All Creatures Great and Small: The Specials

Based on the bestselling novels of James Herriot, these heart-warming tales of a village vet have been sold extensively throughout the world. With its unique blend of humour, romance and incident, its accurate evocation of time, place and atmosphere, its star cast, including some wonderful animals, All Creatures Great and Small is ideal family viewing.

Includes the 1983 Special and the 1985 Special.

1983 Special - James returns to Darrowby following his wartime service in the R.A.F. Though little has changed in the Dales in the intervening six years, James finds it difficult to adjust to the peacetime routine and to friends and family who seem like strangers. Adapted by Brian Finch and directed by Terence Dudley.

1985 Special - Siegfried waxes lyrical about the accelerating rate of scientific progress as James proceeds to plod along with tried and trusted remedies. How long can the practice and the surrounding countryside resist the oncoming tide of Progress? Adapted by Johnny Byrne and directed by Peter Moffatt.

James Herriott	---	Christopher Timothy
Tristan Farnon	---	Peter Davison
Siegfried Farnon	---	Robert Hardy
Helen Herriot	---	Carol Drinkwater

Written by James Herriot
Adapted by Johnny Byrne, Brian Finch
Produced by Bill Sellars
Directed by Terence Dudley, Peter Moffatt
Incidental Music by Johnny Pearson

“All things are bright and beautiful in the success-proven formula of James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small. The stories are virtually tailored to the requirements of the television family hour. Robert Hardy is a delight.” -Daily Mail

When you visit Thirsk someday, be sure to amble through the spacious sweep of grass called the Flatts in nearby Sowerby. James Herriot (real-life veterinarian James Alfred Wight,or "Alf") loves this peaceful open space, and often walked with his dogs here.