Programme makers commission third series of hit Caithness TV show The Highland Vet
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The hit TV programme about a Caithness veterinary practice is to return for a new series.
The makers of The Highland Vet say they are thrilled with the success of the documentary series showing the work of DS McGregor and Partners.
The local vets, and the lives of the animals and owners they deal with across the far north, were featured in two series last year on 5Select – smashing viewing figures for the digital channel.
Last week the first series began its premiere run on terrestrial network Channel 5, pulling in more than a million viewers, and it is set to go out next month in New Zealand.
Now Daisybeck Studios, the production company behind the show, has announced that the channel has commissioned a third series covering the work the vets are doing in difficult circumstances.
Series producer Mark McMullen, of Daisybeck Studios, said: “We are absolutely delighted to be returning to Thurso to film a brand new series of The Highland Vet. The team at DS McGregor and Partners are working so hard to help animals across Caithness and Sutherland in unprecedented times.
"Though it is challenging from a television production perspective, Daisybeck Studios has helped design and set the ‘gold standard’ protocols for filming safely during lockdown, and using our experience to document the team’s dedicated work is a real honour.
"We have established strict safety measures that have been adopted by the UK television industry so that we are still able to film, capture and celebrate the people at the practice, their clients and animals and this beautiful part of the world."
Guy Gordon, director of DS McGregor and Partners, said: “We thoroughly enjoyed having the cameras with us last year and were delighted to see our clients and their animals rise to the occasion.
"The feedback from the local community has been overwhelmingly positive and we are confident that the next series will be as successful as the last.
"We were understandably wary of embarking on further filming until we could be certain that it would be done in a safe way in relation to Covid. The filming protocols put in place by Daisybeck Studios have allayed our fears, and the testing and isolation means the camera crew should pose practically no added risk.
"I think that documenting how we are continuing to provide veterinary services under the restrictions will prove both interesting and reassuring to the public.”
The Highland Vet is on Tuesdays at 7pm on Channel 5.
