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Dame Diana Rigg has been a MASTERPIECE regular for decades. From her Emmy Award-winning role in the 1997 adaptation of
Rebecca to her years-long host duty on
Mystery!, Rigg brought her charm and considerable gravitas to PBS TV screens for years. Rigg passed away in September 2020, making her role as the elegant Mrs. Pumphrey one of her very last. The
All Creatures Great and Small cast pays tribute to Rigg, along with some of her other MASTERPIECE friends and castmates.
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The cast of
All Creatures Great and Small is storied, to be sure, but there’s one cast member who rises above the rest.
interview subject: Jill Clark
mp interview content 0 question: I understand that animal welfare is one of the highest priorities for the show. Can you explain the kinds of things that you and the trainers from 1
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mp interview content 0 answer: It s very much like looking after the children on the set you have to go make sure every part of their welfare is met. They can t be overworked, they can t get stressed, and you have to be very aware of the temperature that s all around them. We care for all their needs the correct food that they have, the constant supply of water just everything that they need. And the ability to carry out their own natural actions, so nothing is trained that the animal is not able to do naturally, so there is nothing forced on them.
Can t get enough of Masterpiece PBS s
All Creatures Great and Small? You re in luck. The period show based on the books of James Herriot has already been confirmed for a second season.
Here s what we know so far.
All Creatures Great and Small was renewed for a second season in late 2020.
James Herriot will return once again to Farnon s veterinary practice in Darrowby. Per
Deadline, season two is set to begin filming in the Yorshire Dales in early 2021, but production will undoubtedly be impacted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and a premiere date has yet to be set. I know that filming was planned to go ahead in springtime of 2021, actress Rachel Shenton, who plays Helen on the series told
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Even as I watched the animated introduction to PBS Masterpiece s All Creatures Great and Small, which features a small automobile zipping through rolling green hills dotted with fleecy sheep, I felt my jaw unclench and my shoulders drop just a bit. The series, which is based on the beloved books by Alf Wight (under the nom de plume James Herriot), promises from the outset to be tremendously cozy the television equivalent of a chunky sweater knit from oatmeal-colored yarn.
But All Creatures doesn t just stop at being pleasant in a wholesomely British kind of way. Coursing through the entire seven-episode series is such an amount of heart, the kind that ensures that goodness and decency inevitably win the day, that it will leave you yearning for better times, especially amid the unprecedented stress the last year has brought us.