All Creatures Great and Small: Many Happy Returns
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Many Happy Returns
Season 2, Episode 4
It's an important day for Tristan in more ways than one, as he celebrates his birthday and Siegfried gives him new responsibilities as a vet. Tristan has to withstand the pressure and succeed in the challenge set by his older brother before returning to Skeldale for his birthday festivities. Meanwhile, Mrs Hall reminds James that he needs to tell Helen some home truths
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Nicholas Ralph
(Actor)
.. James Herriot
Anna Madeley
(Actor)
.. Mrs Hall
Samuel West
(Actor)
.. Siegfried Farnon
Callum Woodhouse
(Actor)
.. Tristan Farnon
Rachel Shenton
(Actor)
.. Helen Alderson
Tony Pitts
(Actor)
.. Richard Alderson
Imogen Clawson
(Actor)
.. Jenny Alderson
Patricia Hodge
(Actor)
.. Mrs Pumphrey
Drew Cain
(Actor)
.. James Herriot Sr
Gabriel Quigley
(Actor)
.. Hannah Herriot
Mark Noble
(Actor)
.. Harry Dinsdale
Kriss Dosanjh
(Actor)
.. George Pandhi
Philip Hill-Pearson
(Actor)
.. Rob Benson
Cleo Sylvestre
(Actor)
.. Anne Chapman
Euan Macnaughton
(Actor)
.. Bill Weipers
June Watson
(Actor)
.. Mrs Tompkin
Will Thorp
(Actor)
.. Gerald Hammond
James Fleet
(Actor)
.. Colonel Merrick
Dorothy Atkinson
(Actor)
.. Diana Brompton
Ella Bruccoleri
(Actor)
.. Annabel Dinsdale
Chris Kaye
(Actor)
.. Fernley
Seumas Mackinnon
(Actor)
.. Stephen
Neil Hurst
(Actor)
.. Mr Ingledew
Joseph May
(Actor)
.. Francois
Guy Slocombe
(Actor)
.. Maitre D’
Aiden Cook
(Actor)
.. Young Billy Dalby
Amy Nuttall
(Actor)
.. Phyllis Dalby
Lamin Touray
(Actor)
.. Tom Chapman
Jessica Clark
(Actor)
.. Margot Sebright Saunders
Steven Hartley
(Actor)
.. John Monkham
Jon Furlong
(Actor)
.. Mr Dobson
Mike Harding
(Actor)
.. Cranford
Frances Tomelty
(Actor)
.. Mrs Donovan
Mollie Winnard
(Actor)
.. Maggie
Matthew Lewis
(Actor)
.. Hugh Hulton
Nigel Betts
(Actor)
.. Dennis Handshaw
Dave Hill
(Actor)
.. Bert Chapman
James Burrows
(Actor)
.. Dave Kitson
Hattie Edkins
(Actor)
.. Hetty Rudd
Heather Horsman
(Actor)
.. Nurse Mary
Debbie O'Malley
(Writer)
Sasha Ransome
(Director)
James Dean
(Producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Nicholas Ralph
(Actor)
.. James Herriot
Anna Madeley
(Actor)
.. Mrs Hall
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.
Callum Woodhouse
(Actor)
.. Tristan Farnon
Rachel Shenton
(Actor)
.. Helen Alderson
Tony Pitts
(Actor)
.. Richard Alderson
Imogen Clawson
(Actor)
.. Jenny Alderson
Patricia Hodge
(Actor)
.. Mrs Pumphrey
Born:
September 29, 1946
in
Cleethorpes
Best Known For:
Playing a string of stand-offish, English upper-crust characters.
Early-life:
Patricia Ann Hodge was born in Cleethorpes on September 29, 1946. She was brought up in a hotel in nearby Grimsby, where her father was the manager. She got fed up with eating posh food, when all she wanted was bangers and mash. She spent rainy Sundays roller skating in the hotel's empty ballroom. Acting was not her first love. She trained to be a teacher and taught for a while before treading the boards.
