Anna Madeley is truly splendid as the character Mrs. Hall . Rachel Shenton just terrific and charming as character Helen. Excellent casting. This series is outstanding .
The original series from back in the 70's were top notch and much loved. When I heard it was being remade I thought "It aint broke so don't fix it" and I couldn't have been more wrong. The remake is wonderful. Superbly cast, the acting is first class and these two gorgeous ladies featured are wonderful. I simply cannot wait for season 2 because this is tv at its absolute best.
I completely disagree. We just watched season 1 and 2 of the old series and it is just leaps and bounds more natural in its axcting. characters that seem to be real rather than actors. Where is Tristans naughtyness? This guy just isn't and can't act it. He hasn't got what Peter Davison had and neevr will. May be he is great in other roles. Miss Hall could not be replaced back then and this one is not even close. Carol Drinkwater could not be replaced and this one also lacks the natural charm. strong femine confidence Drinkwater had. So the series in fact stopped being interesting well before the remake started. After season 3..it was not worth watching and this one isn't either. But it is all about taste. Good foor you you like it so much, I wish we over here did so too.
Anna Madeley is such an amazing actress that I thoroughly HATED all her evil or snobbish or whatever characters, and then I fell in LOVE with her as Mrs. Hall! She is a DARLING and the glue of Skeldale House. And Rachel Shenton's Helen is one feisty charmer!!
You’ll love the NEW SERIES ! and the second of this one is due to start filming in March . we live about 30 miles south of the Yorkshire dales and we are lucky to have lots of ancient dry stone walls like in the series where we live and on a sunny day the moss on some of them seems to shine a bright green which is lovely to see , Best wishes from Roberttown West Yorkshire 👋🏻 💕 🇬🇧
@@1950kath Thank you for your kind reply. My family on both sides, are from the eastern seaboard of England. I was there in 2017 and was SO delighted with the countryside. I sometimes wish they had never left. I have been very active in Humane Society organizations in the U.S. and would love to have become a veterinarian . However I would have tried to enter that University program at a time when few women were being accepted, for fear that all of that education would go to waste once they married. Happy that things have changed.
I read all of the books...the series is pretty close and brings the characters to life. I really enjoyed the first few episodes & will continue to watch.
Sister Patricia in catholic school turned me on to All Creatures Great and Small....she simply put the book on my desk and walked away....the charachters are spot on....she would be proud!
I love the original series so much I wasn't too excited about a new adaptation but I finally watched the first one and I was hooked. Everyone in it is absolutely marvelous. I DVR'd series 1 and have watched it 3 times. Waiting patiently for series 2 :)
The way in which this NEW adaption of All Creatures Great and Small is perfect, and it will win many awards for providing it’s audience with six outstanding programmes and a Christmas special, bring it on, I can’t wait!
I watched the original series in the 70’s with my entire family and am enthralled to have seen the newest cast and edition of this fabulous series. Can’t wait for season two. Which is how much longer in production stages? Thank you 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🌈🌈🌈
#Joan McHugh No one seems to know either when season 2 will be filmed or if there will be several seasons. That should be it. The first time the series was shown in 70 parts, if I remember correctly.
I've read the first book, thought it was the only book, didn't know there'd been a tv series about it before until I saw this current series. I absolutely love this series so much, it makes me feel like I'm living it. Much love from Nigeria, by the way.
Filming is starting this March we’re only abt 30 miles south of the Yorkshire dales and we have the ancient dry stone walls in the fields around where we live and on a sunny day the moss on some of them seem to actually glow a bright vibrant green 💕
Watched the original series as a child and loved it very much even if it was a bit graphic concerning animal welfare however this new series is even better , a bit more lighthearted and more about the vets and people in the village and community rather than the work of a vet, all the actors are great and the series still shows excellent scenary ,,,,,hope season 4 doesnt get too serious and puts the war behind it. Love it.
I grew up with 90's reruns of the BBC version with Christopher Timothy on our box tv. Little me thought Carol Drinkwater was the loveliest thing. Especially with her being half English and half Irish as I am. I'm still drawn to simple flowy floral tops and dresses because of her character This is entirely my personal opinion of the new program. I felt the sexual innuendo in Episode 5 was unnecessary and I don't understand why was it was added. There's not enough of it to keep up with modern programs and it's just enough to throw off regular viewers who love this story and know there's nothing like it in the book or original BBC. I thought the casting of Siegfried Farnon couldn't have been better, my favorite of the series, excellent and Harriet's not far behind. I like that they kept Harriet's accent strong. The actress playing Helen reminds me of the second actress that played Helen in the older BBC version. Like I said I'm partial to Carol Drinkwater but that's based on a little girls partiality. Looking forward to more episodes. I hope it lasts longer than one season. It's been a long time since there was something on TV I waited for.
