What a wonderful British traditional drama A national treasure. Not of my era before and post war. I have wonderful memories of watching it in the 1980s with my late grandfather being from a farming background he loved and could relate to it because he came from that era. Brilliant cast attention to detail veterinary procedures hands on, rural social life of the time, witty and sometimes sad. Watch it over and over again.
I had a small antenna television in the tack room of my dad's barn on his farm in the 1970s. Watched this every Sunday on PBS while I fed horses and soaped saddles.
I can't thank you enough for posting this! I can not afford to buy the DVD's and this is so wonderful that I may watch this wherever I may be on my phone. Thank you for your kind thoughtfulness ❤️. Brook 🙋🍏🍎
A "breath of fresh air!" Sharing real life like it used to be with characters who are a bit flawed but good people. Wonderful! We enjoy this instead of all the dark humor and violence of today's TV.
We passed a house yesterday with artificial grass in the garden. It had a blueish colour. I once saw a photo of a pasture somewhere in Kentucky, and the grass had the same colour. Is it really that colour? And if so. What makes it so?
My family comes from KY, and the Dales do remind me of the scenic beauty found in Kentucky. Life was hard there in the 1930s and beyond(in the mountains), so it is easy to identify with the characters in the books.
You say that, but the modern rendition of All Creatures Great and Small is actually better made, in my view. That said, I watched quite a few of these when I was a kid, and it's brilliant.
@@Chrissepisje Not in many viewers opinions it isn't. Actually, with no actors that even remind one of the original characters, or good stories included, it is so mundane there is no comparison.
@@alwilson3204 the fact that the stories are mundane is exactly its chore strength. The world is filled with bloody crazy stories. Some "carry on, nothing is happening here" TV is exactly what I want out of this. Excellent. As far as the cast, I think this ensemble is vastly superior. But to each his own, right?
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"Pride's a fine thing, in its proper place. Put it in your pocket, just this once." This show has some of the greatest quotes ever aired on TV (or streamed on the internet for that matter). This is one of my most favorite episodes!
What a wonderful show, I can never get too much of this series. I've read the books dozens of times and never tire of them. Thank you posting this view into the lovely and sometimes hard life in the Dales.
9/3/2023 I"m watching it right now on PBS .. Stopped at a commercial to see if I could find it here on Utube. So glad to find it here , so I can watch it all.
Used to have a tv in the tack room of our horse barn on my dad's cattle ranch, in the 1970s. I watched it there every Sunday on PBS as I fed horses and soaped saddles.
From when I found the James Herriot books in my school library 52 years ago, I've been a fan. These shows have always been so relaxing and enjoyable. I much prefer this series over the newly made Master Theater series.
Me too - i particularly found the young woman who played Heled not the right fit - in his books Herriot writes that Helen was a big farm girl - this girl looked like she worked in an office - not on the farm And in the new series - the housekeeper butts into everything - i don't recall Herriot writing about that And finally my biggest peeve is them dressing up like it was a rich people's show in the city Herriot writes that the rich lady who dotes over her dog, took pity on him and gave him her dead husband's clothes to wear after seeing holes in his pants They wore shabby clothes in this show, Herriot has to have his sox mended - he couldn't afford to buy new ones This was more realistic
@@ramaraksha01 Exactly. In grade 8 I had read all of his books and loved the pictures in my mind from his descriptions. (Like Tricky Woo developing flop bot! Lol. ) It made me want to travel back in time, to his Yorkshire.
@@SusanA1056 Did you get to read his son's book? If you love what Herriot wrote, maybe don't - it will crash some of your views of the life he described, not in a really bad way, i mean the guy is a nice guy, but not everything happened the way that was written in the books
@@ramaraksha01 His books weren't written to be a biography although some people from Yorkshire recognized themselves and laughed about it. His son and daughter both grew up to be doctor's (Not vets) so they had a good life. Often times children of the rich & famous grow up to write "tell all" books supposedly trashing their parents or their parents lifestyles. I prefer to think that it was all true and laugh along with his books or the first TV series.
