11 Facts About Steve Leonard

Steve Leonard's family moved to Cheshire from Northern Ireland when he was six weeks old.

Steve Leonard studied veterinary science at Bristol University Veterinary School.

Steve Leonard went on to present Vets in the Wild with Trude Mostue.

Steve Leonard quit full-time veterinary employment and found himself travelling all over the world with the BBC Natural History Unit, filming for Ultimate Killers.

Steve Leonard travelled to places as far away as Indonesia and India.

Steve Leonard presented Extreme Animals, and Animal Camera, an intimate look at the animal kingdom through cutting-edge miniature camera filming techniques.

Steve and his elder brother Tom Leonard are currently working at the Leonard Brothers Veterinary Centre in Whitchurch, Shropshire, and Crewe, Cheshire.

Vets in Practice, shown in July 2008, Steve Leonard explained that he had decided to return to being a vet full-time, and to fit his filming commitments around his veterinary career.

Steve Leonard has recently returned from Borneo where he filmed a second series of Orangutan Diary with co-presenter Michaela Strachan.

In March 2009, Steve Leonard helped launch the Open Air Laboratories network soil and earthworm survey, a scheme that aimed to get the public more involved in science and nature.

Steve Leonard passed his BSAVA Certificate in Small Animal Medicine in 2017 with Distinction.