My cousins Rosemary and Richard Scaling, ( both now deceased), farmers at nearby (Thirsk) Newsham , enjoyed the veterinary services of James Herriot and Siegfried Farnham, actual name Alf White, for their beef cattle.I was there in 1979 when I made my first, since emigrating in 1966, visit 'home' from Canada. Rosemary and I are from Kirkbymoorside. Last I heard their son, James and family, operated the farm.
No one does television like the British. The attention to detail, every nuance ... creates the magic behind this enchanting series. The hard part is waiting for Series 2. Thank you for the lovely tour!
I think they started to film season 3 in March. Maybe it will be aired on American PBS stations by sometime late in 2022? I know you can get the dvds at your local library. But, I wish the dvds had extra material and commentaries by the ACG&S actors and directors and writers. Yes, I agree, the British really make outstanding and memorable television series. I recently came across the “Lovejoy” dvds with Ian McShane and the wonderful Phyllis Logan (the beloved Mrs. Hughes on “Downton Abbey”). “Lovejoy” ran for several seasons and it’s great fun to see many of the veteran British actors who also appeared on the original “The Avengers” with the wonderful Patrick MacNee and the late, great Dame Diana Rigg, “Upstairs, Downstairs,” with the lovely Jean Marsh and the redoubtable Gordon Jackson, “Lord Peter Wimsey” with the urbane Ian Carmichael and the great “Sherlock Holmes” series with the phenomenal Jeremy Brett and the terrific Edward Hardwicke. Oh, yes, I almost forgot the distinguished Sir Derek Jacobi, the remarkable Siam Phillips as the wickedly devious Livia and the late John Hurt as the unfailingly “convivial” Emperor Csliigula in “I Claudius.”
@@juliansydney9819 That was on AMC, right? I only saw a couple of the episodes. I’ll have to check out the dvds of the show. Thanks for the suggestion.
Delightful tour! Thank you so much for bringing it to us. I get sucked into believing that all filming always takes place in an actual house, barn, and the neighborhood fair--I'm transported to all those spots, and enjoy every darn minute!!
I love this show so much. It is one of the best shows currently on TV. I usually end up in tears as I watch as I get so involved with the characters, I can forget my own life for a bit! It is so well made. Love this tour.
I truly enjoy your show I hope it continues after February 21st of 2021 I found it on January 10th and I have truly enjoyed each and every episode excellent story behind this thank you PBS continue the great work
I did enjoy that very much, thank you. I’m surprised that gorgeous red wall paneling is made with wall paper! I know the background is meant to not distract from the actors but on first view I often study the background instead of paying attention to the actors. Thankfully I can re-watch each episode on PBS and appreciate every one’s stellar work.
Thank you for a lovely show on our PBS Channel here in Chicago. The actors or characters in this show are so wonderful!!! Thank you so much as we wake for another series of this show. Thank you again for the great show.
Just stumbled across this series last week. Really brilliant - my wife and I have laughed, smiled and thrilled over it. I love the attention to detail in the Georgian house - it evokes deep memories in my past of a grandmother, and an aunt from a similar era. Thank you so much for your artistic brilliance, and for keeping the storyline so lighthearted, and family friendly. Really, really enjoyed it. May there be many more episodes!!
Thank you for the tour! What an amazing job you've done. I want to live there...wait it's a set...okay, I'll still be glad to call it home. Seriously, I'm enjoying the series tremendously!
This is absolutely beautiful. So much thought, detail and work in every nook and cranny. I thought it was a real house. We love the show!! Can't wait to see more.
As a fan of the books and the old show, I was so pleased with this new series! Love the actors, the storylines and everything about it. Will miss dear Diana Rigg - loved her while she was on. Looking forward to many more seasons.
Beautiful work of all cast and crew who make possible to recreated the time and places. I love the new version of the serie and the books too. Greetings from Chile.
What an amazing set! So beautifully crafted and so fun to see it. Binge watching series 1-4 has helped me immesely as I recover from a broken foot which means no walking, no driving, and being very isolated at home. It has given me the sense of being about and about in such a beautiful place with lovely community.
@@wandastatton7781 - Google “Japanese emoji” and copy any characters you like; save it to a text file for copying & pasting when you want to use it. Not convenient for me to do on phone app, but laptop is pretty fast.
It's always fun to see the props of a show and marvel at how realistic they look, but it does take a little magic away. Look up and you see a dingy , exposed old building above the warm and cozy rooms of the house.
I am so in love with the books when I learned there is a new series about it, I freaked out :D it brings me so much joy and also anxiety when I see an episode and realise "oh noooo its this story..." :D:D I cant imagine you can just take this whole house apart and transport it somewhere else and build it the same as before. Crazy :-)
I thought it was all shot in a real house! As is so often the case, Tricky Woo house I'm sure was real...but Skeldale, very grungy 30s colours, typical man decor lots of brown and dingy cigarette yellow! All perfect of course for busy vets thinking of other things. Same on the old series. Love the desk with the typewriter, how admin has changed so much simpler then really. Thank goodness the actors are so good and handsome and the scenery and clothes are so beautiful. Very clever work, Very interesting tour.