@@SusanA1056 His son IS also a vet, and he did not trash his father but made us aware that not everything that Herriot or Alf Wight wrote was true - he changed things up a bit for eg Ms Harbottle never existed - Wight created her
Been watching for decades. Years ago, even got the idea of moving to the Yorkshire Dales but took a few days in Vermont instead. College and a mortgage changed my plans. Took a free membership a few months ago to a network just because they had the complete series on. I was always interested in all the little extra things Robert Hardy did, as in this episode after pouring Helen's sherry and James asks for a whiskey, instead of simply pouring it he turns around to look at James without saying anything before pouring it. Granville Bennett also a favorite. Every time we had a really sick pet I wondered if he could have done something more than our local vets. Interesting to me as just like on The Waltons which had the real John Boy Earl Hamner on the set as technical advisor, they seem to break a lot of our rules today, yet the real-life counterparts lived mostly long. I can't remember ever seeing a salad on the table of either show, sugar used liberally in both, cakes, biscuits, alcohol in this one, salt, no regular exercise, rare a piece of fruit was eaten, not too many vegetables, good amount of bread, etc., but plenty of bacon, sausages, meat in general. Seems they seemed to enjoy life more without all these modern rules, sitting in the kitchen eating freshly baked pastries, tea with sugar, fireplace often on, a few scenes with candy eaten or given to kids, and so on. Ended up buying a house now 105 years old, and lately got the idea of changing the color scheme to match Skeldale House, as too much white in ours, not as warm as the browns they have. Yes, a classic is forever.
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You might enjoy my book All Memories Great & Small, returning to print as an expanded edition. Featuring interviews with 75 cast and crew, previously unpublished photos and enhanced production notes detailing locations, uncredited cast and crew, filming dates and much more. Available to pre-order on offer from www.devonfirebooks.com/
@@TheLitehart1The casting was a bit off - especially the actor who plays Helen - she is supposed to be a farm girl - i would say a bit more stronger shall we say? They made her a city girl! Carol Drinkwater was just right
This is like an oasis in this insane 'covid' world. I can't bear to watch tv now: scaremongering, lies, distortions, dark, sinister, politicised dramas with ludicrous, unfathomable plots. If only we could have more of this right now...
So glad we have the world of James Herriot to enjoy in this era of COVID-19. Both this series and the new one (2021) are wonderful in their own way. The actors in both series bring the stories to life! This show is &or animal lovers...and everyone else! ❤️ 😻 🐈 🐈⬛ ❤️. // don’t forget... 🐶 🐷 🐔 🐴 🐣 🐮
You got that right! Also try "As Time Goes" and "Doc Martin" By jove, their also first rate! I was a teenager when I got into ACGS, because my parents loved it. I chastised them about it until I sat through 15 minutes of an episode with them and my Grandmother. I was hooked. I have such happy and satisfied memories of our little family unit enjoying it together. It was on every Sun night on Masterpiece Theater on the PBS channel hear in New Orleans.
@@pattinch1543 I agree re the original series being faithful to the books. I bought the books as a result of being introduced to the PBS programming here in the USA. Robert Hardy will always be Siegfried to me, as will Christopher Timothy and Peter Davison rounding out the rest of the MRCVS characters around which the program revolves. And, the actress playing Helen, Carol Drinkwater, did a superb job, too! There are so many stories beyond the TV original series in his later books: “James Herriot’s Dog Stories”, and, likewise, “James Herriot’s Cat Stories” make excellent gifts to introduce a new reader to the series.
This has recently been shown on television and on the adverts there was one for an all-singing, all-dancing pre-lit Christmas tree that you just wheel out of storage. This was juxtaposed with the decorating of the tree at Skeldale. One all, and to use an ugly in-vogue vernacular, 'bling' and the other a simply lit tree in Skeldale. I wonder which is more important and memorable.
I foundly remember this episode, I was 19 at the time with my girlfriend (today my wife) watching on a small black and white potable TV in the back room together, the Sound quality is fantastic to hear the knife cutting the cake and the icing in contact with the plate
There were all on it, but blocked by right owner. The first Christmas special was last online about 2 years ago. Try on dailymotion, there are also the new episodes. It is far more private and difficult for the rightowenrs to find it out...I found a link at the first episode of the new series on YT.
