The Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick

The Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick

2014
★★★★☆ 8.2/10
📺 19 Seasons
🎬 112 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 EN
⏱️ 47 min/episode
Reality
Dr. Noel Fitzpatrick is one of England's top veterinarians. "Supervet" showcases Fitzpatrick and his staff treating hard-to-cure ailments with innovative care and surgical techniques. The program gives the often-emotional stories of pets, owners and the passionate team that pushes boundaries of medicine to save animals from life-threatening conditions. Nicknamed the Bionic Vet, Fitzpatrick employs more than 100 people at his neurosurgery/orthopedic clinic in Surrey, England.

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Seasons

Season 1
2014 • 4 Episodes
David, Gill and their son Freddie hope Noel Fitzpatrick can help their Labrador Scooby, who has a life-threatening tumour in his leg. The vet goes to extraordinary lengths to save the life of Tiger the cat after his heart stops during his recovery from an operation, and when a lurcher called Otis brought in with shotgun wounds, Noel must extract the bullet before working out how to save the animal's leg. Plus, will a pair of tights help a French bulldog walk again?
Season 2
2014 • 5 Episodes
Schrodinger the cat is brought in with a shattered thighbone after being hit by a car and Noel Fitzpatrick prepares to fuse the broken pieces back together in an all-night operation. English bulldog Lois is put on a strict diet and given an exercise regimen, and an elderly springer spaniel called Flossie, who has lost control of her back legs, arrives at the clinic.
Season 3
2015 • 7 Episodes
German shepherd Otto has a life-threatening tumour. Pomeranian puppy Gucci has broken her paw. And Rottweiler Elvis is having trouble walking.
Season 4
2015 • 4 Episodes
A Russian blue cat, Maya is brought into the surgery with a shattered jaw after a dog attack, and a man living in a homeless shelter brings in his best friend Spud, a Labrador cross with a lame back leg. Plus, Noel tries to help straighten a deformity in a six-month-old Chihuahua puppy's leg.
Season 5
2016 • 3 Episodes
Professor Noel Fitzpatrick performs a risky procedure to save the life of an 18-week-old cockapoo puppy that has fractured its neck following an accident in the garden. He also comes to the aid of Romanian stray Geoffrey, who was found abandoned and emaciated before being adopted by Kent couple John and Stacey, and an accident-prone cat called MK who has fallen from a window.
Season 6
2016 • 10 Episodes
A couple who have spent their lives saving stray animals bring in a three-legged cat called Jersey, who has recently become lame in her single back leg. The vet must decide whether the first-ever hip replacement on a three-legged cat is viable. Plus, a Great Dane is given a custom-designed spinal implant, and a Dogue de Bordeaux gets help with elbow dysplasia.
Season 7
2016 • 4 Episodes
The odds are stacked against Noel Fitzpatrick and his team as a golden retriever puppy with horrific facial injuries is brought into the practice after being attacked by another dog. Plus, a man drives all the way from Switzerland in the hope of a successful treatment for a Chihuahua, and a woman brings in her Hungarian vizsla, which has a bone and cartilage disorder.
Season 8
2017 • 4 Episodes
Professor Noel Fitzpatrick and his team's first patient is a West Highland terrier puppy that has a problem with its paws. Two new bionic feet later, and the poorly dog has a new lease of life. A young husky collie is also brought in after being hit by a car, only for the hip replacement operation to run into trouble, and a lazy dachshund requires double surgery and lots of physiotherapy.
Season 9
2017 • 11 Episodes
Noel Fitzpatrick's first patient is labradoodle Mitzi, who has been hit by a car - and Noel's biggest concern is that she may have suffered nerve damage, leaving her owners fearing the worst. Options are limited for 10-month-old German pointer Hector, who is struggling to walk - he must undergo spinal surgery or face the prospect of being put to sleep, while a Leonberger with a cancerous leg undergoes an operation to remove the tumour.
