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Summary

One of BBC Television's most popular comedy drama series for many years, All Creatures Great And Small was based on the novels of James Herriot.

Starting in 1936 and ending some time in the early 1950s, the stories chronicle the lives of the vets in a small practice in the Yorkshire Dales.

The main characters are James Herriot (Christopher Timothy), Siegfried Farnon (Robert Hardy), Tristan Farnon (Peter Davison) and Helen Herriot (Carol Drinkwater, later Lynda Bellingham).

Cast List

  Christopher Timothy as James Herriot
  Robert Hardy as Siegfried Farnon
  Peter Davison as Tristan Farnon
  Carol Drinkwater as Helen Herriot (Series 1-3)
  Lynda Bellingham as Helen Herriot (Series 4-7)
  John McGlyn as Calum Buchanan
  Mary Hignett as Mrs Hall

Production Details

Written by:
Brian Finch, Johnny Byrne, James Herriot, Others

Directed by:
Terence Dudley, Peter Moffat, Others

Produced by:
Bill Sellars

7 series, 90 episodes

Transmitted: 1978-80; 1988-90

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