Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
10 episodes
E01
We Called in the Experts
Donald Turner returns to his home town to work as assistant to the local vet. It is difficult enough to adjust to a new job, but when your first patient is an elephant with 'the skitters'...
E02
Nature's Great Masterpiece
Donald Turner 's success rating isn't very high in the zoo world - and it is not improved when he is recalled to treat Mary, the elephant - only this time for toothache ...
E03
They Shoot Tigers in India
Donald Turner's distress at his own helplessness with zoo animals is once more tested when Rajah, the tiger, becomes ill ...
E04
Silver Linings
A pleasant walk, a rainstorm and another dead zoo animal. Is it lightning or something more sinister ...?
E05
Pasture's New
One more failure and a reminder of the past convinces Donald where his new life lies ...
E06
Time and Motion
Donald is getting used to being called out to strange kinds of animals. But what can anyone do when the owner is convinced of a cure ...
E07
A Long Weekend
Every little helps - including hypnosis when dealing with wild animals. But help in feeding can lead to unwanted results....
E08
Doctor's Orders
Things get out of hand when a vet is mistaken for a doctor and a doctor is mistaken for a vet....
E09
A Woman's Touch
Donald acquires an anaesthetic dart-gun and uses it to good effect, but there are some cases which require a little understanding ...
E10
Ends and Beginnings
A leopard hunt, an elephant with a tumour and a tragedy result in a change of direction for Don ...
Season 2
12 episodesSeason 3
10 episodesCast
Rob Heyland
as Donald Turner
James Ellis
as Paddy Reilly
Sonia Graham
as Ethel Ledbetter
Heather James
as Maggie Raymond
Peter Gilmore
as Ben Bishop
Peter Jeffrey
as Maurice Webb
Christina Nagy
as Liz Collier
Andrew Robertson
as Jock Drummond
Liz Smith
as Gran Turner
