(lively music) - In the heart of glorious North Yorkshire lies the quaint market town of Thirsk.

(upbeat music continues) Here the world's most famous vet, James Herriot, lived, worked and wrote his best-selling books.

His former surgery and home are now a museum.

But, his practice lives on nearby.

(telephone rings) - Good morning, Skeldale Veterinary Center.

- We still feel that we've got Dr. Herriot with us.

In our mixture of different type of animals, you feel part of the community rather than just being a professional who does his job and goes home.

That's a beauty, the miracle of life.

- [Narrator] Julian Norton is the Yorkshire vet.

- [Julian] It's a great place to be.

I don't think I'd want to be working or living anywhere else really.

- [Narrator] Julian runs the practice alongside partner, and former Herriot trainee, Peter Wright.

- [Peter voiceover] I would've put me top on.

I'm not quite as well-toned as he is.

- [Narrator] Here, together with Skeldale's dedicated team, - [Female Staff] Find a bit of chicken underneath all these feathers.

Hi, Toots.

- [Narrator] They treat animals of all shapes, sizes, types and temperaments.

- [Julian] Agh!

(animal screeching) - [Narrator] It's definitely not glamorous, but it's varied.

- [Peter] Here's a fine chap.

- Not the biggest testicles though.

- No, maybe not.

- [Narrator] It's rarely easy.

- [Female Voice] Naughty!

- [Narrator] As the Yorkshire vet carries on the Herriot tradition of looking after all creatures great and small.

(uplifting music) Meandering through the moors and dales of Yorkshire, are an endless network of roads and country lanes with a surprise around every corner.

(lively music) For the Yorkshire vet, another adventure is about to begin.

- [Julian] So we're going to a local farm park, like an open farm where visitors go and as far as I understand it, they've got a goat that's lame, possibly with a broken leg.

And, they've got some sheep that can't see, so it could be a bit of a mixed bag.

(upbeat music) - [Narrator] Monk Park Farm, spread over 25 acres, is home to more than 200 animals.

- [Julian] Yikes, he's got an ulcer and that's been caused because the eyelid is turning in.

Oh, steady, steady.

- [Narrator] With each visit, it's customary for Julian to an MOT on its residents - [Julian] And they've been discharging everything like that.

Right then little girl.

Injecting into the eyelid there.

Shh, just let him stand up now.

That's fine now.

That should be all right.

He's a cute little fellow.

We'll do the same for this one as well.

Single of antibiotic dose should be sufficient.

(sheep baa) Should we go and pop him back with his mum?

Totally, there we are, look straight back to his mom there.

So what's next on the list then?

- There's a Billy goat with a bad leg.

- Okay, once we've managed to catch them of course.

- [Narrator] Providing the Yorkshire vet with his list of patients are Monk Park employees Paul and Izzie.

- (indistinct) just got to catch him now.

It's the white one in the far corner.

- [Julian] Oh, I can see him, yes.

Even from this distance, he looks like he might be a challenge to catch.

Have we got a plan?

- We'll get a bit of food and then drop it around the back of the shed.

- Okay.

(mischievous music) - [Julian] The catching of the goat is often the biggest challenge in these kind of jobs.

(upbeat music) Feel like I'm gonna give some reinforcements.

(indistinct) be getting in and out of these pens.

Course to be able to leap over those in one go.

It looks like its broken its leg, I think, the way that it's dangling.

With any luck we'll get it caught.

So I'll have a feelin' see what to do.

Perfect.

Yeah, he's fractured his metatarsal bone there which is the one real near fractures for a goat.

But where that is, we can put a cast on up there, and it should have a fairly good chance of fixing that.

And we can all sign it as well if you want.

- [Paul] It's about (indistinct) this goat.

He's always escapin' this field.

Likes going next door to get the fresh grass.

And mischief he always jumps over and he's got caught one day in the fence and pretty hurt his leg.

- So already that's (tapping), looks like he's going to sleep, doesn't he?

(animal bleets) Nicely done, just let me see if he wants to get up now.

