All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small
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All Creatures Great and Small

7.7 / 10
1978
7 seasons
87 episodes
ComedyDrama

The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.

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Seasons

  • Horse Sense

    1.Horse Sense

    08-01-1978

    Life for a newly qualified vet like James Herriot is not at all easy. He travels all the way to Darrowby, Yorkshire to secure a job, but by the time his prospective employer, Sieg...

  • Dog Days

    2.Dog Days

    15-01-1978

    James finds that long hours and rough conditions can make a veterinary work a dog's life, but for some dogs, like Mrs. Pumphrey's Tricki-Wu, have it so well that they can afford to...

  • It Takes All Kinds

    3.It Takes All Kinds

    22-01-1978

    Sigfried declares that the business is in shambles financially, and his solution is Miss Harbottle, a meticulous secretary who rules the cash box with an iron hand. Amid a relentl...

  • Calf Love

    4.Calf Love

    29-01-1978

    Siegfried has a major victory, and his brother Tristan has to deal with pigs in more ways than one. James discovers he has a rival for Helen's affections.

  • Out of Practice

    5.Out of Practice

    02-02-1978

    The veterinary practice goes from strength to strength, but James fears he has wrecked his chances with Helen after a disastrous first date. Tristan decides that a blind date is a...

  • Nothing Like Experience

    6.Nothing Like Experience

    12-02-1978

    James musters the courage to visit Helen after she's seen him at his worst. Siegfried resorts to sorcery to aid a gypsy's ailing pony, and a wild ghost chase solves the mystery of...

  • Golden Lads and Girls

    7.Golden Lads and Girls

    19-02-1978

    James' temper is fraying fast -- what with two car accidents in the space of a week, an inauspicious meeting with Helen's family and his rival still lurking around Helen like a "bi...

  • Advice and Consent

    8.Advice and Consent

    26-02-1978

    The fortunes of the hard-working Dalby family look set to dwindle even further until almost by accident James discovers the cause of their herd's illness. However, James still nee...

  • The Last Furlong

    9.The Last Furlong

    05-03-1978

    The sport of kings beckons James and Siegfried to the Broughton Races — James in search of a dead cert to raise forty pounds for a Mediterranean honeymoon, and Siegfried in pursuit...

  • Sleeping Partners

    10.Sleeping Partners

    12-03-1978

    James and Helen's wedding day has finally arrived, though their honeymoon destination couldn't have been further from the Mediterranean. Finally, Siegfried bestows the best weddin...

  • Bulldog Breed

    11.Bulldog Breed

    19-03-1978

    As James struggles to save the dairy herd in which a friend has sunk all his savings, he discovers a colleague's guilty secret.

  • Practice Makes Perfect

    12.Practice Makes Perfect

    07-04-1978

    Having failed his exams, Tristan fears his brother's wrath. In a desperate effort to reform, Tristan shuns cigarettes, alcohol and women and adopts a rigorous routine of dawn runs...

  • Breath of Life

    13.Breath of Life

    14-04-1978

    Siegfried discovers that a gift given in good faith has brought the deadly foot-and-mouth disease to the dales, and James accidentally hits upon a "sleep cure" for Mrs. Flaxton's p...

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