Channel 5’s The Yorkshire Vet TV show ‘almost didn’t happen’

During a talk at the Great Yorkshire Show on Wednesday (July 15), the TV star let the audience know that he’s currently filming the 23rd series of The Yorkshire Vet and has a four-part ‘At Home with the Greens’ series in the pipeline too.

He has also been over to India recently to film ‘A Passage to India: A Yorkshire Vet Special’, which saw him join colleague Rohin to explore Punjab, where he said that he had a “fantastic time,” despite calling part of the journey “utter chaos”.

During the trip to India, Peter said that he and Rohin went to a festival dressed in traditional Punjabi outfits, but thought he “looked like a dog’s dinner,” which also saw the pair have a go at traditional dancing and customs over there.

Joking about the experience, he said: “It reminded me of Del Boy and Rodney when they dressed as Batman and Robin in Only Fools and Horses.”

GYS26 Peter Wright visits the Primary Schools Veg Box competition at the Great Yorkshire Show (Image: GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW)

He admitted that the main TV series almost didn’t happen after he told producers when it first started, “I don’t think it will work”.

However, 22 series later, he was proven wrong and has claimed “it’s the most unusual but most rewarding job”

Talking to host Christine Talbot, the vet said: “I didn’t think the concept would work; plenty of people have done TV shows on animal hospitals and vet practices, and I told producers I didn’t think it would work.

“But producers said to me, ‘You have to trust us, Peter’. They always recall this story back to me.”

GYS26 Peter Wright visits the Primary Schools Veg Box Competition at the Great Yorkshire Show. Pictured with kids from Richard Taylor primary school, Harrogate (Image: GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW)

GYS26 Peter Wright visits the Primary Schools Veg Box Competition at the Great Yorkshire Show. Pictured with Sophie McCandlish (Image: GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW)

Host Christine even asked Peter if he’d like to have a go on Strictly Come Dancing, which he firmly replied “no” to.

He went on to praise India and its culture, saying that “everyone was happy and the people are so resourceful.”

Later in the conversation, he opened up about the fact that he was the only one of the crew who went over to India who avoided illness, crediting avoiding “dicey” items at McDonald’s as his saving grace.

The conversation ended with Peter talking about his connections to the TV show All Creatures Great and Small, while also saying that it’s “lovely” to meet the future generations of vets that he’s helped to inspire along the way.

“I tell them the same thing, it’s brilliant that you want to be a vet but you must work hard.”