THE SUPERVET: NOEL FITZPATRICK
Channel 4, 8pm
NOEL’S waiting room is a funny old place – tense with owners who are anxious, but also jolly with all creatures great and small bounding around.
There are sometimes tears too, and this episode revisits some of the most heartrending moments from the series and finds out how the pets are now.
In 2015, chihuahua Darcy escaped from the house when the postman came and was hit by a car.
A crushed pelvis and multiple fractures left the dog unable to walk and the
Wilson family worried they would lose her.
Meanwhile, serial rescuers Ruth and Chris, who own dogs, cats, ferrets, ducks, chickens, quail and goldfish, brought in their beloved three-legged cat Jersey, who had a slipped kneecap and arthritis.
But the surgery would be uncharted territory and came with significant risk.
Elsewhere, 10-year-old Lev brought in rescue deerhound Willow, saying: “We are both adopted. I’m a rescue human!”
But after a horrific accident, Willow’s life hung in the balance.