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| birth_place = [[Castleford]], West Yorkshire, UK
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| education = [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]]
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| occupation = Veterinary surgeon, TV personality, author
| occupation = Veterinary surgeon, TV personality, author
| spouse = Anne
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'''Julian Norton''' is a British [[Veterinary physician|veterinary surgeon]], author and TV personality, best known for his appearances on the [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] TV series [[The Yorkshire Vet]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TheYorkshireVet/|title=The Yorkshire Vet|website=facebook.com|access-date=20 October 2018}}{{Primary source inline|date=March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mbalit.co.uk/client/julian-norton/|title=Julian Norton {{!}} MBA Literary Agents|work=MBA Literary Agents|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>
'''Julian Norton''' (born 3 June 1972) is a British [[Veterinary physician|veterinary surgeon]], author and TV personality, best known for his appearances on thirteen series<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/the-yorkshire-vet/season-1-6d70549a-ce33-4c71-a1fc-bea4bc87c486|title=My5|website=Channel5.com|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/the-yorkshire-vet/season-13|title=My5|website=Channel5.com|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> of ''The Yorkshire Vet'', which has been broadcast on [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] since 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TheYorkshireVet/|title=The Yorkshire Vet|website=Facebook.com|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=March 2020}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mbalit.co.uk/client/julian-norton/|title=Julian Norton {{!}} MBA Literary Agents|website=Mbalit.co.uk|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Norton was born and brought up in the mining town of [[Castleford]] and went to school in [[Wakefield]] at [[Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield|Queen Elizabeth Grammar School]], before gaining a place to study [[veterinary medicine]] at [[Cambridge University]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/the-yorkshire-vet-talks-stud-alpacas-udder-salve-and-james-herri/|title=The Yorkshire Vet talks stud alpacas, udder salve and James Herriot's legacy|last=Parker|first=Olivia|date=30 September 2016|work=The Telegraph|access-date=20 October 2018|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
Norton was born and brought up in the mining town of [[Castleford]] and went to school in [[Wakefield]] at [[Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield|Queen Elizabeth Grammar School]], before gaining a place to study [[veterinary medicine]] at [[Cambridge University]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/the-yorkshire-vet-talks-stud-alpacas-udder-salve-and-james-herri/|title=The Yorkshire Vet talks stud alpacas, udder salve and James Herriot's legacy|last=Parker|first=Olivia|date=30 September 2016|work=The Telegraph|access-date=20 October 2018|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Norton attained a certificate in Small Animal Practice in 2007. From 2018 he worked at Rae, Bean and Partners in [[Boroughbridge]], North Yorkshire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raebeanvets.co.uk/staff|title=Rae, Bean & Partners {{!}} STAFF|website=rbp1|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> He moved to a new independent small animal practice – Sandbeck Veterinary Centre – in Wetherby, West Yorkshire in 2019 and, in March 2021, Norton opened the Thirsk Veterinary Centre with colleagues. Norton also co-authored a paper in the ''[[Veterinary Record]]'' 142: 107–109, on the "Measurement of arterial oxygen-haemaglobin saturation in newborn lambs by pulse oximetry".
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Since 2015, Norton has been involved, taking the titular role in Channel 5 docuseries ''The Yorkshire Vet'', produced by Daisybeck Studios in [[Leeds]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.channel5.com/show/the-yorkshire-vet/|title=The Yorkshire Vet |publisher=Channel 5|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> The programme has been popular, achieving viewing figures of over 2 million, making it one of the channel's most successful.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/950486/the-yorkshire-vet-tv-show-thirsk-tourist-trade-peter-wright-julian-norton|title=The Yorkshire Vet: How a TV show revived a town's tourist trade|last=Utton|first=Dominic|date=24 April 2018|work=Daily Express|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/thirsk-is-buzzing-from-the-yorkshire-vet-effect-1-8921718|title=Thirsk is buzzing from The Yorkshire Vet effect|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> Julian has also featured as a regular guest on ''[[The Wright Stuff]]'' as well as ''Springtime on the Farm'' and ''Big Week at the Zoo''.<ref>{{Citation|last=Jeremy Vine on 5 – Official Channel|title=The Wright Stuff: The Yorkshire Vet, Julian Norton tells us about a lamb born with 5 legs|date=25 April 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BuoLDNpAvk|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/farming-realities-captured-on-tv-as-yorkshire-s-cannon-hall-hosts-springtime-on-the-farm-1-9106894|title=Farming realities captured on TV as Yorkshire's Cannon Hall hosts Springtime on the Farm|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>


