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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.