It should be okay I think.

Good boy, shh, steady, steady, steady (lively music) - [Narrator] With the cast set, George's adventures are over for the time being.

It's off to solitary confinement for the wayward goat.

- [Julian Voiceover] If we let him go now, we'll not catch him again you see.

And then, of course, aside from keeping the cast managed correctly, the bone needs to have a chance to heal and that takes sometimes quite a while.

Already he looks more comfortable doesn't he?

His face looks bright and yeah, look he wants in his food already.

The main thing for now is to stop him from jumping out again.

So his other leg goes this other way.

(lively music) (car engine revving) It's nice seeing different animals, I mean, goats can be quite troublesome to treat.

They're not always very cooperative.

But, it all adds to the mixture of life as a Yorkshire vet I suppose.

(inspirational music) - [Narrator] Not far from Thirsk is Richard and John's livery yard.

- Good boy, yeah, I don't think so.

We've got five of our own at the moment.

And a few paying guests.

Bed and breakfast for horses.

- [Narrator] They've been producing and schooling horses for almost 30 years.

And, they have high hopes for their latest addition.

- [Richard] Golly is a horse that we bought three weeks ago for a client, obviously sent him to produce.

What a good boy, eh?

- [John] The guy that owns him, he's a tall guy and he needs a big horse so he's quite athletic and it's quite hard to find these big horses like this that they're as athletic as he is.

He'll turn out to be a great horse for everybody concerned.

- Alright you (inaudible).

- [Narrator] But after a recent accident, Golly's future hangs in the balance.

- As they do, horses always seem to get into trouble in the field and went across to him and saw it straight away.

And that looks to me as if it's going to need some stitches.

Just a baby, aren't ya?

Scars like that can get infected.

And you can get giant problems.

Infect the joints and, you know, a horse can be ruined through basically not getting it seen to properly.

- [Narrator] With the horses future at stake, Richard calls the vet.

- It's on his, it's on the front, it's on his (indistinct).

(emotional music) - [Narrator] Julian's partner and fellow vet, Peter Wright, is first to respond.

- He's cut his leg.

We don't know how deep it is, we don't know whether it's got into any vital structures like tendons, tendon sheaths and some of these injuries that can look quite trivial on the surface, but they can be very serious indeed.

So we just don't know quite what we're going to find until we get there.

- [Narrator] Still to come - Wow, a nice pup.

Look how pink he is.

- [Narrator] A first time mum shows some worrying signs.

- Gypsy seems to be oblivious to the pups at the moment.

- [Narrator] And things are hotting up down on the farm.

- [Peter] Do you strip to the waist for these?

- [Julian] I do, yeah.

- I'm not quite as well-toned as he is.

So I'm gonna put me top on.

(upbeat music) - [Narrator] Hundreds of dogs pass through the doors of Skeldale every year.

And they suffer all kinds of problems.

(dog barking) From smelly breath to a lack of control.

But there's one procedure that's a favorite amongst the team.

This is probably the best thing about being a vet I would say.

When we have a cesarean in.

Just that we're usually fighting over fighting over the cesareans.

- Oh, dinky.

- [Narrator] Mother and son team, Rose and Craig might be about to make Julian's day.

(dog panting) - We've come down here because Gypsy the bulldog she's having a cesarean because she's having puppies.

Generally they have trouble giving birth with their heads being so large.

You don't say they pass them as naturally as you would like so we'll, hence we'll vet bring her up for a cesarean.

(lively music) - [Julian] Who's this little one?

- [Sarah] Gypsy.

- Look at you with that big tummy full of babies.

Yeah.

- Oh, is it nervous?

Come 'ere.

- She's very stubborn, Gypsy she is.

She's very needy, she's selfish if you've got the toilet.

She'll be sitting outside the bathroom waitin' for ya.

But like most women to be honest.

- You're a bit heavy for carrying.

Oh my goodness, health and safety.

- She likes attention too, doesn't she?

- Oh yeah, she's pretty big in there, isn't she?

