter their top specimens in the cattle and sheep categories. Julian judges a dog show in Dunsforth, and Peter's wife Lin enters a cake competition at the local Barrowby show.
S7 Ep12
10.0
13th Nov 2018
Peter is mystified by the contents of Khufu the cat's stomach, and must administer anti-mite spray to one of the biggest eagles in the world. Julian helps Millie the Shetland pony with her placenta, and tries his hand at dentistry for Audrey the alpaca.
S7 Ep7
10.0
9th Oct 2018
Much-loved labrador Murphy is brought in by his doting owner, suffering with a tumour that another vet has declined to remove. Julian Norton assesses the situation to determine whether it is possible to humanely preserve the canine's life. Out in the Yorkshire Dales, Julian visits Bolly the llama, who has a worrying eye problem. Owner Suzanne wants to relieve his pain and discomfort as soon as possible, as his trekking career could be in jeopardy. Later, Peter Wright rushes to assist racing horse Magnum, after the treasured animal is involved in an accident.
S7 Ep6
10.0
2nd Oct 2018
A mum-to-be is struggling to give birth to her very large calf, and Julian Norton needs to perform an emergency caesarean - but things do not go according to plan and he drafts in some help from another vet, Candela. Meanwhile, at Skeldale, Peter Wright is dealing with another emergency, as Adele's beloved rabbit Calamity has become accidentally trapped under her bed for over an hour.
S7 Ep5
10.0
25th Sep 2018
Julian Norton meets Toby the tortoise, who has lost his appetite after coming out of hibernation. Peter Wright must choose whether to save a young ewe or her lamb, and deal with a castrated horse who refuses to wake up.
S7 Ep3
10.0
11th Sep 2018
Julian Norton receives an emergency call and dashes to the scene of a freak accident involving a sheep. At Boroughbridge, he meets elderly cat who could need life-saving surgery. In Thirsk, Peter Wright meets a badly injured tawny owl who has been brought in by a worried member of the public.
S7 Ep2
10.0
4th Sep 2018
Julian Norton meets Mia the meerkat, who suffered brutal injuries after being rejected from her gang. Peter Wright handles a scary-looking doberman, and a newborn lamb in life-threatening danger. Also featured is miserable-looking cat Jess, who went missing for days and came back injured
S6 Ep8
10.0
5th Jun 2018
Julian Norton is called to a trekking centre to help Rupert the llama, who is in agony, while Peter Wright is out on one of his favourite jobs - diagnosing impending motherhood for the cows at Arthur's farm.
S6 Ep7
10.0
29th May 2018
Julian is called out to help a mother who is having trouble calving, Old Bob, a dearly beloved hamster, comes in for surgery, and four polecats pay the practice a visit seemingly intent on getting their teeth into something.
S6 Ep6
10.0
22nd May 2018
Peter rushes out to save a newborn calf, while Julian pays a visit to Tazmin, a huge eagle at Thirsk Bird of Prey Centre. Meanwhile, Zoe's language skills are put to the test when a dog comes in with paperwork from overseas.
S6 Ep5
10.0
15th May 2018
Peter gets up close and personal with a couple of boisterous calves. Daisy the bloodhound has a fast-growing lump. Essex moggie Socks has just moved oop North and is clashing with the locals. Miss Timothy the tortoise is a force to be reckoned with.
S6 Ep4
10.0
8th May 2018
Julian Norton is called out to Gus, a much-loved trekking llama, who has an excruciatingly painful problem. The vet's beloved Jack Russell, Emmie, gets into a skirmish, but how will Julian cope when he is forced to treat his beloved companion? And the team also tries to save an orphaned kitten
S6 Ep2
10.0
24th Apr 2018
Julian Norton is called out to a sick llama called Gus, while Peter Wright is asked to help relocate a young male deer. He also drops in on elderly farmers the Greens to care for their beloved lurcher, Ruben
S5 Ep3
10.0
10th Oct 2017
Julian and Peter rush to help a ewe that is struggling to give birth and, while there, realise there is another expectant sheep that also needs urgent help. At the practice, Peter has a visit from old pal Benji the border terrier, who despite being as lively as ever has been vomiting, while a newborn calf has a life-threatening hernia.
S4 Ep9
10.0
13th Jun 2017
Young working dog Ted has fallen ill after running through a field of barley. His owner Amy rushes him down to the practice at nearly midnight, and Julian fears that Ted has inhaled some grain into his lungs, which could put his life in danger.
S4 Ep8
10.0
6th Jun 2017
Peter tries to save the life of a cow whose uterus prolapsed while calving. Julian must remove the sharp and dangerous tusks from an unco-operative 300kg boar. Thirteen smelly ferrets causechaos, Zoe reunites a stray dog with her extremely surprised owner, and Obi the Doberman vomits up a pair of scissors.