His books are an absolute joy, as was the tv series. As a youngster growing up in Ireland I probably knew more about Yorkshire from Janes Herriot and Emmerdale Farm than I did of my own country
l never read the books, but as you have perhaps you can explain how the practice spends so much time in the dales when it was based in Thirsk, which is 25 to 50 miles from the site of most of the TV episodes. l would have thought James Herriot would be visiting farms in the North York Moors rather than the dales, which would be well served by vets based in Settle, Hawes and Grassington.
@@billythedog-309 Darrowby in the books is a composite of Thirsk, Richmond, Leyburn and Middleham so it attempts to represent both the Moors and the Dales in its depiction. Alskrigg in the Northern part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and it’s surrounding area was the filming location of the original series as it aesthetically resembled the area as it would during the 1930’s and for its proximity to Pebble Mills studios for interior shots. For the recent series, Grassington and the rural areas surrounding areas of Wharfedale were chosen simply because it can double easily for Yorkshire in the 1930’s. The North Yorkshire Moors were considered too remote for filming purposes and aesthetically less appealing to represent the image of Yorkshire we are most used to.
@@luvhart Thanks very much. So, as l thought, most of the business of the practice came from around Thirsk and what is known as 'Herriott Country' in the actual dales, where l live, derives from the TV series. alone.
@aoggrta74 Oh got you, felt the need to respond other than just LOL so you got scared b/c you know it's true. Enjoy enjoy your eternal time there since you refuse the truth adamantly.
i recorded this on videotape from the local PBS station 30 years ago and have watched it every December; the tape degraded so much that there was "snow" in every scene. Last year, alas, the VCR player died. THANK YOU for posting this on youtube so I can continue to enjoy this beautiful episode. I'm hungry for Christmas cake. :)
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I love watching these English shows. Look, I know (whether people relate a bit to the characters or real people) we all have imperfections, but if we didn't we would be God. But this is the key to our imperfections and that is humility. There are no great special effects or makeup (like aliens) just men and women acting a good wholesome show. I feel bad what is happening to the English now. BTW, being tough with those that aim to destroy and/or infiltrate isn't wrong. Sometimes it is the best for both (many) parties involved. God Bless brothers and sisters!!✝️✝️✝️
Greatest TV series ever, both for wholesomeness of stories, perfection of scripts and highest quality of acting. Sad that Peter Davison (Tristan) never played so appealing a character in his subsequent career
He is one great actor, the character Kristen was a royal pain in the, well your know. Just proved how good he was. I didn't like the character at all, but Peter played him perfectly. 😁
Love it! Love every corny joke ... every cliche ..takes me back to when life at least appeared to be more simple and kind (l'm nearly 80) Thank you so much for a happy hour of escapism 🙏
Mrs. Pumphrey here is done so much better than in the new series. The problem is that BBC writers seem to have forgotten how to write truly eccentric characters, and eccentric characters were so often what Herriot's stories were about. It's all so toned-down these days, even Siegfried.
Siegfried Farnon...The Earl of Leicester...Cornelius Fudge...was there any role Robert Hardy could not play? Thank you, good Sir, for all the splendid enjoyment.
Oh my goodness, I have always loved this series and this episode is one of the best. Great television drama and a true portrayal of Vets dedicated to their patients and owners rather than to making loads of money. Both are from a past age in Britain.
I had a wonderful time climbing over fence gates running from farm to farm Carol singing at a farm front door often us boys would get a fruit mince pie piping hot and straight out of the old coal range ( wonderful memories)
Oh my goodness I had no idea that there were programs recreating the beloved James Herrior books that I have worn out reading time and time again from my paperback library. Now I need to buy hardback volumes. I am so excited to have found these on PBS and to know that y ou have recorded them for us to watch.
Watched these as a teen living in Yorkshire. Went to Canada for 35 yrs. now back in Yorkshire and watching them again 👍🏻 The 70s England was so much better than the disaster Britain today. It’s a broken nation now. So diverse it’s unrecognisable as England
For years you could watch them all on YT, but the biggest part is blocked now..., the first special isn’t online anymore for 2 years now, hope they all get back soon...fingers 🤞
@@dirkusmaximus9268 Put adblock in Google, and it will come up with different adblocking platforms you can download onto your system for free. This filters out intrusive interruptions when you're trying to listen to or watch stuff.x
Everything about this show was great. The cast work so well together. Robert Hardy was great. The original time slot on Sunday evening was perfect. My Mum loved the show so along with Songs of Praise I was "forced" to watch. The new version has grown on me. It's not the original but it shouldn't be. It has it's own charm and the cast of characters has made it a good show.
