All Creatures Great and Small (franchise) "James Herriot", and are set in the fictional town of "Darrowby", based on a combination of Thirsk, Richmond, Leyburn and Middleham.. In the books James Herriot work with fellow veterinary surgeons, Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, based on real-life counterparts, "Donald Sinclair" and his brother "Brian Sinclair" respectively. Wight also used the name "Helen Alderson" for his wife, Joan Danbury. In America the books were collected as pairs into omnibus volumes, as the publisher felt they were too short to publish independently. The title chosen for the first book in the series "All Creatures Great and Small" (and subsequently one of
All Creatures Great and Small (TV series) I am very, very grateful," added Robert Hardy. "The series means a great deal to me as it took up such a large span of my life." Peter Davison was the subject of "This Is Your Life" in 1982, early in the life of "All Creatures". Christopher Timothy, Davison and Jean Heywood attended Lynda Bellingham's appearance on the show in 1993. Christopher Timothy's time came in 2000, for which Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Carol Drinkwater and Lynda Bellingham were in attendance. Christopher Timothy and Robert Hardy attended a service of thanksgiving for Alf Wight at York Minster on 20 October