S4 Ep7
10.0
30th May 2017
Julian gets dragged around a barn by one-ton bull Merchant, and operates on police dog Thor. Peter helps a baby goat open its eyes and fixes a cat with loose teeth.
S4 Ep6
10.0
23rd May 2017
Julian races against time to save two alpacas, Peter treats two sheep with eye problems, two pet calves with suspected pneumonia and a cow in labour
S4 Ep5
10.0
16th May 2017
Julian is called out to a poorly three-day-old calf who has collapsed, before turning his attention to Elsie - a piggy who needs a pedicure. And unlucky terrier Holly is brought into the surgery after falling off a bed and fracturing her leg in two places.
S4 Ep4
10.0
9th May 2017
Julian Norton has a large lump to remove from between a Highland cow's horns, then must find out why an event horse has broken out in lumps from head to hoof. Meanwhile, Peter helps a first-time mum deliver her lambs and treats a micro-pig who has outgrown his house and is under the weather.
S4 Ep3
10.0
2nd May 2017
Semi-feral cat Pretty Tom has a suspicious-looking lump on his face, Vera the prized Zwartbles ewe needs help giving birth, Obi Wan the doberman is lame and in pain, a young donkey needs to be stopped from sexually harassing his dad, and a hyperactive Russian hamster needs surgery.
S6 Ep3
6.0
1st May 2018
Peter Wright battles to save a young cow in labour, whose calf does not want to come out. Much-loved hamster Christopher Nibbles has an ugly skin condition, and rescue dog Bella needs surgery for a growing lump. Plus, Dobby the llama needs castrating, and older farmers the Greens need Peter's help with their young calves
S12 Ep3
6.0
27th Apr 2021
Peter Wright tries to save a cow who has suffered a huge prolapse after giving birth, and Matt and David attempt make-or-break surgery on a sheep with a foot infection. Elsewhere, Jasper the 13-year-old golden retriever has a nasty looking cancerous tumour on his mouth, and Julian embarks on a tricky surgery to try and remove it.
S14 Ep6
6.0
31st May 2022
Matt responds to an urgent call from a 16-year-old farmer who is worried about his pregnant ewe, which has been struggling to give birth. Peter takes young vet Hannah to meet a huge bull called Cyril. He needs a pedicure, but doesn't seem too keen on the idea and when Peter and his apprentice are finally able to get started, the clock is ticking and nerves are jangling, because they know that the big fella might wake up at any moment.
S17 Ep6
6.0
12th Sep 2023
David Melleney and Rohin Aojula team up to try to save a cow and her unborn calf. The cow's uterus is twisted, and David fears the worst. However, when he sees a glimmer of hope, there's a big decision to make.
S18 Ep2
6.0
30th Apr 2024
Peter Wright rushes to help a three-hour-old donkey called Elvis whose life is in danger because he can't feed from his mum. Plus, it's vets versus farmers at a charity cricket match!
S18 Ep3
6.0
7th May 2024
Love is in the air for Yorkshire's alpacas, vet Matt Smith meets a disabled chicken with an overgrown beak, and a dog owner is heartbroken when she accidentally runs over her own terrier.
S10 Ep4
6.5
7th Apr 2020
A rare cattle breeder fears for the life of his favourite cow, which has been diagnosed with cancer and will need major surgery to have any chance of survival. A rottweiler puppy becomes seriously ill after eating 15 stones, a ram undergoes fertility tests, and a donkey has a problem with one of its legs. Plus, receptionist Sylvia leaves the Skeldale practice, so the staff prepares a special surprise for her.
S12 Ep1
7.0
13th Apr 2021
Peter Wright rushes to help a cow struggling to give birth and it is believed the calf may be coming out backwards. Meanwhile, Joanne and her three-year-old son Jack are sure their kitten Jasmine has been in a road accident, and later Julian and Matt head out to a farm where there are two boisterous patients to treat.
S12 Ep4
7.0
4th May 2021
Peter Wright is concerned about a tawny owl whose eye he removed 18 months ago and now has a serious problem with its remaining eye, which means its life is in danger. Meanwhile, Julian Norton visits a local dairy farm to help a new mother, and back at the surgery he and his team battle to save a litter of unborn puppies.
S12 Ep5
7.0
11th May 2021
Julian Norton heads to the Taylors' farm, where there is a double sheep emergency in the form of a new mother and an expectant ewe that have both prolapsed. Peter Wright operates on a collie that requires emergency surgery and also heads out to see Shetland pony called Banjo, which is struggling badly because of a sore hoof.
S13 Ep7
7.0
19th Oct 2021
A much-loved pet pig called Pigley Scott is brought to the practice, and Matt and David head to a local farm where it looks like a pregnant cow requires an emergency C-section. Later, when a German shorthaired pointer requires surgery, his owner is beside herself with worry.