I am Dutch. I don't think it is just you. Many will agree this series fell apart once Drinkwater left. It had to do with her being a very difficult to replace character (beautiful, strong woman, easy going, kind, good manners, loyal but also has clear lines drawn and not someoen to toy with). Her incarnation in the fourth season (in 1985 or so) was nothing like that. This actress was rigid, had very little charm. had no humour. Tristan...Peter Davison plays him so well, is so good with the humour, being cvheeky/naughty etc. And this new series lacks all of that too mostly. BNut who am I to judge. We only saw one or two episodes (probably partially) and had enough. Instead we bought the DVDs of season 1-3 and enjoy it a whole whole lot. I think we in Europe have become too much affected by Americans. Our humour has become flat, not so intelligent and (if you als me) pretty dumb. Not witty, like especially Brits seem to have and it comes naturally to them. But now things are all too serious. I miss the 80s for that reason too.
" what does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul"? Im in my 60s now and re-read the herriot books recently...hadnt read them for 45+yrs. Joyously marvelously wonderful.. I read herriots bio, by his son. And i dont understand how wight was not a Christian believer, especially since the Titles of his books were from a Christian poem. It makes me very sad and gives the ehole experience of reading his stories a bittersweet tinge that fades to saddness...
Ummm.... The rich man in his castle The poor man at his gate He made them high and lowly And ordered their estate... That's, how the poem continues, though that verse seems to have gone missing.....
The titles were chosen by his Anerican publishing house for Onnibus editions not him.. He preferred funny titles like " it shouldn't happen to a vet". Also most people who do science degrees do tend to be atheists or agnostics. Hence why there are a lot of atheist doctors and also vets - the people who save your human and your animal best friends lives.
My grandmother and her sisters were young women in the 30’s and all were strong women! I’m fact, I think women were expected to hold their own in rural areas as much then as now!
Love this series so far. Don't push it too far on the rewrite. I realize you're trying to be inclusive for women but take a clue from the ending of Poldark....as it fizzled out catering to a more modern sensibility.
This is why people who Know nothing about history shouldn't be allowed to mess with this. Mrs Hall's back story about being in the Wrens would be one hell of a feat, as the WRENS were not formed until 2 years after this in 1939/
@@carokat1111 Very embarrassingly I have to concede you are correct. When I was in the Royal Navy the date I was taught they formed in 1939 which is in fact the date they were reformed.
My only complaint is, strangely enough, with Mrs Hall's favorite blue hat - seen @2:13. The action is set sometime in the late 30s yet this item looks like a circa 1928 cloche - wrongly worn (can a hat be wrongly worn? well this one is here). It would have been worn pulled onto the head with every bit of the wearer's hair covered. Not perched on top like a bowler with a big roll of hair showing at the back. And don't tell me Mrs Hall has been hanging onto it because she's thrifty and fashion backward (though she may have been both!). Women's hats didn't just last that long and were cheaply replaceable. Back then only the old and/or destitute were seen with way-out-of--date attire. p.s. Don't know why I didn't think of this when I wrote the above comment - but the hat's problem is that it's nowhere near big enough to fit Ms. Madeley's head. She has a largeish skull and the hat is evidently small to (maybe) average. Size matters with cloche hats - a lot; they either fit well or not at all.
@@johnvonundzu2170 Thank you, would a Yorkshire hat be so sensitive? Ah well I am not going to split hairs, my Grandmother's hat was pre-war and lasted well (WW II, though she was around for WW I) and our notions of what was cheap have changed over the years. Now if I was going to nit pick, half a crown for a bunch of holly in Yorkshire in 1937, now that IS outrageeous. (Small addition to previous above, I pressed send too early).
@@TheArgieH Well, I'm thinking the blue hat is an import and might have more delicate sensibilities than native headgear might. I too was a little taken aback hearing one of the vets on the show charge something north of a pound for a house-call - and I'm thinking this wasn't one of the all-out life saving visits either!
@@johnvonundzu2170 Good point, also I remember from a few years, back (I am not saying how many) everyday transactions involved a lot of "silver" (really cupronickel, though the old sixpences still had some silver, if old enough) and copper coinage. There's too much paper money oiling the wheels in Darrowby and not enough clinking and sinking pockets. Also the old white fiver was simply enormous (certainly big enough to wrap the Owl and Pussycat's provisions). Actually I reckon the present series is great, and I hear that the Beeb will be shortly repeating the original series so folks can get their fix and make informed comparisons in due course. P. S. Did a cloche hat have much of a brim 'cos the one in question seems to have one.
