The Yorkshire Vet - Season 20 Episode 3
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00:00After he'd fallen in love with the Moors and Dales,
00:04it was in the 1970s that James Herriot's novels about life as a Yorkshire vet
00:09captured the hearts of the nation.
00:14His legacy lives on.
00:16All my life, I've enjoyed doing this.
00:18In his former trainee, Peter Wright.
00:22There we are. How are you doing, my old mate?
00:25Peter's old partner, Julian Norton.
00:27He didn't have colour in his day.
00:29He did have some colour.
00:31Now has two practices.
00:33I don't want to let him go.
00:35One of them in the town where Herriot worked,
00:37surrounded by the North Yorkshire landscape he loved.
00:41Everything that you can see all across there is Yorkshire.
00:44And in the foothills of the Pennines...
00:46That's a Hollywood smile.
00:48..a new generation of town and country vets
00:51also uphold the Herriot ethos.
00:54I'm just going to have a feel a bit deeper inside, see what we've got.
00:57The teams are united.
00:59We can probably knock this off ourselves, do you think?
01:01Never taking their eyes off the ball.
01:06As they help animals of all shapes...
01:09He's trying to grow an extra pair of legs.
01:11..sizes...
01:12Hello, gorgeous.
01:14..types...
01:15Touch.
01:16..and temperaments.
01:18No, don't be nasty.
01:19It's definitely not glamorous.
01:21Get that mucus out.
01:23But it's varied.
01:24So we've actually found gold, literally found gold.
01:26It's rarely easy...
01:28You've won Mr Wet T-shirt.
01:30..but they continue the Herriot tradition...
01:32It's alive.
01:33..treating all creatures...
01:35Let's move it.
01:36I can't believe it.
01:37..great...
01:38Not quite the same as operated in theatre, is it?
01:40Come on!
01:41..and small.
01:42Oh!
01:53Flower power reigns supreme in the Yorkshire countryside.
01:59There's a disco vibe as youngsters find their feet.
02:04Although it's a heavenly high to be over the hill
02:08and from a bygone era.
02:11As the love train rolls on, from countryside to coast,
02:16there are many groovy spots to peace out.
02:21But for farmers, it's hard graft to keep their animals staying alive,
02:26watching out for night fever.
02:31At Cannon Hole Farm...
02:33Hello. Come on.
02:35That's it, go and get some milk.
02:37Although Dave's keeping an eye on the latest new arrivals...
02:40Come on, let's have a look at you.
02:42..his main focus today is on one of their senior citizens.
02:46How you doing, old lad?
02:48Eh?
02:49Surprised Swiss valet-up Albert.
02:52You're a bit under the weather, aren't you?
02:54You poor thing.
02:57And Shona's heading straight over
03:00after hearing about Albert's worrying symptoms.
03:03He's been laid down, he's not interested in food,
03:06he seems really miserable.
03:08Dave's really worried about him.
03:10You're not looking good, are you?
03:12He's an old character from the farm, Albert.
03:14He's been there a good amount of time,
03:16so just hoping we can find something we can fix.
03:22Black-nosed Swiss valets are one of our favourite breeds.
03:25They're iconic.
03:26This is Albert's first lamb of the season.
03:29He's perfectly marked, looking good,
03:31but sadly, Albert is just not himself at the moment.
03:37He's really, really down.
03:39He's usually strutting his stuff,
03:41especially when he's next to the lady sheep.
03:43He's standing tall, he's walking around, he's very vocal,
03:46but he's quiet, he's breathing heavy.
03:49It's exactly what you don't want to see.
03:53I just hope it's not pneumonia
03:55or anything that's going to really, really...
03:58Well, I don't want to think about it, actually,
04:01because he's very important to us.
04:05Hey, lambs.
04:08How are you doing, Shauna?
04:10You know Albert.
04:12Yeah. Oh, bless him.
04:14He's just not eating, he's not drinking.
04:16I think he's losing a bit of condition.
04:18Yeah, he's a bit on the lean side.
04:20And he seems to be lifting a little bit, breathing quite fast.
04:23He's breathing quite heavy, yeah.
04:25There's a bit of snot, isn't there?
04:27There is, yeah.
04:28His temperature's normal.
04:30Right.
04:3139.6, that's normal for a sheep.
04:33They're quite high, anyway.
04:36What do you think?
04:39He's definitely got quite raspy sounds over his lungs,
04:42but he doesn't fit a normal pneumonia,
04:44cos he's not got a high temperature.
04:46So I'm quite worried about him.
04:48He's certainly got some breathing difficulty.
04:50They can get a type of tumour on the lung,
04:52and it can be difficult to tell just from listening.
04:55Are you feeling strong? Yeah.
04:57I guess we could wheelbarrow test him.
04:59So lift up his back legs
05:01and see if fluid pours down his nose.
05:03All right, OK.
05:04If the fluid does come out, it's not a good sign at all.
05:07They can't get better from it.
05:09Right, OK.
05:10So in that way, it sort of helps the decision process.
05:13Well, let's hope it doesn't.
05:15Let's hope it doesn't, yeah.
