Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: January 8, 1978
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 87
Networks: BBC One
Genres: Comedy, Drama

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All Creatures Great and Small(1978)

TMDB Rating: 7.7 (43 votes)

Overview

The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.

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Season 1

13 episodes • 1978

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Horse Sense	Jan 8, 1978
2	Dog Days	Jan 15, 1978
3	It Takes All Kinds	Jan 22, 1978
4	Calf Love	Jan 29, 1978
5	Out of Practice	Feb 2, 1978
6	Nothing Like Experience	Feb 12, 1978
7	Golden Lads and Girls	Feb 19, 1978
8	Advice and Consent	Feb 26, 1978
9	The Last Furlong	Mar 5, 1978
10	Sleeping Partners	Mar 12, 1978
11	Bulldog Breed	Mar 19, 1978
12	Practice Makes Perfect	Apr 7, 1978
13	Breath of Life	Apr 14, 1978

Season 2

14 episodes • 1978Avg: 8.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Cats and Dogs	Sep 23, 1978	0.0
2	Attendant Problems	Sep 30, 1978	0.0
3	Fair Means and Fowl	Oct 7, 1978	0.0
4	Beauty of the Beast	Oct 14, 1978	0.0
5	Judgment Day	Oct 21, 1978	0.0
6	Faint Hearts	Oct 28, 1978	0.0
7	Tricks of the Trade	Nov 4, 1978	0.0
8	Pride of Possession	Nov 11, 1978	0.0
9	The Name of the Game	Nov 18, 1978	0.0
10	Puppy Love	Nov 25, 1978	0.0
11	Ways and Means	Dec 2, 1978	0.0
12	Pups, Pigs and Pickles	Dec 9, 1978	0.0
13	A Dog's Life	Dec 16, 1978	0.0
14	Merry Gentlemen	Dec 24, 1978	8.0

Season 3

14 episodes • 1979

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Plenty to Grouse About	Dec 29, 1979
2	Charity Begins at Home	Jan 5, 1980
3	Every Dog Has His Day	Jan 12, 1980
4	Hair of the Dog	Jan 19, 1980
5	If Wishes Were Horses	Jan 26, 1980
6	Pig in the Middle	Feb 2, 1980
7	Be Prepared	Feb 9, 1980
8	A Dying Breed	Feb 16, 1980
9	Brink of Disaster	Feb 23, 1980
10	Home and Away	Mar 1, 1980
11	Alarms and Excursions	Mar 8, 1980
12	Matters of Life and Death	Mar 15, 1980
13	Will to Live	Mar 22, 1980
14	Big Steps and Little 'Uns	Apr 5, 1980

Season 4

10 episodes • 1988

#	Episode	Air Date
1	One of Nature's Little Miracles	Jan 17, 1988
2	Barks and Bites	Jan 24, 1988
3	The Bull with the Bowler Hat	Jan 31, 1988
4	The Pig Man Cometh	Feb 7, 1988
5	Hail Caesar!	Feb 14, 1988
6	Only One Woof	Feb 21, 1988
7	Ace, King, Queen, Jack	Feb 28, 1988
8	The Healing Touch	Mar 6, 1988
9	City Slicker	Mar 13, 1988
10	For Richer, For Poorer	Mar 20, 1988

Season 5

12 episodes • 1988

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Against the Odds	Sep 3, 1988
2	Place of Honour	Sep 10, 1988
3	Choose a Bright Morning	Sep 17, 1988
4	The Playing Field	Sep 24, 1988
5	When Dreams Come True	Oct 1, 1988
6	A New Chapter	Oct 8, 1988
7	A Present from Dublin	Oct 15, 1988
8	The Salt of the Earth (aka The Good Companions)	Oct 22, 1988
9	Cheques and Balances	Oct 29, 1988
10	Female of the Species	Nov 5, 1988
11	The Jackpot	Nov 12, 1988
12	Two of a Kind	Nov 19, 1988

Season 6

12 episodes • 1989

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Here and There	Sep 2, 1989
2	The Course of True Love	Sep 9, 1989
3	The Call of the Wild	Sep 16, 1989
4	The Nelson Touch	Sep 23, 1989
5	Blood and Water	Sep 30, 1989
6	Where Sheep May Safely Graze	Oct 7, 1989
7	The New World	Oct 14, 1989
8	Mending Fences	Oct 21, 1989
9	Big Fish, Little Fish	Oct 28, 1989
10	In Whom We Trust	Nov 4, 1989
11	The Rough and the Smooth	Nov 11, 1989
12	The Best Time	Nov 18, 1989

Season 7

12 episodes • 1990

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Prodigal Returns	Sep 1, 1990
2	Knowin' How to Do It	Sep 8, 1990
3	If Music Be the Food of Love	Sep 15, 1990
4	A Friend for Life	Sep 22, 1990
5	Spring Fever	Sep 29, 1990
6	Out with the New	Oct 6, 1990
7	Food for Thought	Oct 13, 1990
8	A Cat in Hull's Chance	Oct 20, 1990
9	A Grand Memory for Forgetting	Oct 27, 1990
10	Old Dogs, New Tricks	Nov 3, 1990
11	Hampered	Nov 10, 1990
12	Promises to Keep	Nov 17, 1990

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