IN just three years, Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, known to millions of viewers as The Supervet - has made 11 series for Channel‎ 4 which adds up to an eye-watering 70 hours of television.

‎During that time, Noel and his expert team, have used ground-breaking medical technology to save the lives of hundreds of animals previously thought to be beyond salvation.

Since Noel's show has been on air, applications to veterinary schools have gone through the roof.

Now fans will get a chance to see The Supervet live as Noel is embarking on his first live tour - Welcome to My World - which has proved so popular in Bournemouth, that he has just added a 3pm matinee in addition to his 7.30pm evening show at the BIC on Sunday, November 18.

But although he's become a celebrity - first and foremost he is still a vet. My interview was cancelled at the 11th hour because of an unforeseen emergency at his surgery.

However this week we were able to grab a preview as to what audiences can expect from his show...

Welcome to My World will open with Noel's first memories of wanting to become a vet. He recalls with great clarity the occasion when as an 11 year old boy he went out to check the sheep on the family farm at two in the morning.

Noel, who grew up loving comic book superheroes and The Six Million Dollar Man, remembers how, despite his very best efforts, a newborn lamb died after he had rescued its mother from a drain. "He died in front of my eyes. There I was at the age of 11 watching life passing away.

"I was lying on the grass looking up at the brightest stars in heaven feeling useless‎, helpless, weak, nothingness, wishing I was more than a small speck in the universe. At that moment, I developed a very clear sense of what I was supposed to do with my life. And that was to make a real difference for all of the animals.”

So Noel invented a superhero character in his head. "He ‎became The Supervet, but back then he had the rather less impressive name of Vetman! He could solve all the problems of the animal world and sprinkle his magic bionic dust on everything to fix it."

‎Noel has ‎constructed a 'bionic bunker' for hsi show where he intends to reveal, for the first time, the secrets behind many of the inventions that have riveted his TV audiences.

"We are going to create the future of medicine in front of people. The audience will come with me into a medical time machine. We are going to show them the future before it happens.

"I'm beside myself with excitement about the bionic bunker because I will be the bloke in there having all the fun. I'm like a child with a crayon about to draw his first picture. Regardless of how cynical we adults have become, I'm still an 11-year-old in my head!"

‎Noel wants the audience to feel very much part of the action on stage. "I want to give people a front row seat inside my mind. In my head, they're all sitting beside me. If I could bring them all on stage, I would. I want to answer most of the questions I get asked by young and old alike.”

Although there won't be any animals in the show he adds: "There will be no real animals in the show - unless my dog Keira makes an appearance. But that depends on her.

"It's currently open to discussion because her agent is very demanding. If we don't put her special fuzzy toy on the rider, there'll be no appearance from her. So there are a lot of negotiations going on right now."

His show will also include some surprising revelations and photos from his little-known past. For instance, he used to go to drama school and once played a vet in a popular TV series.

He adds that: "Audiences will also see how I was beyond resplendent as a knitwear model wearing a very fine sweater to make the money to get me through school."‎

Noel is also keen to emphasise that the show will catalogue some of the ups and downs faced when trying to change the medical world for the better. “It’s not all a bed of roses,” he says, “and you’ll get to see that up close and personal in a way that I’ve never had the opportunity to explain before. It’s a deeply personal journey for me and for anyone who ever had a massive dream. It’s literally ‘welcome to my world’, in all of its joy, sadness and everything in between.”

The ultimate aim of the show though for Noel, is to underline the vital bond humans have with animals.

"I'd like it to be an antidote to all the terrible things that are going on in the world. I hope it'll make people laugh, as well as inspire‎ and educate them.”

Tickets are available at noelfitzpatricklive.com or bhlivetickets.co.uk