The BEST episodes of All Creatures Great and Small season 5
Every episode of All Creatures Great and Small season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of All Creatures Great and Small season 5!
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 - Place of Honour
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/1988
With Helen still bedridden, there is a dramatic increase in domestic chaos. While James struggles manfully with both chores and children, Siegfried and Tristan praise his noble efforts -- and do precisely nothing. Tristan nfuriates Mr. Bushy, a redoubtable farmer, by treating a dog instead of Busby's cow, by sleeping in, and finally by treating a bull instead of Busby's dog!
#2 - Two of a Kind
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/19/1988
Siegfried buys a television set, and James has to deal with a man who has cancer.
#3 - Choose a Bright Morning
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/1988
James receives a cry for help from the isolated Bramley family who last came to town in 1929.
#4 - When Dreams Come True
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/1/1988
Helen is finally up and about - only to face the morning after the chaos of Tristan's party the night before.
#5 - A New Chapter
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/8/1988
The Herriots prepare to move to Rowangarth and another emergency with Granville Bennett.
#6 - Against the Odds
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/1988
James Herriot finds himself skiing through snowy dales to save a litter of dying piglets. Helen is confined to bed having a slipped a disc and Tristan is hoping that Siegfried will give him a job as he has resigned from the Ministry of Agriculture.
#7 - Cheques and Balances
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/29/1988
Siegfried is determined to make the errant farmers pay their bills.
#8 - The Salt of the Earth
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/22/1988
Siegfried is saddened by the death of a young bull terrier - one of an inseparable pair of dogs.
#9 - A Present from Dublin
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/15/1988
Calum welcomes the new arrivals -- one that bites and one that fits Siegfried's cooking & cleaning requirements.
#10 - The Playing Field
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/1988
A typical Yorkshire farmer is transformed into a cowboy; with Siegfried in London, Tristan is left with the worst patients.
#11 - The Jackpot
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/12/1988
James wears his shorts to a visit and is challenged to a race, while Jock, a once champion sheepdog, and delights in chasing cars from the farm.
#12 - The Female of the Species
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/5/1988
Siegfried gives a friend's offspring some experience in the surgery. Calum initially resents this, but bucks up when he sees the young student.