Career:
Hodge's first acting job was playing a 37-year-old tart and old-age pensioner in alternate scenes of the same play. She is one of the few actresses to win critical regard, despite spending the bulk of her career in commercial theatre and TV. She played a ballet teacher in acclaimed Quentin Crisp biopic The Naked Civil Servant and also appeared in The Elephant Man. Other memorable TV roles include Rumpole of the Bailey, Jemima Short Investigates, The Life and Loves of a She Devil, and Rich Tea and Sympathy. Film roles include the Harold Pinter drama Betrayal, Bruce Willis flop Sunset and Julie Walters drama Before You Go. She played Margaret Thatcher in controversial drama The Falklands Play and stripped to the basics in the hit West End production of Calendar Girls. Her recent work has included playing Miranda Hart's mother in the comedienne's hit sitcom Miranda.
Quote:
'I didn't choose late motherhood: it chose me. The best time to have children is in your thirties. The only good thing about doing it in your forties is that by then you know yourself, have nothing to prove, and you've come to terms with your shortcomings.'
Trivia:
Hodge is joint president of Grimsby's Caxton Theatre.
Drew Cain
(Actor)
.. James Herriot Sr
Gabriel Quigley
(Actor)
.. Hannah Herriot
Mark Noble
(Actor)
.. Harry Dinsdale
Kriss Dosanjh
(Actor)
.. George Pandhi
Philip Hill-Pearson
(Actor)
.. Rob Benson
Cleo Sylvestre
(Actor)
.. Anne Chapman
Euan Macnaughton
(Actor)
.. Bill Weipers
June Watson
(Actor)
.. Mrs Tompkin
Will Thorp
(Actor)
.. Gerald Hammond
James Fleet
(Actor)
.. Colonel Merrick
Born:
March 11, 1954
in
Bilston, Staffordshire
Best Known For:
The Vicar of Dibley and Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Early-life:
James Edward Fleet was born in Bilston, Staffordshire, on March 11, 1954 to a Scottish mother, Christine, and an English father, Jim. He moved to a town near Aberdeen at the age of 10 with his mother when his dad died. He studied engineering at university before training as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He began his career in the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in several plays in the early 1980s.
Career:
Fleet is best known for playing the bumbling Tom in the 1984 romantic comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the dim-witted Hugo Horton in the sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. He had a stint in Coronation Street in 2010 and his other TV credits include roles in Midsomer Murders, Being Human, Death Comes to Pemberley and Bad Education. On the big screen, he has appeared in Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Phantom of the Opera (2004) and Charlotte Gray (2001).
Quote:
'Casting directors tend to see me as a posh idiot.'
Trivia:
Fleet is a keen biker.
Dorothy Atkinson
(Actor)
.. Diana Brompton
Ella Bruccoleri
(Actor)
.. Annabel Dinsdale
Chris Kaye
(Actor)
.. Fernley
Seumas Mackinnon
(Actor)
.. Stephen
Neil Hurst
(Actor)
.. Mr Ingledew
Joseph May
(Actor)
.. Francois
Guy Slocombe
(Actor)
.. Maitre D’
Aiden Cook
(Actor)
.. Young Billy Dalby
Amy Nuttall
(Actor)
.. Phyllis Dalby
Lamin Touray
(Actor)
.. Tom Chapman
Jessica Clark
(Actor)
.. Margot Sebright Saunders
Steven Hartley
(Actor)
.. John Monkham
Jon Furlong
(Actor)
.. Mr Dobson
Mike Harding
(Actor)
.. Cranford
Frances Tomelty
(Actor)
.. Mrs Donovan
Mollie Winnard
(Actor)
.. Maggie
Matthew Lewis
(Actor)
.. Hugh Hulton
Nigel Betts
(Actor)
.. Dennis Handshaw
Dave Hill
(Actor)
.. Bert Chapman
James Burrows
(Actor)
.. Dave Kitson
Hattie Edkins
(Actor)
.. Hetty Rudd
Heather Horsman
(Actor)
.. Nurse Mary
Debbie O'Malley
(Writer)
Sasha Ransome
(Director)
James Dean
(Producer)
