New local TV show Frontier Vets to air on SABC3

Green Films Pty (Ltd) have announced the licensing of the first season of the 13-part TV series "Frontier Vets" to SABC 3, South Africa.

It's a coming of age story of personal and professional growth. The students come from a variety of backgrounds and are thrown in the deep end. Some adapt naturally to this resource-limited setting, but for others this is a new world which is hard to understand and come to terms with.

Under the guidance of Dr Greg, the student's patients will range from wild rhino, lion, and elephant to cute puppies, aggressive cattle and a mix of other animals. The students patients are important livelihoods for their owners and so the pressure is on the young students to diagnose their ailments and keep them alive. They are out of their depth and it is a steep learning curve where they are far from sophisticated diagnostics and have to use their hands and their heads, while negotiating the cultural and language gaps.

South African producer and director of the series, Jonty Acton, says they are delighted with the sale as although it has already sold internationally, one of the main reasons for making the series was to get the local profession of veterinary science and animal husbandry into the homes of all South Africans.

South Africa is desperately short of veterinarians in certain areas and according to Acton and Dr Greg the series will highlight the exciting and rewarding nature of the profession in the hope that it will inspire young people to consider becoming veterinarians.

Promo link:

https://vimeo.com/171712843

Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/Frontier-Vets-422025894486120