Jim Al-Khalili meets The Supervet

Learn more about the Vet School’s Professor Noel Fitzpatrick - star of Channel 4's The Supervet - in our video interview by Jim Al-Khalili, Surrey’s Surrey Professor of Physics and Public Engagement in Science.

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Watch our Noel Fitzpatrick video – part of Surrey’s ‘Jim meets…’ lecture series - to find out about The Supervet's career, how he became involved in Surrey’s School of Veterinary Medicine and why he’s so passionate about his work.

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'Jim meets...' lecture series

Watch previous ‘Jim meets…’ interviews with Lord Robert Winston, Rowan Williams, Professor Brian Cox, Sir David Attenborough, Dara O’Briain and Ruby Wax.

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Professor Noel Fitzpatrick

Professor of Veterinary Orthopaedics

Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE

Professor of Physics, Professor of Public Engagement in Science

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