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Comment on All Creatures Great And Small Documentary by Will Hardy

Will Hardy — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:21:16 +0000

According to the prologue in Anne Barclay Priest’s memoir, Mr. Nettleton died just before Christmas 1988, in what she termed a “stupid automobile accident.” She dedicates her book to him, as a friend and as the mentor who turned her caprice to raise sheep on Blue Island, Nova Scotia, into a true shepherd’s life. Ms. Priest is recognized by the Blue Faced Leicester Union of North America as an early adopter of the breed, which was introduced to Canada and the U.S. largely through Mr. Nettleton’s efforts.

Comment on All Creatures Great and Small Chapter Summaries by Kay

Kay — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:32:19 +0000

Greetings,
I’m doing a research report and am, like Chelsea, inquiring what year this novel takes place in?
Thank you.
Kay

Comment on All Creatures Great and Small Chapter Summaries by Chelsea Catsup

Chelsea Catsup — Tue, 07 May 2013 22:15:49 +0000

Hello,
I’m wondering what year All Creatures Great and Small takes place in?
Thanks,
Chelsea

Comment on Visit the set of All Creatures Great and Small by Denise Sarett Connolly

Denise Sarett Connolly — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:52:27 +0000

In answer to Tamara’s question

I am currently reading the biography “The Real James Herriort” by Jim Wight, the son. It’s an excellent book and wonderful to read about the REAL man so many people have come to love through his books. The answer, Tamara, is that Alf suffered from a painful condition, anal fistula, which had plagued him during his student days and delayed his completing his classes. He had several operations. This condition surfaced again while he was in in the RAF and he sufferd through another operation. He was “grounded” by the doctors and changed from pilot to a stock person and service to his country lasted just under one year till he was finally released from service.

Comment on Young James Herriot Cancelled by Terry Marshall

Terry Marshall — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 09:57:03 +0000

Really- are we surprised that this farce was pulled? It is so typical of the BBC to try and sanitize history with a vile political agenda.

Contrary to their belief, some of us, just like in the original, just get on and live our lives rather than try to brainwash the masses. A fitting end to a verminous little production!!

Come on BBC- don’t insult our intelligence again with another crude and vile re-hash.

Comment on Visit the set of All Creatures Great and Small by Denise Sarett Connolly

Denise Sarett Connolly — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:30:11 +0000

An update: I got so tired of PBS changing days and times for the show, so I purchased the complete box set with all seven series and an extra DVD with two Christmas specials. This afternoon I finished the first series which had 4 DVDs. SO GREAT to finally see some episodes I hadn’t seen yet and in the correct order!! The 4th DVD also included some special features, one being a wonderful interview with Alf Wight from 1976. Priceless! I am so glad I made this purchase. I will watch every episode many times and enjoy them every time.

Comment on Young James Herriot Cancelled by Doug Cotler

Doug Cotler — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:27:15 +0000

I am a huge fan of the James Herriot stories, movies and of course the television series All Creatures Great and Small!! I just watched this series for the first time today – purchased it on EBAY – and was very pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed it very much!!! I wish they would renew the series and continue to film many more episodes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment on Visit the set of All Creatures Great and Small by Denise Sarett Connolly

Denise Sarett Connolly — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:24:35 +0000

I started watching All Creatures Great and Small on PBS last year and fell in love with the characters! Every Wednesday night at 8:PM I make sure to turn on the show. Last month I started searching for like new hardcover copies of all the books and my collection is growing fast! Just bought Every Living Thing, which is good because I finished the 4th book in the series yesterday. How I wish I had discovered the life of “James Herriot” many years ago. I would have enjoyed meeting the author of such warm, witty, wonderful stories. He was a good man!

