The salubrious nature of PBS' 'All Creatures Great and Small' is established enough that if you're reading this, you probably don't need for further convincing. And in these new episodes he proves the value of having a boss who challenges his employees and makes them better, while respecting them enough take their feedback and criticisms seriously. He demands that everyone pulls their weight, even the dog, but gives them space to figure themselves out. He makes a show of being rough and unconquerable in one moment before softening like the down grass carpeting the hills that surround this quaint little hamlet.

He bellows commands and facts with absolute certainty before insisting he means the opposite moments later. RELATED: PBS' idyllic 'All Creatures Great and Small' restores our sorely tested faith in humanity Aubrey Hall (Anna Madeley), Siegfried is a harmless contrarian. As the lead vet in his business and the head of a household that includes Herriot, his carousing, trickster of a brother Tristan (Callum Woodhouse) and the bighearted, no-nonsense housekeeper Mrs. Not just hanging about the place!' Then he frantically looks about for his prized Golden Retriever and breathlessly asks, 'Where's Jess?'īy the second season of 'All Creatures Great and Small' we're wise to the gentle humor West's Siegfried personifies. 'Let it be used for farm work, for shooting, for guiding. A dog should have a function,' declares Siegfried. 'Why people keep animals as pets is beyond me. Americans don't need convincing on that front, but as season 2 begins James Herriot (Nicholas Ralph) has a tough time persuading his bearish employer Siegfried Farnon (Samuel West) to expand their Yorkshire Dales veterinary practice to care for more small animals. People Tolerated.'Įven in 1938 people understood the healing power of an animal companion. There's a sign on the barroom door at The Drover's Arms, the town's favorite pub on PBS Masterpiece's ' All Creatures Great and Small,' that captures a sentiment shared many of us in 2021: 'Animals Welcome.

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