Sports pundit Lee Dixon brings his beloved rescue dog to see Professor Noel. An owner comes all the way from Guernsey with her injured dog. And a puppy needs new hips.

Take That's Mark Owen brings some celebrity dazzle to the surgery as he arrives with his 18-month-old Doberman. There's also a lame border collie and a Coton-Tzu with a bad hip.

A Labrador puppy needs fitted plates and stem cell injections for elbow disease. And a Russian Black Terrier has a cancerous growth and is at risk of losing a leg.

A tortoiseshell cat needs a bionic implant. A Tibetan terrier called Beau faces complicated surgery to treat hip dysplasia.

A beloved overweight bulldog called Buster needs new knees. And a pug called Doug requires risky spinal surgery to remove a cyst, with no guarantee he will recover.

The new series starts with a tiny Jackahuahua puppy needing emergency spinal surgery and an excitable Labrador facing elbow replacement surgery and a difficult road to recovery.