The Bionic Vet

{{Short description|Documentary television series}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox television | image = The Bionic Vet.png | alt = ''The Bionic Vet'' title card | caption = | genre = Documentary | creator = | director = James Incledon | creative_director = | developer = James Incledon | narrator = Jon Rand | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | company = Wild Productions | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 6 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Paddy Haycocks | producer = Simon Cowell | editor = Jason Giberti | location = Fitzpatrick Referrals Ltd, Eashing, Surrey | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = 30 minutes | network = BBC One | first_aired = {{Start date|2010|6|30|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|2010|8|4|df=y}} | related = }}

'''''The Bionic Vet''''' is a BBC documentary television series following the work of veterinarian Noel Fitzpatrick at his veterinary practice in Surrey. Fitzpatrick and his team of over 100 vets, nurses and support staff find new methods and techniques to help pets within more unique problems that would often leave euthanasia as the only option.

Many pets are brought to the practice from all over the country. Oscar the Cat, flown over from Jersey,<ref name="BBC Jersey">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/jersey/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8762000/8762217.stm|title=A cat from Jersey has shot to fame as the 'bionic cat'|last=Morrison|first=Ryan|work=BBC Online|publisher=BBC Jersey|access-date=26 June 2010 | date=25 June 2010}}</ref> was featured in the first episode.

==Episodes== {{Episode table |total_width= |overall= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 1 |Title= Give a Cat Two New Feet - Done! |ShortSummary= Noel Fitzpatrick gives a black cat named Oscar new back feet, first in the world<ref name="AP">{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iXq2jSNiRynLRPRPoWCDa5w3DPhAD9GIFGMO0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628071604/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iXq2jSNiRynLRPRPoWCDa5w3DPhAD9GIFGMO0|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 June 2010|title=Bionic British cat gets faux paws|last=Cheng|first=Maria|work=Google Search|agency=Associated Press|access-date=26 June 2010}}</ref> and an 8-year-old Labrador Mayo, an implant to help him walk. |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|6|30|df=y}} }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber= 2 |Title= Improvising With a Hypodermic Needle |ShortSummary= Noel Fitzpatrick removes a tumour from a 1-year-old Labrador Charlie's leg and replaces the bone and wrist with a specially designed implant. He provides a bionic knee, replacing an arthritis damaged joint, for a 7-year-old Border Collie Sasha. A chinchilla Zippy has its arm bones secured by Senior Surgeon Michael Hamilton, after breaking them. |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|7|7|df=y}} }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber2= 3 |Title= Game Over? |ShortSummary= The Border Collie Sasha from the previous episode requires spine surgery and Lottie the black cat hit by a car, has its pelvis rebuilt. |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|7|14|df=y}} }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber2= 4 |Title= I Can Only Give You 50/50 |ShortSummary= 6-months-old puppy Ice is rushed to Fitzpatrick's referral centre having been trampled by a horse. Noel Fitzpatrick tries to reconstruct the dog's shattered leg as he battles the infection caused by the horse's hoof. There are concerns, too, for a 4-year-old Gatwick sniffer dog, Springer Spaniel Neo. He's been compensating for a serious knee problem in one of his back legs and requires significant surgery. There is an update on Lottie, the black cat with a shattered pelvis. |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|7|21|df=y}} }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber2= 5 |Title= One Grumpy Person Is Enough |ShortSummary= 7-month-old Shih-tzu-Springer Spaniel cross puppy Jolly has a painful bone deformity in both his front legs. His owner agonises over whether it's fair to put him through an operation in which Noel Fitzpatrick proposes to use a new technique to treat the bone growth deformity. Breezy, an 8-year-old Collie is rushed in partly paralysed, in the middle of the night, after being hit by a car. William the black cat, suffering from internal bleeding and shattered pelvis, gets a blood transfusion from nurse Pat's cat Orson. 7-year-old Labrador Flight, cannot contain his excitement, when seeing his owner Caroline. There is the risk that the newly replaced hip implant may dislocate ... |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|7|28|df=y}} }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber2= 6 |Title= A Couple More Taps and, Hopefully, We're In |ShortSummary= Noel Fitzpatrick attempts a rare artificial leg implant (ITAP) operation on a 9-year-old Corgi Janto, only two dogs have had this before him. Viewers also find out whether the groundbreaking surgery to correct puppy Jolly's bone growth deformity has been successful and whether he can now walk pain free. There's a rare visit to Senior Surgeon Sarah Girling, from an unusual patient, a barn owl with a broken wing, plus the story of a stray rescue Jack Russell terrier, eight-year-old Jade, who needs treatment from Senior Surgeon Michael Hamilton on a dislocated elbow. |OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|8|4|df=y}} }} }}

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=1701106|title=The Bionic Vet}} *{{BBC programme}} * [http://www.FitzpatrickReferrals.co.uk Fitzpatrick Referrals]

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