All Creatures Great and Small

A bull becomes strangely ill, so James performs a brand new operation. Three sick cats prove a difficult case, and all three vets have a go, with surprising results.

Lambing time in the Yorkshire Dales is tough, and disturbing scenes take place on Benson's land when his flock of sheep is badly worried by a stray dog.

James discovers that all sorts of men can become vets and that Ewan, whilst ostensibly unsuitable, is a practitioner of the highest quality.

Segfried manages to settle the lawsuit for mal-practice when he attends to a stallion belonging to a scrap merchant.

The Darrowby Show is usually an enjoyable occasion, except when James takes on the job of duty vet and Tristan falls for a buxom barmaid.

The contrast between the daughters of wealthy Tavener and the lowly Alton is sharply pointed for James, as is the difference between a talking and a non-talking budgie.

James meets Granville Bennet, a city vet, and gets a taste of the high life. Siegfried refines the fine art of debt collecting.

Farmer Ogilvie's bull refuses to have anything to do with his cows. Meanwhile, Tristan is put into a tricky situation.

Nellie Dimmock's dog provides James with another opportunity to glimpse the generosity of Bennett. But at the local cricket match, James must face the demon bowler.

James discovers a couple whose marriage is being held together by the most slender of threats, a dying dog, while Tristan is visited by a girl from his past.

James has tough decisions to make and decides that he would rather face a savage dog any day rather than giving a speech to the Darrowby Youth Club.

Tristan proves he is a gentleman, but when James delivers a calf and is offered an incredible breakfast, it puts his love of good food severely to the test.

Difficult calving is bad enough, but when a farmer's uncle claims to know more than the attending vet, the job is hardly worth having.

Tricki Woo has been overfed yet again, and is nursed back to health by Helen. The gift of a hamper is welcome at any time, but especially at Christmas.