James Herriot vet, Peter Wright worked with Alf Wight at Skeldale House; years later, his work was featured on a multi-season television series on Channel 5 (UK), "The Yorkshire Vet". In his books, Wight calls the town in which Herriot lives and works Darrowby, a composite of Thirsk, Richmond, Leyburn and Middleham. He also renamed Donald Sinclair and his brother Brian Sinclair as Siegfried and Tristan Farnon respectively, and used the name "Helen Alderson" for Joan Danbury. Contrary to popular belief, Wight's books are only partially autobiographical, with many of the stories being only loosely based on real events or people. Wight's
All Creatures Great and Small (franchise) as Siegfried Farnon. "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet" is based on the two following novels, "Let Sleeping Vets Lie" (1973) and "Vet in Harness" (1974), and was released in 1976. It was directed by Eric Till, written by Alan Plater, and starred John Alderton as James Herriot and Colin Blakely as Siegfried Farnon. "All Creatures Great and Small" is a BBC television series based initially on first two novels, "If Only They Could Talk" (1970) and "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet" (1972). As the novels are written in an episodic style, with each chapter generally containing a short