👉 3:08 Love the leather cases and old clock on Siegfried's desk! I love Samuel West (who plays Siegfried) because he played my favorite character (reporter Frank Edwards) in Mr. Selfridge! 👔📓
Ooh, you sound like me. 😋 Massive crush on Samuel West in Mr. Selfridge and now he's Siegfried in All Creatures - be still my beating heart! And Nicholas Ralph (James Herriot) comes from just up the road from me here in the Highlands, so that's kind of interesting...
Where were the sets built? Location near Production office or ??? Beautiful set and decorative details and I love the production values. Amazing size set. Wondering how you fit cameras, lights and DOP, sound and crew. Amazing. Thank you for the informative tour.
By the way...in the 30s, did the vets really go out in a three piece suit to work in a pig sty? I'm thinking if that's the case then most of Mrs. Hall's job is laundry
Im kiwi and i love English flims but this new version of AllCreatures great n small is just great i use to watch Dr Finlays case book as a teenager hope many more to come thankyou always content with this latest version
@@daisyharris1992 I enjoyed the first few episodes however the last few left a lot to be desired. I'll probably watch it if it comes back on the air but they have a few things they need to clear up. Throwing Tristan's grades in the fire? That simply won't work. Also I'm pretty sure that Tristan was smart enough to know that he did not pass those classes
I was saying to myself this doesn't look like the set I know. Then I realised that they must have remade it. I am still watching he first series from1978.
I like the new PBS All Creatures, but when I watch it I cannot help thinking of the actors, settings and situations of the older BBC All Creatures which was shown here in the states on PBS as is the new version. I am particularly having trouble with the Siegfried character as the New Siegfried seems to have a less commanding presence, at least to me. The new James seems meeker but at least he has a Scottish accent instead of the English accent of the first James. Don’t get me wrong, I like both versions of All Creatures, but I can’t help but but compare the two.
I'm somewhat the same. I don't want to criticize an obviously well produced series, but I can't get attached to the characters as easily as I could in the older version. They seem a little subdued to me and aren't matching the vibrancy of the original actors.
I know what you mean. In the old series the actor who played James actually stuck his hand up a cow’s butt to his elbow, which is something a real vet would have to do. Some old school doctors do that to humans during a prostate examination, trust me I know. But the actor playing the new James doesn’t do that. I mean that’s dedication to stick you hand up a cow’s butt for the show.
But don't be fooled into thinking he was actually Scottish because he had the accent. He was an Englishman, born in England of English parents - attested to by his own son, Jim, in his authorized biography of his father. He only had the accent because the family moved to Scotland, and it's where he spent his formative years.
I probably need to go back and watch this but originally I thought that Helen was raising her sister on her own. Yet in later episodes, I have seen both a mother and a father.
Brilliant rendition of James Herriot's fabulous stories. I actually prefer this newest version to the original 1970s one; James is better cast with Nicholas Ralph as he's far more like the quiet- spoken, real life James Herriot and Ralph's authentic Glaswegian accent is a real treat. And although Robert Hardy was a tough act to follow as Siegfried, Samuel West nails it beautifully - an eccentric indeed but West makes him so much more! Callum Woodhouse captures Tristan's incorrigible boyish charm and underpins it with a wicked sense of humour and WHAT a relief to have Helen played with a fiery assertiveness in keeping with what one would expect from a Yorkshire lass brought up in the Dales. I remember reading that in the BBC series, the real Mrs Alf Wight felt that Carol Drinkwater had played her too much like a sexpot; this was a sufficient source of contention that Lynda Bellingham was brought in to give a more demure performance. In all, whilst artistic licence has definitely been used to develop and round out the characters to a far greater degree than previously, none of them have become more than what the author intended. Good for Channel 5 for running with this new series after the BBC inexplicably turned it down and kudos to the PBS for doing the same.
Nicholas Ralph's Glasgow accent in this isn't *quite* authentic though. He's from a town just up the road from me and we don't speak like the Glaswegians do! Our local accent and dialect differs somewhat. He is Scottish though, from the Highlands.
Really? I thought that The reason Carol Drinkwater left was because she and Christopher Timothy who had been having a relationship in real life had broken up. I don't think she played Helen as a sex pot she dressed in modest clothing of the day How was she a sex pot?
I agree with many of the comments about the casting - well done. I think the only part that would not be believable is a young and attractive Mrs Hall living in with single Seigfried. I am sure this would have raised eyebrows at the time. In the other series Mrs. Hall lived off-site - which is the truth I wonder?
I've consider that....Of course the story line is "Widower still in mourning" for Siegfried......However one of the criticisms of the show.....the main characters are simply too good to be true...I think the show would be improved if there was some gossip around town....also.....I wonder about the motives of Mrs. Hall...she kinda acts like she is trying to snag a husband
Yeah, I think they should have made her visibly older, maybe grey hair that she probably would have had anyway, or living in another house. I was surprised she wasn't Siegfried's love interest.