S13 Ep8
7.0
26th Oct 2021
Kaiser the alpaca has a mysterious and painful skin problem, and Matt calls for Julian to help him work out what is causing it, while Shona feels the pressure when she visits a herd of pedigree cows to fix a hernia in a calf for the first time. Peter tends a donkey that has has a nasty-looking cut on his eyelid, and Julian is anxious when he tries to clip the claws and beak of an aggressive parrot.
S13 Ep9
7.0
2nd Nov 2021
There's a royal appointment at Cannon Hall Farm as Matt helps a goat with a broken leg in front of a very high-profile onlooker - Her Royal Highness Princess Anne. Julian has his own special visitor - a tiny tortoise called Henry - who is the smallest patient he's ever treated, while Nigel is hoping his cows are pregnant, but will Julian be able to deliver good news?
S14 Ep3
7.0
10th May 2022
Julian heads over to see alpaca lover Jackie Barlow, because of a large lump.
S14 Ep5
7.0
24th May 2022
A three-legged sheep called Star might be given a new lease of life if Matt can successfully fit her with a prosthetic leg; Julian meets a special dachshund.
S1 Ep1
7.3
15th Sep 2015
Julian Norton treats a much-loved moggie with a badly swollen eye before being called out to help a ewe deliver twin lambs. Back at the surgery, his Herriot-trained partner Peter Wright needs a strong stomach to deal woth a bull terrier with terrible halitosis.
S10 Ep9
7.3
19th May 2020
Peter operates on Wesley, a greedy terrier that has taken its food obsession too far and eaten an oven glove. Julian makes the difficult decision to remove the eye of Patch the rabbit, but an unexpected lump raises further concerns. Julian is then called out to help a ewe that is struggling to give birth to a large lamb. A makeshift operating theatre is set up in the barn, where he performs an emergency caesarean section, hoping to save both mother and baby.
S10 Ep5
7.5
21st Apr 2020
Return of the documentary following Julian Norton and Peter Wright. Peter gets an emergency call from sheep farmer Clive, whose ewe has gone into labour, but the lambs are tangled up inside their mother. One arrives safely but the second isn't breathing, and Peter's skills are put to the test when he realises there is a third lamb still to come. In Boroughbridge, Julian and Anne operate on a dog with a tumour in its chest
S14 Ep1
7.5
26th Apr 2022
Peter faces a late night emergency as Abbie rushes in her sheep who is pregnant with triplets. The babies aren't due for another three weeks, but Peter must act quickly.
S14 Ep2
7.7
3rd May 2022
In this episode, Matt rushes to a local cattle farm to help Tilly the cow give birth. But as he delivers one healthy baby, he suddenly has more than he bargained for.
S1 Ep3
7.7
29th Sep 2015
Julian is called out to a late-night emergency to help a cow that is struggling to deliver a large calf, while a Bernese mountain puppy delivered by cesarean section is brought in to be seen by Peter. Ruth and nurse Katy perform delicate and intricate surgery on a poorly chicken to try and save her life, and Labrador owner Steve is worried about his elderly dog's constant pain and failing eyesight.
S10 Ep3
7.8
31st Mar 2020
Peter faces a struggle to save a baby alpaca that was born prematurely during a storm, and Julian performs a delicate eye operation on a labrador preparing for a dog show. A wallaby dies at a local visitor farm, raising concerns that its joey will not survive without its mother's milk and pouch. A newborn lamb suffers a potentially fatal injury, and a rabbit named Boris needs to be castrated if it is to stay in its new home.
S2 Ep2
8.0
19th Apr 2016
Julian and head nurse Sarah tend to an injured swan at a fishing lake. Meanwhile, Bobby (a canine member of the North Yorkshire police force) is brought in to the surgery to have an operation.
S3 Ep3
8.0
18th Oct 2016
Julian is called to a heifer in agony with an object embedded in her painful, swollen and infected foot, while Peter removes a huge lump from Holly the golden retriever's head. Meanwhile, two of Skeldale's favourite clients, farmers Steve and Jeanie, are concerned about their cat Spitfire, who has not been his usual feisty self.
S8 Ep2
8.0
5th Mar 2018
Peter Wright reflects on a much loved farming couple, Jean and Steve Green. They were married 40 years ago and are looking forward to their anniversary vow renewal. Jean is moved to tears when Julian arrives with an anniversary present. Finally, as the big day arrives, the couple prepare to walk down the aisle again
S10 Ep1
8.0
17th Mar 2020
Peter gets an emergency call from sheep farmer Clive, whose ewe has gone into labour, but the lambs are tangled up inside their mother. One arrives safely but the second isn't breathing, and Peter's skills are put to the test when he realises there is a third lamb still to come. In Boroughbridge, Julian and Anne operate on a dog with a tumour in its chest.
