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Episode 1
Episode number: 1
Overview: 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.
Episode 2
Episode number: 2
Overview: Noel Fitzpatrick treats a Persian cat that has been hit by a car, requiring treatments involving a skin graft and putting its crushed bones back together. Meanwhile, a rescue dog has a cancerous tumour in his jaw removed, and a young staffie-cross needs treatment for a developmental elbow disease.
Episode 3
Episode number: 3
Overview: A 10-month-old puppy called Albie is knocked over by a car on a family camping holiday is rushed in as an emergency admission, and Noel Fitzpatrick fears this may be a life or death situation. Elsewhere, a Scottish terrier has a mysterious ailment, and a 16-month-old spaniel, is suffering from severe arthritis affecting both hips.
Episode 4
Episode number: 4
Overview: Noel Fitzpatrick faces one of his greatest practical and ethical challenges yet when he's introduced to Hermes, a tortoise with only one good leg. Can he provide Hermes with three prosthetic feet, using tiny titanium implants? Meanwhile, a rottweiler called Dave urgently needs an upgrade to his previous hip replacements.
Episode 5
Episode number: 5
Overview: A small cavachon is rushed to see Professor Noel Fitzpatrick after being hit by a car. She has a broken leg, but also a serious heart condition. Meanwhile, Simba, a one-year-old Labrador needs help with her badly formed hips, and Tulee the nervous basset hound has diseased discs in her back that leave her in constant pain.
Episode 6
Episode number: 6
Overview: Noel Fitzpatrick offers cutting-edge treatment for Luca, a long-suffering four-year-old springer spaniel with a painful elbow disease. He designs and creates a special screw for Luca's leg with a system for injecting a bone-growth gel around it, and after an eight-year-old Newfoundland collapses, its owners face an agonising wait for the MRI scans to reveal if anything can be done for the gentle giant.
Episode 7
Episode number: 7
Overview: Rescue Labrador Tom needs work with a serious wound on one of his front paws, and four-year-old French bulldog called Otis has suffered an accident while being chased by another dog. Professor Noel Fitzpatrick diagnoses a spinal problem high up in Otis's neck that requires surgery. Meanwhile, Bailey, a 10-year-old cocker spaniel, has quite a lot of pain in one of his hind limbs, but his owner wants to avoid surgery, and Noel needs to perform specialist imaging before he can offer any solutions.