![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The show's run came to an end in 1980 after three series, with Herriot and Tristan Farnon heading off to World War 2. Set in the fictional Yorkshire Dales town of Darrowby, initially in the 1930's, the immediate popularity of the programme was due in part to it's reflection of a much gentler time when life moved at a somewhat slower pace, following faithfully Herriot's written tales of all manner of agricultural and domestic animal ailments. James Herriot's tales of a country vet had first appeared on screen in a 1974 movie starring Simon Ward, followed by a sequel, It Shouldn't Happen To A Vet, starring John Alderton in 1976.įor the TV series the personable and talented Christopher Timothy was cast as Herriot, a novice vet who joins the practice of Siegfried Farnon and his easy-going brother Tristan (a pre- Doctor Who Peter Davison). "Thirty years after the last episode appeared on our screens All Creatures Great and Small returned for another series" ![]()
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