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All Creatures Great and Small (TV Series 1978–1990) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
All Creatures Great and Small: With Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham. The trials and misadventures of the staff of a country veterinary office in Yorkshire from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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Cast of All Creatures Great and Small, circa 1978: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Mary Hignett and Carol Drinkwater
- 8 January 1978 –, 24 December 1990
- BBC1
This is a list of characters—and the actor(s) who played them—featured in the BBC television series All Creatures Great and Small. Over 600 characters were used over ninety episodes, with several actors playing multiple characters during the course of the series.
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- Nicholas Ralph. His Role: Newcomer Nicholas Ralph makes his television debut as the charming, somewhat naïve James Herriot, who comes to the Yorkshire Dales in search of his first veterinary job but finds more than he bargained for when he starts working for Siegfried Farnon.
- Samuel West. His Role: Samuel West plays Siegfried Farnon, the gruff, tough-love veterinarian of the town who takes a (rare) chance on newly minted veterinarian Herriot.
- Anna Madeley. Her Role: Anna Madeley plays Mrs. Hall, the backbone of Skeldale House who keeps James and the Farnon boys in line. Playing the Part: Madeley was especially interested in playing the role when learning that Mrs. Hall’s story in this adaptation would be even further fleshed out.
- Callum Woodhouse. His Role: Callum Woodhouse stars as wayward, wild child brother Tristan Farnon, who believes in some work, all play (unlike his seriously hard working brother, Siegfried).
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All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot. Ninety episodes were aired over two three-year runs.
1978 -2024. 7 Seasons. BBC One. Drama, Comedy. TVPG. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Based on books by British veterinarian James Herriot, this series details the author's life while working in an...
