The Yorkshire Vet series 11 - see party popper-eating dogs and poorly alpacas

From party popper-eating dogs to a poorly alpaca, this series is said to be "packed with heartwarming stories" of the animals and their owners.

Former Doctor Who Peter Davison narrates this series after taking over during the last series from Christopher Timothy, as he was able to set up a make-shift studio from home while professional settings were closed due to the pandemic.

The show, which first hit screens in 2015 as a six-part trial run, has become a runaway success for Leeds-based Daisybeck Studios and Channel 5 - pulling in millions of viewers a week.

The last series saw the 100th episode and the show has made stars out of vets Julian Norton and Peter Wright, as well as families like the Greens from Thirsk.

A clip of The Yorkshire Vet featuring Julian has recently formed part a collaborative two-minute film by the five main broadcasters, Our Stories are Your Stories, which stood in solidarity against Covid-19 and has been played numerous times on the channels.

Mr Norton said: "It was totally amazing to see the birth of a calf on all of the five channels, it gave me goosebumps and made me very proud of The Yorkshire Vet."

He said that working as a vet during Covid-19 had been hard.

"It's been one of the toughest times of my career."

This series is set at the former James Herriot practice in Skeldale with Mr Wright and also at Bean Rae & Partners at Boroughbridge, Mr Norton's practice.

In the first episode of six, Mr Norton rushes to a dramatic emergency at Jackie Barlow’s alpaca farm on the North York Moors, where a new mother desperately needs his help.

But rural North Yorkshire is not always the ideal place to drive when time is of the essence, and he gets stuck behind two tractors.

There is a glimpse of what lockdown life was like for Steve and Jean Green, whose daughter Sarah kept a video diary.

And with things returning to normal, Mr Wright returns to the Greens’ farm to find lots of veterinary work to do.

Young chicken owner Holly brings her poorly bird Penny in to see Mr Norton and Mr Wright’s shocked when two rabbits are rushed to Skeldale with nasty injuries because of a family feud.

Meanwhile, Quercus the greedy dog has been having a food party.

But there is nothing to celebrate for his owner, Leah Swain, who has had to rush him to the practice because she thinks he might have swallowed a party popper - and Mr Norton's worried it is a potentially explosive problem.

Mr Wright, said: "It's great to be back and we can't quite believe we are 11 series in - I said at the start that no one would be interested but how wrong I was! I think people love the animals and the nation has taken Jean and Steve Green to their hearts - they love their simple life with their animals.

"In episode one I meet some naughty rabbits and I go and see the Greens new dairy calves."

The new series of The Yorkshire Vet starts on Tuesday at 8pm on Channel 5.