She's got that for a tummy.

I reckon there's, I don't know, how many do you reckon?

Eight maybe.

- [Sarah] I think six big ones.

- Ready to go.

- [Narrator] Assisting Julian will be vet Sarah.

- She's a fit young dog, so it shouldn't really give us any problems.

- [Narrator] And nurse Katie.

- [Julian] So we make a incision first through the skin and then the fairly quickly down to the muscle.

Now normally in a healthy whelping process, there's a lot more tone and tightness in the uterus, and this case the muscles very weak and floppy, so that's a good indication that the bitch would certainly need a cesarean and it wouldn't of got on with normal labor.

(intense music) So this is the first little fellow making an appearance.

- [Sarah] Big pup, yeah.

- [Julian] Big pup, yeah.

Massive pup.

- [Sarah] Would've struggle to do that, wouldn't she?

- [Julian] Yeah and then we take them out like this and then the pup and the placenta all comes out together, and then we get them out as quick as we can really.

- [Sarah] A little squeak.

That's a good noise, isn't it, already?

Number two.

(intense music) In the normal birth process the contractions that squeezes out a lot of the fluid that is inherent in a newborn puppy, but with a cesarean its quite important to free as much of that fluid as possible, so rubbing and manipulation and turning upside-down sometimes is quite an important path to the resuscitation process.

Come on, placenta.

Little pup, there we go.

How many so far?

I think of, yeah, I've lost count.

Actually I think there's three on the first side and one so far on this side, this is number five then.

The last one actually this is a monster as well, look at this, what a whopper.

She was never going to have these naturally, was she?

- No.

It's not a big one to begin with, is she?

- Blimey look at you.

(puppy whimpering) Guys, look at that, what a whopper.

There you go.

And that is the lot, yep.

Alright, can I just have a quick look at these babies?

Hi folks.

Hello, look at you.

Wow.

What a nice pup.

Look how pink he is.

You don't know what's going on, do you little man?

He looks great, doesn't he?

Got Winston Churchill.

It's a great feeling doing this kinda thing.

It's well, look that's what we're doing this morning.

It's a pretty decent morning's work, isn't it?

It's a good job.

I think as long as their healthy that's the main thing.

You know Gypsy it's all over.

Now the fun begins.

Some bitches just don't take to the puppies at all and just don't recognize them as being theirs.

Especially the first time later and sometimes after a cesarean as well.

It's not common, but it does happen on occasions.

Yeah, that's the end of our job.

It's just the beginning of Gypsy's job really.

- [Narrator] Gypsy will be reunited with her pups when she wakes up.

(dog grunting) (intense music) Earlier Peter was called out to see a horse that had injured its leg while grazing in a field.

(lock clicking) - [Peter] The problem with these sort of wounds is you don't know how deep they are, you don't know what you're cutting into, what structures are affected.

Depends where on the limb it is is to how (indistinct) well, isn't it?

- [Narrator] Golly's a big and athletic horse with, its hoped, a great future.

- [Male Voice] (indistinct) isn't it?

- [Peter] It is.

- [Narrator] If his leg's permanently damaged, his career could be over before it's begun.

- [Peter Voiceover] It's not to bad is that, it's not gone into any vital structures underneath.

It's full skin thickness.

- Probably heal quite well will it without any scar.

- [Peter] If we can keep that in place and it doesn't split open, it should heal quite nicely.

Horses will always find something to injure themselves on.

If you turn them onto a 20-acre field and there's a nail sticking out on one post, the horse will find it.

- Nothing but a bit of bribery.

Found out what mints are about.

'Cause they don't usually know.

(water splashing) - The important thing is to keep it immobile.

- [John] Very good at needlework.

- Wait till we're finished John, please.

Nearly done.

I know, you're having no fun are you.

- [Male Voice] It's like a pin cushion.

- Yeah, you do don't you, well done, good boy.

We're nearly finished now.

Marvelous, what a fantastic patient.

He's a model patient aren't you, eh?

Model patient, aren't you big fella?