When Siegfried is asked to pass judgment on the Hewitson Christmas cake, Mrs Hewitson cuts one wedge from the cake for him, but a few seconds later - at 11.07 - we see the cake reduced by at least a third of its original bulk, then by 11.28, we see the cake as it was when first Mrs Hewitson cut Siegfried's piece from it. No one else at the table has cake on their plates.
Explanation: practicality. Video was quick to shoot and inexpensive compared to shooting on film. However, video equipment was - and remained - very cumbersome, needing to have cables and strong lighting. TV shows *preferred* to shoot in the studio wherever possible, and only used film cameras on locations which could not be achieved in the confines of the studio. Video cameras of the kind used in the studio were far too bulky to be taken outside and - without all of the other electronics in the studio - they were useless.
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This beloved and much-watched show from my childhood is the reason I became a veterinarian.
I always hesitate to take time out of my busy life to watch a full episode, but every time I do, at the end I cry out: "What a truly remarkable show!"
Don't think about the Chink bug 🐛
What a wonderful British traditional drama A national treasure. Not of my era before and post war. I have wonderful memories of watching it in the 1980s with my late grandfather being from a farming background he loved and could relate to it because he came from that era. Brilliant cast attention to detail veterinary procedures hands on, rural social life of the time, witty and sometimes sad. Watch it over and over again.
I just love all creatures great and small❤
I had a small antenna television in the tack room of my dad's barn on his farm in the 1970s. Watched this every Sunday on PBS while I fed horses and soaped saddles.
Brings back such wonderful memories.
I can't thank you enough for posting this! I can not afford to buy the DVD's and this is so wonderful that I may watch this wherever I may be on my phone. Thank you for your kind thoughtfulness ❤️.
Brook 🙋🍏🍎
All time favourite episode. What great actors. When robert hardy is in the barn talking the man into saving the colt. And the cake scene.
My favourite episode of my favorite series of all time. And yes, the cake scene and its aftermath cannot be topped.
Robert hardy is perfect here.
A "breath of fresh air!" Sharing real life like it used to be with characters who are a bit flawed but good people. Wonderful! We enjoy this instead of all the dark humor and violence of today's TV.
Absolutely!!
Amen!
Amen!
Absolutely!, I long for those simpler days, especially with the shameful way the human race is carrying on in 2022!. G. X.
Exactly!
Happy to find this. When I was a kid I watched it on Kentucky educational channel. Rural Kentucky liked to see how the English farmers and vets lived
Kentucky and Yorkshire both the heartlands of their countries.
We passed a house yesterday with artificial grass in the garden. It had a blueish colour. I once saw a photo of a pasture somewhere in Kentucky, and the grass had the same colour. Is it really that colour? And if so. What makes it so?
@@johnriggs4929 Well Kentucky is known as the Bluegrass state
@@markjones7109 I know... but is it some mineral in the soil that makes it that colour?
My family comes from KY, and the Dales do remind me of the scenic beauty found in Kentucky. Life was hard there in the 1930s and beyond(in the mountains), so it is easy to identify with the characters in the books.
When it comes to TV programs, times have changed, but not for the better.
You say that, but the modern rendition of All Creatures Great and Small is actually better made, in my view. That said, I watched quite a few of these when I was a kid, and it's brilliant.
@@Chrissepisje Not in many viewers opinions it isn't. Actually, with no actors that even remind one of the original characters, or good stories included, it is so mundane there is no comparison.
@@alwilson3204 the fact that the stories are mundane is exactly its chore strength. The world is filled with bloody crazy stories. Some "carry on, nothing is happening here" TV is exactly what I want out of this. Excellent. As far as the cast, I think this ensemble is vastly superior.
But to each his own, right?
By jove this show was splendid. It truly had heart.
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"Pride's a fine thing, in its proper place. Put it in your pocket, just this once." This show has some of the greatest quotes ever aired on TV (or streamed on the internet for that matter). This is one of my most favorite episodes!
👍 agree the late great Robert Hardy,
@@colinthomas5462 a true genius!
What a wonderful show, I can never get too much of this series. I've read the books dozens of times and never tire of them. Thank you posting this view into the lovely and sometimes hard life in the Dales.
