Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, veterinary surgeon

Desert Island Discs

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Society & Culture, Music Commentary, Music, Personal Journals

4.4 • 13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Professor Noel Fitzpatrick is a veterinary surgeon who presents the television series The Supervet. He has pushed the boundaries of treatment available to animals and has developed ground breaking surgery including fitting the world’s first bionic leg on a dog. Noel was born in Ballyfin in Ireland where his father Sean was a farmer. As a very small boy Noel’s job was to count the sheep at night which he credits as the catalyst for his enduring love of animals. He completed his training in Ireland where he worked as a country vet looking after livestock. He moved to England in the 1990s and set up his referral practice in Surrey in 1997. Some of his famous clients include Meghan Markle’s dog Guy and Russell Brand’s cat Morrissey. He has also written two best-selling books based on his experiences of working with animals. DISC ONE: One by U2 DISC TWO: Love of My Life by Queen DISC THREE: Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin DISC FOUR: Do Anything You Want To by Thin Lizzy DISC FIVE: Walking in My Shoes by Depeche Mode DISC SIX: Ruby Tuesday by The Rolling Stones DISC SEVEN: Uprising by Muse DISC EIGHT: Nothing Else Matters (Live) by Metallica And San Francisco Symphony BOOK CHOICE: Oscar Wilde: Essays and Letters, Plays and Poems, Stories LUXURY ITEM: A guitar CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: One by U2 Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Paula McGinley

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.
0:03.7	My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a Load of Sport Podcasts.
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0:12.2	pundits and the biggest sport stars.
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0:18.5	mouths.
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0:28.8	dedicated sports fans across the UK.
0:31.2	So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more.
0:40.4	Hello, I'm Lauren LeVern and this is the Desert Island Discs podcast.
0:44.0	Every week I ask my guests to choose the eight tracks, book and luxury they'd want to take
0:48.8	with them if they were cast away to a desert island.
0:51.9	And for right reasons, the music is shorter than the original podcast.
0:56.7	I hope you enjoy listening.
0:59.7	My cast away this week is the Veterinary Surgeon Professor Noll Fitzpatrick.
1:18.5	Many children invent superhero aliases very few grow up to see their daydreams come true.
1:24.7	This TV super vet is one who did.
1:27.8	As a child, he'd spent stolen hours on the family farm in rural Ireland, imagining himself
1:33.0	as a vet man, a crusading hero who used bionics to rebuild sick and injured animals.
1:39.1	Forty years later, he's earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for his groundbreaking
1:44.1	work with animals, including fitting the world's first bionic leg on a dog.
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