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When 12-year-old Jennie found out she had won the competition she was delighted. She has wanted to be a vet for as long as she can remember and watches Animal Hospital whenever she can. Visiting London for the day meant an early start. Jennie and her mum, Denise, were up at 6am to be ready for the car that was coming to collect them from Nottingham. They arrived at the Harmsworth just before 10am. |
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Jennie was taken up to the production office where she met the TV team. Tony Moulsdale, the producer, began to explain how everything worked. He showed Jennie the talkback system that allowed him to hear what everyone else on the team was doing and to answer queries and see how stories were developing. The monitors behind him display what the cameras downstairs are picking up, so Jennie was able to see what was going on. |
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Jennie went down to David Grant's clinic. Sitting behind the cameras, she watched as the animals and their owners were introduced to Rolf before filming began. The clinic was busy and Jennie sat through three cases, all dogs. One of the cameramen gave her a quick filming lesson between cases. Jennie was surprised at how heavy the camera was and how the cameramen managed to hold them up for so long. |
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Over lunch, Rolf entertained everyone in the production office and signed Jennie's countryside vets book with a self-portrait. Jennie and Rolf have a talent in common - they both love art and Rolf admired Jennie's drawing of the fox that lives under her garden shed. Pets are another of her loves and she has gerbils and a cat. Boxer dogs are her particular favourite, though sadly her own boxer, Bessie, died recently. She's very keen to get another dog soon, either a puppy or a rescue dog. |
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After lunch things got a bit more technical! Jennie and Denise visited the 'scanner' - the outside broadcast truck - where they watched the technicians mix the sound and vision being recorded in the hospital. Jennie hadn't realised just how many people were watching her when she was in the clinics earlier. They also visited the edit suite, where the programmes are cut together on site. Afterwards, they come back inside for a tour of the hospital with David Grant. |
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Jennie went into the operating theatres where two operations had just taken place and David explained how he had used some of the equipment. Jennie had seen some of the surgery on the screens in the scanner, so she got a real feel for the process even though she wasn't actually in the theatre during the ops. Even after watching the traumatic side of veterinary life, Jennie was just as determined to follow in David's footsteps and become a vet.
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