James battles through snowy dales to save a litter of piglets and Tristan hopes Siegfried will give him a job.

With Helen still bedridden, James struggles manfully with both chores and children as Siegfried and Tristan look on idly.

James receives a cry for help from the isolated Bramley family who last came to town in 1929.

With Siegfried in London, Tristan is left with the worst patients.

Helen is finally up and about - only to face the morning after the chaos of Tristan's party the night before.

The Herriots prepare to move to Rowangarth and there's another emergency with Granville Bennett.

Calum welcomes the new arrivals - one that bites and one that fits Siegfried's cooking and cleaning requirements.

Siegfried is saddened by the death of a young bull terrier, half of an inseparable pair of dogs.

Siegfried is determined to make the errant farmers pay their bills.

Siegfried gives a friend's offspring some experience in the surgery. Calum resents this until he sees the young student.

James wears his shorts to a visit and is challenged to a race, while champion sheepdog Jock delights in chasing cars.

Siegfried buys a television set, and James has to deal with a man who has cancer.

Tristan returns from Ireland to become the butt of a practical joke while Siegfried finds him a housekeeper. James runs foul of Biggins in time-honoured fashion.

Tristan accidently injects a farmer with a vaccine intended for his cows - and the farmer becomes convinced this prevents him from starting a family.

Granville Bennett comes to stay and the Skeldale practice has to perform an emergency operation on his dog. Tristan meets Jane Mercer for the first time.

James and Siegfried become personally as well as professionally involved when a herd of shorthorn cattle contracts Johne's disease.

Tristan's old college friend comes to stay, but his visit has to be kept a secret from Siegfried. When a lady brings her tortoise into the surgery, Tristan and his friend compete.

James Herriot treats a dog that wags its tail when it is angry and a princess is crowned on Coronation Day.

James rescues a client from imminent arrest, while Siegfried's old pal Stewie helps with an emergency operation.

Mrs Pettinger's cat goes missing, while even after helping to 'ring the bull', Rosie still wants to be a vet.