Anna Madeley was amazing as Mrs Hall, but sadly Rachel Shenton didn't cut it. Samuel West was so reminiscent of Robert Hardy, but after having the books for many years, and watching the original series, I was disappointed with this production. In the original play, Mrs Hall was a dour Yorkshirewoman, like my great aunt, who was a farmer. Just my thoughts.
Does anyone know if more parts will be recorded after 2020? It would be fun to see a sequel with the new actors. I liked the first one and I really like the books 💜💜💜
The character of Mrs. Hall is the most underrated in the series. Mrs. Hall is portrayed by actress Anna Madeley as a kindly, frumpy housekeeper, but you can tell she is physically in good shape and would be quite attractive if she was as dolled up as Helen! Mrs. Hall is a lady and won’t give it up that easily, but if the right man comes along, I think she’d be up for some fun in the sack! I’m rooting for her and Gerald to to become an item. Couldn’t happen to a nicer couple. Just look at photos of Ms. Madeley on the Internet, and you can see she’s quite the hottie in real life! That’s my two cents.
Are we really going to pretend that Rachel Shenton was cast for any other reason than her dairy-rearing talents? She can certainly fill a farmer's britches!
To be fair you don't know. In real life the author's wife wore trousers on the farm in the 30s. The 79 tv series was told to take Helen out of trousers it wasn't period true even though it was true in her instance. So maybe he would like it.
Anna Madeley is truly splendid as the character Mrs. Hall . Rachel Shenton just terrific and charming as character Helen. Excellent casting. This series is outstanding .
Hear, hear! I couldn't have said it better myself :)
The original series from back in the 70's were top notch and much loved. When I heard it was being remade I thought "It aint broke so don't fix it" and I couldn't have been more wrong. The remake is wonderful. Superbly cast, the acting is first class and these two gorgeous ladies featured are wonderful. I simply cannot wait for season 2 because this is tv at its absolute best.
I completely disagree. We just watched season 1 and 2 of the old series and it is just leaps and bounds more natural in its axcting. characters that seem to be real rather than actors. Where is Tristans naughtyness? This guy just isn't and can't act it. He hasn't got what Peter Davison had and neevr will. May be he is great in other roles. Miss Hall could not be replaced back then and this one is not even close. Carol Drinkwater could not be replaced and this one also lacks the natural charm. strong femine confidence Drinkwater had. So the series in fact stopped being interesting well before the remake started. After season 3..it was not worth watching and this one isn't either. But it is all about taste. Good foor you you like it so much, I wish we over here did so too.
Mrs Hall is absolutely wonderfull and I love the way she interacts with the boys.
I really like what you've done with Mrs. Hall. She's one of my favorite characters.
Totally agree. She interacts nicely with all of the other characters. Very well acted
Loved Season 1. Can't wait for season 2!!
Anna Madeley is such an amazing actress that I thoroughly HATED all her evil or snobbish or whatever characters, and then I fell in LOVE with her as Mrs. Hall! She is a DARLING and the glue of Skeldale House. And Rachel Shenton's Helen is one feisty charmer!!
well I think they are both brilliant ! I am 68 yrs old and am completely smitten by the new Mrs. Hall .
One of the best series I've seen on PBS in years. I love animals so it was a natural choice to watch. Great casting and characters.
You’ll love the NEW SERIES ! and the second of this one is due to start filming in March . we live about 30 miles south of the Yorkshire dales and we are lucky to have lots of ancient dry stone walls like in the series where we live and on a sunny day the moss on some of them seems to shine a bright green which is lovely to see , Best wishes from Roberttown West Yorkshire 👋🏻 💕 🇬🇧
@@1950kath Thank you for your kind reply. My family on both sides, are from the eastern seaboard of England. I was there in 2017 and was SO delighted with the countryside. I sometimes wish they had never left. I have been very active in Humane Society organizations in the U.S. and would love to have become a veterinarian . However I would have tried to enter that University program at a time when few women were being accepted, for fear that all of that education would go to waste once they married. Happy that things have changed.
I read all of the books...the series is pretty close and brings the characters to life. I really enjoyed the first few episodes & will continue to watch.
was a great series! I love Mrs. Hall, she's younger than Siegfried but no hint of impropriety because she's so honest and straightforward!
Sister Patricia in catholic school turned me on to All Creatures Great and Small....she simply put the book on my desk and walked away....the charachters are spot on....she would be proud!