05:23Traditional market towns like Thirsk and Wetherby
05:26are proud of their colourful history.
05:30In the 1970s, life for Yorkshire folk was quite different.
05:38And today, at his practice in Wetherby...
05:41God, that's pretty terrible.
05:43..Julian is reminiscing.
05:45I've just actually been visiting my parents,
05:47and they've been rummaging through photo albums
05:50and produced a selection of photographs and memories,
05:53really, from the 1970s.
05:55That was the decade when I was born.
05:58Most of the staff here and at Thirsk
06:00were born many years after that fantastic decade
06:03and don't even know about the 70s.
06:06Nurse Lucy was born in 2001.
06:09That's me in pyjamas, look, you don't see that kind of thing very often.
06:12Oh, my God, you look the same.
06:14What's with everyone giving kids bowl cuts back in day?
06:17Just what we did.
06:18I think my grandma give all kids bowl cuts,
06:21so they all just look the same gender.
06:23Look at all that hair.
06:26I didn't know that, cos everyone said Mitz, but I didn't look like him.
06:32Look at that, whoa!
06:34We all look like that.
06:36Luckily, Mark and Sarah was also born in the 1970s,
06:39so I do have some recollections about riding on a bike with no helmet.
06:42So that's my gang there.
06:44So that's a rally burner.
06:46I really remember my first rally bike.
06:48That was the most exciting Christmas of my life, I think.
06:51No watches, we didn't know what time it was.
06:53But you didn't need to, because your mum used to kick you out,
06:56and then as it started to go dark, that's when it was tea time.
06:59That was, I think, the first photo that I know of me.
07:02You look quite angelic there, Julian.
07:04I'm fat, look at my legs.
07:06Rather than being rose-tinted,
07:08the 1970s nostalgic spectacles take on a different hue.
07:13The monochrome brownness of it all.
07:15Everything was brown carpet, brown carpet.
07:17Oh, gosh.
07:18When I think back to these times,
07:20it doesn't seem long ago, but looking at these,
07:22it looks like a different era.
07:24And although the 70s feel like a lifetime ago...
07:28Summer of 75, that was a good one.
07:31In happy times, wasn't it?
07:33Julian hasn't forgotten the lingo.
07:36It's quite nice to reminisce.
07:38Halcyon days for all those kids in there.
07:41It's pretty groovy.
07:44It was in the 1970s that a teenaged Peter
07:48first experienced working under James Herriot as a student.
07:5350 years later, at the practice in Kirby Moorside,
07:57retired GP Margaret is waiting to see him.
08:00Yes, you all right?
08:02With her rescue goose, Jemima.
08:04What would you like to call yourself?
08:06One goose.
08:07One goose, lovely.
08:08That's busy biting my fingers.
08:11My mother had geese when I was little.
08:13Hundreds of them.
08:14A couple of years ago, I had to give them away.
08:17Oh.
08:18Cos I fractured my back.
08:19It will crack you.
08:20But this autumn, I'm hoping to start again.
08:22Excellent.
08:23Although Margaret is more used to examining people...
08:26She's quite flighty because she was loose in a sort of paddock
08:30with trees.
08:31..she thinks she's seen a problem with Jemima's eye.
08:34Come on, out you come, girl.
08:36Shall I bring her head out?
08:38Well, if you can.
08:39It's a question of not being bitten at the same time.
08:42It seems to be the third eye that's the problem.
08:44Yes.
08:45When I first looked at it, it was some little yellow flecks in it.
08:50Mm, interesting.
08:52In fact, there seems to be almost a solid thing in the middle of it.
08:56It could be a fungal, but they are prone to bacterial
09:01and particularly fungal infections on the third eye.
09:04Oh, right.
09:05I've never seen it before, so I don't know about it.
09:08But, you see, with having dirty water and a paddock which has got
09:12long grass, she's poking her head in all the rubbish, you know what I mean?
09:18If I can take her through, see what we can do.
09:22It's just a little bit of stress there.
09:24Well, I'm very pleased to meet you because I love the old story,
09:28you know, you're mental.
09:30Yes, I was very fortunate, really.
09:33Because I'm of that age, you know.
09:35Donald Sinclair, he was a very keen bird enthusiast, fanatically so.
09:40He used to race pigeons quite successfully.
09:43But birds generally, he was always a big fan of.
09:45Oh, right.
09:46No, you don't.
09:48Now, be nice.
09:49I'll take her through.
09:50Thank you so much.
09:53While Dr Margaret was keen to meet Peter...
09:56Oh!
09:58Oh.
10:00Oh.
10:01I think you should just put your finger in to see its temperament.
10:04..Jemima doesn't seem so enamoured with him.
10:07Or care assistant Rhiannon.
10:09It's angry, isn't it?
10:11The first thing in all these situations is restrain your patient.
10:14We've got two weapons here.
10:16We've got the wings and we've got the beak.
10:18I think I'm going to grab the wings.
10:20I'll risk the beak attacking me.
10:24OK.
10:25If you'll just grab her head now through that towel.
10:29That's it.
10:31That's it. Lovely.
10:33Hang on.