- [John] That's better, isn't it?

Very worrying wasn't it?

Very worrying, Golly.

- Nice confirmation as well, isn't he?

- He's a lovely mover and seriously jumps, he's got a real pop in him.

(hooves clopping) He's obviously on box rest now 'cause we don't want him to go out in the field and start galloping about and burst the stitching or anything like that.

- Just fingers crossed that those stitches hold and it'll heal well and you won't even know he's done it.

- Doesn't knocked him off his appetite that's the main thing.

So that's the plan for Golly, you know, and just keeping an eye on him really and you know, make sure he's as comfortable as possible and everything keeps going the right way.

(emotional music) - [Peter] Golly's has the makings, he has the confirmation and the character, and I think probably it sounds if he's got the ability to do very well, so when you get all those ingredients rolled into one, you have a decent horse.

(birds chirping) (lively music) (dog grunting) - [Narrator] Bulldog Gyspy is just coming round after giving birth to five pups by cesareans.

- [Sarah] Oh and enjoying a belly scratch already.

(pups whimpering) - [Narrator] As it's Gypsy's first litter and given the bulldog's lazy nature, there's a possibility she may not take to the pups.

(puppies whimpering) - [Julian] There's, I think, four boys and one girl.

- Four boys and one girl - [Narrator] If this is the case, first time breeder Craig will have to step up and help Gypsy with her parental responsibilities.

- Well, in fact, I'll just see how she's doing.

She's just through there, so it won't be long, probably ten minutes.

Okay.

(puppies crying) Gypsy seems to be somewhat oblivious to the pups at the moment.

Gypsy, what do you think of these?

They're your babies.

Not very impressed so far.

(laughs) It's early day.

She'll be fine when she when she gets used to them.

(upbeat music) Here we go.

- [Narrator] Raising puppies isn't easy.

- I'd like to have a look at them.

- [Julian] Yeah, they're beauties.

- [Narrator] Aside from feeding every 3 hours around the clock, - That's the biggest one there look.

- [Narrator] There's house-training, chewing, - I've never seen little ones like this before.

- And tearing up the furniture.

- [Craig] Quite a bit of noise as well.

- [Julian] Just when she's first with the pups just kind of supervise her a little bit til you know that she's gonna be happy with them.

And then once she's gone the bond in there kind of a way, it should be straight forward.

We'll see you in about ten days.

You look after those pups.

(lively music) This morning we're going to see a cow with a twisted stomach, so we're going to put it back in the right place.

So we always use two vets for this procedure.

Some vets do it single-handed and there's different techniques to do it, but this is, this is probably the most fool-proof.

- [Narrator] Although Julian and Peter are partners in the same practice, it's not often they work on the same animal at the same time.

- We get on very well, and now we've worked together for 20 years, so we know how each other works very well.

(inspirational music) Hi, Steve.

- [Steve] We don't often see you these days do we?

You sent minions don't you to me.

- [Julian] That's exactly it.

(cow mooing) (lively music) - [Narrator] A twisted stomach is painful and if left untreated could be fatal.

- [Peter] Just put in some local anesthetic into the skin, and musculature, so we can then just numb the site.

- [Narrator] If the operation is successful, it will instantly relieve her pain.

- [Julian] So what we're going to do now is make an incision in this side of the cow and then Peter's going to pass it around to the other side of the abdomen where I'm gonna be and then we're going to stitch it back in the opposite side.

- [Steve] Being good isn't she so far.

- [Peter] Famous last words.

Do you strip to the waist for these?

- [Julian] I do, yeah.

- I'm not quite as well-toned as he is, so I'm going to put me top on.

(upbeat music) - When we're doing this operation, the cow's abdomen is obviously very big and we need to have our whole arm inside the cow's abdomen, and it's easier to keep the surgical site clean if you don't have a plastic top on.

(upbeat music) There's quite a lot of layers to get through.

There's the skin which is obviously quite thick and then there's three layers of muscle to get through before we get down to the abdominal cavity itself.

