Vets in Practice

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Vets in Practice
Starring Trude Mostue
Steve Leonard
Joe Inglis
Emma Milne
Narrated by Christopher Timothy
Theme music composer Debbie Wiseman
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series11
No. of episodes110 (+ 4 specials)
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production company BBC
Release
Original network BBC One
Picture format 4:3 (1997–2001)
16:9 (2001–02)
Audio formatStereo
Original release26 August 1997 (1997-08-26) 
31 December 2002 (2002-12-31)
Related
  • Vets' School (1996)
  • 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 8 pm 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.

Contents

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]

Series overview

#EpisodesAired
11026 August – 10 October 1997
2105 February – 6 March 1998
31021 July – 18 August 1998
4107 January – 5 February 1999
51027 July – 9 September 1999
6101 February – 1 March 2000
71014 August – 14 September 2000
8105 January – 4 February 2001
91029 August – 28 September 2001
10103 January – 7 March 2002
111029 August – 27 September 2002

Specials

TitleSynopsisDate
Vets in Practice at ChristmasChristmas special. [4] 26 December 1999
Vets in Practice at ChristmasTrude visits her family in Norway. [5] 21 December 2000
Vets in Practice at ChristmasChristmas special. [6] 20 December 2001
Goodbye Vets in PracticeVets 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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References

  1. "Vets in Practice – BBC One London – 26 August 1997". BBC Genome . Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. Annette Hill (2 August 2004). Reality TV: Factual Entertainment and Television Audiences. Routledge. pp. 149–. ISBN   978-1-134-50704-7.
  3. "NTA Winners" . Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  4. "Vets in Practice at Christmas – BBC One London – 26 December 1999". BBC Genome.
  5. "Vets in Practice at Christmas – BBC One London – 21 December 2000". BBC Genome.
  6. "Vets in Practice at Christmas – BBC One London – 20 December 2001". BBC Genome.
  7. "Goodbye Vets in Practice – BBC One London – 31 December 2002". BBC Genome.
  8. "Return to... Vets in Practice – BBC Two England – 7 July 2008". BBC Genome.