The cast of All Creatures Great And Small filmed their Christmas special during this summer s heatwave. The cast shot the Christmas scene in the studio in front of a coal fire in 30°C heat
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Last May, two months into the pandemic, I mused that life was shamelessly imitating art. That is, if Bill Murray’s Groundhog Day could qualify as art.
In lieu of having the alarm clock waking us up daily to the strains of Sonny and Cher’s I Got You Babe, we were being jostled out of sleep with the latest COVID-19 outbreaks, hospitalizations and mortality numbers. This was followed by daily press briefings from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier François Legault and Dr. Horacio Arruda. Then we were inundated with updates on debates surrounding sending kids to school, the closing of businesses, the wearing of masks and the merits of physical distancing.