All Creatures Great and Small (UK)
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James Herriot is a vet in Yorkshire, England, during the 1940's. He is assigned to the practice of Siegfried Farnon, who (together with his mischievous brother Tristan) already have a successful business. James undergoes a variety of adventures during his work, which are just as often caused by the characters of the county (including the Farnon brothers) as the animals in his care.
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TV Special: Brotherly Love Aired: Dec. 24, 1990James and Tristan become involved in a feud between two brothers who both want to ring the Christmas bells. A suspected case of Foot and Mouth …
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- The programme was known colloquially and humourously as "All Creatures Grunt and Smell".
- Christopher Timothy has said he suffered badly from typecasting in television after starring in the enormously popular series. For years afterwards he found many of his offers of work were…
[show]Christopher Timothy has said he suffered badly from typecasting in television after starring in the enormously popular series. For years afterwards he found many of his offers of work were for very similar roles and he became seen as a "vet" actor, which also frustrated his agent.
[hide] - Alf Wight (the real James Herriot) initially stipulated that all the incidents in the TV series had to be closely based on those in his books. By the end of Season 3, all of Wight's books had…
[show]Alf Wight (the real James Herriot) initially stipulated that all the incidents in the TV series had to be closely based on those in his books. By the end of Season 3, all of Wight's books had been televised, and it was thought that the series would have to end. However producer Bill Sellars persuaded Wight to let the scriptwriters devise new stories as long as the scripts were approved by him and remained faithful to the spirit of his books.
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