All Creatures Great and Small: Andante
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Sunday, June 28 on 5SELECT (46)
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Andante
Season 1, Episode 3
Siegfried applies to become attending vet at Darrowby racecourse - but the position comes with conditions, and he is torn between his ambition and his loyalty to the practice. Tristan collects the debts owed to the surgery, but ends up losing all the money and resorts to placing a risky bet to cover up his mistake. When the favourite to win on the race day is diagnosed with a inoperable condition, James has his first painful experience of having to put an animal down - only to end up being threatened with legal action by the owner
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Nicholas Ralph
(Actor)
.. James Herriot
Samuel West
(Actor)
.. Siegfried Farnon
Anna Madeley
(Actor)
.. Mrs Hall
Diana Rigg
(Actor)
.. Mrs Pumphrey
Callum Woodhouse
(Actor)
.. Tristan Farnon
Rachel Shenton
(Actor)
.. Helen Alderson
Matthew Lewis
(Actor)
.. Hugh Hulton
Nigel Havers
(Actor)
.. Gen Ransom
Tony Pitts
(Actor)
.. Richard Alderson
Maimie McCoy
(Actor)
.. Dorothy
Imogen Clawson
(Actor)
.. Jenny Alderson
Mollie Winnard
(Actor)
.. Maggie
Drew Cain
(Actor)
.. James Herriot Sr
Gabriel Quigley
(Actor)
.. Hannah Herriot
Alexis Platt
(Actor)
.. Dick Rudd
Laura Lindsay
(Actor)
.. Mrs Rudd
Roxanne Waite
(Actor)
.. Edith Rudd
Nigel Betts
(Actor)
.. Dennis Handshaw
Melanie Kilburn
(Actor)
.. Sylvie Handshaw
Mark Noble
(Actor)
.. Harry Dinsdale
Naomi Radcliffe
(Actor)
.. Mrs Dinsdale
Kriss Dosanjh
(Actor)
.. George Pandhi
Steve Jackson
(Actor)
.. Jeremy Sharpe
Susan Jameson
(Actor)
.. Lillian Calvert
Jon Furlong
(Actor)
.. Mr Dobson
Steven Blakeley
(Actor)
.. Mr Foyle
Dave Hill
(Actor)
.. Bert Chapman
Cleo Sylvestre
(Actor)
.. Anne Chapman
Sean Carlsen
(Actor)
.. Joe Mulligan
Richard Burrell
(Producer)
Rebecca Eaton
(Executive producer)
Melissa Gallant
(Executive producer)
Caroline Cooper Charles
(Executive producer)
Louise Pedersen
(Executive producer)
Colin Callender
(Executive producer)
Hugo Heppell
(Executive producer)
Ben Vanstone
(Executive producer)
Metin Huseyin
(Director)
Lisa Holdsworth
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Nicholas Ralph
(Actor)
.. James Herriot
Samuel West
(Actor)
.. Siegfried Farnon
Born:
June 19, 1966
in
London
Best Known For:
His roles in Howards End and Hornblower.
Early-life:
Samuel Alexander Joseph West was born in south London on June 19, 1966, to thespians Prunella Scales and Timothy West. He has a younger brother, Joe, and an older half-sister, Juliet, from his father's first marriage. His childhood was spent either at home with his mother or visiting his father on location around the globe. His parents discouraged him from becoming an actor, and at first it seemed their ploy worked when he concentrated on studying science at school. He planned to study physics at Oxford University, but switched to English.
Career:
West had a small part in TV series Nanny when he was 13, but didn't become hooked on acting until appearing with Oxford University's theatre group. He went on to appear in a TV adaptation of the Chronicles of Narnia as Prince Caspian, but 1992's Howards End was his big break, earning him a Bafta nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Since then he's appeared in A Feast at Midnight, Carrington, Persuasion, Jane Eyre, Stiff Upper Lips, Hornblower, Iris, and Van Helsing. He also starred in the critically acclaimed play ENRON in 2009 and alongside his father in Caryl Churchill's two-hander A Number, in 2011. In 2012 he appeared as grumpy angel Zac Gist in ITV1's fantasy drama Eternal Law. More recently he featured in Hyde Park on Hudson and Mr Selfridge.
Quote:
'The problem with being fashionable is you become unfashionable.'
Trivia:
In 2005 West became the artistic director of Sheffield Theatres, eventually leaving two years later when the city's Crucible was closed for refurbishment. He's also directed a number of plays.
Anna Madeley
(Actor)
.. Mrs Hall
Diana Rigg
(Actor)
.. Mrs Pumphrey
Born:
July 20, 1938
in
Doncaster
Best Known For:
Being a 1960s icon.
Early-life:
Born Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg on July 20, 1938, in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, but spent her early years in India. At the age of eight she was sent back to England to attend boarding school in Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire. She later transferred to Fulneck School in West Yorkshire where she developed her love of acting, inspiring her to audition for a place at RADA in 1955; she made her professional stage debut the same year.