- [Peter] It's very gassy.

- Alright, I'm in.

- [Narrator] Peter must carefully move the cows' twisted stomach and pass it to Julian on the other side.

- [Peter] Yeah I can feel your hand.

- Is that you there?

- You're in the omentum I think.

That's it, you've got it there.

I should feel it disappear from me shortly.

- [Julian] Can you just push it down a bit.

- Yeah.

Still has gone comp- oh wait, it's going, that's it, you've got it there.

Are you happy now?

- [Julian] Yeah, can you just come and hang on to this while I get some suture ready.

- Yup, yup.

- So this bit here, this is the bit that we need to secure in place.

- If it slips back again, all your operation and what we're putting it through is all in vain.

But this'll stop it deteriorating again and slipping back to where it was abnormally sitting.

(lively music) - [Narrator] With their patient apparently unruffled by her op, it's time to close up.

But professional rivalry is about to kick in.

- One reason we like to do this particular type of operation with one vet on either side of the cow is so that when it comes to the time when the stitches come out, we can see who's side of the cow looks neatest.

- No competition.

It's as good as in the bag.

I think my wounds going to do better than his Steve, so I want you to be the judge of it.

- [Steve] Well, you can tell you're on camera.

You two.

(indistinct) - [Julian] We did one last year, and it's a cow that is going to the Yorkshire show this year.

Literally can't see that there's any gap in the skin.

- Is it one that I did.

- Funny enough, no.

It was one of mine.

- I think you have a very selective memory, Mr. Norton.

- [Narrator] For the moment, it looks like Julian has it sewn up.

- [Julian] Yeah, this should be fixed now.

She should be back to normal pretty much straight away actually.

- Peter, hasn't really started yet.

Well, you haven't started your final one, have ya?

- Skin.

Oh, skin yeah, no.

I go for perfection.

- [Narrator] Will speedy sewing triumph over nifty needlework.

With Julian already done, Peter has to concentrate or risk being stitched up by the Yorkshire vet.

(cow mooing) Coming up - Through there she won't even stick her head in it.

- [Narrator] A farmer's dreams of winning top prize at the great Yorkshire show could be dashed.

- Not a lot of room and movement.

- [Male Voice] Oh dear.

- [Narrator] And puppy parenting takes its toll on a weary owner.

- Oh they're little devils.

Don't let their cute faces fool ya.

(puppies growling) (lively music) - [Narrator] Back at the farm, Peter's working hard to catch up with Julian.

(cow moos) - [Peter] All finished.

Yes, that's very satisfying.

'Cause you know you've got an instant cure.

Isn't like having to treat a sick animal and leave courses of antibiotics to continue or something like that because you've cured her.

Excellent.

Ugh!

- [Narrator] Job done.

Peter heads straight for the door before the stitching can be judged, but the Yorkshire vet can't resist an opportunity to get one over on his colleague.

- That's nice right there.

Almost invisible suture line there.

I don't know what the other side looks like, but I'd be surprised if it was neater than that.

Ah, well there we are.

There's no question.

Doesn't even need a debate does it.

You know like I said it's great operating with Peter 'cause he makes my work look even neater than it would really.

(lively music) - [Narrator] Earlier Peter treated a young horse with a cut leg.

- Fingers crossed that those stitches hold and it will heal well.

- She's in her favorite place.

She sits there everywhere we go.

(car revving) - [Narrator] Livery owners Richard and John have brought Golly to their training facility.

- One, two, three.

- [Narrator] It's his first time out since the accident and the pair are anxious to see whether the injury has affected the horse's performance.

- Sir John's just letting him have a, a bit of a warm up and a bit of a look 'round.

You ready to give him a pop?

This horse has got a very good technique over a fence.

It's very careful in front.

It uses it's shoulder really well.

It spends plenty of time in the air and you want a horse when it's jumping to be nice and sharp in front.

Relax it's back and be nice and round and then to throw it's hind legs away.

And this horse does it.