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He performs regular "in conversation" events with comedian and stand up poet, [[Kate Fox (writer)|Kate Fox]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yarmschool.org/an-audience-with-the-yorkshire-vet|title=An Audience with the Yorkshire Vet|website=yarmschool.org|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/an-evening-with-julian-norton#scr-moreinfo|title=An Evening with Julian Norton {{!}} King's Hall Ilkley|last=Yorkshire|website=Bradford Theatres|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> and was awarded the ''[[Dalesman]]'' "Yorkshireman of the Year 2017".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dalesman.co.uk/dalesman-awards-2017|title=Dalesman Awards 2017 |work=Dalesman|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>
He has written five books, ''Horses, Heifers and Hairy Pigs: The Life of a Yorkshire Vet'' [2016] (an autobiographical account of his veterinary career), ''A Yorkshire Vet Through the Seasons'' [ 2017] both published by Michael O’Mara, and ''The Diary of a Yorkshire Vet'', published by Great Northern books.<ref>{{Cite book|title=HORSES, HEIFERS AND HAIRY PIGS.|last=JULIAN.|first=NORTON|date=2017|publisher=MICHAEL O'MARA BOOKS LTD|isbn=978-1782438359|location=[S.l.]|oclc=972394884}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=A Yorkshire vet through the seasons|last=Julian|first=Norton|date=2017|publisher=Michael O'Mara Books Ltd|isbn=978-1782438434|location=London, UK.|oclc=975026145}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=The diary of a Yorkshire vet|last=Julian.|first=Norton|isbn=1912101807|location=Bradford|oclc=1036256530}}</ref> On Call with a Yorkshire Vet (2019) and A Yorkshire Vet: The Next Chapter, published by Hodder and Stoughton (2020). He contributes a weekly column in The Country Week of ''[[The Yorkshire Post]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/julian-norton-hobbo-has-pants-on-his-head-1-9126799|title=Julian Norton: Hobbo has pants on his head|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>


Norton is connected with various charities and is an ambassador for Cheetah Conservation Fund (www.cheetah.org.uk) and for VetMentor, an organisation to assist potential veterinary students. He is also partnered with charity Riding for the Disabled. During his work with the organisation, he raised enough funds for riding lessons for 32 disabled children.<ref>https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-farming/yorkshire-vets-ad-libbing-at-a-talk-in-leeds-raises-enough-money-for-32-disabled-riding-lessons-3872414 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
Norton also co-authored a paper in the ''[[Veterinary Record]]'' 142: 107–109, "Measurement of arterial oxygen-haemaglobin saturation in newborn lambs by pulse oximetry".


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===Sporting achievements===
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He performs regular "in conversation" events with comedian and stand up poet, [[Kate Fox (writer)|Kate Fox]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yarmschool.org/an-audience-with-the-yorkshire-vet|title=An Audience with the Yorkshire Vet|website=yarmschool.org|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on/an-evening-with-julian-norton#scr-moreinfo|title=An Evening with Julian Norton {{!}} King's Hall Ilkley|last=Yorkshire|website=Bradford Theatres|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> Julian's website is www.thenakedvet.co.uk which offers links to the podcasts of the same name, which he performs with Kate Fox.
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Norton held the world record for 24-hour tandem [[indoor rowing]] in 2010 with friend [[Roger Brown (rower)|Roger Brown]], an ex-Olympic rower.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/8244143.Thirsk_pair_hope_to_break_rowing_machine_record/|title=Thirsk pair hope to break rowing machine record|website=Gazette & Herald|date=29 June 2010 |access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/celebrities-pam-ferris-sir-john-major-cherie-booth-roger-brown-julian-norton-john-bercow-ricky-tomlinson/fundraising/article/1039518|title=Celebrities: Pam Ferris, Sir John Major, Cherie Booth, Roger Brown, Julian Norton, John Bercow, Ricky Tomlinson|website=Thirdsector.co.uk|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>


