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The Best Episodes of All Creatures Great and Small

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The Best Episodes of All Creatures Great and Small

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...

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  1. 8.2/10(66 votes)

    #1 - A New Chapter

    S5:E6

    The Herriots prepare to move to Rowangarth and another emergency with Granville Bennett.

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  2. 8.2/10(63 votes)

    #2 - Blood and Water

    S6:E5

    James meets a pair of elderly twins. Oliver and Roland Strong, rabbit breeder and prize cabbage-grower respectively, have divided the cottage left to them by their mother and have not spoken to each other for 50 years. Now Oliver is convinced that Roland has poisoned one of his rabbits.

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  3. 8.2/10(65 votes)

    #3 - The Best Time

    S6:E12

    Siegfried is perplexed when the usually-caring Grandma Clarke snubs her neighbor, Franco Pedretti, who is the new shepherd on the estate where she is a tenant farmer. It soon becomes apparent that she blames Franco for the untimely death of her son in Italy during the war and the subsequent death of his wife in childbirth.

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    Director:Tony Virgo
  4. 8.1/10(67 votes)

    #4 - Where Sheep May Safely Graze

    S6:E6

    When James treats a sick cat, he finds himself in an awkward position with Mrs. Pumphrey and Mrs.Tibbett. These two formidable and mutually ferocious Darrowby matrons compete both in presents for the invalid and in hounding James for information of the patient's progress.

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  5. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Merry Gentlemen

    S2:E14

    Christmas at Skeldale House can be a formidable undertaking, what with sick foals, overfed dogs and a skeleton guarding Siegfried's secret hoard of goodies.

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  6. 8.0/10(65 votes)

    #6 - A Present from Dublin

    S5:E7

    Calum welcomes the new arrivals -- one that bites and one that fits Siegfried's cooking & cleaning requirements.

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  8. 8.0/10(67 votes)

    #7 - The Call of the Wild

    S6:E3

    Deidre and Calum are busy planning their wedding. Deidre discusses her future with Helen, who hopes the couple will stay in Darrowby. However, Calum gets offered a job in Nova Scotia. Siegfried, believing he has forced Calum into applying for the job, hopes he can now persuade him to reconsider.

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  9. 8.0/10(67 votes)

    #8 - Mending Fences

    S6:E8

    Jenny Garston and David Rayner, individually charming farmer and horse-breeder, have been sworn enemies since their earliest school days. When a triple birthday is marred by tragedy it falls to Siegfried to negotiate with the stony-faced neighbors.

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  10. 8.0/10(64 votes)

    #9 - In Whom We Trust

    S6:E10

    An old friend of James and Siegfried, an itinerant raveler called Roddy Travers, arrives in Darrowby. He appears to be stealing instruments from the practice but Siegfried and James are relieved to discover that Roddy's recently acquired lurcher dog, Murphy, is the culprit. However, the situation turns serious when an elderly local farmer accuses Murphy of sheep killing.

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    Director:Tony Virgo
  11. 8.0/10(60 votes)

    #10 - The Rough and the Smooth

    S6:E11

    Siegfried insists on singing the praises of his new time- management system, a personal diary, much to the annoyance of James. James is particularly put out by Siegfried's successful demonstration to his bete-noir, the redoubtable Mr. Ripley. However, Siegfried's morning is spoiled when he has to deal with Humphrey, an exuberant Great Dane.

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    Director:Tony Virgo
  12. 7.9/10(65 votes)

    #11 - When Dreams Come True

    S5:E5

    Helen is finally up and about - only to face the morning after the chaos of Tristan's party the night before.

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  13. 7.9/10(61 votes)

    #12 - The Nelson Touch

    S6:E4

    Siegfried visits a farm to treat a sick cat and pulls off a brilliant piece of human diagnosis at the same time. He also gets an unexpected visit from the puritan Mr. Hopps -- who does not have an animal with him.