You have to teach some horses to do what this horse can do, and I mean, we're at a very early stage, but when we bought him, he displayed that really natural jump right from the very beginning.

(emotional music) - [Julian Voiceover] We're going to Martin Jackson's farm as cow Empress, which is the prize cow that he's hoping to win prizes at the Yorkshire show.

She calved last week and she's not well and he sounded quite worried.

- [Martin Jackson] Come on girls, come on.

- [Narrator] For Martin, cows aren't just his companions.

- Hey, good girl - [Narrator] They've also been his lifeline.

- How are you, eh?

I lost my mum and my brother four years ago, and I plowed myself into my cattle 'cause they've helped pull me through it.

(cows mooing) They're sort of friendly.

They'll come up to ya.

They'll lick ya, ugh.

They just mean a lot to me, it's hard to put it into words the way I feel about 'em.

They're me family.

That's what they are, they are me family.

(cows mooing) - [Julian] Martin, what's happening now?

- She's not herself, I haven't milked her yet, but last night she dropped so we gave her yesterday 16.

- [Julian] Well, let me bring my stethoscope and we'll have a listen anyway.

It sounds like this cow has a retained placenta that may well be what's causing the problem because they need to go off the milk, but the bigger suspicion is if she's got a displaced stomach, which would be an absolute disaster really for her.

- [Martin] For showing-wise yeah.

'cause three weeks, three weeks til show day.

- [Julian] So she said she is not eating so much.

- It's through there, she won't even stick her head in it.

- [Narrator] If Empress's stomach is twisted, she'll need surgery, which would rule her out of the great Yorkshire show.

- She just looks a bit sort of, it's the eyes isn't it.

(indistinct conversation) I'm just gonna have a listen on her.

- I'll open it up.

- [Narrator] Sounds from her digestive tract will indicate if she needs life-saving surgery.

- Not a lot of room and movement.

- Oh dear.

- She's absolutely fine.

- What a relief.

Retained placenta I can cope with.

Twisted stomach I can't cope with.

- [Narrator] Martin's dreams of entering Empress into the great Yorkshire show are still intact, just.

- So I can just get a few fingers in the cervix, but I can't get it any further than that.

- [Martin] I should've got Yorkshire vet.

I should've got Yorkshire vet.

- I'm just gonna put some these pessaries, antibiotic pessaries and they dissolve right in the uterus, and they can get right to work right where the infection is.

- [Narrator] Hopefully Empress will respond well, and be fit enough to take part in the great Yorkshire show.

- [Julian] It looks like it's an infection in the uterus as a result of the calving which happens from time to time.

It's a lot of service, but if you get on to it quickly, then everything should be okay.

- [Martin] Well, thank you very much.

- Well, the next time I see you hopefully will be in Harrogate.

- Oh, you're going to be at the show will ya.

- Probably yeah.

- If you do, make sure you're not driving.

Come and have a drink with us because there's a bar, we have a bar.

- A bar, well I look forward to it.

(inspirational music) (birds chirping) - [Narrator] Returning for a check up is new mum Gypsy who, 7 days ago, gave birth to a litter of pups by cesarean.

- [Craig] She's been doin' alright.

I don't think she's really enjoying it.

I feel more like the mother than her like the minute I've been up like every three hours like single dad at the minute.

It's honestly I didn't realize how tiring it would be just you basically looking after their every need just bit like having a baby you know.

- She coming?

Gypsy, look at you.

Hi there, come on through.

I just did wonder whether things might be be a bit difficult.

- I didn't want to leave her sort of with her sort of with them on a night in case she like lies on them or whatever, but like every three hours, I've just been getting up feedin' them and then puttin' them back.

- So you're a bit exhausted then, if you're up every three hours.

(indistinct conversation) - [Narrator] Back at home how is Craig coping?

(lively music) - Like they're just run in herds.

It's been a long six weeks now that I've found all good homes for them and stuff so I'm ready for them to leave to get me life back.

They are the little devils.

Don't let their cute faces fool ya.