10:37Keep her head under, that's it.
10:39Champion.
10:41Right.
10:42We're in control.
10:44Lovely.
10:46I won't be able to check this third eyelid
10:48without a general anaesthetic.
10:50Breathe it in, Jemima. Breathe it in.
10:52You're all right.
10:55I think she's calming down, isn't she?
10:57Yeah.
10:58A little bit.
11:01Once I've got her knocked out, we can have a proper gander.
11:07Coming up...
11:08This left testicle is enormous.
11:10..can a shocked Rohin save a retired sheepdog?
11:13It's quite likely to be a cancer.
11:15Dearie me.
11:16..Shona uses her wheelbarrow...
11:18So we're just going to pick him up.
11:20..to see if it's been a good idea.
11:22Pick him up.
11:24..to see if it's bad news for old Albert.
11:26Good lad.
11:27..and even the animals are retro...
11:29Pineapple and cheese hedgehog.
11:31..as Julian brings a unique 70s flavour to his practice.
11:35It's called, quite simply, ham and bananas.
11:39Hollandaise!
11:42BIRDS CHIRP
11:50While veterinary techniques have changed over the years...
11:53You all right holding on to him while I do this end?
11:55..some methods used back in the 1970s are still useful today,
11:59like Shona's wheelbarrow test on Dave's Swiss Valley Tarp Albert.
12:03So we're just going to pick him up?
12:05Yeah. OK.
12:06..to try and get to the bottom of the mystery illness that's flawed him.
12:10Good lad.
12:11It's a very basic test to see if there's excess fluid on the lungs.
12:14If the fluid does come out, it's not a good sign at all.
12:17They can't get better from it.
12:20Good lad.
12:22There's nothing coming out. That's good.
12:24I can see just a bit of snot.
12:26OK, yeah.
12:28Good work.
12:31Thankfully, he hasn't got fluid on the lungs.
12:34He's got a swirling hock.
12:36So that could be part of the reason
12:38why he's trying to lie down all the time, if that's a bit sore.
12:42It shouldn't affect his appetite, though, should it?
12:44No, it shouldn't affect his appetite.
12:46It's a bit of a puzzle what's wrong with him.
12:48His appetite isn't there, he is losing condition.
12:51You know, we're really concerned cos he is a grand old lad
12:54and we'd like him to be around for a few years more, wouldn't we?
12:58I think bloods would be a good idea.
13:00Mainly, see if there's anything major going on, major organs affected.
13:04Yeah.
13:06Can you hold him just there? That's brilliant.
13:08Yeah.
13:09So what we'll run on this is we'll look at his red and white blood cell count.
13:13Low red blood cell count means they're anaemic.
13:16The white blood cell count will increase if they've got an infection.
13:20He does have a snotty nose and his lungs sound raspy,
13:23so I think he has got respiratory infection.
13:26It's just strange that he doesn't have a high temperature.
13:29Yeah.
13:31He's quite stiff on his back legs, particularly his left one.
13:35And it's swollen there.
13:37He could be arthritic at this age in a sheep
13:39and that's why he now has a bit of a snotty nose,
13:42cos he's been laid down too much.
13:45We're going to give him some antibiotics for his lungs
13:48because there's definitely something going on there.
13:50That'll make him feel better, won't it?
13:52Yeah, at least the painkiller will, at the very least.
13:55And I think this antibiotic's going to help.
13:57But it's difficult to say for definite what's going on at the minute.
14:00We'll run these bloods, we'll see how he responds to some treatment
14:04and see how he is in a couple of days.
14:06Good lad. I know you've not got much muscle to inject it into.
14:10Let's give it a rub. Good lad.
14:13Keep giving him painkiller. Yeah.
14:15And let's just see where we go from there, really.
14:17And hopefully he'll turn that corner.
14:19Yeah. Let's hope so. Yeah.
14:23Albert's pretty much as close as it gets to a pet sheep, really.
14:27He's a big name at Cannon Hall, he's been here a long time
14:30and Rob and Dave really care about him.
14:33Poor old lad.
14:34So, you know, the pressure's on.
14:42Since those early days at the Heriot practice in the 70s,
14:46Pete has helped all creatures, great and small.
14:50Quite sleepy now. Eyes are shut.
14:53Today, with nurse Rhiannon, he's examining Jemima the goose's sore eye.
14:58Once Jemima's anaesthetised, I'm going to have a look
15:01and see if there's a piece of twig, a little bit of thorn
15:04that may have penetrated the inside of the third eyelid.
15:09And I'm suspicious that we might have an infection there
15:12that's been grumbling away for some time.
15:15Right. OK.
15:18Right. Let's just see.
15:20Couldn't shine me a light round the back there, could you?
15:23Can you get me one?
15:26Oh, thanks, Rich.
15:29That's pretty healthy behind there.
15:31Hold the top of the head for me.
15:33Just to pull the eyelid open a bit further.
15:36Yeah.
15:38No foreign body there, but I do think we've got an infection.
15:45Right, let's get the mask on.
15:48Jemima, you caught us on the hop there, didn't you?
15:51Eh?
15:53There's some pus there, I think.