He has competed in the UK [[Ironman Triathlon|Ironman]] event, finishing in the top 50 in 2013,<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.skeldalevets.co.uk/Skeldale_Veterinary_Centre/Staff.html|title=Our Staff|website=Skeldalevets.co.uk|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> and represented Britain at age-group level in the European Long Course Duathlon in 2014 and 2015 and at the European Middle Distance Triathlon championships in 2014 and 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wts.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/82081/julian_norton|title=Athlete Profile: Julian Norton {{!}} ITU World Triathlon Series|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=ITU World Triathlon Series|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/my-yorkshire-julian-norton-aka-the-yorkshire-vet-on-his-favourite-people-and-places-1-8321578|title=My Yorkshire: Julian Norton aka the Yorkshire Vet on his favourite people and places|website=Yorkshirepost.co.uk|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>
Norton attained a certificate in Small Animal Practice in 2007 and has been awarded the ''[[Dalesman]]'' "Yorkshireman of the Year 2017".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dalesman.co.uk/dalesman-awards-2017|title=Dalesman Awards 2017 |work=Dalesman|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>


He completed the Patrouille des Glaciers ski mountaineering race from Zermatt to Verbier in 2018.
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==Personal life==
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Held the world record for 24-hour tandem [[indoor rowing]] in 2010 with friend [[Roger Brown (rower)|Roger Brown]], an ex-Olympic rower.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/8244143.Thirsk_pair_hope_to_break_rowing_machine_record/|title=Thirsk pair hope to break rowing machine record|website=Gazette & Herald|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/celebrities-pam-ferris-sir-john-major-cherie-booth-roger-brown-julian-norton-john-bercow-ricky-tomlinson/fundraising/article/1039518|title=Celebrities: Pam Ferris, Sir John Major, Cherie Booth, Roger Brown, Julian Norton, John Bercow, Ricky Tomlinson|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>
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Norton is a mixed practice veterinary surgeon, in [[North Yorkshire]], where he lives with his wife, Anne and two sons, Jack and Archie.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/julian-norton-seizing-the-chance-for-a-camper-van-escape-1-8816197|title=Julian Norton: Seizing the chance for a camper van escape|website=Yorkshirepost.co.uk|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/treating-all-creatures-great-and-small-in-new-tv-show-the-yorkshire-vet-1-7457388|title=Treating all creatures great and small in new TV show The Yorkshire Vet|website=Pontefractadcastlefordexpress.co.uk|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> He has spent the majority of his working life in [[Thirsk]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/19219065.yorkshire-vet-julian-norton-opens-independent-practice-thirsk/|title = Yorkshire vet Julian Norton opens independent practice in Thirsk|website=Darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk| date=9 April 2021 }}</ref> working as, first, an assistant, then partner in the practice at which Alf Wight (better known under his pseudonym of [[James Herriot]]) had worked.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vnonline.co.uk/vn/news/16994/Vet-departs-original-|title=Vet departs original James Herriot practice|last=Centralvet.com|first=Vision Team -|website=Vnonline.co.uk|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thirskvetcentre.co.uk/meet-the-team/|title=Meet our team of vets, nurses & client support at our new vets in Thirsk|website=Thirskvetcentre.co.uk|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>


Norton is an active supporter of the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chapman |first1=Hannah |title=Resounding victory for Liberal Democrats in North Yorkshire Council by-election |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/23961554.lib-dems-win-sowerby-topcliffe-north-yorkshire-council/ |website=The Northern Echo |access-date=3 December 2023 |date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
Completed UK Ironman championships and finished in the Top 50 in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/the-yorkshire-vet-talks-stud-alpacas-udder-salve-and-james-herri/|title=The Yorkshire Vet talks stud alpacas, udder salve and James Herriot's legacy|last=Parker|first=Olivia|date=30 September 2016|work=The Telegraph|access-date=20 October 2018|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skeldalevets.co.uk/Skeldale_Veterinary_Centre/Staff.html|title=Our Staff|website=skeldalevets.co.uk|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>


