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It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (in the United States also known as All Things Bright and Beautiful), is a 1976 sequel to the 1975 film All Creatures Great and Small. Although having the same title as James Herriot's second novel, the film is actually based on his third and fourth novels, Let Sleeping Vets Lie and Vet in Harness, which in the United States were released as a compilation volume titled All Things Bright and Beautiful. It is part of a series of movies and television series based on Herriot's novels. [1]

All Creatures Great and Small: The pubs, shops and other locations that feature in the new Channel Five series" - Yorkshire Post, 2 September 2020 Hibbs, James. "All Creatures Great and Small season 4: Release date speculation and news". Radio Times . Retrieved 16 November 2022.The book series focuses on the adventures of veterinary surgeon James Herriot and is set in the Yorkshire Dales, in the fictional town of Darrowby, based on a combination of Thirsk, Richmond, Leyburn and Middleham. [5] In the books, Herriot works with fellow veterinary surgeons Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, based on real-life counterparts, Donald Sinclair and his brother Brian Sinclair respectively. Wight used the name Helen Alderson for his real-life wife, Joan Danbury. Danbury, in real life was not a farmer’s daughter, but worked as a secretary. According to one source, "contrary to the stories, Alf Wight met her in a group outing to a local dance. Evidently, he felt she was worth pursuing from the first, though she had a number of boyfriends and admirers." [6] It was a fraught time, and a hungry one. Staples like eggs, butter and bacon were rationed. The delicious perk recounted in the stories, in which grateful farmers feed the country vets, was actually one way the two men eased the pangs of wartime austerity. Raised by artists

Much of Alf Wight’s work took place in farms all over North Yorkshire. To the rear of the house you will find the Foldyard and The Farrier exhibits, both with which Alf would have been very well-acquainted. As always, James Herriot’s quaint little stories of life as a veterinarian in long ago England offered a pleasant, easy-read escape from the real world. Rolling hills, English accents, darling animals up the wazoo, and an occasional bloody medical scene to keep things interesting… You really couldn’t ask for a better take-a-break-from-everything book. The World of James Herriot in Thirsk set for a bright future as visitor attraction is given 30-year lease". Veterinary Practice. 20 January 2021 . Retrieved 25 November 2020.All Creatures Great and Small (1972) (incorporating If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet) ISBN 0-330-25049-3 In 1939, at the age of 23, he qualified as a veterinary surgeon with Glasgow Veterinary College. In January 1940, he took a brief job at a veterinary practice in Sunderland, but moved in July to work in a rural practice based in the town of Thirsk, Yorkshire, close to the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors, where he was to remain for the rest of his life. The original practice is now a museum, "The World of James Herriot". Nicholas Ralph, plays Herriot in the new TV adaptation of “All Creatures Great and Small,” joined by Callum Woodhouse, left, as Tristan Farnon, and Samuel West as Siegfried Farnon, modelled on Brian and Donald Sinclair. Photograph: Matt Squire/Playground Television (UK) Ltd The student years All Creatures Great and Small: Who was the real James Herriot". Irish Times/New York Times . Retrieved 3 March 2021. The Foldyard (described as an enclosure for sheep or cattle) houses a collection of primitive-looking hand tools in everyday use in farms before machinery appeared. In the hands of skilled workers, however, these tools were most effective. The Foldyard provides an authentic setting for visitors to watch an exclusive short film of Alf Wight, his family and friends and the cast of All Creatures Great and Small.

James Herriot is the pen name of James Alfred Wight, OBE, FRCVS also known as Alf Wight, an English veterinary surgeon and writer. Wight is best known for his semi-autobiographical stories, often referred to collectively as All Creatures Great and Small, a title used in some editions and in film and television adaptations. In the United States, the books were collected as pairs into omnibus volumes because the publisher thought they were too short to publish independently. The title for the first book in the series All Creatures Great and Small (and subsequently of the movies and television series) was taken from the hymn " All Things Bright and Beautiful". According to Herriot's son, it was his sister who suggested the title, initially proposing All Creatures Great and Small. [8] Wight changed names, genders and other identifying features to protect the innocent (and his own reputation), but his son insists that the vast majority of the cases and clients in his books were based on real people (and animals). People didn’t always recognise themselves. One client, Mrs Bush, told Wight she had taken delight in a chapter “about that man and his pigs”, not realising that she had been the source. All Things Wise and Wonderful (1977) (incorporating Vets Might Fly and Vet in a Spin) ISBN 0-7181-1685-2

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Who is James Herriot and How "True" is All Creatures Great and Small?". Thirteen Media . Retrieved 6 March 2021. Helen Alderson (played by Rachel Shenton) is the main character least like her real-life counterpart, Wight’s wife, Joan Danbury (outside of their both being the first women in their villages to wear trousers, according to the Wights). Helen is a farmer’s daughter who wishes she had been given a chance to go to secretarial school; Danbury was a secretary. Helen’s mother is dead, which requires her to raise her sister; Danbury’s parents were very much alive during Wight’s courtship, and her mother even lived with the couple for 30 years. Helen isn’t much of a cook, but Danbury’s culinary delights might have earned her a Paul Hollywood handshake on The Great British Bake Off. Wight, Jim. 2000. The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-42151-7

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