All Creatures Great and Small - Season 3 - Eps 12: Matters of Life and Death
James treats Paul Cotterell's dog Theo, who has been losing weight and is diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. James recommends that Theo be put down and Paul agrees. James doesn't realize the impact this has on Paul and the tragic results that ensue. James meets Lord Hulton, a hard working farm owner despite his aristocratic background. Hulton takes a liking to a horse that has wandered onto his property from the nearby military depot. At the Billings farm, James finds young calves who are wasting away. He thinks they have ingested an irritant of some kind, but the vets simply can't isolate it.
About All Creatures Great and Small
Title: All Creatures Great and Small
First Air Date: 1978-01-08
Last Air Date: 1990-11-17
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.7/10 (from 42 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 8
Total Episodes: 87
Network: BBC One
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Production Companies: BBC
Synopsis
All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot. Ninety episodes were aired over two three-year runs. The first run was based directly on Herriot's books; the second was filmed with original scripts.
Cast
Lynda Bellingham
Helen Herriot
Robert Hardy
Siegfried Farnon
Christopher Timothy
James Herriot
Peter Davison
Tristan Farnon
Jean Heywood
Mrs Alton
