James Greenwood

Dr. James Greenwood BVSc MRCVS is a practicing small animal vet in Bristol. Originally from Yorkshire, James grew up with a passion for helping animals and this led into a career in veterinary medicine.

He has been in practice for over ten years- treating everything from parrots to donkeys, dogs, horses and even a 2 day old baby elephant.

James is a passionate advocate for the veterinary profession, animal welfare, conservation, mental health awareness and for LGBTQ equality.

James started out in television as a contestant on the first series of ‘The Great Pottery Throwdown’ (Love productions) on BBC 2 where he gained popularity and went on to star in the BAFTA nominated children’s show ‘The Pets Factor’ (True North) on CBBC.

This has led to further appearances across the CBBC brand including ‘Blue Peter’, ‘The Dengineers’ and ‘Top Class’ and in 2020 he became the resident Vet on BBC One’s ‘Morning Live’.

He writes for various titles, has appeared at multiple festivals and worked on high profile media campaigns (eg the RSPCA ‘Adoptober’ month, MSD ‘Tick Awareness’ and the annual James Wellbeloved ‘Scruffts’ dog show, championing the nations cross bred and rescue dogs). 

He currently lives on a smallholding in North Somerset with his partner Mark and their rescue Labrador Dolly, plus hens, sheep and a couple of pigs. His first book, For the Love of Animals is out in July 2023.