All Creatures Great and Small: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of All Creatures Great and Small Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Against the Odds
Sep 3, 1988
James Herriot finds himself skiing through snowy dales to save a litter of dying piglets. Helen is confined to bed having a slipped a disc and Tristan is hoping that Siegfried will
Place of Honour
Sep 10, 1988
With Helen still bedridden, there is a dramatic increase in domestic chaos. While James struggles manfully with both chores and children, Siegfried and Tristan praise his noble ef
Choose a Bright Morning
Sep 17, 1988
James receives a cry for help from the isolated Bramley family who last came to town in 1929.
The Playing Field
Sep 24, 1988
A typical Yorkshire farmer is transformed into a cowboy; with Siegfried in London, Tristan is left with the worst patients.
When Dreams Come True
Oct 1, 1988
Helen is finally up and about - only to face the morning after the chaos of Tristan's party the night before.
A New Chapter
Oct 8, 1988
The Herriots prepare to move to Rowangarth and another emergency with Granville Bennett.
A Present from Dublin
Oct 15, 1988
Calum welcomes the new arrivals -- one that bites and one that fits Siegfried's cooking & cleaning requirements.
The Salt of the Earth (aka The Good Companions)
Oct 22, 1988
Siegfried is saddened by the death of a young bull terrier - one of an inseparable pair of dogs.
Cheques and Balances
Oct 29, 1988
Siegfried is determined to make the errant farmers pay their bills.
Female of the Species
Nov 5, 1988
Siegfried gives a friend's offspring some experience in the surgery. Calum initially resents this, but bucks up when he sees the young student.
The Jackpot
Nov 12, 1988
James wears his shorts to a visit and is challenged to a race, while Jock, a once champion sheepdog, and delights in chasing cars from the farm.
Two of a Kind
Nov 19, 1988
Siegfried buys a television set, and James has to deal with a man who has cancer.