Career:
In 1959, Rigg signed a five-year contract with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her move to TV came in 1965 when she was offered the role of Emma Peel in The Avengers, but the demand for interviews and photographs proved too much, forcing her to quit in 1967. She went on to star in various movies, including On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Julius Caesar and The Great Muppet Caper, but by the 1980s her screen success was fading. However, she returned to form in 1989 in the award-winning miniseries Mother Love, and has appeared continually on stage, film and TV ever since. In 2013, she made a memorable Doctor Who villain alongside Matt Smith and her real-life daughter Rachael Stirling, and has a regular role in the acclaimed Game of Thrones.
Quote:
'You go your own way - you think, ‘That's what I want to do, it gives me pleasure' - the rest of the world can swing on by.'
Trivia:
She was made a Dame in 1994.
Callum Woodhouse
(Actor)
.. Tristan Farnon
Rachel Shenton
(Actor)
.. Helen Alderson
Matthew Lewis
(Actor)
.. Hugh Hulton
Nigel Havers
(Actor)
.. Gen Ransom
Born:
November 06, 1949
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing lovable cads.
Early-life:
Nigel Allan Havers was born on November 6, 1949, in London. He is the son of barrister Michael, Lord Havers, who became famous for successfully defending Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in 1967 after their arrest on drugs charges. Lord Havers was also chief prosecutor during the Yorkshire Ripper trial and was briefly the Lord Chancellor in 1987. Nigel went to the Arts Educational School before deciding to become an actor; his older brother, Philip, followed in their father's footsteps by becoming a QC.
Career:
Havers' first acting job was on the Mrs Dale's Diary radio series. He also spent time with the Prospect Theatre Company. During a lean period he became a wine merchant, but things picked up after an appearance in Upstairs, Downstairs. He's since cropped up in the likes of Chariots of Fire (for which he received a Bafta nomination), Pennies from Heaven, Tales of the Unexpected and A Passage to India. The sitcom Don't Wait Up was a huge hit, and was followed by The Charmer. More recently he's featured in The Sarah Jane Adventures, Brothers and Sisters, Downton Abbey and I'm A Celebrity Get… Me Out of Here! Havers walked out of the latter after a week in the jungle. He played the role of Lewis Archer in Coronation Street in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
Quote:
'I am always cheerful and optimistic. If I am ever turned down after an audition, I allow myself just 24 hours to sulk, and then I forget about it, smile, and move on.'
Trivia:
He is a regular on the pantomime circuit. He is also the godfather of comedian Jack Whitehall.
Tony Pitts
(Actor)
.. Richard Alderson
Maimie McCoy
(Actor)
.. Dorothy
Best Known For:
The Musketeers.
Early-life:
Born Mary McCoy in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, in 1980 to Eugene and Barbara, Maimie studied performing arts at London Metropolitan University.
Career:
McCoy has guest starred in Doctors, Waking the Dead, Taggart, The Bill and Endeavour. Her first leading role was in the 2009 BBC Three comedy drama Personal Affairs. She also starred in Victoria Wood's one-off drama Loving Miss Hatto. Her big break came in 2014 when she began portraying Milady de Winter in BBC drama The Musketeers.
Quote:
'Milady is bold and brazen and that is not me. But that's the fun bit - becoming someone else.'
Trivia:
In the mid-1990s, her father became a minor celebrity as a guest judge on MasterChef.
Imogen Clawson
(Actor)
.. Jenny Alderson
Mollie Winnard
(Actor)
.. Maggie
Drew Cain
(Actor)
.. James Herriot Sr
Gabriel Quigley
(Actor)
.. Hannah Herriot
Alexis Platt
(Actor)
.. Dick Rudd
Laura Lindsay
(Actor)
.. Mrs Rudd
Roxanne Waite
(Actor)
.. Edith Rudd
Nigel Betts
(Actor)
.. Dennis Handshaw
Melanie Kilburn
(Actor)
.. Sylvie Handshaw
Mark Noble
(Actor)
.. Harry Dinsdale
Naomi Radcliffe
(Actor)
.. Mrs Dinsdale
Kriss Dosanjh
(Actor)
.. George Pandhi
Steve Jackson
(Actor)
.. Jeremy Sharpe
Susan Jameson
(Actor)
.. Lillian Calvert
Jon Furlong
(Actor)
.. Mr Dobson
Steven Blakeley
(Actor)
.. Mr Foyle
Dave Hill
(Actor)
.. Bert Chapman
Cleo Sylvestre
(Actor)
.. Anne Chapman
Sean Carlsen
(Actor)
.. Joe Mulligan
Richard Burrell
(Producer)
Rebecca Eaton
(Executive producer)
Melissa Gallant
(Executive producer)
Caroline Cooper Charles
(Executive producer)
Louise Pedersen
(Executive producer)
Colin Callender
(Executive producer)
Hugo Heppell
(Executive producer)
Ben Vanstone
(Executive producer)
Metin Huseyin
(Director)
Lisa Holdsworth
(Writer)
