Bondi Vet

Bondi Vet
Also known as
  • Dr. Chris: Pet Vet (United States)
  • Ветеринар Бондай Бич (Russia)
  • Veterinario al rescate (Spain)
  • Veterinář z Bondi beach (Czech Republic)
  • Weterynarz z Antypodów (Poland)
Genre Factual
Starring Chris Brown
Lisa Chimes
Tim Faulkner
Andrew Marchevsky
Narrated by Steve Oemcke
Opening theme "Coming Home"
by Alex Lloyd
Composer(s) Neil Sutherland
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 8
No. of episodes 161 (as of 9 July 2016)
Production
Executive producer(s) David Williams
Producer(s)
  • Jane Caswell
  • Anne-Maree Sparkman
Running time 43 minutes
Production company(s) WTFN Entertainment
Release
Original network Network Ten
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 5 February 2009 (2009-02-05) – present
Chronology
Related shows Bondi Rescue
External links
Website
Production website

Bondi Vet is an Australian factual television series. It follows the lives of veterinary surgeon Chris Brown at the Bondi Junction Veterinary Hospital[1][2][3] (near Bondi Beach), and emergency veterinarian Lisa Chimes at the Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH),[4] in the Sydney suburb of North Ryde.[5]

Also featured on Bondi Vet are Andrew Marchevsky, a specialist surgeon at SASH, and Tim Faulkner of the Australian Reptile Park at Somersby on the New South Wales central coast.

The series first broadcast on 5 February 2009, with the first two full seasons averaging a rating of 0.93 million viewers in the five capital cities. Bondi Vet is now in its seventh season.[6] The series airs on Network Ten on Saturday night from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. Bondi Vet can also be seen on Network Ten on Wednesday morning from 11.00am to 12.00pm. Since 28 September 2013 the show is seen on Saturday mornings in the United States on the CBS network, under the title of "Dr. Chris: Pet Vet."

In March 2017, Brown announced he was stepping down as host due to an extensive schedule. The series production company, WTFN Entertainment, are currently searching for a new host.[7] The company reported it had received over 800 nominations in just a week of the announcement and revealed they will choose the Top 10 people and the public will get to decide on who will be the next Bondi Vet.[8] In July 2017, the top 5 shortlisted vets from around Australia were revealed, they are Dr Peter Ricci from WA, Dr Alex Hynes & Dr Anthony Cassimatis both from QLD, Dr Danni Dusek from VIC and Dr Lewis Hunt from NSW, they will all proceed to the next stage.[9]

In November 2017, WTFN Entertainment revealed that the series will showcase four vets in the next series instead of one, they will be Dr Alex Hynes (Qld), Dr Danni Dusek (VIC), Dr Lewis Hunt (NSW) & Dr Peter Ricci (WA).[10]

Bondi Vet team

  • Chris Brown , BVSc (Hons) – veterinary surgeon (Bondi Junction Veterinary Hospital)
  • Lisa Chimes, BVSc (Hons), MANZCVS[lower-alpha 1] - emergency veterinarian at the Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH)
  • Andrew Marchevsky, BVSc (Hons), MVS, FANZCVS[lower-alpha 2] – specialist veterinarian surgeon (SASH)
  • Tim Faulkner – general manager (Australian Reptile Park)

Nominations and awards

Year Nominee Award Result
2015 Bondi Vet Logie Award for Most Popular Reality Program Nominated[11]
2016 Bondi Vet Logie Award for Best Factual Program Nominated

Broadcast

The series is broadcast in the United States, on CBS as part of their educational CBS Dream Team Saturday morning programming strand, under the title of Dr. Chris: Pet Vet. The series began broadcasting on 28 September 2013.[12][13] In Canada the series is broadcast on CBC Television. In Czech Republic the series is broadcast on Animal Planet. In the Netherlands it is broadcast on TLC. In Spain the series is broadcast on BeMad TV.

Home media

Season Release dates Number of episodes Number of discs Special features
Season 1 10 February 2011[14] 14 2 N/A
Season 1 & 2 3 July 2015 14 +16 6 N/A
Season 3 3 July 2015 15 3 N/A
Season 4 3 July 2015 16 3 N/A
Season 5 5 August 2015 30 5 N/A
Season 6 5 August 2015 30 5 N/A
Season 7 3 April 2016 29 5 N/A

Notes

  1. ↑ Lisa Chimes - Member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists
  2. ↑ Andrew Marchevsky - Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists

References

  1. ↑ Bondi Junction Veterinary Hospital. "Bondi Junction Veterinary Hospital". Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Bondi Junction Veterinary Hospital. "The Bondi Vet with Chris Brown". Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Bondi Junction Veterinary Hospital. "Bondi Junction Veterinary Hospital staff". Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "SASH vets". Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "SASH vet hospital". Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  6. ↑ Network Ten. "Bondi Vet – Ten Network website". TenPlay – Bondi Vet. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Dr Chris Brown: 'Now I will just be a Bondi vet rather than the host of Bondi Vet'". news.com.au. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Viewers will choose the next Bondi Vet star". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Five docs shortlisted as next Bondi Vet". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Four new faces in new-look Bondi Vet". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  11. ↑ The full list of Logies nominations for 2015
  12. ↑ Idato, Michael (3 August 2013). "Dr Chris Brown heads to the US small screen". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  13. ↑ "Dr. Chris Pet Vet". CBS. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "Buy Bondi Vet – Season 1 (2 Disc Set) on DVD-Video from EzyDVD.com.au". Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
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