adapted by Johnny Byrne from the books by James Herriot
A serial in 13 episodes starring Christopher Timothy as James Herriot and Robert Hardy as Siegfried Farnon
with Peter Davison and Carol Drinkwater
James makes a date with Helen (without Tristan's help), The practice loses a customer (with Tristan's help). Siegfried stops smoking (which doesn't help).
(BBC Birmingham) (First shown on BBC1)