ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL - SERIES 2 - PART 2 [1978]

  • No of Discs: 3
  • Episodes: 8
  • Cert: PG
  • Release Date: 15/09/2003
  • RRP: £24.99
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Featuring the second half of Series 2 of All Creatures Great And Small (first broadcast in 1978). Filmed on location in the Yorkshire Dales All Creatures Great and Small brings the world of veterinarian James Herriot to life with all the warmth and humor of the original stories. Series 2 continues the true-life story of James Herriot (Christopher Timothy) as he finds that there is no end to the joy and heartache that go with caring for all creatures great and small

Based on the best-selling novels by James Herriot.

CAST LIST
Christopher Timothy (as James Herriott)
Peter Davison (as Tristan Farnon)
Robert Hardy (as Siegfried Farnon)
Carol Drinkwater (as Helen Herriot)



EPISODES COMPRISE

7. TRICKS OF THE TRADE - James meets Granville Bennet, a city vet, and gets a taste of the high life. Siegfried refines the Fine Art of Debt Collecting. (20)

8. PRIDE OF POSSESSION - James uses a hormone treatment on a dog with nearly disastrous results. An apparently bashful bull shows his mettle when grazing near another farmer's heifers. (21)

9. THE NAME OF THE GAME - The annual cricket game between Rainby and Darrowby is of particular concern this year to James. He must face a real demon of a bowler. (22)

10. PUPPY LOVE - The routine at Skeldale House is disrupted when Alice McTavish arrives bringing her "wee dog" with her. (23)

11. WAYS AND MEANS - James decides that he would rather face a savage dog any day rather than take on making a speech to the Darrowby Youth Club. (24)

12. PUPS, PIGS AND PICKLES - Tristan proves he is a gentleman, while James' love of food is tested when a farmer offers him a breakfast of bacon fat and piccalilli. (25)

13. A DOG'S LIFE - A difficult calving is bad enough, but when a farmer's uncle claims to know more than the attending vet, the job is hardly worth having. (26)

14. MERRY GENTLEMEN - Christmas at Skeldale House. It's all carols, holly and mistletoe, also sick foals, overfed dogs and a cake competition! (27)

PRODUCT DETAILS

  • Directors: Peter Grimwade, Michael Brayshaw
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Studio: BBC
  • Run Time: 6hrs 40mins