==Channel 5/Daisybeck programmes==
He has completed the challenging ski mountaineering race the Patrouille des Glaciers in 2018, reputed to be the worlds most challenging team endurance race, which traverses from Zermatt to Verbier.
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From 2015 to 2018, Norton was the main vet featured in the Channel 5 docuseries ''The Yorkshire Vet''. Produced by Daisybeck Studios<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.daisybeckstudios.com/|title=Home|website=Daisybeckstudios.com|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> in [[Leeds]], the show originally featured Norton working as at a vet at Skeldale Veterinary Centre in Thirsk, alongside Peter Wright.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skeldalevets.co.uk/Skeldale_Veterinary_Centre/Staff.html|title=Our Staff|website=Skeldalevets.co.uk|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.channel5.com/show/the-yorkshire-vet/|title=The Yorkshire Vet |publisher=Channel 5|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> The programme became popular, achieving viewing figures of over 2 million and making it one of the channel's most successful shows.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/950486/the-yorkshire-vet-tv-show-thirsk-tourist-trade-peter-wright-julian-norton|title=The Yorkshire Vet: How a TV show revived a town's tourist trade|last=Utton|first=Dominic|date=24 April 2018|newspaper=[[The Daily Express]]|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/thirsk-is-buzzing-from-the-yorkshire-vet-effect-1-8921718|title=Thirsk is buzzing from The Yorkshire Vet effect|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> Since 2018, the programme has followed Norton as he worked at a number of new veterinary practices and added Donaldson's Vets on Somerset Road in Almondbury as a filming location,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://donaldsonsvets.co.uk/almondbury/|title=Somerset Road 24/7 Surgery|website=Donaldsonsvets.co.uk|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://donaldsonsvets.co.uk/locations/|title=Locations|website=Donaldsonsvets.co.uk|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> following vets David Melleney, Matt Smith<ref name="The Yorkshire Vet">{{Cite web|url=https://donaldsonsvets.co.uk/the-yorkshire-vet/|title = The Yorkshire Vet|website=Donaldsonsvets.co.uk}}</ref> and Shona Searson<ref name="The Yorkshire Vet"/> as they go out to see animals in the Huddersfield area and on Cannon Hall Farm.


Represented [[Team GB]] at age-group level for European Long Course Duathlon in 2014 and 2015 and Team GB age-group for European Middle Distance Triathlon championships in [[Majorca]] 2014 and [[Rimini]] 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wts.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/82081/julian_norton|title=Athlete Profile: Julian Norton {{!}} ITU World Triathlon Series|last=Union|first=International Triathlon|website=ITU World Triathlon Series|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.skeldalevets.co.uk/Skeldale_Veterinary_Centre/Staff.html|title=Our Staff|website=skeldalevets.co.uk|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/my-yorkshire-julian-norton-aka-the-yorkshire-vet-on-his-favourite-people-and-places-1-8321578|title=My Yorkshire: Julian Norton aka the Yorkshire Vet on his favourite people and places|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>
Norton has also featured as a regular guest on ''[[The Wright Stuff]]'' as well as ''Springtime on the Farm'' and ''Big Week at the Zoo''.<ref>{{Cite web|via=[[YouTube]]|title=The Wright Stuff: The Yorkshire Vet, Julian Norton tells us about a lamb born with 5 legs|date=25 April 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BuoLDNpAvk|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/farming-realities-captured-on-tv-as-yorkshire-s-cannon-hall-hosts-springtime-on-the-farm-1-9106894|title=Farming realities captured on TV as Yorkshire's Cannon Hall hosts Springtime on the Farm|website=Yorkshire.co.uk|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>


