All Creatures Great and Small (2020 TV series)
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All Creatures Great and Small is a television series set in 1930s Northern England starting,[1] based upon a series of books about a Yorkshire veterinary surgeon written by James Wight under the pen name of James Herriot. The series was produced by Playground Entertainment for Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and distributed by PBS in the United States.[2]
All Creatures Great and Small | |
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Created by | Ben Vanstone |
Based on | If Only They Could Talk by James Herriot |
Starring | |
Composer | Alexandra Harwood |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 4 |
No. of episodes | 28 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Richard Burrell |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | Playground Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 5 |
Release | 1 September 2020 (2020-09-01) ā present |
The series is a new adaptation of Wight's books, following the previous BBC series of 90 episodes that ran from 1978 to 1990 and a number of other films and television series based on Herriot's novels.[3] It was filmed in the Yorkshire Dales, and received funding from Screen Yorkshire.[4]
The first series, which consists of six episodes and a special Christmas episode, was filmed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first book in the James Herriot series.[5] The series premiered in the UK on Channel 5 on 1 September 2020 and in the US on PBS as part of Masterpiece on 10 January 2021.
Following a second series in late 2021, the show was renewed for two further series, each composed of six episodes and a Christmas special, in January 2022.[6] Filming on the third series began in March 2022. The first episode aired in the UK on 15 September 2022 and in the US on 8 January 2023.[7] The fourth series began airing on 5 October 2023 in the UK and on 7 January 2024 in the US.[8]
On 23 February 2024, PBS announced that the series has been renewed for a fifth and sixth series, and that Callum Woodhouse will return as Tristan Farnon.[9]