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  1. www.pbs.org › wgbh › masterpieceThe Real People Behind the Characters of All Creatures Great ...

    Joan Danbury is the Real Helen Alderson. Helen Alderson may be the character least like her true-life counterpart. Joan Danbury was not a farmer’s daughter, but worked as a secretary in...

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  3. www.dailymail.co.uk › femail › article-8765955James Herriot's children reveal truth behind All Creatures ...

    Sep 23, 2020 · In the series, Herriot’s eventual wife, Helen Alderson, is depicted as the comely daughter of a prosperous farmer. The woman Alf married, Joan Danbury, was a corn-mill secretary, so...

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  4. www.nytimes.com › 1999/07/18 › nyregionJoan Wight, Wife and Model for Author Herriot - The New York ...

    Jul 18, 1999 · Joan Wight, the widow of the Yorkshire veterinarian who wrote under the name James Herriot and the model for a character in his books and television programs based on them, died on Wednesday....

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  6. www.hellomagazine.com › film › 507051All Creatures Great and Small: Meet the real James, Helen ...

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    • The real James Herriot. © Julian Calder/Shutterstock. James Herriot on his farm in Yorkshire in 1995. James Herriot is actually the pen name for real-life veterinary surgeon James Alfred Wight, who was born in Sunderland in 1916 but moved to Scotland when he was just three years old.
    • The real Helen Alderson. © ANL/Shutterstock. James was married to Joan Danbury. The character Helen Alderson is based on James Alfred Wight's real wife, Joan Danbury.
    • The real Siegfried Farnon. © Channel 5. Samuel West plays Siegfried Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small. Siegfried Farnon was inspired by Alf's employer Donald Sinclair, a rural veterinarian who owned a practice at 23 Kirkgate in Thirsk.
    • The real Tristan Farnon. © Channel 5. Callum Woodhouse as Tristan. Brian Sinclair, the brother of Donald, was the model for Tristan Farnon. Like in the show, Brian's veterinary studies weren't exactly smooth sailing.

  7. www.jamesherriot.org › remembrance-day-for-helenRemembrance Day for Helen Herriot (Joan Wight) | James ...

    Jul 14, 2010 · Remembrance Day for Helen Herriot (Joan Wight) Joan Catherine Danbury Wight died today, Jul 14, 1999. She was the inspiration for Helen Herriot. General, Important Dates.

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  9. www.jamesherriot.org › life-and-timesLife and Times | James Herriot.org

    Joan Catherine Danbury Wight РWife, Died 1999 РHelen Herriot, n̩e Alderson James Alexander Wight РSon born on 13 February 1943 РCurrently a practicing veterinarian in Thirsk РJimmy Herriot

  10. www.nytimes.com › all-creatures-james-herriot‘All Creatures Great and Small’: Who Was the Real James Herriot?

    Feb 19, 2021 · Helen Alderson (played by Rachel Shenton) is the main character least like her real-life counterpart, Wight’s wife, Joan Danbury (outside of their both being the first women in their...

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