Comment on Visit the set of All Creatures Great and Small by Tamara

Tamara — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:10:19 +0000

Hi, sorry if this question is in the wrong place, but do you know what operation/problem Alf had that forced him out of the RAF so soon? I’ve looked but can’t find it anywhere. Cheers

Comment on Young James Herriot Cancelled by Virginia Hostman

Virginia Hostman — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:40:18 +0000

I recently bought the DVD The Young James Herriot. To be honest, my husband and I enjoyed the three episodes. We were disappointed to learn that there were only three episodes. Will the material upon which it was based be turned into an early biography of Herriot in Vet school days? The vet school, while having parts that are similar to an actual vet practice, the story is sufficiently different and of a period that is historically of interest, it would be worth having the series (complete years of vet school) at least in book form or even as a DVD series without viewing on TV…you know, a made for DVD series.

Comment on Happy Birthday, James Herriot! by Art Sabourin

Art Sabourin — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:32:36 +0000

I have enjoyed your books so much that I have started reading them to my lost friends at the SPCA. They love your stories so much that they go to sleep when I read to them, You are an amasing person. I wish that you took care of my loved ones. We love you so much. Thank you for being such a caring person
Art Sabourin

Comment on His Works by Reedición y regalo a la CEU UCH del mítico libro “Todas las criaturas grandes y pequeñas” | Blog Titulación Veterinaria

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:40:30 +0000

[...] La obra de Herriot fue trasladada al cine por Claude Whatham en 1975; en esta película el actor Anthony Hopkins interpreta el papel del socio de Herriot, Siegfried Farnon. Ese mismo año se filmó una segunda película a partir del libro de Herriot “Todas las cosas brillantes y hermosas”. La BBC realizó una serie de 90 episodios en los años 70, que volvió a grabar a finales de los años 80. En el año 2011 la BBC estrenó una miniserie de 3 capítulos, en la que se cuenta la vida de James Herriot durante su juventud y sus estudios en el Glasgow Veterinary College. Es tal la fama del autor que en Thirsk, el pueblo en el que desarrollo su trabajo como veterinario, se ha abierto un museo y un centro de visitantes que recrea la vida de los veterinarios en los años 40 y 50 (http://worldofjamesherriot.org/index.html). [...]

Comment on Young James Herriot Cancelled by Kate Hawkins

Kate Hawkins — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:11:33 +0000

Another Aussie who just got hooked on the Young James Herriot series, only to find it had been cancelled. I am very disappointed, as I feel it was just beginning to go somewhere. I grew up watching All Creatures Great and Small and have many James Herriot books on my bookshelf. I was enjoying delving into the student years, and as someone who has just finished Med School, was especially enjoying the look into the Vet Student past, as I think we forget just how young a profession vet science is, and jut how different it is now. The multi-layered story lines, of poverty vs wealth, sexism, the political history of the time, and a few love intrigues thrown in for good measure, were teaming up to make this a very watchable series. Very disappointed in you BBC, very disappointed indeed!

Comment on All Creatures Great & Small Set Visit 1985 by robyn van horn

robyn van horn — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:57:07 +0000

love this show . Love the books !! i had too buy hardbound books because i read them so often I went through 2 sets of soft bound books
watched this program as a kid and still think they are awesome !!!

Comment on Young James Herriot Cancelled by Nick Fox

Nick Fox — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 11:54:34 +0000

Sorry to see this program axed and it just goes to show the kind of dunces that makes such decisions. Obviously it’s not ‘All Creatures Great and Small,’ and neither it should have been; I think audiences were expecting a rerun, but the producers didn’t fall into that trap, which appears to have been at the cost of further episodes. The young Herriot comes over as a rather naive young man and thinking back on All Creatures, that’s just what he was after graduating as a vet and for those who haven’t read his book, it tells the same story of a rather naive Scottish vet in Yorkshire where he did battle with local farmers over fees and procedures. Having been brought up in Scotland in the 1950′s, I can only say that I recognize the attitudes and mores portrayed in the show only too well. I think the last episode of the three marked a turning point from where it could have become a very good series, but the guys standing in the corner (wearing the dunces hats) had other ideas. A promising series killed off far to early.