(dogs growling) They've got teeth like little razor blades at the minute and they've been taking chunks out of me feet.

I mean, the teeth are like so right in there like they're really sharp like.

I didn't think of it being dangerous at about six weeks.

To be honest, it's probably just being harder than having children in a sense, so I think I'll be a great dad if I was to ever to have kids.

(lively music) - [Narrator] The great Yorkshire show is finally here.

(people chattering) Established in 1838, it's the largest agricultural show in England.

- I was just looking at some of the land rovers and trailers and things on the way in, and it looked to me as if people were coming from miles away.

- Yeah.

- Like from even the sides of the country.

- Well, they do.

I mean, it's a massive show.

- [Narrator] For partners Peter and Julian, it's an opportunity for a rare day out.

- [Peter] We don't see so many healthy ones, do we?

- No, no, no, not really.

- I mean, you said that sometimes ya got busy working, you don't actually see what's there.

- Come on girl, okay Vlad.

- [Narrator] Someone who can't afford to take it easy is Martin Jackson.

He's busy preparing his beloved cow for her class.

- [Martin] This is my favorite ever, Empress.

We've had a bit of troubles with her, but she's here and she's lookin' well.

- [Narrator] His team of helpers include his Latvian partner Veronica, - Are you relaxed?

- And two of her family.

- Taking Empress to clip.

Taking Empress to clip.

- Well it pointedly main at me, yeah.

Go ahead and walk a bit.

- [Narrator] For showing, Empress needs to be at the pinnacle of bovine beauty.

With a cut and blow dry from Wendy, the cow hairdresser.

(razor buzzing) - [Martin] Wendy stop lining the cow.

It's starting to get the body looking straight at the top.

So she looks back there she has to clip it down and blow dry it up as much as she can just to try and make it look level.

- [Narrator] A little hairspray, madam.

- [Wendy] There, that's all folks.

- [Martin] That's it.

- [Narrator] It's a transformation.

- She looks better with a top line, don't she?

She looks a lot level, looks good.

- You're a nice beauty you all know, look, look!

- Of course that if we're touching her.

Yeah, yeah go on.

- No like, yeah?

- Yeah she's okay, quite relaxed, quite into ya.

- Oh, the same as silk, no?

- Yeah, yeah.

- She's a good girl.

- I like, I like her, you know?

You're a beauty girl, yeah?

Not rosettes, one thousand pounds I would like!

- Presented!

- [Narrator] As Martin and Veronica dream of a top prize, Julian and Peter - I think there's food in here, let's go on.

- Let's go in and get something to eat, yeah.

- Yeah.

- [Narrator] Julian and Peter have their hearts set on other things.

- [Julian] Oh, I've not had a potpie for years.

- [Peter] Well, you can now.

- I'm gonna buy one.

Should I eat it now or should I take it home and warm it up?

- No I'd eat it now if I were you.

- I won't be eating any lunch.

Are you a gin drinker?

- [Peter] Yeah I love gin.

- Does it go well with pot pie?

Well, hello, then.

You're all right.

I thought you might find your brother gin and tonic stand.

- [Peter] That's lovely.

- [Julian] That is very nice, isn't it?

- Beautiful!

(lively music) - [Martin] Paper, paper thank you.

Can you get her to wipe up we'll be okay.

- [Narrator] It's judging time for Empress and Martin.

- [Martin Voiceover] Come on, Empress.

- Despite her recent infection, Empress is now fully fit.

- I think I'm in here 1072.

- [Announcer] When I'm judging cows, I like the heifers to be heifers.

I like heifers not to be too matured with (indistinct) attached udders.

- [Narrator] Man and cow have done their best, but will it be enough to bag them a prize?

Coming up.

- [Julian] 'ello George.

Do you remember me?

- [Narrator] After spending a summer in solitary, will George finally get a taste of freedom?

- [Julian] Hopefully we've got a leg that's healed.

- [Narrator] Earlier it was touch, and go whether Martin Jackson's beloved cow could enter the great Yorkshire show.

