Never mind new shoes and pencil cases, nothing signals autumn term like a new series of Yorkshire TV favourite All Creatures Great and Small.
The hit series returns to our screens this autumn for its sixth series.
War is coming to a close as we return to Darrowby in the Yorkshire Dales (or Grassington as we know it..) for more heart-warming human and animal tales.
This time, we join the Skeldale gang in 1945, just as the war in Europe is coming to a close. In Darrowby there are veterinary advancements, expanded families, and new faces as they all look ahead to a brighter and more peaceful future.
This series will see Herriot’s wonderful characters navigating the opportunities that a new world brings, a host of animals great and small, and of course, each other.
Nicholas Ralph is back as devoted vet James Herriot, alongside Samuel West as the brilliant yet unpredictable business partner Siegfried Farnon. Anna Madeley returns as the steadfast Mrs Hall, with Rachel Shenton once again as capable Helen Herriot, and Callum Woodhouse as the mischievous Tristan Farnon, still serving with the Royal Army Veterinary Corps. Patricia Hodge delights as the elegant Mrs Pumphrey, joined by her cherished Pekingese, Tricki. Also featuring are Tony Pitts as Helen’s no-nonsense father, Richard Alderson, and Imogen Clawson as her spirited younger sister, Jenny.
Joining the cast for this new chapter will also be Lucy-Jo Hudson (Hollyoaks, Wild at Heart), Gaia Wise (The Dead of Winter, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim), Jonathan Hyde (The Brutalist, Titanic), Philip Martin Brown (Waterloo Road, Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy) and Chris Gascoyne (The Feud, Patience), bringing fresh faces to the heart of the Dales alongside familiar returning guest cast Mollie Winnard, Conor Deane, Cat Simmons and Lamin Touray.
The new series will consist of six episodes (6 x 60”), plus a Christmas Special.
All Creatures Great and Small is a Playground production for 5 and MASTERPIECE in association with All3Media International.
Tranmission date TBC.
