Jan 9, 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) “All Creatures Great and Small,” a beloved TV series of yore, is back as a reboot because producer Colin Callender saw the seriocomic adventures of veterinarians in a close-knit rural community as tonic for a politically divisive era.
Then the pandemic arrived, and a series knitted together with vivid characters, engaging stories and the beautifully filmed British countryside and, of course, lots of animals, farm and otherwise provided more reason to revive the world depicted by author James Herriot.
Herriot was the pen name for James Alfred “Alf” Wight, who began working as a novice vet in northern England’s Yorkshire area in 1940, kept at it for five decades, and drew on his experiences for his 1970s and ’80s semi-autobiographical works.
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer
January 8, 2021
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LOS ANGELES – “All Creatures Great and Small,” a beloved TV series of yore, is back as a reboot because producer Colin Callender saw the seriocomic adventures of veterinarians in a close-knit rural community as a tonic for a politically divisive era.
Then the pandemic arrived, and a series knitted together with vivid characters, engaging stories and the beautifully filmed British countryside – and, of course, lots of animals, farm and otherwise – provided more reason to revive the world depicted by author James Herriot.
Herriot was the pen name for James Alfred `Alf’ Wight, who began working as a novice vet in northern England’s Yorkshire area in 1940, kept at it for five decades, and drew on his experiences for his 1970s and ’80s semi-autobiographical works.
LOS ANGELES - “All Creatures Great and Small,” a beloved TV series of yore, is back as a reboot because producer Colin Callender saw the seriocomic adventur