All Creatures Great and Small - Season 7 - Eps 4: A Friend for Life
Tragedy strikes Bill Shadwell when his herd of dairy shorthorns contracts Johne's disease. As Shadwell approaches retirement, his son is keen to move into more profitable Friesian dairy cattle -- a move which means both James and Siegfried are caught up in the family's battle of wills. Mr. Grimsdale's bull poses problems of a different kind when Siegfried is convinced it has swallowed a dangerous metal object. But tightfisted Grimsdale is not convinced that an operation is needed. Tristan's new metal detector could prove to be the solution to a tricky dilemma.
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