Lovely gentle books and a wonderful TV Serial.
I watch this every Christmas! Thanks for the upload! 🎉❤😊
This has also become a tradition that I look forward to every December, it creates just the right atmosphere for the run up to Christmas. 👍
@@colinthomas5462 It really does, they captured a homely Christmas perfectly. I always feel better having watched an episode of this fantastic show.
Yes absolutely agree with you, a great way to de-stress.
When television was enjoyable and relaxing❤
This brings tears to my eyes, I remember watching this show in the 80s on PBS
same.
9/3/2023
I"m watching it right now on PBS ..
Stopped at a commercial to see if I could find it here on Utube.
So glad to find it here , so I can watch it all.
This is one of my Favorite episodes. I remember it when it first came out In the U.S. in '78--I was 17. I can almost smell the brisk Yorkshire air.
Used to have a tv in the tack room of our horse barn on my dad's cattle ranch, in the 1970s. I watched it there every Sunday on PBS as I fed horses and soaped saddles.
I find it mad that it ever made it to the states, I always thought british tv shows over there were rare and a relatively new thing
This film is like a session of meditation for me...helps with all kind of stress ...gives the hope for the future! Thanks for posting!
It really does a meditation.
I haven't seen the original film or remake, but I intend to binge watch the old series again. High time!
From when I found the James Herriot books in my school library 52 years ago, I've been a fan. These shows have always been so relaxing and enjoyable. I much prefer this series over the newly made Master Theater series.
Me too - i particularly found the young woman who played Heled not the right fit - in his books Herriot writes that Helen was a big farm girl - this girl looked like she worked in an office - not on the farm
And in the new series - the housekeeper butts into everything - i don't recall Herriot writing about that
And finally my biggest peeve is them dressing up like it was a rich people's show in the city
Herriot writes that the rich lady who dotes over her dog, took pity on him and gave him her dead husband's clothes to wear after seeing holes in his pants
They wore shabby clothes in this show, Herriot has to have his sox mended - he couldn't afford to buy new ones
This was more realistic
@@ramaraksha01 Exactly. In grade 8 I had read all of his books and loved the pictures in my mind from his descriptions. (Like Tricky Woo developing flop bot! Lol. ) It made me want to travel back in time, to his Yorkshire.
@@SusanA1056 Did you get to read his son's book? If you love what Herriot wrote, maybe don't - it will crash some of your views of the life he described, not in a really bad way, i mean the guy is a nice guy, but not everything happened the way that was written in the books
@@ramaraksha01 His books weren't written to be a biography although some people from Yorkshire recognized themselves and laughed about it. His son and daughter both grew up to be doctor's (Not vets) so they had a good life. Often times children of the rich & famous grow up to write "tell all" books supposedly trashing their parents or their parents lifestyles. I prefer to think that it was all true and laugh along with his books or the first TV series.
@@SusanA1056 His son IS also a vet, and he did not trash his father but made us aware that not everything that Herriot or Alf Wight wrote was true - he changed things up a bit for eg Ms Harbottle never existed - Wight created her
Beautiful kind people! Lovely to watch...
Peter Davidson is such a joy in all these.
He's lovely.
lovely took me away from all the craziness of this present world for an hour
Such good and lovely episodes.
Been watching for decades. Years ago, even got the idea of moving to the Yorkshire Dales but took a few days in Vermont instead. College and a mortgage changed my plans. Took a free membership a few months ago to a network just because they had the complete series on. I was always interested in all the little extra things Robert Hardy did, as in this episode after pouring Helen's sherry and James asks for a whiskey, instead of simply pouring it he turns around to look at James without saying anything before pouring it. Granville Bennett also a favorite. Every time we had a really sick pet I wondered if he could have done something more than our local vets. Interesting to me as just like on The Waltons which had the real John Boy Earl Hamner on the set as technical advisor, they seem to break a lot of our rules today, yet the real-life counterparts lived mostly long. I can't remember ever seeing a salad on the table of either show, sugar used liberally in both, cakes, biscuits, alcohol in this one, salt, no regular exercise, rare a piece of fruit was eaten, not too many vegetables, good amount of bread, etc., but plenty of bacon, sausages, meat in general. Seems they seemed to enjoy life more without all these modern rules, sitting in the kitchen eating freshly baked pastries, tea with sugar, fireplace often on, a few scenes with candy eaten or given to kids, and so on. Ended up buying a house now 105 years old, and lately got the idea of changing the color scheme to match Skeldale House, as too much white in ours, not as warm as the browns they have. Yes, a classic is forever.