15:55We've got little specks of pus in here.
15:59Yeah.
16:01I'm sure that's pus.
16:03I'm going to put this ointment in for the time being,
16:06which is a soothing, bland ointment.
16:09OK. Come round now.
16:12Get her ready to go back in her box.
16:14Do you think? Cos she may come round quite quickly.
16:18Retired GP Margaret, who rescued Jemima...
16:21Dr McKelvie. ..has been waiting anxiously...
16:23Right.
16:24..for Peter's diagnosis and prognosis.
16:29No foreign body there, but there's quite a lot of pus...
16:32Oh. ..behind the third eyelid.
16:34It's been going on a long time, this.
16:36That's why it's so swollen and inflamed.
16:38I put some very bland, soothing ointment in there to start with,
16:42because it has traumatised the eyelid,
16:44and I've taken a swab to send off to the lab.
16:48Right. Thank you so much.
16:50Not at all. Let's just hope we're successful.
16:53It is a tricky one, but it's been going on a long time.
16:56That's what worries me.
16:59I think it's very obvious to see
17:01that the owner is very passionate about her geese,
17:04having had them in the past,
17:06and then, due to illnesses of her own,
17:09had to let her flock of geese go.
17:13Do you want me to bring her out for you?
17:15I'll be all right. Are you sure? Yes.
17:17Once I've got her result back, I'll be in touch.
17:20And I think it's put a spring in her step, really,
17:23rescuing Jemima,
17:25and I'm hopeful that we may have an infection here,
17:30at least something we can do something about.
17:42At the practice in Wetherby, Julian's still feeling groovy
17:47after getting nostalgic over family photos from the 1970s.
17:52Right. Perfect.
17:53And it's inspired him to give the team a taste of his favourite decade.
17:57The first thing is to open the bananas.
18:01It's called, quite simply, ham and bananas.
18:06Hollandaise.
18:09It's an odd combination, for sure.
18:11The next stage is some mustard to go on top.
18:14Mmm. I'll spill it around.
18:17Right. Hollandaise.
18:20Made with Yorkshire rapeseed oil.
18:23Right, good.
18:24So I'm going to get this cooking.
18:26Julian's far-right buffet has more 70s classics than a disco jukebox.
18:32Vol-A-Vants, pineapple and cheese hedgehog,
18:35deviled eggs, prawn cocktails.
18:38Essential kit, really, to recreate the 70s vibe.
18:41Food was very different in the 1970s, mainly lacking in taste.
18:45We always had white-sliced bread with margarine with pretty much every meal.
18:49Angel Delight and blancmange, tins of peas, everything was in a tin
18:53and usually bereft of much flavour.
18:56Doily, doily, doily.
18:59Ten minutes, I'm hoping, would be just about perfect
19:01for my ham, banana and Hollandaise mixture.
19:04And then I'm just going to get the troops to come and sample it,
19:07see what they think.
19:08There we are.
19:09I might check on the air fryer.
19:13It just looks like custard.
19:14Nothing's happening there at all.
19:16That needs more time.
19:17Oh, ****!
19:20No wonder it's not cooking.
19:22I've not plugged it in.
19:24There we are.
19:30Quick!
19:31It was just before the golden summer of 1976
19:35that one man and his dog first hit our screens.
19:39Come back, come back, come back, come back.
19:43A duo who enjoyed that relationship for years
19:46before their recent retirement,
19:48Steve and Stomp have come to the practice in Huddersfield.
19:52Hey, Stomp.
19:55You're such a lovely boy, aren't you?
19:57Let's go and get you checked out.
19:59Stomp has an unfortunately large heart.
20:03Stomp has an unfortunately large problem,
20:06which is worrying Rohin.
20:09This left testicle is enormous.
20:11It's probably three to four times the size of the right testicle.
20:15From feeling that, it's probably quite likely to be a cancer.
20:18It's really firm.
20:20The best thing is just to get it taken off.
20:22The sooner we get it removed,
20:24the more hopefully we can prolong his lifespan.
20:27He was just a sheepdog, just four round inch sheep, that's all.
20:32Not a very good one, but I managed to survive with him
20:38and did his job.
20:40I think Dog misses it more than what I do.
20:43He runs round a big garden all day,
20:46so he's quite happy doing that.
20:49I've got grass on my little tractor
20:51and he follows me just as though he's following a quad bike
20:55when we used to be at farm.
20:58To help Rohin reunite Steve and Stomp...
21:03..his partner in theatre will be Nurse Jade.
21:06I've not seen anything like this,
21:08but hopefully it should be a straightforward surgery.
21:11What we need to be very careful about is the anaesthetic.
21:14He's an old boy and we don't want to get that wrong.
21:21They were both happily enjoying their retirement together, I think,
21:24and now this is throwing a bit of a spanner into the works.
21:27We really want to make sure we get it sorted out today.
21:35Deary me.
21:37Now it's been clipped and shaved, it looks even bigger than it did before.
21:40It's really quite something.
21:42This cloth is normally used for larger abdominal surgeries
21:45and it's only just fitting through the cloth, so it is a large problem.
