The Supervet - Documentary Programme

I have watched and looked into the documentary programme - The Supervet. It airs on Wednesday on Channel 4 at 8pm with 4 series broadcasted in total. The documentary follows the work of the vet Noel Fitzpatrick who has gained a reputation for being able to cure and treat some of the hardest cases. Using modern day technology and surgery methods, Fitzpatrick is able to demonstrate his ability and bring happiness to the owners of many lucky pets. I was particularly interested in watching this documentary as it is something I am interested and feel like I can connect easily to. Like many surgery and medical related programmes, the action is dramatised to create suspense and make you believe that the worst is about to happen before resulting in a positive outcome. I think this works particularly well for this programme because the work that Fitzpatrick does is so advanced and impressive, often making the audience feel quite amazed by the improvement. He works with all kinds of pets, not just dogs and cats. We get to see rabbits and birds as well, giving the show plenty of variety and appealing to more people.
The documentary's approach takes you on a journey of emotion, pulling you in and making you care about the animals and their owners before a positive outcome. Often, they will play on the drama and emphasise a turn of events so that we see some issues develop. For example, one of the pets may go into a critical condition during surgery which will make the audience feel on edge and worried for the owners. The use of raw emotion and drama in this way really intensifies the documentary and makes you care for those involved in order to keep you gripped and feel as if you are on a journey. To end on a good note, there is usually a positive outcome for the animals and we see them being returned to their owners, therefore leaving us feeling happy.