All Creatures Great and Small (2020 TV series)

All Creatures Great and Small
Title card
Created byBen Vanstone
Based onIf Only They Could Talk
by James Herriot
Starring
ComposerAlexandra Harwood
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes28 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producers
ProducerRichard Burrell
Running time50 minutes
Production companyPlayground Entertainment
Original release
NetworkChannel 5
Release1 September 2020 (2020-09-01) –
present
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All Creatures Great and Small is a television series set in 1930s Northern England,[1] based upon a series of books about a Yorkshire veterinary surgeon written by Alf Wight under the pen name of James Herriot. The series was produced by Playground Entertainment for Channel 5.[2]

The series is a new adaptation of Wight's books, following the previous BBC series of 90 episodes that ran from 1978 to 1990 and a number of other films and television series based on Herriot's novels.[3] It was filmed in the Yorkshire Dales, and received funding from Screen Yorkshire.[4] 

The first series, which consists of six episodes and a special Christmas episode, was filmed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first book in the James Herriot series.[5] The series premiered in the UK on Channel 5 on 1 September 2020.

Following a second series in late 2021, in January 2022 the programme was renewed for two further series, each comprising six episodes and a Christmas special.[6] Filming on the third series began in March 2022. The first episode aired in the UK on 15 September 2022 and in the US on 8 January 2023.[7] The fourth series began airing on 5 October 2023 in the UK and on 7 January 2024 in the US.[8]

On 23 February 2024, PBS announced that the series had been renewed for a fifth and sixth series, and that Callum Woodhouse would return as Tristan Farnon.[9]

  1. ^ "All Creatures Great and Small season 2 release date: cast, plot, and latest news". Radio Times. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021. Season one took place in 1937, and season two will take place in 1938.
  2. ^ Sweney, Mark (27 June 2019). "Channel 5 to revive TV drama All Creatures Great and Small". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  3. ^ "All Creatures Great and Small is Channel 5's biggest show in five years". Radio Times. 2 September 202. Retrieved 27 February 2021. the BBC series which premiered in 1978 became a massively popular show, running for a total of 90 episodes and ending in 1990.
  4. ^ "Coming to MASTERPIECE:All Creatures Great and Small". Masterpiece, PBS. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  5. ^ Farooqi, Jamila (24 January 2020). "REVEALED: First look at new TV series of All Creatures Great and Small". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  6. ^ Carr, Flora. "All Creatures Great and Small renewed for seasons 3 and 4 on Channel 5". Radio Times. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  7. ^ Samuel West [@exitthelemming] (2 March 2022). "Mist and rain from dawn till tea" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 March 2022 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Season 4 Airdates: All Creatures Great and Small and Miss Scarlet and The Duke". PBS. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  9. ^ "All Creatures Great and Small Seasons 5 and 6 Coming to MASTERPIECE on PBS".

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