LOVED THIS SHOW ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL ❤❤❤❤❤
I loved them all and still watching the reruns. A wonderful time to go back to.
Where can I find the reruns of this, the original series?
Thank you very much, this is greatly appreciated.
One of my fave episodes.
Siegfried has a heart of gold.
Seemed appropriate to watch this fine episode tonight ... Christmas Eve!
Wonderful wholesome and educational. As a librarian I ordered all the James Herriot books for our little country school. He was gifted.
God bless you.
@Chris Longski Exactly agreed - he was a wonderful writer, what a gift!
well said ,such wonderful series
These guys played so well to gather. Great casting.
Love this series. Watched the new one and to be honest it wasn't good prefer the original series
@@charlottetaylor7663absolutely agree 👍
great stuff.
Absolutely adored this show
My favourite episode. God rest ye merry, gentlemen.
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This series is so much better than the new one. I remembered the cake scene after all these years!
Agreed. The new one didn't do anything for me, for some reason. But the old one makes me feel happy to be alive!
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@@TheLitehart1The casting was a bit off - especially the actor who plays Helen - she is supposed to be a farm girl - i would say a bit more stronger shall we say? They made her a city girl! Carol Drinkwater was just right
You are correct! The new one just can't match the old series.
A spot of cake tasting. 🎂
Wonderful production & wonderful acting
An oasis,is good.Thank God, for James Herriot.His life on film,and books,is unforgettable.
What a gift this man, "James Herriot" left the world...
This is like an oasis in this insane 'covid' world. I can't bear to watch tv now: scaremongering, lies, distortions, dark, sinister, politicised dramas with ludicrous, unfathomable plots. If only we could have more of this right now...
My sentiments exactly John :)
So glad we have the world of James Herriot to enjoy in this era of COVID-19. Both this series and the new one (2021) are wonderful in their own way. The actors in both series bring the stories to life! This show is &or animal lovers...and everyone else! ❤️ 😻 🐈 🐈⬛ ❤️. // don’t forget... 🐶 🐷 🐔 🐴 🐣 🐮
You got that right!
Also try "As Time Goes"
and "Doc Martin"
By jove, their also first rate!
I was a teenager when I got into ACGS, because my parents loved it.
I chastised them about it until I sat through 15 minutes of an episode with them and my Grandmother.
I was hooked. I have such happy and satisfied memories of our little family unit enjoying it together.
It was on every Sun night on Masterpiece Theater on the PBS channel hear in New Orleans.
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The old series was faithful to many chapters in Herriot's books. I will give the new series a chance though.
@@pattinch1543 I agree re the original series being faithful to the books. I bought the books as a result of being introduced to the PBS programming here in the USA. Robert Hardy will always be Siegfried to me, as will Christopher Timothy and Peter Davison rounding out the rest of the MRCVS characters around which the program revolves. And, the actress playing Helen, Carol Drinkwater, did a superb job, too! There are so many stories beyond the TV original series in his later books: “James Herriot’s Dog Stories”, and, likewise, “James Herriot’s Cat Stories” make excellent gifts to introduce a new reader to the series.
I have to say, I liked this Helen better than the new one.
There is no "new one." The new series is 100% fake.
Forget Diehard 1 and 2. This is the stuff to watch over Christmas. 🇿🇦👍
Thank you. Still the best adaptation ❤
This is one of my most favorite episodes!
What a brilliant episode! Many many thanks 🙏 for sharing. Kindest regards and happy Christmas 🎄. SF.
I love this show very much...... Thank you Chiara
This has recently been shown on television and on the adverts there was one for an all-singing, all-dancing pre-lit Christmas tree that you just wheel out of storage. This was juxtaposed with the decorating of the tree at Skeldale. One all, and to use an ugly in-vogue vernacular, 'bling' and the other a simply lit tree in Skeldale. I wonder which is more important and memorable.
