Newly qualified, James Herriot arrives in the Yorkshire town of Darrowby to be interviewed for his first job. It's 1936, and work is hard enough to find, but his prospective employer Siegfried Farnon seems to have completely forgotten the appointment.
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Christmas Special 1983
Demobbed from the army, James Herriot returns to Yorkshire and his day-to-day dramas of a country veterinary practice.
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Series 1: 13. Breath Of Life
Siegfried discovers that a gift given in good faith can deal out death. James discovers that dealing out death can accidentally be the gift to life.
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Series 1: 12. Practice Makes Perfect
James returns to Angus Grier and, to his shame and Grier's pleasure, is coerced into giving the wrong treatment. Grier's triumph is short-lived as James discovers his guilty sec ...
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Series 1: 11. Bulldog Breed
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Series 1: 10. Sleeping Partners
Richard Carmody, a superior student, accompanies James on his rounds to learn, but it becomes clear that there is very little that he doesn't know.
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Series 1: 9. The Last Furlong
Some farmers like to do their own vetting, but James discovers that sometimes the vet can cure the farmer.
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Series 1: 8. Advice And Consent
The Dalby family fortunes dwindle even more until, almost by accident, James stumbles across the reason for the herd's illness.
09-11-2024
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Series 1: 7. Golden Lads And Girls
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.
09-11-2024
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Series 1: 6. Nothing Like Experience
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.
02-11-2024
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Series 1: 5. Out Of Practice
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.
02-11-2024
BBC 4
Series 1: 8. Advice And Consent
The Dalby family fortunes dwindle even more until, almost by accident, James stumbles across the reason for the herd's illness.
09-11-2024
BBC 4
Series 1: 7. Golden Lads And Girls
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.
09-11-2024
BBC 4
Series 1: 6. Nothing Like Experience
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.
02-11-2024
BBC 4
Series 1: 12. Practice Makes Perfect
James returns to Angus Grier and, to his shame and Grier's pleasure, is coerced into giving the wrong treatment. Grier's triumph is short-lived as James discovers his guilty sec ...
30-11-2024
BBC 4
Series 1: 4. Calf Love
Siegfried wins a major victory and Tristan has to deal with pigs in more ways than one. James discovers that he has a rival.
26-10-2024
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Series 1: 11. Bulldog Breed
What can a country vet do when a herd is struck by a disease for which there is no cure - especially when a man's life savings are at risk?
30-11-2024
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Series 1: 3. It Takes All Kinds
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.
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Series 1: 2. Dog Days
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.
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Series 1: 13. Breath Of Life
Siegfried discovers that a gift given in good faith can deal out death. James discovers that dealing out death can accidentally be the gift to life.
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BBC 4
Series 1: 1. Horse Sense
Newly qualified, James Herriot arrives in the Yorkshire town of Darrowby to be interviewed for his first job. It's 1936, and work is hard enough to find, but his prospective emp ...
19-10-2024
BBC 4