A new trailer is here for the fifth season of All Creatures Great and Small. PBS Masterpiece just announced the first four seasons will be available beginning this week for free to stream for everyone to catch up on the series. Viewers in the U.S. will get to see the next season beginning with its first episode airing Sunday, January 12, 2025, at 8 p.m. Central. But first they can stream the first four seasons for a limited time beginning Thanksgiving Day.
Returning for the fifth season is Nicholas Ralph as veterinarian and new WWII veteran James Herriot and Samuel West as his mercurial mentor Siegfried Farnon. Anna Madeley is back as the matriarch of Skeldale House Mrs. Hall, along with Rachel Shenton as the charismatic Helen Herriot. James Anthony-Rose is back in his second season as new vet Richard Carmody. Also returning is Patricia Hodge as Mrs Pumphrey, and her adored pampered Pekingese Tricki. What fans of the series have been waiting for is no secret: Callum Woodhouse also returns to his role as Tristan Farnon, back from the war as seen in the season preview. Siegfried’s mischievous brother has been serving in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps and fans will all be happy to see him return to the series.
Here is the new trailer for Season 5 of All Creatures Great and Small:
Click the image to go to the video on the PBS website:
Here is a recap of the first four seasons at the PBS website (click image to go to the video):
The new season continues to tell the stories of James Herriot as viewers return to Darrowby to join the internationally celebrated unconventional Skeldale Family and the colorful ensemble of farmers, animals and townsfolk living in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1940s. Filming took place on location in Yorkshire for both seasons 5 and 6.
Check out this link or go to the PBS app between November 28, 2024, through December 24, 2024, to catch up with the entire series so far.
Also returning for Season 5 are writers Debbie O’Malley (Payback, The Guilty) who will write episodes 1 and 6 and Maxine Alderton (All Creatures Great and Small, Doctor Who) who will write episodes 2 and 4. They are joined by writers Matt Evans (Phoenix Rise, A Town Called Malice) who will write episode 3 and Robin French (Cuckoo, The Great) will write episode 5. Brian Percival (All Creatures Great and Small, Dark Angel) returns as Lead Director and Executive Producer of Episodes 1 and 2, Stewart Svaasand (Tin Star, Outlander) returns to direct episodes 3 & 4, and Andy Hay (All Creatures Great and Small, The Last Kingdom) will direct Episodes 5, 6 and the Christmas Special. Yvonne Francas (The Syndicate, Our Girl) also returns as Producer.
Again, you can catch the first through fourth seasons (that’s fourth “series” in the UK) of All Creatures Great and Small, UK Channel 5’s highest rated drama ever, from November 28, 2024, through December 23, 2024, online and on the PBS app.
All Creatures Great and Small has been renewed for not one, but two seasons–5 and 6. Subscribe on this page and keep coming back to borg for more coverage of the series in the coming years.
C.J. Bunce / Editor / borg