21:49I'm going to start with the problem one,
21:51if he's settled under anaesthetic, yeah.
21:54Right, got to go for it.
21:58Coming up...
21:59How are you, guys?
22:00..Shona's hoping the top is on the up...
22:03We're better than Albert, he's still a little bit sorry for himself.
22:06..trying to cure Jemima the goose...
22:08Just a minute now, just be patient.
22:10Right.
22:11..leaves Peter down on his hands and knees...
22:14No, you go out.
22:15I don't know whether I'll get up again.
22:17SHE LAUGHS
22:18..and how will the radical 70s lunch...
22:20What are these?
22:22..go down with the kids?
22:31Since growing up on Cannon Hall Farm in the 1970s,
22:35Rob and Dave have cared for thousands of animals.
22:38Recently, they've been especially worried about their Swiss valet top, Albert.
22:43If we lost him now, that would be heartbreaking, yeah.
22:46And they're waiting for Shona to bring his blood test results.
22:50It's a nerve-wracking time.
22:52If it's bad news...
22:55..you know, Albert's not going to be here next week.
22:58If it's good news...
23:00..well, it's going to be a weight lifted off our shoulders.
23:03Shona's news will mean a lot.
23:05There's a lot resting here.
23:09Hi, Shona.
23:10Hello. How are you doing?
23:11I'm all right. How are you, guys?
23:13Good.
23:14We're better than Albert, he's still a little bit sorry for himself.
23:17We've been trying him on lots of little tiny amounts of different foods
23:21just to sort of tempt him, and it seems to be working.
23:24He's definitely doing better.
23:26He's got plenty of choice, like a tap-ass machine.
23:29Yeah.
23:30So we got the results back from the blood sample that we took the other day,
23:34and it is showing changes to the kidney parameters, basically.
23:38I'm getting the impression with him
23:40that he's had some kind of bacterial infection,
23:42and that hence why he might be responding to the treatment that we've given him.
23:46He's also got a bit of arthritis in his hocks,
23:48and that's part of the reason why he's been down.
23:51But I definitely think it's worth a go,
23:53completing the course of treatment for, like, a kidney infection.
23:56Right.
23:58He very well behaved, Albert.
24:00He's not a bad ram, is he? He's a trooper.
24:03I've given him another dose of antibiotic
24:05that should help with any infection in the kidneys.
24:08So if you give him another five days of the antibiotic,
24:11just ease off with the painkiller,
24:13so if you maybe give him a half dose every three days,
24:16so that the kidneys can process it.
24:18What we want more than anything for Albert is a happy retirement.
24:21We've got loads of semen in cold storage off him
24:25that we'll see his legacy going into the next few decades.
24:29Keep giving him his TLC and all his tap-ass, his spoils.
24:32His Barnsley tap-ass.
24:34Yeah, it's not Spanish, is it?
24:36No.
24:37I might come round for my dinner with him.
24:40Well, we'll keep you informed and hopefully there'll be good news.
24:43Let's hope so.
24:44Right, I'll leave you to it.
24:46Thanks for joining us.
24:49I feel a lot happier than we did a week ago,
24:52but there's a long way to go. He needs to rebuild his strength.
24:55Hopefully in a month's time, Albert will be out there soaking up the sun,
24:59chasing the girls round and enjoying Barnsley life.
25:03BIRDS CHIRP
25:09Back at the practice in Huddersfield...
25:11It's going to be a much bigger wound than your typical castrate wound.
25:14..Rohin and Jade are operating on retired sheepdog Stomp,
25:18who has an extremely swollen testicle...
25:20Oh, it's full of fluid.
25:22..which they think might be cancerous.
25:25That is not what I expected.
25:27It's a bit like bursting a balloon, that.
25:29That is a surprise, to be honest.
25:31Testicles don't typically ooze that much blood and fluid at this stage.
25:35In fact, I think we're going to have to make this an open castrate.
25:38I'm going to go through that layer to fully expose it
25:41to see exactly what we're dealing with there.
25:45Can you get cystic testicles, like cannulas?
25:48It is possible, if he had a trauma,
25:51that it's enlarged due to a build-up of fluid rather than a cancer.
25:55That would be really good news, if it is that.
25:58It's something I've not seen in several years of doing this job.
26:02It's literally pooled full of blood.
26:04Definitely the most unusual castration this I've seen.
26:08So that can come off now.
26:12So that's the tricky part done.
26:14Now just the very routine thing of removing the other normal-looking testicle.
26:20He's doing really well.
26:22I've had to put a stethoscope, which goes down his esophagus,
26:26just so I can hear his heart, because he's got quite a deep chest.
26:29It's hard to hear with a normal stethoscope.
26:32So I've got rid of the other one now.
26:34Just look at the difference.
26:36It's a crazy difference in size between the two there.
26:43Last stitch going in.
26:46It's really, really thick, that.
26:49Let's see what that looks like inside.
26:52It does look a bit abnormally thickened, doesn't it?
26:55We'll see if we can do some analysis on that
26:58to see if it's likely that it is caused by cancer
27:01or whether it's purely a result of trauma.
