The BEST episodes of All Creatures Great and Small (2020)

Every episode of All Creatures Great and Small (2020) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of All Creatures Great and Small (2020)!

The numerous adventures of a friendly staff at a country veterinarian practice in 1930s to 1940s Yorkshire.

Last Updated: 5/31/2023Network:Channel 5
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The Perfect Christmas
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8.30
138 votes

#1 - The Perfect Christmas

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/24/2021

James and Helen spend their first Christmas together, but must agree on where to spend it. Despite all seeming idyllic, the vets are troubled as Tricki Woo is sick.

Directors: Andy Hay
Writer: Ben Vanstone
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
Home Truths
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8.12
168 votes

#2 - Home Truths

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/2021

As Chamberlain heads to meet with Hitler in Munich, James prepares to face his parents and give them some difficult news. Meanwhile, James's agenda is derailed by an emergency with the Alderson's pregnant mare, Candy.

Directors: Andy Hay
Writer: Ben Vanstone
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
Merry Bloody Christmas
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8.07
111 votes

#3 - Merry Bloody Christmas

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/23/2022

It's Christmas in Darrowby and everyone is trying to make the most of things while the world is at war. A young guest brings some wonder, mischief and cheer to Skeldale House while everyone waits for important news. When Mrs Pumphrey heralds the arrival of a kitten in need of extra care at Pumphrey Manor, James has just the person to take him under their wing. Siegfried is asked to pay a visit to an injured River just before a big race and makes an important discovery which Sebright Saunders uses as leverage to get the horse back on the racetrack

Directors: Stewart Svaasand
Writer: Ben Vanstone
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
Second Time Lucky
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8.05
158 votes

#4 - Second Time Lucky

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/2022

It is now spring 1939 and a potential world war looms. Tristan is now a qualified vet, while James enters a new stage of his life with Helen and at the practice. After being made joint business partner by Siegfried, James pushes to take on more responsibility via the Ministry of Agriculture's new bovine TB testing scheme, but its unexpected challenges risk pushing him to breaking point.

Directors: Brian Percival
Writer: Ben Vanstone
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Surviving Siegfried
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8.03
136 votes

#5 - Surviving Siegfried

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/2022

Siegfried receives some difficult news and becomes even more irascible than usual. Helen gets a new insight into how hard James works, but feels reluctant to help him by asking her father.

Directors: Brian Percival
Writer: Ben Vanstone
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
Honeymoon's Over
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8.00
137 votes

#6 - Honeymoon's Over

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/2022

Everyone is trying to get along as best they can in the face of changes at Skeldale House. Helen has moved into the bedsit upstairs with James.

Directors: Andy Hay
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What a Balls Up!
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8.00
131 votes

#7 - What a Balls Up!

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/2022

Tristan decides that he is outgrowing running the small animal surgery and a shock departure from Darrowby brings James's feelings about his place in Darrowby to the surface for Helen.

Directors: Andy Hay
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
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7.95
132 votes

#8 - For Whom the Bell Tolls

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/2022

Everyone at Skeldale House is pushed to think about what matters to them most when the radio reports that Britain is standing on the brink of war.

Directors: Stewart Svaasand
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
We Can But Hope
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7.94
177 votes

#9 - We Can But Hope

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/2021

The fate of a struggling young widow causes difficulties for James and Helen's burgeoning romance. Meanwhile, Siegfried has another scheme to whip Tristan into shape, and a visit from Tricki Woo causes chaos in Skeldale House.

Directors: Sasha Ransome
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
A Cure for All Ills
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7.92
189 votes

#10 - A Cure for All Ills

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/6/2020

James celebrates his birthday, but personal and professional worries but a dampener on the event. James and Tristan ignore Siegfried's advice and operate on a prized cow.

Directors: Andy Hay
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Semper Progrediens
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7.89
191 votes

#11 - Semper Progrediens

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/2021

With Tristan's encouragement, James asks Helen if she'd like to go to the local spring dance. But village resident Gerald's arrival with his injured dog, Rock, puts a spanner in the works. Meanwhile, Tristan worries that Siegfried is in danger of losing his edge.

Directors: Brian Percival
Writer: Ben Vanstone
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
Many Happy Returns
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7.88
162 votes

#12 - Many Happy Returns

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/2021

It's an important day for Tristan in more ways than one, as he celebrates his birthday and Siegfried gives him new responsibilities as a vet. Tristan has to withstand the pressure and succeed in the challenge set by his older brother before returning to Skeldale for his birthday festivities. Meanwhile, Mrs Hall reminds James that he needs to tell Helen some home truths.

Directors: Sasha Ransome
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
Edward
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7.87
135 votes

#13 - Edward

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/2022

Siegfried and Tristan are left in charge of Skeldale House, when Mrs Hall takes time off to meet up with an important person from her past.

Directors: Andy Hay
Writer: Karim Khan
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The Night Before Christmas
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7.87
133 votes

#14 - The Night Before Christmas

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/22/2020

James is trying to bury his pain over Helen and has invited his new girlfriend Connie to the annual Skeldale Christmas party. Preparations are well under way!

Directors: Andy Hay
Writer: Ben Vanstone
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All's Fair
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7.82
232 votes

#15 - All's Fair

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/2020

It's the Darrowby Show and James is pleased as punch that he has been given the honour of Attending Vet.

Directors: Metin Hüseyin
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The Last Man In
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7.79
172 votes

#16 - The Last Man In

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/2021

When a familiar face from Helen's past returns to Darrowby, James worries that he has to vie for her attention and steps up to compete against them at Mrs Pumphrey's annual cricket match. The rest of Skeldale House are apprehensive as the game can be brutal. Siegfried tries his best to train James and get a reluctant Tristan to step in, but it's not looking good for their Darrowby Eleven team.

Directors: Andy Hay
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Andante
star
7.78
245 votes

#17 - Andante

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/2020

Siegfried hopes to bag the job of Attending Vet at Darrowby Racecourse, by buttering up the head of the race course, General Ransom.

Directors: Metin Hüseyin
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
Where the Heart Is
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7.74
187 votes

#18 - Where the Heart Is

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/2021

It’s spring in 1938, and a trip back home to Glasgow presents James Herriot with a dilemma that will mean choosing between the people he loves when he is offered a position at his old mentor's forward-thinking practice.

Directors: Brian Percival
Writer: Ben Vanstone
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes
A Tricki Case
star
7.70
227 votes

#19 - A Tricki Case

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/2020

When Mrs Pumphrey's Tricki Woo takes a turn for the worse, James takes drastic action. But things do not go to as expected. Tristan prepares to return to Edinburgh University.

Directors: Andy Hay
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You've Got to Dream
star
7.64
287 votes

#20 - You've Got to Dream

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/2020

James Herriot, under pressure from his mother to take a job on the docks, follows his dream when he is selected for an interview as a veterinary assistant in Yorkshire.

Directors: Brian Percival
Writer: Ben Vanstone
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Another Farnon?
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7.64
255 votes

#21 - Another Farnon?

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/2020

Skeldale House descends into chaos with the arrival of Siegfried's wayward brother Tristan. Helen provides James with a reason to stay in the Dales.

Directors: Brian Percival
Writer: Ben Vanstone
Watch Now:AmazoniTunes

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