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Marjorie Warner is the Real Mrs. Pumphrey. According to Jim Wight’s biography of his father, this character of a rich older woman was based on a Mrs. Marjorie Warner of Sowerby, a local ...
- 8 Things to Know About the Real James Herriot - PBS
James Herriot is the pen name of James Alfred (“Alf”) Wight,...
- Surprising Real History in All Creatures Great and Small Season 4
Viewers of All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 saw Mrs....
- 8 Things to Know About the Real James Herriot - PBS
Updated December 6, 2023. The TV series All Creatures Great and Small is a remake of the beloved book series by James Herriot, now in its third season (encore begins Sunday, December 10, 2023 and ...
Jan 7, 2022 · All Creatures Great and Small, Masterpiece PBS's adaptation of James Herriot's beloved book series, which returns this weekend, is set in a fictionalized village of Darrowby—but the stunning ...
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Feb 19, 2021 · By Jennifer Vineyard. Feb. 19, 2021. Beginning at the age of 50, the beloved veterinarian James Alfred Wight led a double life. By day, he tended to animals in and around the English village where ...
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Wight's books have been adapted for film and television, including the 1975 film All Creatures Great and Small, followed by It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet in 1976. The BBC produced a television series based on Wight's books titled All Creatures Great and Small, which ran from 1978 to 1980 and 1988–1990; ninety episodes were broadcast altogether.