In 2021, season 13 of ''The Yorkshire Vet'' followed Norton as he sets up the Sandbeck Veterinary Centre in Wetherby,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandbeckvets.co.uk/meet-the-team/|title=Meet our team of vets, nurses & client support at our new vets in Wetherby|website=Sandbeckvets.co.uk|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> a surgery which became one of the three places the series is based at, alongside Grace Lane Vets in Kirkbymoorside and Donaldson's Vets in Almondbury, Huddersfield.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://donaldsonsvets.co.uk/|title=Home|website=Donaldsonsvets.co.uk|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="The Yorkshire Vet"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://donaldsonsvets.co.uk/almondbury/|title = Somerset Road 24/7 Surgery|website=Donaldsonsvets.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-io5afh/the-yorkshire-vet-season-13/?episode=b-tnnrcv|title = The Yorkshire Vet Season 13|website=Radio Times}}</ref>
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==Personal life==
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Norton is a mixed practice veterinary surgeon, in [[North Yorkshire]], where he lives with his wife, Anne and two sons, Jack and Archie.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/julian-norton-seizing-the-chance-for-a-camper-van-escape-1-8816197|title=Julian Norton: Seizing the chance for a camper van escape|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/treating-all-creatures-great-and-small-in-new-tv-show-the-yorkshire-vet-1-7457388|title=Treating all creatures great and small in new TV show The Yorkshire Vet|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> He has spent the majority of his working life in [[Thirsk]], working as, first, an assistant, then partner in the practice that was once the surgery from which Alf Wight worked, from where he penned his famous stories under the pseudonym of [[James Herriot]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vnonline.co.uk/vn/news/16994/Vet-departs-original-|title=Vet departs original James Herriot practice|last=Centralvet.com|first=Vision Team -|website=vnonline|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref> He currently works at Rae, Bean and Partners in [[Boroughbridge]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raebeanvets.co.uk/staff|title=Rae, Bean & Partners {{!}} STAFF|website=rbp1|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>
Julian has recently opened a new independent small animal practice- Sandbeck Veterinary Centre, in Wetherby.
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==Works==


In 2022, Norton presented reports for the Channel 5<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/?sd=13-01-2022+20:00|title=TV listings guide|website=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> documentary series ''Our Great Yorkshire Life'',<ref name="channel5.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/our-great-yorkshire-life|title=My5|website=Channel5.com|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> visiting Becky and Ian Sheveling's vineyard in Robin Hood's Bay<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bayvineyard.co.uk/|title=Robin Hoods Bay Yorkshire Vineyard|website=Bayvineyard.co.uk|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bayvineyard.co.uk/about-us|title=about|website=Bayvineyard.co.uk|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/food-and-drink/yorkshire-sheep-farm-became-britains-highest-vineyard-1749916|title=The Yorkshire sheep farm that became Britain's highest vineyard|website=Yorkshirepost.co.uk|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/our-great-yorkshire-life-scarborough-fishing-family-and-yorkshire-vet-julian-norton-to-star-in-new-channel-5-series-3517261|title=Our Great Yorkshire Life: Scarborough fishing family and Yorkshire Vet Julian Norton to star in new Channel 5 series|website=Yorkshirepost.co.uk|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> for the first episode.<ref name="channel5.com"/> ''Our Great Yorkshire Life'' also features Norton's co-stars from ''The Yorkshire Vet'' (Peter Wright)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://the-yorkshireman.com/our-great-yorkshire-life/|title=Channel 5 Has Launched New Series 'Our Great Yorkshire Life' With 'Yorkshire Vet' Star Peter Wright|first=The|last=Yorkshireman|date=7 January 2022|website=The Yorkshireman|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-uglw1s/our-great-yorkshire-life-season-1/|title=Our Great Yorkshire Life Season 1|website=[[Radio Times]]|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> and ''This Week on the Farm'' (Cannon Hall Farm brothers Dave and Rob Nicholson) as presenters and is narrated by Emmerdale actor Dean Andrews.

