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One of BBC Television's most popular comedy drama series for many years, All Creatures Great And Small was based on the novels of James Herriot.
Starting in 1936 and ending some time in the early 1950s, the stories chronicle the lives of the vets in a small practice in the Yorkshire Dales.
The main characters are James Herriot (Christopher Timothy), Siegfried Farnon (Robert Hardy), Tristan Farnon (Peter Davison) and Helen Herriot (Carol Drinkwater, later Lynda Bellingham).
Series: 7
Episodes: 90
Transmitted: 1978-1990
BBC Television