S10 Ep6
8.0
28th Apr 2020
Jean is seriously ill and her favourite sheep's life is in the balance, a springer spaniel with a number of lumps needs some attention and Julian feels the pressure in surgery when he treats a youngster's old rabbit. At Jackie Barlow's alpaca farm, Karine has an abscess on her chin
S11 Ep1
8.0
11th Aug 2020
Julian rushes to an emergency at Jackie's alpaca farm, where a new mum desperately needs his help - but rural North Yorkshire isn't always the best place for driving when time is of the essence, and Julian gets stuck behind not one, but two tractors. There's a glimpse of what lockdown life was like for Steve and Jean, whose daughter Sarah kept a video diary and, with things returning to normal, Peter returns to the Greens' farm, where there's now lots of veterinary work to do.
S11 Ep2
8.0
18th Aug 2020
Julian comes to the aid of a cow that is unable to stand up due to a condition called milk fever, caused by calcium deficiency. One false move in the treatment could put the animal's life in danger. Peter works to save the life of a three-week-old kitten with pneumonia. A Chihuahua has a worrying lump that requires surgery, a goose acquires a mating injury from an overenthusiastic partner, and a horse is not going to sit back and allow itself to be castrated.
S11 Ep3
8.0
25th Aug 2020
A special episode to mark International Dog Day, in which Julian faces the challenge of having to perform surgery on his own four-legged friend Emmy - who is not too keen on needles. Peter removes a tumour from a Great Dane's leg, and a spaniel is rushed in with her side ripped open on a barbed wire fence. Julian pays a visit to a sheepdog whose broken leg he fixed with a metal plate - and which he now has to take out again.
S11 Ep4
8.0
1st Sep 2020
A one-ton bull needs a foot trim, but is reluctant to lie down for the procedure, so Peter has to approach its feet very carefully to avoid his patient falling on him. Julian and Katy operate on a beagle with damaged ligaments, and a cat undergoes a caesarean section - a procedure that is very rarely used on feline patients. The Greens release their calves and donkeys into the field together for the first time, and a tortoise displays a loss of appetite.
S11 Ep5
8.0
8th Sep 2020
The vets treat some of North Yorkshire's more exotic residents, including Amadeus the alpaca, whose owner Christina found him with a stick in his eye. Julian Norton knows he probably would not survive an operation to remove the eye, and the kindest thing might be to put him to sleep, but he is hoping to find another solution. Peter Wright greets a familiar face from Down Under when a baby wallaby comes to the practice a little down in the dumps.
S11 Ep6
8.0
15th Sep 2020
Julian has to help a ewe through a difficult birth in the middle of a field in the rain, while Peter performs an emergency C-section on a heavily pregnant shih tzu. A male goat presents a serious problem for its owners when it impregnates all the females in the pen, a cat undergoes emergency eye surgery, and a calf is in urgent need of its mother's milk.
S1 Ep1
7.3
15th Sep 2015
Julian Norton treats a much-loved moggie with a badly swollen eye before being called out to help a ewe deliver twin lambs. Back at the surgery, his Herriot-trained partner Peter Wright needs a strong stomach to deal woth a bull terrier with terrible halitosis.
S1 Ep2
8.5
22nd Sep 2015
Julian risks life and limb to inject a ferocious pig, stud alpaca Lothario fails to live up to his namesake's reputation, Peter examines elderly clients Steve and Jeanie Green's dairy herd, but will he have good or bad news for them?
S1 Ep3
7.7
29th Sep 2015
Julian is called out to a late-night emergency to help a cow that is struggling to deliver a large calf, while a Bernese mountain puppy delivered by cesarean section is brought in to be seen by Peter. Ruth and nurse Katy perform delicate and intricate surgery on a poorly chicken to try and save her life, and Labrador owner Steve is worried about his elderly dog's constant pain and failing eyesight.
S1 Ep4
9.0
6th Oct 2015
Julian Norton is called out to an emergency on the farm of semi-retired farmers the Peckitts where a cow is suffering from a painful and potentially life-threatening condition. Peter Wright has a lively lamb to deal with.
S1 Ep5
9.2
13th Oct 2015
At a local petting zoo Julian comes up against a difficult patient - an angry goat with a suspected broken leg. Peter and Julian take an afternoon off to visit the annual Great Yorkshire Show.
S1 Ep6
9.4
20th Oct 2015
Julian performs emergency surgery on the pet cat of staff member Molly, which appears to have been shot in the head. An exotic bird of prey, a sheepdog run over by a tractor and an injured tortoise also feature.
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The first episode of The Yorkshire Vet aired on September 15, 2015.
The last episode of The Yorkshire Vet aired on November 26, 2024.
There are 212 episodes of The Yorkshire Vet.
There are 19 seasons of The Yorkshire Vet.
Yes.
The Yorkshire Vet is set to return for future episodes.