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  • 1988-09-02T23:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 50m
  • 9h 47m (12 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English, Spanish; Castilian
  • Comedy, Drama
In the mid-1930s James Herriot, who recently graduated from the veterinary college in Glasgow, finds work in the rustic Yorkshire Dales of Northern England. This heartwarming drama chronicles his encounters with the locals and the animals they depend on. Based on the semi-autobiographical novels of James Alfred Wight, OBE, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot.

12 episodes

Season Premiere

1988-09-02T23:00:00Z

5x01 Against the Odds

Season Premiere

5x01 Against the Odds

  • 1988-09-02T23:00:00Z49m

James Herriot finds himself skiing through snowy dales to save a litter of dying piglets. Helen is confined to bed having a slipped a disc and Tristan is hoping that Siegfried will give him a job as he has resigned from the Ministry of Agriculture.

1988-09-09T23:00:00Z

5x02 Place of Honour

5x02 Place of Honour

  • 1988-09-09T23:00:00Z48m

With Helen still bedridden, there is
a dramatic increase in domestic chaos. While James struggles manfully with both chores and children, Siegfried and Tristan praise his noble efforts -- and do precisely nothing. Tristan nfuriates Mr. Bushy, a redoubtable farmer, by treating a dog instead of Busby's cow, by sleeping in, and finally by treating a bull instead of Busby's dog!

1988-09-16T23:00:00Z

5x03 Choose a Bright Morning

5x03 Choose a Bright Morning

  • 1988-09-16T23:00:00Z49m

James receives a cry for help from the isolated Bramley family who last came to town in 1929.

1988-09-23T23:00:00Z

5x04 The Playing Field

5x04 The Playing Field

  • 1988-09-23T23:00:00Z49m

A typical Yorkshire farmer is transformed into a cowboy; with Siegfried in London, Tristan is left with the worst patients.

1988-09-30T23:00:00Z

5x05 When Dreams Come True

5x05 When Dreams Come True

  • 1988-09-30T23:00:00Z49m

Helen is finally up and about - only to face the morning after the chaos of Tristan's party the night before.

1988-10-07T23:00:00Z

5x06 A New Chapter

5x06 A New Chapter

  • 1988-10-07T23:00:00Z49m

The Herriots prepare to move to Rowangarth and another emergency with Granville Bennett.

1988-10-14T23:00:00Z

5x07 A Present from Dublin

5x07 A Present from Dublin

  • 1988-10-14T23:00:00Z49m

Calum welcomes the new arrivals -- one that bites and one that fits Siegfried's cooking & cleaning requirements.

1988-10-21T23:00:00Z

5x08 The Salt of the Earth

5x08 The Salt of the Earth

  • 1988-10-21T23:00:00Z49m

Siegfried is saddened by the death of a young bull terrier - one of an inseparable pair of dogs.

1988-10-29T00:00:00Z

5x09 Cheques and Balances

5x09 Cheques and Balances

  • 1988-10-29T00:00:00Z49m

Siegfried is determined to make the errant farmers pay their bills.

1988-11-05T00:00:00Z

5x10 The Female of the Species

5x10 The Female of the Species

  • 1988-11-05T00:00:00Z49m

Siegfried gives a friend's offspring some experience in the surgery. Calum initially resents this, but bucks up when he sees the young student.

1988-11-12T00:00:00Z

5x11 The Jackpot

5x11 The Jackpot

  • 1988-11-12T00:00:00Z49m

James wears his shorts to a visit and is challenged to a race, while Jock, a once champion sheepdog, and delights in chasing cars from the farm.

1988-11-19T00:00:00Z

5x12 Two of a Kind

5x12 Two of a Kind

  • 1988-11-19T00:00:00Z49m

Siegfried buys a television set, and James has to deal with a man who has cancer.

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