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Season 2 | All Creatures Great and Small

MASTERPIECE “All Creatures Great and Small” Season 2 Coming Soon to MASTERPIECE on PBS Shown: FRONT LEFT TO RIGHT, SIEGFREID FARNON (SAMUEL WEST), JAMES HERRIOT (NICHOLAS RALPH) & TRISTAN FARNON (CALLUM WOODHOUSE). BACKROW: HELEN ALDERSON (RACHEL SHENTON) & MRS HALL (ANNA MADELEY). For editorial use only. Courtesy of MASTERPIECE.
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MASTERPIECE “All Creatures Great and Small” Season 2 Coming Soon to MASTERPIECE on PBS Shown: FRONT LEFT TO RIGHT, SIEGFREID FARNON (SAMUEL WEST), JAMES HERRIOT (NICHOLAS RALPH) & TRISTAN FARNON (CALLUM WOODHOUSE). BACKROW: HELEN ALDERSON (RACHEL SHENTON) & MRS HALL (ANNA MADELEY). For editorial use only. Courtesy of MASTERPIECE.

Sundays, Jan. 9 - Feb. 20 at 9 p.m. on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Return to the Yorkshire Dales to follow the adventures of veterinarian James Herriot in the 1930s.

All Creatures Great and Small returns for a second season of heartwarming and humorous stories based on James Herriot’s beloved bestselling novels about a young vet and his surrogate family in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales of the 1930s.

BINGE all seven episodes starting January 9 at 9 p.m. on WKAR Passport. Get access to this donor-exclusive video on demand and more at wkar.org/wkar-passport

Episode One | Jan. 9
James and Helen test the waters of their relationship as James ponders a new job prospect. Tristan dives into his vet practice a bit too confidently.

Episode Two | Jan. 16
Hopeful of a closer relationship with Helen, James invites her to the gala spring dance. Siegfried also tries his luck with romance.

Episode Three | Jan. 23
Medical advice clashes with farming wisdom as James and Helen have their first quarrel. Mrs. Pumphrey’s dog gets Tristan in trouble.

Episode Four | Jan. 30
Tristan works out how to make clients happy but then gets bad news. James and Helen have a heart-to-heart.

Episode Five | Feb. 6
James has to settle old scores both on and off the playing field when a familiar face returns to Darrowby, while Tristan and Siegfried must acknowledge their differences.

Episode Six | Feb. 13
James solves both medical and romantic emergencies. Meanwhile, Siegfried, Tristan, and Mrs. Hall also face hurdles.

Episode Seven (UK Christmas Special) | Feb. 20
James and Helen question their future together in the run-up to Christmas Day, while things look grave for one of Darrowby’s most beloved animals.

"All Creatures Great and Small" is a Playground production for MASTERPIECE and Channel 5 in association with All3Media and Screen Yorkshire.

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