Follows the early career of newly-qualified vet Donald Turner in the 1950s, charting his rise to international standing over two decades working at zoos.

Stories about real-life international zoo vet David Taylor (in the TV programmes, he was called Donald Turner) from his early days as a newly-qualified vet in the 1950s to his international standing in the 1970s; each series of the programme was set in a different decade.—Anonymous