In a special festive episode, Peter rushes to a friend who has a pet turkey that has been attacked by a dog, and Matt has to operate on a terrier to remove a large tumour. Meanwhile, Julian's team are a surprised by an unexpected visitor to the practice, a lost parrot that the team try to reunite with its owner.
Peter is called out to an emergency when a cow has a life-threatening stomach problem, and Julian welcome an expectant dog to the new Wetherby practice. In Huddersfield, Matt treats an exotic animal in the form of water dragon Bandit, who needs his tail amputating.
A pregnant ewe is rushed to the animal hospital from Cannon Hall Farm, while for young vet Rohin, there's a day gaining vital experience on the farm. With Matt's guidance, he has to remove the very large horns from some cows, and soon learns that traditional vet work is tiring. Meanwhile, Julian rushes a cat into emergency surgery before heading to Jacki's farm for some well-earned relaxation, with some alpaca yoga.
A farmer rushes in a struggling pregnant sheep who belongs to his two-year-old son, and Julian and Anne head to Jacki's alpaca farm to deal with Ebony's worrying lump on her lip. Springer Spaniel Poppy has an aggressive cancer, so Shona and Martin are facing complex surgery to remove the tumour from inside her rib cage.
Two brothers are worried about their cow, which is foaming at the mouth, and ask for Peter's help to get to the bottom of the issue. Peter also has a daunting visit to the Greens' farm - Dusty the feline has an injury, but won't be easy to help - she's affectionately known as the `Devil Cat". Elsewhere, an animal lover finds a pigeon with a deformed leg and takes her to Julian, who decides to operate.
A goat with a painful foot condition is brought in to see Peter, who takes some X-rays to try and find out the cause. A bulldog is rushed in after eating some chewing gum, and Julian heads to a local care home to visit one of his favourite former clients.
Peter receives an emergency call from his old friend Ivor, who has found one of his calves limping, and Peter suspects her leg is broken. Julian is slightly overwhelmed when 18 rats are brought to the practice, while Matt visits a blind sheep whose eye has become dangerously enlarged and David deals with a stray dog that's been brought into the animal hospital.
A much-loved pet pig called Pigley Scott is brought to the practice, and Matt and David head to a local farm where it looks like a pregnant cow requires an emergency C-section. Later, when a German shorthaired pointer requires surgery, his owner is beside herself with worry.
Kaiser the alpaca has a mysterious and painful skin problem, and Matt calls for Julian to help him work out what is causing it, while Shona feels the pressure when she visits a herd of pedigree cows to fix a hernia in a calf for the first time. Peter tends a donkey that has has a nasty-looking cut on his eyelid, and Julian is anxious when he tries to clip the claws and beak of an aggressive parrot.
There's a royal appointment at Cannon Hall Farm as Matt helps a goat with a broken leg in front of a very high-profile onlooker - Her Royal Highness Princess Anne. Julian has his own special visitor - a tiny tortoise called Henry - who is the smallest patient he's ever treated, while Nigel is hoping his cows are pregnant, but will Julian be able to deliver good news?
A four-week old lamb is rushed in to see Peter, and after being kicked in the face by a horse, Julian worries a black Labrador may have sustained a fracture. Meanwhile, Matt and David go back to school to introduce potential future vets to some unusual creatures.
Julian helps his friend and former colleague Katy with one of her sheep, that has developed a serious eye problem. Meanwhile, one of Peter's oldest clients brings in her heavily pregnant, former Crufts prize-winner Maisi into the practice, and Matt and his fiancee Katherine set off to adopt a puppy.
