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British comedy-drama series based on the autobiographical accounts of a real-life vet. Christopher Timothy stars as James Herriot: a veterinary surgeon working in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. All Creatures Great and Small follows the trials and tribulations faced by rural vets and the weird and wonderful challenges they encounter. This series, an adaption of James Herriot's memoi

British comedy-drama series based on the autobiographical accounts of a real-life vet. Christopher Timothy stars as James Herriot: a veterinary surgeon working in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. All Creatures Great and Small follows the trials and tribulations faced by rural vets and the weird and wonderful challenges they encounter. This series, an adaption of James Herriot's memoi

British comedy-drama series based on the autobiographical accounts of a real-life vet. Christopher Timothy stars as James Herriot: a veterinary surgeon working in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. All Creatures Great and Small follows the trials and tribulations faced by rural vets and the weird and wonderful challenges they encounter. This series, an adaption of James Herriot's memoi

There are very few famous personalities who have not sat on the interview couch with veteran broadcaster Michael Parkinson, for an in-depth conversation exploring their childhoods, early career starts and professional successes and occasional failures. World leaders, top sports people, filmmakers, legendary actors, political campaigners, business chiefs and famous musicians have shared stories and

British comedy-drama series based on the autobiographical accounts of a real-life vet. Christopher Timothy stars as James Herriot: a veterinary surgeon working in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. All Creatures Great and Small follows the trials and tribulations faced by rural vets and the weird and wonderful challenges they encounter. This series, an adaption of James Herriot's memoi

British comedy-drama series based on the autobiographical accounts of a real-life vet. Christopher Timothy stars as James Herriot: a veterinary surgeon working in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. All Creatures Great and Small follows the trials and tribulations faced by rural vets and the weird and wonderful challenges they encounter. This series, an adaption of James Herriot's memoi

British comedy-drama series based on the autobiographical accounts of a real-life vet. Christopher Timothy stars as James Herriot: a veterinary surgeon working in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. All Creatures Great and Small follows the trials and tribulations faced by rural vets and the weird and wonderful challenges they encounter. This series, an adaption of James Herriot's memoi

A renegade from the oligarchic society of Time Lords of the planet Gallifrey, the Doctor and his band of youthful and plucky human companions travel the universe in the Tardis (a time and space machine that he stole from his people while it was in for engineering repairs). Their erratic and unpredictable journey through the cosmos is full of adventure, as they fight evil monsters, power-hungry dic

A compilation of the very best of Sammy Davis Jr's famous 1960s performances for the BBC, that leaves no doubt as to why at the time he was billed as the world's greatest living entertainer. This show captures Davis as the ultimate swinger, singer and gunslinger, performing classic songs like My Funny Valentine and Once in a Lifetime, showing how he's quick on the draw with a pistol, and demonstra

The sequel to Life of a Mountain: Scafell Pike sees award-winning film-maker Terry Abraham return to the Lake District to showcase 'the people's mountain' – Blencathra. This spectacular documentary looks at the lives of local residents, schoolchildren and visitors to the mountain with contributions from comedian Ed Byrne, broadcaster Stuart Maconie, mountaineer Alan Hinkes OBE and record-breaking

Professor Alice Roberts reveals the natural history of the most famous of Ice Age animals – the Woolly Mammoth. Mammoths have transfixed humans since the depths of the last Ice Age when their herds roamed across what is now Europe and Asia. Although extinct for thousands of years scientists can now paint an incredibly detailed picture of the lives of these curious members of the elephant family th