James Heriot's adventures as a veterinarian in 1930s Yorkshire get a glorious new adaptation in All Creatures Great and Small, a seven-part series based on his beloved books.
All Creatures Great and Small opens in 1937, when James Heriot, fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, follows his dream to become a vet in the magnificent Yorkshire Dales, one of England's most beloved and beautiful landscapes. He soon discovers that treating the animals is as much about treating their owners, and the Dales' farmers are a tough crowd to please. At Skeldale House, James gets to know his newly formed dysfunctional family: his chaotic and erratic boss Siegfried Farnon, his wayward brother Tristan and the shrewd Mrs. Hall, who is endlessly steering the ship. When local beauty Helen Anderson attracts James's attention, he finds another, more enduring reason to stay in the Dales.
Since their first publication in 1970, the beloved books of James Alfred Wight, published under the pen name James Herriot, have held a special place in people's hearts throughout the world. Chronicling the heartwarming and humorous adventures of a young country vet, the books introduced readers to his unconventional mentor and the cast of farmers and townsfolk who lives and worked in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s. This new adaptation preserves the rich and uplifting spirit, tone and values of Herriot's iconic characters and stories, and will bring to life his sharply observed, entertaining and incredibly funny tales of country life in the North of England for a modern audience, introducing a new generation of his life-affirming stories.
All Creatures Great and Small will air Sundays, January 10 - February 21 at 8 p.m. on MASTERPIECE, right here on Panhandle PBS.
