Suffering due to the rising temperatures every day is to now get easier with our favorite feel-good drama, All Creatures Great and Small, returning with its third season to help us get through it. Needless to say, fans are more than excited to see what the new season brings for the beloved Skeldale family.
The show premiered on Thursday, September 15 at 9 PM on Channel 5, with Episode 1: Second Time Lucky spanning one hour. Three months have passed from where the end of the previous season left us. Now its springtime in the year 1939. We saw how Tristan has finally begun his career as a qualified vet, and how James and Helen’s sweet relationship enters a new chapter: all while there is a potential Second World War looming large.
All Creatures Great and Small Overview and Cast
This period drama follows the numerous adventures of an amicable staff at a country veterinarian practice between the 1930s and 1940s in the Yorkshire Dales, northern England, mainly James Herriot. The series is based on the books by real-life vet Alf Wight, who wrote under the pen name of James Herriot.
Filming on the series commenced in March 2022, and scenes were mostly shot around Yorkshire.
All the main cast from previous seasons reprise their roles in the third installation of All Creatures Great and Small. Nicholas Ralph, who plays James Herriot, and Rachel Shenton, who is Helen are finally an item. We will see more glorious banter between Tristan Farnon, played by Callum Woodhouse, and his older sterner brother Siegfried Farnon portrayed by Samuel West.
Moreover, the delightful Mrs. Hall is back, played by Anna Madeley, while Patricia Hodge portrays Mrs. Pumphrey, the eccentric dog owner, in place of the late Diana Rigg.
All Creatures Great and Small Season 3, Episode 2 Preview
Whatsoever, the people of Darrowby must rethink their purpose: whether to stay put or go fight for their country in the imminent war. Among them is our very own, James Herriot, the main character of the series, who seems to be torn between the said choices. But Tristan wisely points out that he could do more good by staying and helping people with TB rather than being a soldier.
The trailer for All Creatures Great and Small gives us a glimpse of the much-awaited wedding between James and Helen, who are visibly head over heels in love with each other. But the war might just completely upend their happiness.
Meanwhile, Siegfried, the owner of Skeldale, makes some ill-timed remarks to newly-wed James as a reminder about his responsibilities as a veterinarian as he was getting ready for his honeymoon with Helen, to the extent that James almost misses it trying to help a poor farmer’s cow struggling with TB.
Realizing the effect his words had on James, Siegfried immediately rewards him by making our favorite vet joint business partner at the practice, thus putting an end to James’s dilemma because being invested in protected jobs, not only James but also Tristan would be unable to volunteer to fight in the potential war. For that, Siegfried is grateful.
All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 Episode 2 Spoilers
In Episode 2 of Season 3, James struggles to convince Siegfried to delegate more responsibilities now that he has been made junior partner at the Skeldale firm. However, certain unforeseen challenges threaten to push James to his breaking point as war seems inevitable. But thanks to Helen, he becomes aware of how profitable the Ministry of Agriculture’s Bovine Tuberculosis testing program could be for Skeldale.
All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 Episode 2 Release Date
Thursdays bring new episodes of All Creatures Great and Small Season 3 at 9 PM. Written by Chloe Mylen-Newer, Episode 2 of the same is set to air on September 22, 2022, at said time.
All Creatures Great and Small Season 3: How To Watch
For fans in the United States, however, the show will not be available until Sunday, January 8, 2023. It will air on PBS at 9 pm ET. Season 3 of All Creatures Great and Small may also be streamed on My5. Moreover, it is available on DVD via Amazon.
The current season takes the audience through the dramatic events that take place in and around Darrowby. The show being equally scenic with picturesque montages of medieval Yorkshire, as it is humourous and sweet, has quickly claimed a place in the audience’s heart.