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  14. 7.9/10(62 votes)

    #13 - The New World

    S6:E7

    When Lady Hulton's cat falls ill, Siegfried embarks, with typical zeal, on updating the practice to cater for such refined clients. Lady Hulton, however, catches him out at every turn. James' problems lie with an affable but lazy farmer, Vernon Harker, whose plans to save himself from work even extend to marrying a tower of strength with a grown son to match.

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  15. 7.8/10(74 votes)

    #14 - Ace, King, Queen, Jack

    S4:E7

    The week leading up to the Darrowby Show proves to be a difficult one for James. He finds that he has been asked to judge the dog section at the show, an invitation he can't refuse. Since Mrs. Pumphrey will inevitably want to enter Tricky Woo, James expects to be put in a very embarrassing situation.

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  16. 7.8/10(63 votes)

    #15 - Place of Honour

    S5:E2

    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!

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  17. 7.8/10(62 votes)

    #16 - The Salt of the Earth (aka The Good Companions)

    S5:E8

    Siegfried is saddened by the death of a young bull terrier - one of an inseparable pair of dogs.

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  18. 7.8/10(63 votes)

    #17 - The Jackpot

    S5:E11

    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.

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    Director:Tony Virgo
  19. 7.8/10(59 votes)

    #18 - Two of a Kind

    S5:E12

    Siegfried buys a television set, and James has to deal with a man who has cancer.

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  20. 7.8/10(61 votes)

    #19 - The Course of True Love

    S6:E2

    The romance between Calum Buchanan and Deidre McEwan flourishes. Siegfried has been hoping that the love affair would quiet down but instead it seems to be going full blast. However, the course of true love never runs smoothly, and it is left to Siegfried to help solve the young couple's problems.

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  21. 7.8/10(57 votes)

    #20 - Big Fish, Little Fish

    S6:E9

    Siegfried once again gets James to play cricket in a charity match for the village against the county team. The tables are turned however when James is injured and Siegfried is pressed into service. Bob and Rachel Taylor are worried about their lame horse, Maggie. Siegfried operated on the animal, but she seems to going down hill. Siegfried is accompanied oh his rounds by young Colin Appleby, who has sick goldfish.

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  22. 7.7/10(75 votes)

    #21 - The Bull with the Bowler Hat

    S4:E3

    James has a crisis of professional confidence while treating a cow with a new drug. Tristan tries to convince a local farmer of the virtues of artificial insemination but Siegfreid only succeeds in enraging the farmer's bull.

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  23. 7.7/10(71 votes)

    #22 - The Pig Man Cometh

    S4:E4

    James has his eye on a little semi-detached property coming up for sale, with the notion it would make a pleasant surprise for Helen. Unknown to him, however, Helen has grander ideas. There is trouble from a local farmer, which ironically leads Calum to celebrate his departure from the Herriot household.

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  24. 7.7/10(73 votes)

    #23 - Hail Caesar!

    S4:E5

    The church fete looms for the Darrowby vets, along with the dreaded Scottish country dancing display. Can Tristan brush up his steps in time to woo the fair Deirdre? Or will his colleague Calum's back-to-nature approach sweep her off her feet?

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  25. 7.7/10(71 votes)

    #24 - Only One Woof

    S4:E6

    James and Seigfreid deal with a sheepdog trainer, whose dog is suffering from epilepsy. At Skeldale, two wild cats wander in the garden and Helen takes out food for them. She is hopeful of keeping them but James warns her that they will never come in from the wild.

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  26. 7.7/10(73 votes)

    #25 - The Healing Touch

    S4:E8

    Trying to save the life of a badly injured, much-loved cat, James and Tristan seek the help of Granville Bennett, who runs a small animal hospital. The fruits of Bennett's practice are clearly much richer than the hard graft of the Dales, and James is intrigued to find that Bennett is looking for a partner.

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Best Episodes Summary

"A New Chapter" is the best rated episode of "All Creatures Great and Small". It scored 8.2/10 based on 66 votes. Directed by Jeremy Summers and written by Alfred Shaughnessy, it aired on 10/8/1988. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Blood and Water".