Box set: All Creatures Great And Small: The Complete Series
Barcode 883929134588
Release Date 1/8/1978

All Creatures Great And Small: Season 2
EMI Films (1978)
TV Series  /  Comedy, Drama
In Collection
#1711
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Seen ItYes
IMDB   8.4
700 mins UK / English
DVD    US - TV-PG
Robert Hardy Siegfried Farnon
Peter Davison Tristan Farnon
Christopher Timothy James Herriot
Mary Hignett Mrs. Hall
Carol Drinkwater Helen
Andre Maranne Jacques
Margaretta Scott Mrs. Pumphrey
Sonia Graham Mrs. Bond
James Grout Granville Bennett
Pamela Salem Zoë Bennett
Wilfrid Brambell Dinsdale's Brother
Peter Martin Farmer Handshaw
Teddy Turner Hodgekin
William Hoyland Mr. Blenkinsopp
Tricki Woo Dog
Frank Birch Mr. Mallock
Donald Nithsdale Mr. Gilling
Bill Lund Mr Sykes
Elizabeth Millbank Alice McTavish
Robert Brown Mr. Hewison
Director
Christopher Barry
Robert Tronson
Kenneth Ives
Peter Moffatt
Producer Bill Sellars
Writer James Herriot
Brian Finch
Anthony Steven
Johnny Byrne
Musician Johnny Pearson

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.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    9/23/1978  1.  Cats and Dogs
The waiting room is packed at the Darrowby practice, but Siegfried seems more focused on catching his hard-drinking brother asleep on the job.
Director:  Peter Moffatt  Writer:  Brian Finch 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    9/30/1978  2.  Attendant Problems
The return of lambing season brings a boost to Siegfried's spirits, but James, laid up in the surgery, is reminded of the harsher realities of a vet's life.
Director:  Christopher Barry  Writer:  Johnny Byrne 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/7/1978  3.  Fair Means and Fowl
Nerves are frayed as Tristan's encounter with an "exploding" bullock leads to a lawsuit, and Siegfried's venture in guinea raising runs foul. Meanwhile, James is sent to assist "on of the biggest boozers in the business."
Director:  Robert Tronson  Writer:  Anthony Steven 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/14/1978  4.  The Beauty of the Beast
As the tractor threatens to do away with a way of life in the Dales, James battles to save a dying shire horse.
Director:  Peter Moffatt  Writer:  Johnny Byrne 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/21/1978  5.  Judgment Day
The Darrowby Show is a much-anticipated event for the whole community, except for the duty vet. This mixed honor falls to James this year.
Director:  Christopher Barry  Writer:  Brian Finch 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/28/1978  6.  Faint Hearts
While James struggles to cope with the procrastinations of the Bellerby family, Tristan succumbs to the charms of a millionaire shipbuilder's daughter with a penchant for lobster.
Director:  Robert Tronson  Writer:  Anthony Steven 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/4/1978  7.  Tricks of the Trade
James gets a taste of the high life when he comes to the aid of a city vet, Granville Bennet, while Siegfried juggles the care of Mr. Wilkinson's awesome "colt" with the fine art of debt collecting.
Director:  Kenneth Ives  Writer:  Johnny Byrne 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/11/1978  8.  Pride of Possession
The atmosphere is tense as James prepares to perform groundbreaking surgery. Meanwhile, Siegfried wrestles with a disinterested prize bull, and Tristan's hormones run riot over Darrowby's merry widow.
Director:  Christopher Barry  Writer:  Anthony Steven 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/18/1978  9.  The Name of the Game
James becomes suspicious when the Farnon brothers -- usually keen cricketers -- "volunteer" him in their stead for the annual cricket match between Darrowby and Rainby.
Director:  Robert Tronson  Writer:  Brian Finch 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/25/1978  10.  Puppy Love
Tristan may have finally found the right girl in Alice McTavish. Meanwhile, James struggles to save a dog whose death could trigger the end of the owners' marriage.
Director:  Kenneth Ives  Writer:  Brian Finch 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/2/1978  11.  Ways and Means
James concludes that the drawbacks of a vet's life -- long hours, fierce dogs and a cunning sow named Prudence -- pale in comparison to the rigors of making a speech to the Darrowby Youth Club.
Director:  Christopher Barry  Writer:  Brian Finch 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/9/1978  12.  Pups, Pigs and Pickles
Siegried turns on the charm to teach Tristan a lesson, while James, busy with calving, finds one farmer's traditional Yorkshire hospitality a bit hard to swallow.
Director:  Robert Tronson  Writer:  Terence Dudley 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/16/1978  13.  A Dog's Life
Despite Siegfried's insistence that he relax and "cultivate the inner man," James can't shrug off the irritations that often make his professions a dog's life. Siegfried's inner man is cramming for the annual quiz that pits the men of Darrowby against the fearsome Women's Institute.
Director:  Kenneth Ives  Writer:  Johnny Byrne 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/24/1978  14.  Merry Gentlemen
Christmas at Skeldale House can be a formidable undertaking, what with sick foals, overfed dogs and a skeleton guarding Siegfried's secret hoard of goodies.
Director:  Christopher Barry  Writer:  Anthony Steven 
Edition Details
Series All Creatures Great And Small
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
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