All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series made by the BBC and based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot. Set in the
Cast of All Creatures Great and Small, c. 1978: Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Mary Hignett and Carol Drinkwater
Christopher Timothy played the leading role of James Herriot
Peter Davison played Tristan, the younger Farnon brother
Robert Hardy preferred to stay by himself in the village of Reeth, about fifteen miles from where the rest of the cast was based