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Premiered

Sunday, January 8, 1978

Ended: Friday, April 14, 1978

When does All Creatures Great and Small Season 1 come out?

All Creatures Great and Small Season 1 premiered Sunday, January 8, 1978 on BBC One and ended Friday, April 14, 1978. The season has 13 episodes.

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All Creatures Great and Small Season 1 episode release dates
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1. Horse Sense

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!

Sunday · 48 years ago

2. Dog Days

James finds that long hours and rough conditions can make a veterinary work a dog's life, but for some dogs, like Mrs. Pumphrey's Tricki-Wu, have it so well that they can afford to spread the wealth.

Sunday · 48 years ago

3. It Takes All Kinds

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.

Sunday · 48 years ago

4. Calf Love

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.

Sunday · 48 years ago

5. Out of Practice

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.

Thursday · 48 years ago

6. Nothing Like Experience

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.

Sunday · 48 years ago

7. Golden Lads and Girls

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".

Sunday · 48 years ago

8. Advice and Consent

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.

Sunday · 48 years ago

9. The Last Furlong

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.

Sunday · 48 years ago

10. Sleeping Partners

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.

Sunday · 48 years ago

11. Bulldog Breed

As James struggles to save the dairy herd in which a friend has sunk all his savings, he discovers a colleague's guilty secret.

Sunday · 48 years ago

12. Practice Makes Perfect

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.

Friday · 48 years ago

13. Breath of Life Finale

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.

Friday · 48 years ago

All Creatures Great and Small Season 1 guest stars

  • Margaretta Scott

    Margaretta Scott

    Mrs. Pumphrey

  • Teddy Turner

    Teddy Turner

    Hodgekin

  • Paul Luty

    Bert Sharpe

  • Johnny Allan

    Phineas Calvert

  • Lorraine Peters

    Lorraine Peters

    Mrs. Calvert

  • Johnny Maxfield

    Farmer

  • Ted Carroll

    Man on Bus

  • Michael Shannon

    Barman

  • Leslie Sarony

    Leslie Sarony

    Pub Customer

  • James Ottaway

    Pub Customer

  • John Biggerstaff

    Pub Customer

  • George Selway

    Soames

  • Tom Harrison

    Reynolds

  • Ashley Barker

    Eric Handshaw

  • Derry Jordan

    Tommy

  • Eileen Waugh

    Girl

All Creatures Great and Small Season 1 FAQ

When does All Creatures Great and Small Season 1 come out?

All Creatures Great and Small Season 1 premiered Sunday, January 8, 1978 on BBC One.

How many episodes are in All Creatures Great and Small Season 1?

All Creatures Great and Small Season 1 has 13 episodes.

Are new episodes of All Creatures Great and Small Season 1 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the All Creatures Great and Small Season 1 finale?

The All Creatures Great and Small Season 1 finale (Episode 13) aired Friday, April 14, 1978.

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