Advantages: Good, solid family entertainment Disadvantages: Seeing animals sick or dying
...vet, predominantly because of watching All Creatures Great and Small. Those not yet in their 30s will probably not have heard of this series, which was broadcast in the early 1980s and is based on the books by James Herriot about his own life as a vet in the 1930s and 1940s. I was thrilled to get hold of the first series recently - unfortunately this show doesn't seem to have been rebroadcast recently, at least not on the main channels. The author
... ...have more acting jobs between All Creatures and Doctors, because I always thought he did a superb job in All Creatures. Watching it again now though, I thought his acting was a little wooden, at least to begin with, although his acting does improve towards the end of this series. His character is young and energetic, with a passion for his job.
His boss is Siegfried Farnon, played by Robert Hardy. Hardy has had a variety of acting jobs in the past, ...
sunmeilan 08.12.2005
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As a newly-qualified vet, James Herriot arrives at Skeldale House in the Yorkshire Dales, ... more
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