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"Well, your dog seems to love you."

This show said "grumpy doctor and sunshine teacher" and turned it UP.

I have always enjoyed James Herriot’s stories based on the writer’s actual life as a vet in Yorkshire Dales. They are funny, with farm-animal drama, and quirky observations about small-town life.

The latest books-to-screen adaptation is a worthy watch just for its stunning pan shots of the Dales, Surely, there is no other countryside as gorgeous. Season 1 starts with a young Herriot (Nicholas Ralph) finding a position as a vet in Siegfried Farnon’s firm (an utterly delightful, scene-stealing Samuel West). The young vet works hard to gain acceptance in the local community, where he is initially seen as little more than a wet behind the ears rookie from the city.

He is joined by Siegfried’s younger brother, Tristan (played by Callum Woodhouse, who you might remember from Durrell’s in Corfu) another vet-in-making who, while loved locally, is constantly struggling under his brother’s exacting and demanding gaze. Mrs. Hall, played wonderfully by Anna Madeley, is the housekeeper who runs this bachelor pad.

It really is an ensemble show, and ACAS successfully gives each of these characters’ distinct personality and life stories. Each episode deals with a couple of distinct veterinary cases, glimpses of the farming life in the Dales and the goings about in the eccentric Farnon household.

The show is set in the 1930s, so the memory of the first war is still large, and another one looms on the horizon. But life in a little village in England goes on. The three bachelors even find some time for romance. Every episode is like a comforting cup of hot chocolate, making All Creatures Great and Small the perfect Christmas watch.

It's strange loving someone without a place to put that love -

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