I foundly remember this episode, I was 19 at the time with my girlfriend (today my wife) watching on a small black and white potable TV in the back room together, the Sound quality is fantastic to hear the knife cutting the cake and the icing in contact with the plate
I think this was my favourite episode of this wonderful series. Please can someone upload all the episodes that have gone missing.
It is in my ChristmasTV-playlist, together with Bean at Christmas, some episodes of Heartbeat, and others...
There were all on it, but blocked by right owner. The first Christmas special was last online about 2 years ago. Try on dailymotion, there are also the new episodes. It is far more private and difficult for the rightowenrs to find it out...I found a link at the first episode of the new series on YT.
Me too. And I love Big Steps and Little 'Uns.
Ye, sum1 ha 2 do dat
I love when Siegfried takes Tristan to the doctor.
His books are an absolute joy, as was the tv series. As a youngster growing up in Ireland I probably knew more about Yorkshire from Janes Herriot and Emmerdale Farm than I did of my own country
l never read the books, but as you have perhaps you can explain how the practice spends so much time in the dales when it was based in Thirsk, which is 25 to 50 miles from the site of most of the TV episodes. l would have thought James Herriot would be visiting farms in the North York Moors rather than the dales, which would be well served by vets based in Settle, Hawes and Grassington.
@@billythedog-309 Darrowby in the books is a composite of Thirsk, Richmond, Leyburn and Middleham so it attempts to represent both the Moors and the Dales in its depiction. Alskrigg in the Northern part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and it’s surrounding area was the filming location of the original series as it aesthetically resembled the area as it would during the 1930’s and for its proximity to Pebble Mills studios for interior shots. For the recent series, Grassington and the rural areas surrounding areas of Wharfedale were chosen simply because it can double easily for Yorkshire in the 1930’s. The North Yorkshire Moors were considered too remote for filming purposes and aesthetically less appealing to represent the image of Yorkshire we are most used to.
@@luvhart Thanks very much. So, as l thought, most of the business of the practice came from around Thirsk and what is known as 'Herriott Country' in the actual dales, where l live, derives from the TV series. alone.
When will we see the like of this wholesome purity goodness again - they have satan-ized everything but this, this is beautiful.
@aoggrta74 No we don't - WORSHIP GOD - Revelations 20:10 - there is the answer to YOUR god.
@aoggrta74 LOL when you are burning in hell for all eternal with eternal agony, wailing and gnashing of teeth.
@aoggrta74 good answer - enjoy! Revelations 20:10.
@aoggrta74 Oh got you, felt the need to respond other than just LOL so you got scared b/c you know it's true. Enjoy enjoy your eternal time there since you refuse the truth adamantly.
@aoggrta74 you know u are my friend, you KNOW you are.
They will never remake these shows better or even close to as good.
Wonderful gem of a series I have all the books make me chuckle so much ❤
i recorded this on videotape from the local PBS station 30 years ago and have watched it every December; the tape degraded so much that there was "snow" in every scene. Last year, alas, the VCR player died. THANK YOU for posting this on youtube so I can continue to enjoy this beautiful episode. I'm hungry for Christmas cake. :)
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I'll check it out, thanks Oliver...
I forgot how much I loved this show. Thank you for this!
Thank you for uploading this. ❤️❤️❤️
I love watching these English shows. Look, I know (whether people relate a bit to the characters or real people) we all have imperfections, but if we didn't we would be God. But this is the key to our imperfections and that is humility.
There are no great special effects or makeup (like aliens) just men and women acting a good wholesome show.
I feel bad what is happening to the English now.
BTW, being tough with those that aim to destroy and/or infiltrate isn't wrong. Sometimes it is the best for both (many) parties involved.
God Bless brothers and sisters!!✝️✝️✝️
Greatest TV series ever, both for wholesomeness of stories, perfection of scripts and highest quality of acting.
Sad that Peter Davison (Tristan) never played so appealing a character in his subsequent career
Did you ever watch his run as the doctor on doctor who?
@@MegaVenom2099 No. I'm in Australia & perhaps we did not get all the Dr Who series out here.
@@Baskerville22 then i highly suggest checking out this clip if you can ruclips.net/video/XCK5pipHeZY/видео.html
He is one great actor, the character Kristen was a royal pain in the, well your know. Just proved how good he was.