Comment on Young James Herriot Cancelled by Michael weir

Michael weir — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:32:53 +0000

I am so angry that the young James Harriet has been cancelled , it has only just aired in Australia ,and I found it very refreshing and real television , I could not wait each week to watch it,and now when things are getting really good it’s gone forever, I can’t believe the rubbish on TV daily, and you get a show with real down to earth people, and so gripping , they somehow feel the politics are to much for some people to cope with, I have been watching good and dreadful television for over 60 years, and I am quiet sure this was a very good one, and so do many of my friends, respectfully yours Michael weir. Thank you, ps. Very sad.

Comment on The Herriot Legacy by brian chattaway

brian chattaway — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:26:12 +0000

Being born in Yorkshire and having a friend who had a dairy farm i could relate to all of HERRIOTS books about the people and there ways. We had moved to California when i hadread all of his books it made us quite homesick, as the books were so brilliantly written. Before it being commonly known that Thirsk was the real town i had worked that out my useing the mileages that were given from differant places in the books, on a visit back to Yorkshire i asked a few people and they didnt seem to know, I was pleased with myself later when it became more common knowledge. When the TV series was made it was as if you were reading the books again, Have Americans enjoyed the series and Thirsk became a place of interest for them on visits to the UK We have travelled around the world but Yorkshire is Gods country

Comment on Young James Herriot Cancelled by Peter Puck

Peter Puck — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 12:42:55 +0000

Just saw the price of the complete ACGAS DVD collection in USD! About 250.-! Crazy!
At Amazon Germany you get the 27 DVD-collection (the German dubbed version) for 70 Euro!
You don’t speak German?
No problem, the original english soundtrack is included as audio channel on the DVDs! You can choose between the languages…So you will also have the bizarre pleasure of hearing the Darrowby folks speak German! (the dubbing is actually very good, but that’s of no interest for you native speakers, of course)
Now then…
Peter

Comment on Young James Herriot Cancelled by Peter Sinclair

Peter Sinclair — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:45:27 +0000

Siegfried’s character was based on the real life Donald Sinclair. Basil Fawlty was based on a real life Torquay hotelier called – Donald Sinclair.
Strange coincidence. Regards, Peter Sinclair (unrelated to either).

Comment on Young James Herriot Cancelled by A.J

A.J — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:03:03 +0000

I can’t say I’m surprised honestly. It wasn’t very good. There was too much of a feminist argument tacked on and then with the rascist story, its just a bit too much modern politically correct thinking loosely tacked onto a semi biographical setting from the 1930′s and it simply didn’t work. They should have chosen an older more experianced script writer.

Comment on Skeldale House Photo Set by Olan Graham

Olan Graham — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:52:34 +0000

We have been blessed by not only your book but the television series All Creatures Great and Small shown here in America. You truly are a British Pioneer in Animal care and we just want to say we appreciate you for your life’s work.

Comment on His Works by Stephen King is Not a Mars Bar | writerwithadayjob

Stephen King is Not a Mars Bar | writerwithadayjob — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:17:47 +0000

[...] as a gloomy, introspective teenager, I found comfort in the (adult) novels of Walter Macken, James Heriot and Taylor [...]

Comment on Life and Times by Pursuing China: University of Alberta professor emeritus Brian Evans on perils of beaver diplomacy | Edmonton Journal

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:53:42 +0000

[...] reprinted with the permission of the publisher. Written in a style that recalls Gerald Durrell or James Herriot, here’s Evans’ account of how he became Canada’s official Beaver Liaison Officer, [...]

Comment on Nostalgic meeting during author’s book signing by mercy

mercy — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:28:02 +0000

you are so lucky to have met a most remarkable man. i always do my children’s book report on mr. herriot’s books. the teacher always asks for the books and never returns them. well so much for my james herriot collection. i love james herriot!

Comment on Remembrance Day for James Herriot (Jim Wight) by Andrew Wilkie

Andrew Wilkie — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:33:34 +0000

My grandfather lived in Brandling Street, Roker, Sunderland and was close friends with the Bell family. I had read James Herriot books from being a teenager yet it was only when I was given the Biography by his son did the link come to light. My Father read the book and upon looking at the pictures he wondered what their family friend Stan Bell was doing in one of the pictures – the wedding one I recall.

Its a small world, as they say.