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All creatures great & small Series 2

Set in the rugged beauty of the dales of Yorkshire, England, this season continues the true-life story of young veterinarian James Herriot. Newly married to Helen and settled into a partnership with Siegfried Farnon--with the sporadic support of Siegfried's errant younger brother, Tristan--James fin...

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Corporate Authors: British Broadcasting Corporation, 2 Entertain (Firm), Time-Life Films, BBC Video (Firm), Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Sellars, Bill, Timothy, Christopher, Hardy, Robert, 1925-, Davison, Peter, 1951-, Drinkwater, Carol, Herriot, James
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Burbank, CA : BBC Video ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2006.
Subjects:
Herriot, James > Drama.
Veterinarians > England > Yorkshire > Drama.
Friendship > England > Drama.
Families > England > Drama.
Yorkshire (England) > Drama.
Yorkshire Dales (England) > Drama.
Herriot, James > Film and video adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television series.
Biographical television programs.
Melodramas (Motion pictures.
Comedy television programs.
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Summary:Set in the rugged beauty of the dales of Yorkshire, England, this season continues the true-life story of young veterinarian James Herriot. Newly married to Helen and settled into a partnership with Siegfried Farnon--with the sporadic support of Siegfried's errant younger brother, Tristan--James finds that there is no end to the joy and heartache, tears and laughter that go with caring for all creatures great and small.
Item Description:Title from container.
From the books by James Herriot.
Originally broadcast on BBC television in 1978.
Contains all 14 episodes from the second season.
Special features: Who's who in the cast.
Physical Description:4 videodiscs (ca. 700 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; NTSC.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Incidental music, Johnny Pearson.
ISBN:1419846272
9781419846274
Author Notes:Robert Hardy was born Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy in Cheltenham, England on October 29, 1925. He attended Oxford University and served in the Royal Air Force before becoming an actor in Stratford-upon-Avon with the troupe that later became the Royal Shakespeare Company. He had a notable stage career, but was better known as a film and television actor. He played Siegfried Farnon in the long-running British television series All Creatures Great and Small and Cornelius Fudge in four Harry Potter movies. He portrayed Winston Churchill several times including in the British mini-series Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years; the American mini-series War and Remembrance; the television movies The Woman He Loved, Bomber Harris, and Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain; the London stage production Winnie; and a French play, Celui Qui a Dit Non. He also appeared in The Shooting Party, Sense and Sensibility, Mrs. Dalloway, and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Inspired by an early Shakespearean role, he became interested in archery and wrote Longbow: A Social and Military History. He was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1981. He died on August 3, 2017 at the age of 91.

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