The BEST episodes of All Creatures Great and Small season 1
Every episode of All Creatures Great and Small season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of All Creatures Great and Small season 1!
In the mid-1930s James Herriot, who recently graduated from the veterinary college in Glasgow, finds work in the rustic Yorkshire Dales of Northern England. This heartwarming drama chronicles his encounters with the locals and the animals they depend on. Based on the semi-autobiographical novels of James Alfred Wight, OBE, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot.
#1 - Sleeping Partners
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/1978
James and Helen's wedding day has finally arrived, though their honeymoon destination couldn't have been further from the Mediterranean. Finally, Siegfried bestows the best wedding present of all.
#2 - Bulldog Breed
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/19/1978
As James struggles to save the dairy herd in which a friend has sunk all his savings, he discovers a colleague's guilty secret.
#3 - Advice and Consent
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/1978
The fortunes of the hard-working Dalby family look set to dwindle even further until almost by accident James discovers the cause of their herd's illness. However, James still needs a push start on other fronts, and Siegfried and Tristan decide to remedy matters with their own expert advice.
#4 - Golden Lads and Girls
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/1978
James' temper is fraying fast -- what with two car accidents in the space of a week, an inauspicious meeting with Helen's family and his rival still lurking around Helen like a "big glossy spider".
#5 - The Last Furlong
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/1978
The sport of kings beckons James and Siegfried to the Broughton Races -- James in search of a dead cert to raise forty pounds for a Mediterranean honeymoon, and Siegfried in pursuit of a dream job at the track.
#6 - Nothing Like Experience
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/1978
James musters the courage to visit Helen after she's seen him at his worst. Siegfried resorts to sorcery to aid a gypsy's ailing pony, and a wild ghost chase solves the mystery of the shrouded figure haunting Raine Abbey.
#7 - Calf Love
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/1978
Siegfried has a major victory, and his brother Tristan has to deal with pigs in more ways than one. James discovers he has a rival for Helen's affections.
#8 - Dog Days
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/1978
James finds that long hours and rough conditions can make a veterinary work a dog's life, but some dogs, like Mrs. Pumphrey's Tricki-Wu, have it so well that they can afford to spread the wealth.
#9 - Practice Makes Perfect
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/7/1978
Having failed his exams, Tristan fears his brother's wrath. In a desperate effort to reform, Tristan shuns cigarettes, alcohol and women and adopts a rigorous routine of dawn runs and hard work.
#10 - Out of Practice
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/2/1978
The veterinary practice goes from strength to strength, but James fears he has wrecked his chances with Helen after a disastrous first date. Tristan decides that a blind date is all James needs to hone his courtship skills.
#11 - Horse Sense
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/1978
Life for a newly qualified vet like James Herriot is not at all easy. He travels all the way to Darrowby, Yorkshire to secure a job, but by the time his prospective employer, Siegfried Farnon, turns up for the interview, James has fallen asleep!
#12 - Breath of Life
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/14/1978
Siegfried discovers that a gift given in good faith has brought the deadly foot-and-mouth disease to the dales, and James accidentally hits upon a "sleep cure" for Mrs. Flaxton's poodle.
#13 - It Takes All Kinds
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/1978
Sigfried declares that the business is in shambles financially, and his solution is Miss Harbottle, a meticulous secretary who rules the cash box with an iron hand. Amid a relentless succession of new faces - many gruff, some eccentric - James meets the lovely Helen Alderson.