** Now a major TV series on Channel 5 **Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, to the young James Herriot 1930s Yorkshire seems to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. But from his erratic new colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, to incomprehensible farmers, herds of semi-feral cattle, a pig called Nugent and an overweight Pekingese called Tricki Woo, James finds he is on a learning curve as steep as the hills around him. And when he meets Helen, the beautiful daughter of a local farmer, all the training and experience in the world can"t help him...Since they were first published, James Herriot"s memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Creatures Great and Small is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain"s best-loved authors."I grew up reading James Herriot"s books and I"m delighted that thirty years on, they are still every bit as charming, heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then" Kate Humble"Herriot"s enchanting tales of life in the Dales are deservedly classics. Full of extraordinary characters, animal and human, the books never fail to delight" Amanda Owen, bestselling author of The Yorkshire ShepherdessBulls with sunstroke, pigs on the run and a cake-eating Peke with a betting habit... I grew up reading James Herriot"s book and I"m delighted that thirty years on they are still every bit as charming, heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then.Kate HumbleThe attraction of Herriot"s ever popular memoirs of a country vet... is their alternating highs and lows, humour and pathos, and gripping anecdotes about delivering lambs, grumpy farmers, hypochondriac pet-owners, stroppy cows and blunt Yorkshire characters. And, of course, there"s a powerful nostalgia element in these stories about our green and pleasant land in the day before the ravages of ribbon development.Daily MailHerriot"s enchanting tales of life in the Dales are deservedly classics. Full of extraordinary characters, animal and human, the books never fail to delightAmanda Owen, bestselling author of The Yorkshire Shepherdess