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The first 6 episodes of the first series of the popular drama based on the books by vet James Herriot. James (Christopher Timothy) arrives in rural Darrowby to begin veterinary practice. His employer is the demanding Siegfried Farnon (Robert Hardy), and in addition to mastering the local dialect, James faces a healthy dose of Yorkshire scepticism from his new clients. The episodes included are: 'Horse Sense', 'Dog Days', 'It Takes All Kinds', 'Calf Love', 'Out of Practice' and 'Nothing Like Experience'.
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3 discs,
Contents;
Horse sense,
Dof days,
It takes all kinds,
Calf love,
Out of practice,
Nothing like experience
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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful
By N. Ohtsubo
It is one of the most charming television series ever made. It can truely be said to be a timeless classic. The image and audio quality suffers from time to time (it was made in the 70s), but the stories and acting make up for any technical limitations. No additional features. Breaking the series into two boxed sets is a little annoying, but better than what happened to the VHS release.
43 of 44 people found the following review helpful
By Mark Antony
Based on the books of James Herriot, this is series one of the classic TV adaption. The series tells the story of newly qualified Scottish vet Herriot (Christopher Timothy) travelling to Yorkshire, to secure a job of assistant vet to Seigfried Farnhan (Robert Hardy) This first series tells how James gets the job, his first tentative steps in the practice, his courtship, and subsequent marriage to local girl Helen Alderton (Carol Drinkwater) and his first meeting with the youthful and philandering Brother of Siegfried, Tristan (Peter Davison)
Also in series one, this disc set being the first of two parts, Sigfrieds exasperation over his Brothers failiure to qualify, his hilarious attempts to organise the practise by employing a secretary, the dragon like Winnifrid Harbottle!
The story of the vets unfolds against the impending world war two, often bringing into play nostalgic elements, like listening to Lamplight the wireless in the sitting room, cosy fireside chats, and mealtime cnversations, making the audience often appreciate the joy of home cooking, and the companionship of good friends and family.
James dedication to his work is at times, in the opinion of his partners, bordering on the obsessive... Also shining through is his innate caring attitude towards the community he has grown to love. But it is the towering performence of Robert Hardy as Siegfried, and his psychological battles with his Brother Tristan, which went a long way to making this series the gem that is is.
31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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Don't know what the viewing figures were when this came out in the seventies but it seemed at the time that everyone was watching it. Could recall the programme contained shots of beautiful Yorkshire countryside but as an adult I am enjoying it all the more, it is just such fun to watch, plenty of humour, rich characterisations and wonderful acting. Robert Hardy's portrayal of Siegfried is electric - he positively sparkles with energy.
Very suitable for family viewing. The PG rating must be for the operating scenes and for the occasional bit of bad language but there is nothing crude or rude about this series, and no F words! Hoorah. Some of today's producers need to put this on and learn.
Has default subtitles which can be switched off. We have bought up to the end of the second series, beyond that not sure if the series has been committed to DVD yet but even if that is all you can get in the UK, it is worth it. We hope that the third series will appear on DVD soon.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Excellent. A wonderful series from 1978 to 1990 one of the BBC'S best productions. Recreates life in Yorkshire as a vet before the second world war. The charectors are great and who can forget the irribpressable Mrs Pumphrey and her beloved Tricky woo
with cracker dog and flot bot.
If you ever get the chance to see the James Herriot museum in Thirsk it will bring back lots of hapiness to anyone who enjoyed the programme.
with cracker dog and flot bot.
If you ever get the chance to see the James Herriot museum in Thirsk it will bring back lots of hapiness to anyone who enjoyed the programme.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By T. Stanton
I've enjoyed reading the James Herriot Books, so to know that there was dvd's based on the story was great!!
You know how some films that are made based on books, you watch and you have not a clue how they came to base it on that particular book as its not true to it? Well these Dvd's are different, because they are very true to the books, i'm happy to see that!
In this first series, James comes to the town of Darrowby as a fresh Vet from COllage. It takes time for him to get used to the unusal ways of the farmers, the cases he has to work on are shown in the film, also the scraps of Trickiewoo! and he even finds something quite special in a miss Alderson. Christopher Timothy and Robert Hardy are well suited for the parts of James and Siegfried. Its an enjoyable film, suitable to watch with the family too!
You know how some films that are made based on books, you watch and you have not a clue how they came to base it on that particular book as its not true to it? Well these Dvd's are different, because they are very true to the books, i'm happy to see that!
In this first series, James comes to the town of Darrowby as a fresh Vet from COllage. It takes time for him to get used to the unusal ways of the farmers, the cases he has to work on are shown in the film, also the scraps of Trickiewoo! and he even finds something quite special in a miss Alderson. Christopher Timothy and Robert Hardy are well suited for the parts of James and Siegfried. Its an enjoyable film, suitable to watch with the family too!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Primzahl
My impression is that the picture quality of series 1 and 2 is really bad, but
it gets much better with series 3.
A local (german) TV station is doing a rerun of the first few series and the
picture quality of the 30 years old dubbed version is much better than
that on these DVDs.
it gets much better with series 3.
A local (german) TV station is doing a rerun of the first few series and the
picture quality of the 30 years old dubbed version is much better than
that on these DVDs.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Linx
Has anybody noticed that certain scenes from the original tv episodes have been omitted from the dvd series without obvious explanation?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Lovely, gentle, educational, re-seeable entertainment that we are so lucky that British TV does so well. Wonderful actors, wonderful backdrop of the Yorkshire Moors and a social history of a bygone age too. Very good value.
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