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===Books===
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Norton has written six books, and he also contributes a weekly column in The Country Week of ''[[The Yorkshire Post]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/julian-norton-hobbo-has-pants-on-his-head-1-9126799|title=Julian Norton: Hobbo has pants on his head|website=Yorkshirepost.co.uk|access-date=20 October 2018}}</ref>


* {{cite book |first1=Julian |last1=Norton |authormask=0 |title=Horses, Heifers and Hairy Pigs: The Life of a Yorkshire Vet |publisher=Michael O'Mara |year=2016 |isbn=978-1782436836}}
* {{cite book |first1=Julian |last1=Norton |author-mask=0 |title=Horses, Heifers and Hairy Pigs: The Life of a Yorkshire Vet |publisher=Michael O'Mara |year=2016 |isbn=978-1782436836}}
* {{cite book |first1=Julian |last1=Norton |authormask=0 |title=A Yorkshire Vet Through the Seasons |publisher=Michael O'Mara |year=2017 |isbn=978-1782438434}}
* {{cite book |first1=Julian |last1=Norton |author-mask=0 |title=A Yorkshire Vet Through the Seasons |publisher=Michael O'Mara |year=2017 |isbn=978-1782438434}}
* {{cite book |first1=Julian |last1=Norton |authormask=0 |title=The Diary of a Yorkshire Vet |publisher=Great Northern Books Ltd |year=2018 |isbn=978-1912101801}}
* {{cite book |first1=Julian |last1=Norton |author-mask=0 |title=The Diary of a Yorkshire Vet |publisher=Great Northern Books Ltd |year=2018 |isbn=978-1912101801}}
On Call with a Yorkshire Vet Great Northern Books, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1912101207}}
* ''On Call with a Yorkshire Vet''. Great Northern Books, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1912101207}}
A Yorkshire Vet: The Next Chapter. Hodder and Stoughton, 2020.{{ISBN|978-1529378337}}
* ''A Yorkshire Vet: The Next Chapter''. Hodder and Stoughton, 2020.{{ISBN|978-1529378337}}
* ''All Creatures: Heart-warming Tales from a Yorkshire Vet''. Hodder and Stoughton, 2021. {{ISBN|978-1529378399}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|8054639|Julian Norton}}


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Julian Norton
Born (1972-06-03) 3 June 1972 (age 52)
Castleford, West Yorkshire, England
EducationPembroke College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)Veterinary surgeon, TV personality, author
SpouseAnne
ChildrenTwo
Websitewww.thenakedvet.co.uk

Julian Norton (born 3 June 1972) is a British veterinary surgeon, author and TV personality, best known for his appearances on thirteen series[1][2] of The Yorkshire Vet, which has been broadcast on Channel 5 since 2015.[3][non-primary source needed][4]

Early life

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Norton was born and brought up in the mining town of Castleford and went to school in Wakefield at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, before gaining a place to study veterinary medicine at Cambridge University.[5]

Career

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Norton attained a certificate in Small Animal Practice in 2007. From 2018 he worked at Rae, Bean and Partners in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire.[6] He moved to a new independent small animal practice – Sandbeck Veterinary Centre – in Wetherby, West Yorkshire in 2019 and, in March 2021, Norton opened the Thirsk Veterinary Centre with colleagues. Norton also co-authored a paper in the Veterinary Record 142: 107–109, on the "Measurement of arterial oxygen-haemaglobin saturation in newborn lambs by pulse oximetry".

He performs regular "in conversation" events with comedian and stand up poet, Kate Fox,[7][8] and was awarded the Dalesman "Yorkshireman of the Year 2017".[9]

Norton is connected with various charities and is an ambassador for Cheetah Conservation Fund (www.cheetah.org.uk) and for VetMentor, an organisation to assist potential veterinary students. He is also partnered with charity Riding for the Disabled. During his work with the organisation, he raised enough funds for riding lessons for 32 disabled children.[10]

Sporting achievements

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Norton held the world record for 24-hour tandem indoor rowing in 2010 with friend Roger Brown, an ex-Olympic rower.[11][12]

He has competed in the UK Ironman event, finishing in the top 50 in 2013,[5][13] and represented Britain at age-group level in the European Long Course Duathlon in 2014 and 2015 and at the European Middle Distance Triathlon championships in 2014 and 2015.[14][13][15]

He completed the Patrouille des Glaciers ski mountaineering race from Zermatt to Verbier in 2018.