27:04I really hope it's the second one.
27:06Either way, it's good news it's out.
27:09He's still very sleepy, but he's awake.
27:11I'm wondering what's happened with him.
27:14Hey, you'll be fine.
27:16Good boy.
27:18A few hours later, Steve's back to collect his former farm workmate
27:22and forever friend.
27:24As far as we know, it's gone OK.
27:26We'll get him back home, see how he goes on.
27:30Might have another year or two left in him.
27:33We'll see how he does.
27:35Come on, Stump. Here we go.
27:38Here he is.
27:40That's a good doe.
27:41He's looking good. Still wagging his tail.
27:43Come here. Come on.
27:46We'll have to rest him for the next 10 to 14 days,
27:49just short walks on the lead and not running around too much.
27:52Fingers crossed it's not a cancer,
27:54but if it is, at least we've helped him.
27:57Well, we've helped him. We've given him a chance, haven't we?
28:00If we get him through these 10 days,
28:02then he can go back to enjoying his retirement after that, isn't it?
28:06Yeah.
28:07And hopefully you can as well keep enjoying your retirement.
28:10I'll speak to you soon about the samples anyway.
28:13Go on, then.
28:15To see him go home wagging his tail, happy like that,
28:18it warms your heart, I think.
28:20It warms your heart. I think it's a good outcome so far.
28:23Still waiting to see whether there was a cancer or not,
28:26but either way, we've really, really helped him today.
28:33At the practice in Wetherby...
28:35Mmm.
28:37..Julian's 1970s piece de resistance is finally ready to be revealed.
28:42Banana, ham, mustard and hollandaise.
28:45And the team are about to step back in time.
28:48Wow, this looks amazing.
28:50It smells divine.
28:52To see if they dig it...
28:53There's very much a sense of nostalgia wafting through the air.
28:57..when they dig in.
28:59Welcome to the 1970s.
29:01Prague cocktail, anyone?
29:03Wow.
29:04Oh, lovely!
29:05Here she comes.
29:06Here comes trouble.
29:07Looks good.
29:08I'll try an egg.
29:09I'll try an egg.
29:10Receptionist Bev is a 70s aficionado.
29:14Ooh, that's nice.
29:17Battenberg.
29:18Arctic roll.
29:19Oh, arctic roll?
29:20Yeah, you've got the roll of cake round with the jam
29:23and then the ice cream.
29:25Vesta curries.
29:26Ooh, yeah.
29:27Oh.
29:28That was yummy, was that.
29:30While for post-millennial nurse Lucy...
29:32What are these?
29:34Don't have a clue.
29:35Bollivants.
29:37..it's like life on Mars.
29:39This is the cheesy hedgehog thing, innit?
29:41I know that.
29:42..but she's willing to jump in at the deep end.
29:45Let's see.
29:46Even with Julian's banana and ham concoction.
29:52That's nice.
29:53What, with the banana?
29:54Yes.
29:55Yeah.
29:56It doesn't look nice.
29:57It looks awful.
29:58It doesn't taste like banana at all.
29:59It just tastes like...
30:01I think that's absolutely disgusting.
30:03Yeah, I think it just tastes like an Eds Benedict,
30:06like a banana.
30:07Oh, God, that's horrible.
30:09That'd be lovely.
30:10I don't know why everyone's so dramatic.
30:12That's a good bat.
30:14And maybe Lucy was born in the wrong era.
30:17Mm, yeah.
30:19Heaven?
30:20Mm.
30:21Good?
30:23Oh, God.
30:24That's a pudding.
30:35Back at Callan Hall Farm...
30:38Come on.
30:39Come on.
30:40Off you go.
30:41Come on.
30:42Rob's prize tap, Albert, was recently off his food...
30:45Good.
30:46..and looked far from fab.
30:49There was one night when he were at his worst
30:51and I looked at him and I thought,
30:53I don't think I'm going to see you tomorrow.
30:55And it's a big boost that he has recovered
30:57to the point where we're ready today
30:59to turn him out into the green, green grass of home,
31:02into the sunshine.
31:08We've got two of his sons that are here ready to greet him
31:11and help him complete his recuperation.
31:14Come on, Albert.
31:15You've seen a llama before.
31:19He's got island cows, he's got Elvis the llama for company.
31:23There couldn't be a nicer place on God's green earth than here.
31:29When I look at Albert now, with the grass green,
31:32the sun shining and him looking so well,
31:34I can't help but think back to the night that I said goodbye to him.
31:38I gave him a pat and I wished him all the best
31:40and I can't believe that he's here now looking as well as he does.
31:44He's our star ram
31:45and to see him out in the rolling Pennine foothills of Barnsley
31:49is where I want to see him for years to come.
31:59Over on the coast in Whitby,
32:03former GP Margaret still has concerns
32:05about her rescue goose Jemima's eye.
32:08You're going to be a good goose.
32:10Don't be flying out. That's a good girl.
32:13And Peter's made the trip over to check on her progress.
32:18I've got the lab report back now
32:20and that indicates that we have a very nasty infection in there.
32:24Hopefully, we may have some improvement.
