All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
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. The first run was based directly on Herriot's books; the second was filmed with original scripts.
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Episode 1 - Against the Odds
Release Date: 1988-09-03James Herriot finds himself skiing through snowy dales to save a litter of dying piglets. Helen is confined to bed having a slipped a disc and Tristan is hoping that Siegfried will give him a job as he has resigned from the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Episode 2 - Place of Honour
Release Date: 1988-09-10With Helen still bedridden, there is a dramatic increase in domestic chaos. While James struggles manfully with both chores and children, Siegfried and Tristan praise his noble efforts -- and do precisely nothing. Tristan nfuriates Mr. Bushy, a redoubtable farmer, by treating a dog instead of Busby's cow, by sleeping in, and finally by treating a bull instead of Busby's dog!
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Episode 3 - Choose a Bright Morning
Release Date: 1988-09-17James receives a cry for help from the isolated Bramley family who last came to town in 1929.
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Episode 4 - The Playing Field
Release Date: 1988-09-24A typical Yorkshire farmer is transformed into a cowboy; with Siegfried in London, Tristan is left with the worst patients.
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Episode 5 - When Dreams Come True
Release Date: 1988-10-01Helen is finally up and about - only to face the morning after the chaos of Tristan's party the night before.
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Episode 6 - A New Chapter
Release Date: 1988-10-08The Herriots prepare to move to Rowangarth and another emergency with Granville Bennett.
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Episode 7 - A Present from Dublin
Release Date: 1988-10-15Calum welcomes the new arrivals -- one that bites and one that fits Siegfried's cooking & cleaning requirements.
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Episode 8 - The Salt of the Earth (aka The Good Companions)
Release Date: 1988-10-22Siegfried is saddened by the death of a young bull terrier - one of an inseparable pair of dogs.
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Episode 9 - Cheques and Balances
Release Date: 1988-10-29Siegfried is determined to make the errant farmers pay their bills.
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Episode 10 - Female of the Species
Release Date: 1988-11-05Siegfried gives a friend's offspring some experience in the surgery. Calum initially resents this, but bucks up when he sees the young student.
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Episode 11 - The Jackpot
Release Date: 1988-11-12James wears his shorts to a visit and is challenged to a race, while Jock, a once champion sheepdog, and delights in chasing cars from the farm.
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Episode 12 - Two of a Kind
Release Date: 1988-11-19Siegfried buys a television set, and James has to deal with a man who has cancer.