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All Creatures Great & Small

1978 · TV Series · TV-PG · 60 min · ★ 7.8

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A young veterinarian starts his first job at a rural practice in Yorkshire, where everyday cases bring equal parts challenge and warmth. As he settles into small-town life, the clinic’s staff navigate mishaps, hard work, and the bonds formed through caring for animals and their owners.

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Details
Original title
All Creatures Great and Small
Years
1978–1990
Release date
1978-01-08
Network
BBC One
Language
English
Rated
TV-PG
Runtime
60 min
Max quality
HD
TMDB rating
7.8/10 (48 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a calm, comforting series about rural life, animals, and low-stakes drama, similar in cozy feel to Heartbeat; Not for you if you need fast pacing or sharper comedy.

Pros: cozy rural atmosphere; animal-centered stories; gentle, family-friendly tone | Cons: uneven later seasons; slow, dated pacing; hit-or-miss humor

Themes

  • veterinarian
  • country life
  • yorkshire
  • based on memoir or autobiography

Cast & crew

Directed by Kenneth Ives, Jeremy Summers, Terence Dudley +11 more

Created by Bill Sellars

Episodes7 seasons · 87 episodes

Season 113 episodes
  • S1E1Horse Sense
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  • S1E2Dog Days
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  • S1E3It Takes All Kinds
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  • S1E4Calf Love
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  • S1E5Out of Practice
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  • S1E6Nothing Like Experience
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  • S1E7Golden Lads and Girls
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  • S1E8Advice and Consent
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  • S1E9The Last Furlong
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  • S1E10Sleeping Partners
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  • S1E11Bulldog Breed
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  • S1E12Practice Makes Perfect
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  • S1E13Breath of Life
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Season 214 episodes
  • S2E1Cats and Dogs
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  • S2E2Attendant Problems
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  • S2E3Fair Means and Fowl
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  • S2E4Beauty of the Beast
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  • S2E5Judgment Day
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  • S2E6Faint Hearts
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  • S2E7Tricks of the Trade
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  • S2E8Pride of Possession
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  • S2E9The Name of the Game
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  • S2E10Puppy Love
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  • S2E11Ways and Means
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  • S2E12Pups, Pigs and Pickles
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  • S2E13A Dog's Life
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  • S2E14Merry Gentlemen
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Season 314 episodes
  • S3E1Plenty to Grouse About
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  • S3E2Charity Begins at Home
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  • S3E3Every Dog Has His Day
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  • S3E4Hair of the Dog
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  • S3E5If Wishes Were Horses
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  • S3E6Pig in the Middle
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  • S3E7Be Prepared
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  • S3E8A Dying Breed
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  • S3E9Brink of Disaster
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  • S3E10Home and Away
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  • S3E11Alarms and Excursions
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  • S3E12Matters of Life and Death
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  • S3E13Will to Live
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  • S3E14Big Steps and Little 'Uns60m
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Season 410 episodes
  • S4E1One of Nature's Little Miracles
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  • S4E2Barks and Bites
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  • S4E3The Bull with the Bowler Hat
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  • S4E4The Pig Man Cometh
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  • S4E5Hail Caesar!
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  • S4E6Only One Woof
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  • S4E7Ace, King, Queen, Jack
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  • S4E8The Healing Touch
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  • S4E9City Slicker
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  • S4E10For Richer, For Poorer
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Season 512 episodes
  • S5E1Against the Odds
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  • S5E2Place of Honour
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  • S5E3Choose a Bright Morning
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  • S5E4The Playing Field
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  • S5E5When Dreams Come True
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  • S5E6A New Chapter
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  • S5E7A Present from Dublin
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  • S5E8The Salt of the Earth (aka The Good Companions)
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  • S5E9Cheques and Balances
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  • S5E10Female of the Species
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  • S5E11The Jackpot
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  • S5E12Two of a Kind
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Season 612 episodes
  • S6E1Here and There
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  • S6E2The Course of True Love
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  • S6E3The Call of the Wild
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  • S6E4The Nelson Touch
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  • S6E5Blood and Water
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  • S6E6Where Sheep May Safely Graze
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  • S6E7The New World
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  • S6E8Mending Fences
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  • S6E9Big Fish, Little Fish
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  • S6E10In Whom We Trust
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  • S6E11The Rough and the Smooth
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  • S6E12The Best Time
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Season 712 episodes
  • S7E1The Prodigal Returns
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  • S7E2Knowin' How to Do It60m
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  • S7E3If Music Be the Food of Love
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  • S7E4A Friend for Life
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  • S7E5Spring Fever
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  • S7E6Out with the New
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  • S7E7Food for Thought
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  • S7E8A Cat in Hull's Chance
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  • S7E9A Grand Memory for Forgetting60m
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  • S7E10Old Dogs, New Tricks60m
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  • S7E11Hampered
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  • S7E12Promises to Keep
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