32:26First of all, we'll have to catch our patient,
32:29which may be easier said than done.
32:32Morning. Morning.
32:34I see you've got a handy piece of equipment here.
32:37Yes.
32:38It's the only way to stop her flying out straight into you.
32:43That's why she's in here, because it's high.
32:46Yes.
32:47When I worked at Thirsk or Sinclair and White,
32:49it was always jokingly said, first catch your patient.
32:52Yes.
32:53And I think it's never been more true, has it really?
32:55That's right.
32:56Whatever animal, it can be tricky.
32:58It can be tricky.
33:00I can see her there. She's eyeing me up.
33:02I'm just going to observe from the outside,
33:04you doing your whamming.
33:05Yes.
33:07Are you sure you're OK to go in there?
33:10Oh, well done. Well done.
33:12You've done this before, I can tell.
33:14I have.
33:16Come here.
33:17Come here, girl.
33:18So, if you take this out now.
33:19Yeah.
33:20Right.
33:21Yeah.
33:22I've got a wing.
33:23Oh, well done.
33:24I think...
33:25Now, don't be nasty.
33:26Look, this is a respectable house.
33:29We're looking at it now. What do you think to it?
33:32I think there's some improvement.
33:34But I did put an antibacterial in when I had her knocked out.
33:38So, that will have relieved it to some extent.
33:40Yes, it will.
33:41The drops that we should use, according to the lab,
33:45we need to put in six times a day.
33:47But, because we've got so much improvement already,
33:50I'm going to use something which will be much easier,
33:53much more user-friendly,
33:54if we only have to repeat it after 48 hours.
33:58That will make life much easier for Jemima
34:01and much easier for you.
34:03I couldn't do this six times a day.
34:05No, I would never argue with a GP.
34:07Oh, would you?
34:09Right.
34:10Well, just a splodge of this.
34:12And the beauty of this is that it will soon dissolve its way around.
34:16And I'm hopeful that this will give us our complete cure.
34:20Just a minute. Now, just be patient.
34:22Nearly done.
34:24Right.
34:25I think we're done.
34:26Right.
34:27Now, you go out.
34:28Mind your head.
34:29Mind my head?
34:30It's not designed for people.
34:31Come on, I'll get up again, Margaret.
34:36Come on, then. Out you go, girl.
34:40She's pretty disgusted, I think, with what we've done to her.
34:45There's never a dull moment in life with animals.
34:47There isn't, is there?
34:52But you're a goose fan, aren't you?
34:54Yes, I am.
34:55When I was a child, my mother had a smallholding during the war.
34:59At one point, she had 400 geese.
35:01And that's what I want to ask you.
35:03I need another goose.
35:04She's been crying a lot.
35:05Has she?
35:06Yes.
35:07Right.
35:08They don't like being on their own.
35:09She's not behaving normally, like a normal goose.
35:12She hasn't had a bath.
35:13Oh, she is. Oh, she is.
35:15She's in.
35:16No, that's new.
35:17Is that first time?
35:18First time.
35:19And she's having a proper wash.
35:21She's thoroughly enjoying herself in that water.
35:23Go and cleanse the smell of that horrible vet off herself immediately.
35:27Yeah.
35:29I don't think geese are meant to be on their own.
35:32No, they're not.
35:33I'll make some enquiries and I'll ring you.
35:38Still to come...
35:39Would you like to come through?
35:40All right.
35:41Thanks.
35:42Can Stomp and Steve resume their happy retirement?
35:45I was analysing his testicle under the microscope.
35:47It was a tumour.
35:49And with 70s fever, you ain't seen nothing yet.
36:00The ultra-modern animal hospital in Huddersfield...
36:04I'm happy with that.
36:05..is a far cry from the vet clinics of the 1970s.
36:09Should have brought him some treats.
36:12But some of the clients are old school,
36:15like retired farming duo Steve and Stomp.
36:18Morning, Mr Eggleton. How's it going? Would you like to come through?
36:21All right. Thanks.
36:22Sheepdog Stomp had a swollen testicle,
36:24which Rohin removed a week ago, suspecting cancer.
36:29How's everything going? Is he doing all right?
36:31Everything seems to be all right.
36:33Does he seem happy and eating and drinking and toileting normally?
36:37Oh, he's eating well.
36:39You look happy. He's a good boy.
36:42Mainly just to have a look at that wound.
36:44Sit down. Steady now.
36:46Go on. There we go. Have a look at that.
36:48That's fine.
36:49I think that's sealed up well, hasn't it?
36:51Yeah.
36:52He's never licked it or anything, you know?
36:54No, no.
36:56So it won't feel sore to him, must it?
37:01He looks pretty good, that, to me.
37:03He's very comfortable when I'm feeling and pressing around there.
37:06He's not bothered, is he?
37:07I think he's done really well there.
37:09I think he's done...
37:10He's a good boy. Did you hear that? He's done really well.
37:14I was analysing his testicle under the microscope.
37:17It was a tumour, so there were signs of cancerous cells.
37:20But the good news is it's a type of tumour
37:22that you wouldn't expect him to have problems with spread of tumour around the body.