I didn't like the character at all, but Peter played him perfectly. 😁
I absolutely believe my love for British wool and Siegfrieds bucket hat started with these series 🤗bloody charming
Loved this programme everyone a gem.
Forgot what an amazing show this was. And the theme tune blows the modern version away
Love it! Love every corny joke ... every cliche ..takes me back to when life at least appeared to be more simple and kind (l'm nearly
80) Thank you so much for a happy hour of escapism 🙏
Mrs. Pumphrey here is done so much better than in the new series. The problem is that BBC writers seem to have forgotten how to write truly eccentric characters, and eccentric characters were so often what Herriot's stories were about. It's all so toned-down these days, even Siegfried.
Absolutely this is without a doubt my very Favorite episode
Siegfried Farnon...The Earl of Leicester...Cornelius Fudge...was there any role Robert Hardy could not play? Thank you, good Sir, for all the splendid enjoyment.
Best television ever.
Oh my goodness, I have always loved this series and this episode is one of the best. Great television drama and a true portrayal of Vets dedicated to their patients and owners rather than to making loads of money. Both are from a past age in Britain.
him judging the cake cracks me up
I had a wonderful time climbing over fence gates running from farm to farm Carol singing at a farm front door often us boys would get a fruit mince pie piping hot and straight out of the old coal range ( wonderful memories)
*HAVE A JOLLY MERRY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL !*
Hope u had
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I did, thanks !
This is one of my favorite episodes.
Oh my goodness I had no idea that there were programs recreating the beloved James Herrior books that I have worn out reading time and time again from my paperback library. Now I need to buy hardback volumes. I am so excited to have found these on PBS and to know that y ou have recorded them for us to watch.
Watched these as a teen living in Yorkshire. Went to Canada for 35 yrs. now back in Yorkshire and watching them again 👍🏻
The 70s England was so much better than the disaster Britain today. It’s a broken nation now. So diverse it’s unrecognisable as England
I just love it. Thank you.
A Happy Christmas to All!
In my opinion, the nicest show ever sent out from a tv transmitter in So. Calif.!!!
thank you for sharing. hope to see this every year.
That was a good one.
These were the best ❤
My Show. Thank You so much. 👏
the farmer is so kind. we were like that today
For years you could watch them all on YT, but the biggest part is blocked now..., the first special isn’t online anymore for 2 years now, hope they all get back soon...fingers 🤞
Daily Motion!
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Love this show!
I loved it! Thank you so much!
Everything about this show was great. The cast work so well together. Robert Hardy was great. The original time slot on Sunday evening was perfect. My Mum loved the show so along with Songs of Praise I was "forced" to watch.
The new version has grown on me. It's not the original but it shouldn't be. It has it's own charm and the cast of characters has made it a good show.
Great tele.
Our favorite episode!
When Siegfried is asked to pass judgment on the Hewitson Christmas cake, Mrs Hewitson cuts one wedge from the cake for him, but a few seconds later - at 11.07 - we see the cake reduced by at least a third of its original bulk, then by 11.28, we see the cake as it was when first Mrs Hewitson cut Siegfried's piece from it. No one else at the table has cake on their plates.
Send for Scotland Yard. This will never do !
Nicely done!
Me favorite show, of course ☺️
45:28 Charlie Brown Christmas tree lol charming!
Awwww donkey in the manger!!
I remember seeing this on PBS when I was a kid.
O my flipping god you are amazing
Great episode, exellent series.
Wish there were more in this excellent condition.
This is the first show in which I've noticed the outdoor scenes on film, and the indoor scenes on tape.
Randy! With that comment you have solved something that has perplexed me for years!!!! Any idea why these two distinct formats are used?
@@bziel25 Perhaps BBC has the answer.
That was in thing in the 1970's.
@@pon2oon That is was, for BBC. It was even humorously depicted in a Monty Python sketch. "We are surrounded by film!"
Explanation: practicality. Video was quick to shoot and inexpensive compared to shooting on film. However, video equipment was - and remained - very cumbersome, needing to have cables and strong lighting. TV shows *preferred* to shoot in the studio wherever possible, and only used film cameras on locations which could not be achieved in the confines of the studio. Video cameras of the kind used in the studio were far too bulky to be taken outside and - without all of the other electronics in the studio - they were useless.
❤ ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL
Ah the basket