A series of seven programmes. 3: Cats, Cows and Ceilidhs
7.30am: another hectic week starts for George Rafferty , a country vet in the Scottish Highlands. The new assistant, Neil Cockburn , fresh from university, is sent off on his own for the first time. 'Are you a good vet?' demands the first farmer. In the surgery George and his other assistant,
Willie Hollick , operate on Ginger the cat.
At 5.00am the following day, George is off to the airport. For a man who works seven days a week, 24 hours a day it's the nearest thing to a holiday - a trip to the Western Isles to teach crofters about sheep fertility. Film editor JANE VAL BAKER Sound MARTYN CLIFT
Photography ALEX HANSEN
Executive producer PAUL HAMANN Producer JEREMY MILLS 9 CEEFAX SUBTITLES