Personal life

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Norton is a mixed practice veterinary surgeon, in North Yorkshire, where he lives with his wife, Anne and two sons, Jack and Archie.[16][17] He has spent the majority of his working life in Thirsk,[18] working as, first, an assistant, then partner in the practice at which Alf Wight (better known under his pseudonym of James Herriot) had worked.[19][20]

Norton is an active supporter of the Liberal Democrats.[21]

Channel 5/Daisybeck programmes

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From 2015 to 2018, Norton was the main vet featured in the Channel 5 docuseries The Yorkshire Vet. Produced by Daisybeck Studios[22] in Leeds, the show originally featured Norton working as at a vet at Skeldale Veterinary Centre in Thirsk, alongside Peter Wright.[23][24] The programme became popular, achieving viewing figures of over 2 million and making it one of the channel's most successful shows.[25][26] Since 2018, the programme has followed Norton as he worked at a number of new veterinary practices and added Donaldson's Vets on Somerset Road in Almondbury as a filming location,[27][28] following vets David Melleney, Matt Smith[29] and Shona Searson[29] as they go out to see animals in the Huddersfield area and on Cannon Hall Farm.

Norton has also featured as a regular guest on The Wright Stuff as well as Springtime on the Farm and Big Week at the Zoo.[30][31]

In 2021, season 13 of The Yorkshire Vet followed Norton as he sets up the Sandbeck Veterinary Centre in Wetherby,[32] a surgery which became one of the three places the series is based at, alongside Grace Lane Vets in Kirkbymoorside and Donaldson's Vets in Almondbury, Huddersfield.[33][29][34][35]

In 2022, Norton presented reports for the Channel 5[36] documentary series Our Great Yorkshire Life,[37] visiting Becky and Ian Sheveling's vineyard in Robin Hood's Bay[38][39][40][41] for the first episode.[37] Our Great Yorkshire Life also features Norton's co-stars from The Yorkshire Vet (Peter Wright)[42][43] and This Week on the Farm (Cannon Hall Farm brothers Dave and Rob Nicholson) as presenters and is narrated by Emmerdale actor Dean Andrews.

Works

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Filmography

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Television
Year Title Role Channel
2015— The Yorkshire Vet Himself Channel 5
2017 The Wright Stuff Himself – Special Guest Channel 5
2018 Springtime on the Farm Himself Channel 5
2018 Big Week at the Zoo Presenter Channel 5
2020 This Week on the Farm Himself Channel 5
2021 Live: Summer on the Farm[44][45][46] Himself Channel 5
2022 Our Great Yorkshire Life[47] Presenter Channel 5

Books

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Norton has written six books, and he also contributes a weekly column in The Country Week of The Yorkshire Post.[48]

  • Horses, Heifers and Hairy Pigs: The Life of a Yorkshire Vet. Michael O'Mara. 2016. ISBN 978-1782436836.
  • A Yorkshire Vet Through the Seasons. Michael O'Mara. 2017. ISBN 978-1782438434.
  • The Diary of a Yorkshire Vet. Great Northern Books Ltd. 2018. ISBN 978-1912101801.
  • On Call with a Yorkshire Vet. Great Northern Books, 2019. ISBN 978-1912101207
  • A Yorkshire Vet: The Next Chapter. Hodder and Stoughton, 2020.ISBN 978-1529378337
  • All Creatures: Heart-warming Tales from a Yorkshire Vet. Hodder and Stoughton, 2021. ISBN 978-1529378399

