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E1
28 min 1. Episode 1
Joanna Page is pursuing her lifelong passion - volunteering at an animal rescue centre. Her induction day includes a big test in the fox pen and feeding a baby badger.
E2
27 min 2. Episode 2
A fox cub caught in netting is a tricky first rescue experience for Joanna as she continues her training at a busy wildlife centre. But she also gets to help with her first release.
E3
28 min 3. Episode 3
A magpie with a broken leg is an opportunity for Joanna to learn more skills, and to fall in love with birds, as she trains to be a volunteer at her local wildlife rescue centre.
E4
27 min 4. Episode 4
Actor Joanna Page continues her training at a local wildlife rescue centre, helping with the rehabilitation and release of a jackdaw, a wood mouse and a tiny vole.
5. Episode 5
Joanna Page continues to grow her rescue, rehab and release skills with a tiny chick, a fox and some hoglets as she trains to be a wildlife rescue volunteer.
E6
27 min 6. Episode 6
A hedgehog, an owl and two tiny swift chicks are among the animals actor Joanna Page helps to treat as she trains to be a volunteer at her local wildlife rescue centre.
E7
28 min 7. Episode 7
A fledgling little owl is brought in, having been found on the ground. And Joanna's sent to rescue a hedgehog in the garden of a local resident, who's seen it behaving strangely.
E8
27 min 8. Episode 8
Joanna has her first experience of rehabilitating a bird of prey. At the other end of the scale, she learns how to scruff a mouse and proudly shows her family the video evidence.
E9
28 min 9. Episode 9
Joanna revisits the fox cubs that came in when she started her training at the wildlife rescue centre. She takes baby pigeons from triage to rehab to release back into the wild.
E10
27 min 10. Episode 10
As her training intensifies, Joanna Page helps x-ray a tiny bat with a possible fracture, checks over a rescued bunny and releases the fox cubs she's been following from the start.
E11
28 min 11. Episode 11
Joanna Page's training to be a wildlife rescue volunteer continues with two ten-day-old tawny owls, a red kite and the release of a rehabilitated urban fox.
E12
27 min 12. Episode 12
Joanna's wildlife training continues with her scruffing a lively fox on the vet room table, and rehabilitating and releasing a dove that was rescued from a burning building.
E13
27 min 13. Episode 13
As Joanna's summer volunteering at a wildlife rescue centre continues, she treats a badger with an injured foot, a hedgehog with netting caught around its neck and a wounded kestrel.
E14
28 min 14. Episode 14
Joanna's training ramps up with gull chick brought in by a member of the public, moving some badgers to a soft release site in the woods and being entrusted with some homecare.
E15
28 min 15. Episode 15
Joanna's training as a volunteer at a wildlife rescue centre comes to an emotional end with some final tests before she finds out whether all her hard work has paid off.
Joanna is determined to spend her summer working at Wildlife Aid, one of the UK's leading wildlife hospitals, learning how she can help. With no special treatment, Joanna first must pass the 'smell test', starting with mucky cage and pen cleaning but hoping to progress to animal triage training, helping in the vet room and going out on rescues and releases.
Genres: Documentary
Stars: Joanna Page
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