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All Creatures Great and Small

Christmas Special 1990

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Tristan buys a new Daimler car, putting him heavily in debt. He becomes involved with the local bell ringing team, particularly a new schoolteacher, Miss Marston. Show more

Contributors

James Herriott:
Christopher Timothy
Siegfried Farnon:
Robert Hardy
Tristan Farnon:
Peter Davison
Helen Herriot:
Lynda Bellingham
Mrs Alton:
Jean Heywood
Mr Biggins:
John Sharp

Genres

Coming Home

Series 3

Episode 2: Christopher Timothy

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Actor Christopher Timothy journeys to his childhood home to discover the truth about his Welsh ancestors, revealing secrets stretching back over 300 years. Show more

Decade of Doctors

Episode 1: How It Started

Duration: 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

As Doctors celebrates its tenth birthday, Diane Keen reveals the backstage secrets and big moments that have made a decade of Doctors, starting with how it all began. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Will Trotter
Participant:
Selina Chilton
Executive Producer:
Michael Armit

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Series 2

Episode 4: Frank and Marvin

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Classic sitcom. Betty has to break the news to Frank that she is pregnant. And Frank goes for a job at a holiday camp, with predictably disastrous results.

Wild

2007-08 Shorts

Episode 12: Badlands Raging Bulls

Duration: 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Nature documentary series. The Badlands National Park in the USA provides an arena for the biggest event on the bison's calendar. One-tonne males rut for the right to breed. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Rosie Gloyns
Executive Producer:
Vyv Simson

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

This episode revisits a time when matron ruled the roost, and shows how Britain's love of cigarettes went up in smoke. With Christopher Timothy and Miriam Stoppard.

Contributors

Presenter:
Larry Lamb
Presenter:
Miriam Stoppard
Executive Producer:
Andrew Sheldon
Executive Producer:
Gerard Melling
Series Producer:
Julie Beanland

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HD

Available for years

Long-buried secrets are unearthed when Frank and Lu come to the aid of a community of allotment holders who are being threatened with eviction.

All Creatures Great and Small

Series 1

Bulldog Breed

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

What can a country vet do when a herd is struck by a disease for which there is no cure - especially when a man's life savings are at risk?

Contributors

James Herriot:
Christopher Timothy
Siegfried Farnon:
Robert Hardy
Tristan Farnon:
Peter Davison
Helen Alderson:
Carol Drinkwater
Richard Carmody:
Chris Brown
Mrs Hall:
Mary Hignett

Genres

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Drama series. Life for a newly qualified vet in the Yorkshire Dales isn't at all easy, as James Herriot discovers. To begin with, you have to find employment. Show more

All Creatures Great and Small

Series 1

Breath of Life

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Siegfried discovers that a gift given in good faith can deal out death. James discovers that dealing out death can accidentally be the gift to life.

Contributors

James Herriot:
Christopher Timothy
Siegfried Farnon:
Robert Hardy
Tristan Farnon:
Peter Davison
Helen Alderson:
Carol Drinkwater
Mrs Hall:
Mary Hignett

Genres

All Creatures Great and Small

Series 1

Practice Makes Perfect

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

James returns to Angus Grier and, to his shame and Grier's pleasure, is coerced into giving the wrong treatment. Grier's triumph is short-lived as James discovers his guilty secret.

Contributors

James Herriot:
Christopher Timothy
Siegfried Farnon:
Robert Hardy
Tristan Farnon:
Peter Davison
Helen Alderson:
Carol Drinkwater
Mrs Hall:
Mary Hignett
Angus Grier:
Andrew Crawford

Genres

All Creatures Great and Small

Series 1

Advice and Consent

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The Dalby family fortunes dwindle even more until, almost by accident, James stumbles across the reason for the herd's illness.

Contributors

James Herriot:
Christopher Timothy
Siegfried Farnon:
Robert Hardy
Tristan Farnon:
Peter Davison
Helen Alderson:
Carol Drinkwater
Mrs Hall:
Mary Hignett
Joe Mulligan:
Rio Fanning

Genres

All Creatures Great and Small

Series 1

The Last Furlong

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Some farmers like to do their own vetting, but James discovers that sometimes the vet can cure the farmer.

Contributors

James Herriot:
Christopher Timothy
Siegfried Farnon:
Robert Hardy
Tristan Farnon:
Peter Davison
Helen Alderson:
Carol Drinkwater
Mrs Hall:
Mary Hignett
Pickersgill:
Peter Schofield

Genres

All Creatures Great and Small

Series 1

It Takes All Kinds...

Duration: 47 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

James seems to be falling into the routine of being a country vet, but the peace is shattered when Siegfried employs a secretary and James meets Helen Alderson.

Contributors

James Herriot:
Christopher Timothy
Siegfried Farnon:
Robert Hardy
Tristan Farnon:
Peter Davison
Helen Alderson:
Carol Drinkwater
Mrs Pumphrey:
Margaretta Scott
Miss Harbottle:
Madge Ryan

Genres

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The result of the post-mortem is known and James finds that while a vet's life is not altogether enviable, a dog's life might well be.

All Creatures Great and Small

Series 1

Out of Practice

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

The practice in Darrowby goes from strength to strength - unlike James's private life. Tristan decides to remedy matters and arranges a double blind date.

Contributors

James Herriot:
Christopher Timothy
Siegfried Farnon:
Robert Hardy
Tristan Farnon:
Peter Davison
Helen Alderson:
Carol Drinkwater
Mrs Hall:
Mary Hignett
Sister Louisa Rose:
Jessica Spencer

Genres

All Creatures Great and Small

Series 1

Golden Lads and Girls

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

James's luck changes for the better in his romance with Helen, but for the Dalby family there seems to be no turning of the tide.

Contributors

James Herriot:
Christopher Timothy
Siegfried Farnon:
Robert Hardy
Tristan Farnon:
Peter Davison
Helen Alderson:
Carol Drinkwater
Mr Alderson:
John Collin
Mrs Dalby:
Janet Davies

Genres

All Creatures Great and Small

Series 2

Episode 13: A Dog's Life

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Popular drama series about a Yorkshire veterinary practice in the 30s. James has to keep his nerve during a difficult calving.

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Siegfried wins a major victory and Tristan has to deal with pigs in more ways than one. James discovers that he has a rival.

Contributors

James Herriot:
Christopher Timothy
Siegfried Farnon:
Robert Hardy
Tristan Farnon:
Peter Davison
Helen Alderson:
Carol Drinkwater
Mrs Pumphrey:
Margaretta Scott
Miss Harbottle:
Madge Ryan

Genres

All Creatures Great and Small

Series 1

Sleeping Partners

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Richard Carmody, a superior student, accompanies James on his rounds to learn, but it becomes clear that there is very little that he doesn't know.

Contributors

James Herriot:
Christopher Timothy
Siegfried Farnon:
Robert Hardy
Tristan Farnon:
Peter Davison
Helen Alderson:
Carol Drinkwater
Mrs Hall:
Mary Hignett
Angus Grier:
Andrew Crawford

Genres