Everything to Remember About 'All Creatures Great & Small' Season 3
Welcome back to Yorkshire! As we’re about to embark on a new season of All Creatures Great and Small, let’s catch up on what happened last season. There have been massive changes in Darrowby, and in all of Britain, as the country shifted closer to war: recruiting officers in the town square, blackout precautions in place, soldiers and airmen training in the countryside around the town, and the arrival of children evacuated from the major cities of the north. Although exempt from war service, the younger farmers flocked to sign up once the war was declared. Veterinarians, too, were a protected profession, and both James Herriot and Tristan Farnon were torn between duty at home and patriotism. Like the farmers’ sons, they knew this was their generation’s fight and signed up.
But the season started in the spring, well before war was declared (although it was just a question of when), and finally – finally! James and Helen Alderson – stopped making excuses and buckled down to the business of getting married after months of hesitation. It all went as smoothly as expected, with Tristan as best man. To begin with, a dog ate the wedding ring. But moving on, Helen and James took up residence in the attic of Skeldale House, and James received a wedding gift from his boss Siegfried, a partnership in the business. Helen left her sister Jenny to run the family farm; Jenny, who had wanted to farm all her life, was thrilled at the responsibility.
Helen and James adapted smoothly to their new home, far better than Siegfried did at having the married couple in the house. But James had a rude shock when he opened his first pay packet. As a partner, he now received a share of the monthly income and could expect only a modest and fluctuating income. In addition, Siegfried dumped extra responsibilities on him, namely the accounts, the job no one wanted and which had been neglected for some time. With no talent for numbers, James floundered in chaos until Helen, who’d done the family farm accounts for years, stepped in.
