All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small is a drama series on ITV3. Critically acclaimed veterinary drama based on the early career of James Herriot. The popular program has been available since 2024. A total of 59 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in August 2025.
Last broadcast:17/08/2025 at 10:35Genres: Drama series Series
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All Creatures Great and Small
The contrast between the daughters of wealthy Tavener and the lowly Alton is sharply pointed for James, as is the difference between a talking and a non-talking budgie.
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The Darrowby Show is usually an enjoyable occasion, except when James takes on the job of duty vet and Tristan falls for a buxom barmaid.


A scrap merchant who ill-treats his horses does not treat the vets much better. Siegfried manages to find the right charge for the problem.
Series 1
1:00:00


The practice in Darrowby goes from strength to strength - unlike James's private life. Tristan decides to remedy matters and arranges a double blind date.


Siegfried wins a major victory and Tristan has to deal with pigs in more ways than one. James discovers that he has a rival.


James seems to be falling into the routine of being a country vet, but the peace is shattered when Siegfried employs a secretary and James meets Helen Alderson.


The result of the post-mortem is known and James finds that while a vet's life is not altogether enviable, a dog's life might well be.


Drama series. Life for a newly qualified vet in the Yorkshire Dales isn't at all easy, as James Herriot discovers. To begin with, you have to find employment.
Series 2
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James discovers that all sorts of men can become vets and that Ewan, whilst ostensibly unsuitable, is a practitioner of the highest quality.


Lambing time in the Yorkshire Dales is tough, and disturbing scenes take place on Benson's land when his flock of sheep is badly worried by a stray dog.


A bull becomes strangely ill, so James performs a brand new operation. Three sick cats prove a difficult case, and all three vets have a go, with surprising results.
Series 1
1:15:00


James's luck changes for the better in his romance with Helen, but for the Dalby family there seems to be no turning of the tide.


James makes a date with Helen, without Tristan's help. The practice loses a customer, with Tristan's help. Siegfried stops smoking, which doesn't help anyone.
Series 5
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James has a bout of brucellosis, bringing long-buried emotions to the surface.


Helen is finally up and about - only to face the morning after the chaos of Tristan's party the night before.


Helen tries to support James when unresolved feelings resurface.


It's baby Jimmy's Christening Day. There's a surprise announcement from Tristan.


With Helen still bedridden, James struggles manfully with both chores and children as Siegfried and Tristan look on idly.


James battles through snowy dales to save a litter of piglets, and Tristan hopes Siegfried will give him a job.