37:27Essentially, what we've done should be a total cure
37:30and he should be able to just be happy now and not have a problem with it.
37:34It should prolong his life.
37:36It should, definitely, yeah.
37:38He's enjoying all the attention it's getting.
37:41Yeah, probably enjoying getting spoilt at the moment, isn't he?
37:44Yeah.
37:45But it's a really good outcome. I think we should be pretty happy with that.
37:48We should be happy with it. I'm happy with it, anyway.
37:52Shall we give him a treat, then?
37:54I could see you sniffing this trail before.
37:56I know you're after that. Do you want it?
37:59There you go. That's all right, isn't it?
38:01He says, I'll test it, make sure it's not a trick.
38:06There we go. You can go and enjoy yourself, Stomp.
38:09Nice to see you, anyway.
38:11Yeah, all right. Thanks, Tom.
38:13All the best. See you later.
38:15Go on, Stomp.
38:17I'm really pleased with that. It's healed really well.
38:20Stomp's happy, Mr Eggleton's happy as well, so it's the best possible news.
38:24And now they can both enjoy their retirement together.
38:31In Whitby, where Dr Margaret is happily retired,
38:35Jemima the goose's eye infection has cleared up.
38:39And with Margaret concerned that she's feeling lonely,
38:42it seems Peter's wild goose chase has also been successful.
38:46Morning, Margaret. Morning.
38:48How are you? I'm looking forward to this.
38:50Well, they always say you should beware of men bearing gifts.
38:56It's going to be a lovely gift for the lady.
38:59She cries quite a lot. Yes.
39:01It's sad, really. I think a companion would be rather nice.
39:06We may get a stand-off moment, but it'll be lovely to see the reaction.
39:10Shall I put her down over there?
39:12Just let her out and see what happens.
39:15I've been through the Lonely Hearts column
39:18and I've come up with what I think is a suitable companion.
39:22I've checked on her character, so I'm hoping I've got a perfect match,
39:27but who knows?
39:29Jemima's coming down, look. She is.
39:31She's perking up because she can hear the other one.
39:34Are you going to come out? Come on.
39:38There we are.
39:45First of all, they've got to eye each other up.
39:49Well, they're talking, Margaret.
39:51They're going towards each other, which is good.
39:56Goose can be quite nasty and there's been none of that.
40:02Wow. I think they're walking off into the sunset together.
40:06I think they're happy. I think they're very happy.
40:09Because they're going together. Yes.
40:11I think it's all going to work out.
40:14Going to be happy ever after. Thank you for that.
40:21Well, that's lovely, do you know? Thank you.
40:23It's made my morning, really. Yes, made my morning.
40:25Let's go in for a cup of tea.
40:27Oh, that would be wonderful, Margaret. Thank you very much.
40:30It's a bit chilly, isn't it? It is a bit nippy.
40:37Back in Wetherby, night fever is about to take hold.
40:42Everybody at Sunbeck was suitably inspired
40:45by our recent foray into the 1970s.
40:49So it's been a busy day at work and we've decided to come to the pub
40:53and we've taken things to the next level, really.
40:59We've decided to have a bit of a fancy dress evening.
41:02Everybody is embracing the flower power flares
41:05and iconic 70s looks.
41:07We've got Elton and Deirdre.
41:10And when it comes to being a convincing cool dude...
41:13Half a Guinness, please, barkeep.
41:15..Lucy's clearly nailed it.
41:17There we go, sir. Thank you. Would you like anything else?
41:20Sir?
41:22Got this from a charity shop.
41:24And here I am.
41:26I've made an effort, though, haven't I?
41:30Lucy's a newcomer to the disco dance moves.
41:33CHEERING
41:39But Julian is an old pro.
41:42CHEERING
41:47Gosh, everybody's made a proper effort.
41:49Is everybody having a good time? Absolutely.
41:53So there's one more guest on the guest list this evening.
41:56He'll be arriving shortly.
41:59CHEERING
42:08You all right, you two? Thanks for the invite.
42:11Well, it's like stepping back in time, isn't it?
42:15With the hair and moustache,
42:17this is very much Matt's own take on Travolta.
42:20Is this one fake?
42:22This one's real.
42:24Nice!
42:27Everybody's really embraced the outfits
42:29and seem to be having a very good time.
42:32So next is a very special 1970s drink.
42:35Classic snowball made of avocado, lemonade, ice and lime
42:40and cherry on the top.
42:42Is that alcoholic custard? Yeah!
42:48Feeling groovy. It's been a good night.
42:51The camaraderie you get when you're at a practice,
42:53it's amazing what you find yourself doing.
42:56And I've never had a moustache either.
42:58Quite like it.
43:00The 1970s.
43:02Cheers!
43:12A new The Orch event returns in two weeks
43:15after Springtime on the Farm, new next week at eight.
43:18Remember when Queen Elizabeth II's trusted art historian
43:21was exposed as a Russian spy,
43:23celebrating the 70s with brand new The Queen and the Traitor,
43:26a great British scandal, Saturday at 7.45.
43:29Next, a new Madame Blanc mystery.