References

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  1. ^ "My5". Channel5.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ "My5". Channel5.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. ^ "The Yorkshire Vet". Facebook.com. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Julian Norton | MBA Literary Agents". Mbalit.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  5. ^ a b Parker, Olivia (30 September 2016). "The Yorkshire Vet talks stud alpacas, udder salve and James Herriot's legacy". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Rae, Bean & Partners | STAFF". rbp1. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  7. ^ "An Audience with the Yorkshire Vet". yarmschool.org. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  8. ^ Yorkshire. "An Evening with Julian Norton | King's Hall Ilkley". Bradford Theatres. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Dalesman Awards 2017". Dalesman. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  10. ^ https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-farming/yorkshire-vets-ad-libbing-at-a-talk-in-leeds-raises-enough-money-for-32-disabled-riding-lessons-3872414 [bare URL]
  11. ^ "Thirsk pair hope to break rowing machine record". Gazette & Herald. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Celebrities: Pam Ferris, Sir John Major, Cherie Booth, Roger Brown, Julian Norton, John Bercow, Ricky Tomlinson". Thirdsector.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Our Staff". Skeldalevets.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  14. ^ Union, International Triathlon. "Athlete Profile: Julian Norton | ITU World Triathlon Series". ITU World Triathlon Series. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  15. ^ "My Yorkshire: Julian Norton aka the Yorkshire Vet on his favourite people and places". Yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  16. ^ "Julian Norton: Seizing the chance for a camper van escape". Yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  17. ^ "Treating all creatures great and small in new TV show The Yorkshire Vet". Pontefractadcastlefordexpress.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Yorkshire vet Julian Norton opens independent practice in Thirsk". Darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk. 9 April 2021.
  19. ^ Centralvet.com, Vision Team -. "Vet departs original James Herriot practice". Vnonline.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  20. ^ "Meet our team of vets, nurses & client support at our new vets in Thirsk". Thirskvetcentre.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  21. ^ Chapman, Hannah (1 December 2023). "Resounding victory for Liberal Democrats in North Yorkshire Council by-election". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  22. ^ "Home". Daisybeckstudios.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  23. ^ "Our Staff". Skeldalevets.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  24. ^ "The Yorkshire Vet". Channel 5. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  25. ^ Utton, Dominic (24 April 2018). "The Yorkshire Vet: How a TV show revived a town's tourist trade". The Daily Express. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  26. ^ "Thirsk is buzzing from The Yorkshire Vet effect". Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  27. ^ "Somerset Road 24/7 Surgery". Donaldsonsvets.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  28. ^ "Locations". Donaldsonsvets.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  29. ^ a b c "The Yorkshire Vet". Donaldsonsvets.co.uk.
  30. ^ "The Wright Stuff: The Yorkshire Vet, Julian Norton tells us about a lamb born with 5 legs". 25 April 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2018 – via YouTube.
  31. ^ "Farming realities captured on TV as Yorkshire's Cannon Hall hosts Springtime on the Farm". Yorkshire.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  32. ^ "Meet our team of vets, nurses & client support at our new vets in Wetherby". Sandbeckvets.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  33. ^ "Home". Donaldsonsvets.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  34. ^ "Somerset Road 24/7 Surgery". Donaldsonsvets.co.uk.
  35. ^ "The Yorkshire Vet Season 13". Radio Times.
  36. ^ "TV listings guide". Radio Times. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  37. ^ a b "My5". Channel5.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  38. ^ "Robin Hoods Bay Yorkshire Vineyard". Bayvineyard.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  39. ^ "about". Bayvineyard.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  40. ^ "The Yorkshire sheep farm that became Britain's highest vineyard". Yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  41. ^ "Our Great Yorkshire Life: Scarborough fishing family and Yorkshire Vet Julian Norton to star in new Channel 5 series". Yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  42. ^ Yorkshireman, The (7 January 2022). "Channel 5 Has Launched New Series 'Our Great Yorkshire Life' With 'Yorkshire Vet' Star Peter Wright". The Yorkshireman. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  43. ^ "Our Great Yorkshire Life Season 1". Radio Times. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  44. ^ "Summer on the Farm with Rob and Dave". Newsletter.co.uk.
  45. ^ "My5". Channel5.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  46. ^ "My5". My5.tv.
  47. ^ "My5". Channel5.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  48. ^ "Julian Norton: Hobbo has pants on his head". Yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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