Season 10
2017 • 8 Episodes
Noel Fitzpatrick and his team treat Staffordshire bull terrier Lulu, who has been hit by a car and had her pelvis smashed into more than 25 pieces. The professor's only option is to pin the larger pieces back together in an operation that will require all his expertise. Noel and his team also treat a giant schnauzer called Florence who has a sore knee and a pointy-eared Jack Russell called Muffin who has a mysterious problem with her back legs.
Season 11
2018 • 6 Episodes
Professor Noel Fitzpatrick and his team return for an eleventh series. In the first episode, a tiny Jackahuahua puppy is in need of emergency spinal surgery after being attacked by a dog in the park, but it is not certain that he will be able to get back on his feet again after the operation. Elsewhere, a Bernese has a rare cyst in his elbow, requiring a challenging operation for removal, and an excitable Labrador requires elbow replacement surgery, which will result in a long and difficult road to recovery.
Season 12
2018 • 7 Episodes
In the first of a new series, Professor Noel Fitzpatrick and his team treat a giant Newfoundland puppy with a painful knee and shoulder. What appears straightforward quickly turns into a much bigger concern, and Noel and his team are challenged to invent not one but two new implants for her. Meanwhile, a rescue black Labrador called Moogi is in need of treatment for severe elbow arthritis, and a golden Labrador born with a deformed front paw is offered a bionic solution in the form of a unique, custom-made prosthesis.
Season 13
2019 • 6 Episodes
Noel Fitzpatrick treats Koa, a six-month-old Bouvier des Flandres who is suffering from a badly deformed back leg, causing huge pain. Patricia brings her beloved 11-year-old Rhodesian ridgeback, Kwanda, to Fitzpatrick's Guildford hospital with an eye infection that she fears may be the sign of something more sinister. Dr Laurent Findji confirms it is bad news - a malignant tumour.
Season 14
2019 • 5 Episodes
Four-year-old pug and beagle cross Barney is brought into Fitzpatrick Referrals after being hit by a bus. The dog has lost 40 per cent of the bone in the damaged leg, so Noel creates an innovative two-tier treatment, involving an external ankle frame for support. Sisters Rosemary and Diane bring in their five-year-old basset hound Albert when they find he is suddenly unable to move his back legs, and 10-month-old Labrador cross Gylly receives treatment for lameness and an unusual bone deformity.
Season 15
2020 • 9 Episodes
A six-month-old collie appears to have a developmental deformity where the bones in its elbows don't fit together, but after CT scans, Noel sees that the situation is even more complex. A Burmese mountain dog has a painful bulging disc, which Noel hopes to replace with a bespoke titanium spacer screw, while cat Elmo has a complex fracture to its left back leg after being hit by a car.
Season 16
2021 • 6 Episodes
Documentary featuring one of the most emotional and heart-rending stories ever filmed - that of Noel Fitzpatrick's own dog, Keira. In September 2020, Noel's life was turned upside down when the 13-year-old border terrier was hit by a van right outside the practice. Having sustained a ruptured abdominal lining and urinary bladder, a crushed sacrum and pelvis and a dislocated hip, Noel's colleagues worked tirelessly to repair extensive internal damage. Suddenly, the surgeon renowned for finding solutions for even the most challenging injuries, had to steel himself for the most important surgery of his life.
Season 17
2022 • 4 Episodes
Police dog Trigger has crushed sciatic nerves, feisty kitten Fury has a suspected tibia injury, and will shepherd doodle Raven get a new hip?
Season 18
2023 • 4 Episodes
A look at some of Noel's cutest puppy patients, including Rough collie Merida who had deformed front legs, fidgety cockapoo Monti who fractured his knee and Weimaraner Tito who was hit by a van.
Season 19
2024 • 5 Episodes
The nation’s favourite vet returns with more cutting-edge care. In this rescue special, we meet abandoned kitten Pretzel and catch up with Wobble the whippet.

Network

Channel 4

Production

Blast! Films

Keywords

veterinarian