Why only 7 shows? Anyway I'm liking it so far with the exception of the 5th show. The one at the fair. I felt the violence.....where they were pushing Herriott around was a bit much
Which china pattern is used on the set? It looks like a Royal Albert pattern, possibly Wedgwood, but not Royal Doulton (imho). I've looked on Replacements online, but I couldn't find it. Thanks in advance!
I take it this is the new series - in the original series they did shoot from the street in Thirsk the front of the real building in Thirsk, which is not a museum. This confused me at first.
Sorry, but the original series had it right - a waiting room separate from the main house with it's own entrance. Who could possibly believe that sick and injured animals, possibly dripping blood or other fluids and spreading bacteria and germs etc, would be invited into the main home where Mrs. Hall would blithely walk by with a tray of tea? One of the great things about the original was it's honesty and realism, with all of the blood and dirt and grime that these people actually dealt with on a daily basis....
I agree with you. I miss the realism but its like watching a sweet story where everything is all right in the end. However, I am enjoying this new series for what it is, a new take on the beloved books and series. This video shows how much detail went into everything.
I loved the original series, too, but I think the ways they have tweaked the original narrative have made it more watchable, e.g. younger Mrs Hall, Helen getting to the altar with Hugh - and before I think Siegfried was a bachelor not a widower.
Couple of questions. Why did the producers refer to Santa in the Christmas episode. Surely at that time in Yorkshire it was Father Christmas? I also question the accuracy of the Christmas dinner? Cranberries??? Just a bit jarring for anyone who is familiar with life in Yorkshire during that period.
Not quite sure why they kept the names when they changed the plot so radically. Cashing in on the books and first series, perhaps, but us oldsters find it all a bit jarring - same characters with different personalities. If they'd changed the names then it would be a quite acceptable show in its own right without trespassing too much on the originals. Still, not a bad little soap.
can someone tell me, Is Mrs Hall still a married woman ? If so where is her husband ? ? Is it her son or her husband that she sends packages to that keep being returned ?
Hi Phyllis, compared to the original series, this series makes me cringe ! If all on here were to watch the very first episodes - this re-make wouldn't stand a chance !
Mrs Hall's husband was affected by WWI and became a violent bully. She eventually divorces him, but they are already separated. It is her son she sends packages to.
I enjoy the new series but so many things have been changed.. ie there was only 1 surgery, there was a waiting room for clients separate from the main house and the list goes on. And the relationship story lines being embellished, fabricated and/or built up in a fictional manner has turned the original stories into fictional drama. So much dramatic license has been taken that the series minimally reflects the actual books or original TV series. I doubt Alf White aka James Herriott would approve. He was very clear with the first series that story lines not be changed.
I just watched the final episode of the year...I think they went overboard with the "Left at the alter" storyline...I might have bought this had it happened 2 weeks before the wedding. Also the story of Siegfried burning the grades. I mean surely that will not work....won't Tristan be expecting a diploma? Also he would have had to known as soon as Siegfried threw it in the fire. Overall a weak episode
My thoughts Exactly i mean one opens one's own results. For Siegfried to open them and lie to him he hzd passed is totally unbelievable. One would ask to see the results and would be annoyed woth the other person for opening them.
I will never watch the modern all creatures great and Small it is and insult. The Original All creatures great and small ,GIVE ME ROBERT HARDY .that is a problem With these film industry . I love Micheal Cain YOU WERE ONLY SUPPOSE BLOW THE DOOR OFF Benny hill and great THE GREAT ITALIAN JOB and so they ruined by the Modern of ITALIAN JOB it does work a second Alfie starring Michael Cain and they made a modern JUDE theONLY PERSON THAT PLAY ALFIE IS MICHAEL CAIN MODERN all creatures great and small. Sorry do they did modern POLDARK Robin Ellis Captain Ross hunk gorgeous his wife Angharad Rees Jill Townsend Elizabeth Francis Poldark Clive Francis they the Poldark Family Not the modern version
The new series is wonderful.I remember the earlier series with much affection but those actors are gone.The new actors give new life to much loved stories and play their characters quite beautifully. I am very impressed and so very grateful that there will be a Christmas special and a third series to look forward to.
During the title sequence, it says based on the books by James Herriot, it should say barely based on .....! I mean there are tiny bits of the show that resemble the books, but c'mon! Nowhere near as good or accurate as the original PBS series.
I agree but why not just enjoy it? I am trying not to apply judgement - I need this escapism badly right now. It is well done for what it is - doesn't do to compare to the books or PBS series.
Soooo disappointed in this remake! Mrs Hall? Who cares? The actor playing Tristan is great, but the Herriot actor is wrong for the part or badly directed. James Herriot's books were about the farmers + their animals. Where can I buy the old program?