- [Julian Voiceover] These antibiotic pessaries and they dissolve right in the uterus.

- [Narrator] Against the odds, she's made it to the show ring.

- [Announcer] Okay, I'll give you the result now.

- [Narrator] It's the moment of truth.

- In shorthorns, and it's a win for the Church Roy Hardy in Collins.

Well done to the Collins'.

Runner up is from the 1064.

Third place goes to the Finks family, number 1068.

Fourth prize goes to number 119.

- Come on.

And in Fifth, we have (intense music) number 1073 Dixon with (indistinct) Jerry the third.

- [Martin] Well done, Jane (laughs).

I'm really happy, good girl.

Good girl, good girl.

- [Narrator] Empty- handed, Martin leads Empress back to the cow shed for another year.

- I think it's this way, yeah.

Martin, how ya doin' there, mate?

- You look knackered.

- I feel it now.

I fully feel it.

- How's it been?

- Empress did stand bottom.

She went really well.

- Is that Empress?

What have you done to her?

She looks like a different cow.

I'm slightly disappointed if I'm honest though that she didn't get a prize because I know Martin's put an awful lot of work in.

But she looks really good and she looks the part so.

I'm sure she'll be back next year.

Hopefully with a red rosette on her.

- [Narrator] It's not the winning, it's the taking part that counts.

But the sting of defeat can always be sweetened by getting the last laugh.

- Can't see a scar on that can you?

Fair Julian didn't do it, so you won't see one will you?

(upbeat music) - [Julian] We're going to see George the goat who fractured his back left leg by trying to jump over a gate.

We've had it in a cast since that time and hopefully today we can take the cast off and everything will be good.

But it was a particularly nasty fracture, so whether it will be fully healed or not at the moment I'm not sure.

- [Narrator] To prevent further damage to his broken leg, George has been kept in solitary confinement and away from his friends in the field.

- Well you can see his color.

Look at that for a color.

Is that flashing?

- [Male] Yeah!

- Hello George, do you remember me?

- Looks like he's kind of on the town for the night.

- Yeah.

(happy music) - [Julian] So what we'll do is if we you've got him there, we'll just put him on side maybe like we did before.

All right you stay still now.

The cast is made of fiberglass, which is very, very hard.

- [Narrator] If George's leg hasn't fully recovered, - [Julian] I can see there they come apart quite easily.

- [Narrator] He'll be put back in isolation.

- And hopefully in here, we've got a leg that's healed.

So that looks excellent.

(animals bleet) I think we can let him go in now.

Just lift him up, so he doesn't go too mad too soon.

If you let him go, what will he do?

Will he go running off or will he just walk around.

- [Male Voice] He'll probably walk around.

Maybe go back to his mates.

- That's good.

- He'll be glad to be out.

- He'll be really glad to be out because poor lad's been in that shed, hasn't he, for the last two months?

Oh, dear.

He's a busy going goat, isn't he?

- Never forgotten where the food comes from.

- [Julian] Yeah, exactly, a bit pleased to be out.

Don't stand on your back legs though, mate.

That's amazing, isn't it, 'cause to think he's been in solitary confinement for all this time, he's gone straight back out and causing problems fighting with the other goats.

You wouldn't think there was anything wrong with him, would you, you look at that?

The way he's tucking into that food.

- When we released him, we expected him to get bullied by the others 'cause he hadn't been with them, but he's being his boisterous self and bullied everyone else, so I think he's going to do fine (laughs).

- Yet again another really good results.

Really pleased.

(upbeat music) - [Narrator] Next time... - Some car mounted the curb, hit him.

- [Narrator] Julian delivers bad news to the owner of a much-loved companion, Dix.

- I think we're probably going to have to amputate his leg.

- Bit good, yeah.

- [Narrator] When a farmer accidentally runs over his beloved working dog, Peter must decide if it's the end of the line for Floss.

- It's slipping.

I think that's in again, but I can't keep it in.

- [Narrator] And an unusual patient causes a stir.

(bird squawking) (upbeat and lively music)