Great job season one to both Mrs Hall and Helen!
I love the original series so much I wasn't too excited about a new adaptation but I finally watched the first one and I was hooked. Everyone in it is absolutely marvelous. I DVR'd series 1 and have watched it 3 times. Waiting patiently for series 2 :)
Same here ,,,unusual to see the new series as good as the original if not better in fact
Love Mrs. Hall and Anna Madeley ❤️
The way in which this NEW adaption of All Creatures Great and Small is perfect, and it will win many awards for providing it’s audience with six outstanding programmes and a Christmas special, bring it on, I can’t wait!
I love Helen and Mrs. Hall, bur really like Maggie. She is very underrated. :-)
I watched the original series in the 70’s with my entire family and am enthralled to have seen the newest cast and edition of this fabulous series. Can’t wait for season two. Which is how much longer in production stages? Thank you 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🌈🌈🌈
#Joan McHugh No one seems to know either when season 2 will be filmed or if there will be several seasons. That should be it. The first time the series was shown in 70 parts, if I remember correctly.
I've read the first book, thought it was the only book, didn't know there'd been a tv series about it before until I saw this current series. I absolutely love this series so much, it makes me feel like I'm living it. Much love from Nigeria, by the way.
Loved the 1st episode. Am looking forward to the 2nd.
Same here.
Filming is starting this March we’re only abt 30 miles south of the Yorkshire dales and we have the ancient dry stone walls in the fields around where we live and on a sunny day the moss on some of them seem to actually glow a bright vibrant green 💕
I love them! Anna Madeley is such a beauiful character and woman!
Watched the original series as a child and loved it very much even if it was a bit graphic concerning animal welfare however this new series is even better , a bit more lighthearted and more about the vets and people in the village and community rather than the work of a vet, all the actors are great and the series still shows excellent scenary ,,,,,hope season 4 doesnt get too serious and puts the war behind it. Love it.
Wonderful series, can hardly wait for season 3!
Terrific program!
I grew up with 90's reruns of the BBC version with Christopher Timothy on our box tv. Little me thought Carol Drinkwater was the loveliest thing. Especially with her being half English and half Irish as I am. I'm still drawn to simple flowy floral tops and dresses because of her character This is entirely my personal opinion of the new program. I felt the sexual innuendo in Episode 5 was unnecessary and I don't understand why was it was added. There's not enough of it to keep up with modern programs and it's just enough to throw off regular viewers who love this story and know there's nothing like it in the book or original BBC. I thought the casting of Siegfried Farnon couldn't have been better, my favorite of the series, excellent and Harriet's not far behind. I like that they kept Harriet's accent strong. The actress playing Helen reminds me of the second actress that played Helen in the older BBC version. Like I said I'm partial to Carol Drinkwater but that's based on a little girls partiality. Looking forward to more episodes. I hope it lasts longer than one season. It's been a long time since there was something on TV I waited for.
I am Dutch. I don't think it is just you. Many will agree this series fell apart once Drinkwater left. It had to do with her being a very difficult to replace character (beautiful, strong woman, easy going, kind, good manners, loyal but also has clear lines drawn and not someoen to toy with). Her incarnation in the fourth season (in 1985 or so) was nothing like that. This actress was rigid, had very little charm. had no humour. Tristan...Peter Davison plays him so well, is so good with the humour, being cvheeky/naughty etc. And this new series lacks all of that too mostly. BNut who am I to judge. We only saw one or two episodes (probably partially) and had enough. Instead we bought the DVDs of season 1-3 and enjoy it a whole whole lot.
I think we in Europe have become too much affected by Americans. Our humour has become flat, not so intelligent and (if you als me) pretty dumb. Not witty, like especially Brits seem to have and it comes naturally to them. But now things are all too serious. I miss the 80s for that reason too.
" what does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul"?
Im in my 60s now and re-read the herriot books recently...hadnt read them for 45+yrs.
Joyously marvelously wonderful..
I read herriots bio, by his son.
And i dont understand how wight was not a Christian believer, especially since the Titles of his books were from a Christian poem.
It makes me very sad and gives the ehole experience of reading his stories a bittersweet tinge that fades to saddness...
Religion's not everyone's cup of tea.
Ummm....
The rich man in his castle
The poor man at his gate
He made them high and lowly
And ordered their estate...
That's, how the poem continues, though that verse seems to have gone missing.....
@@jimfiggerty833 granted, but im not talking religion, im talking faith.
The titles were chosen by his Anerican publishing house for Onnibus editions not him.. He preferred funny titles like " it shouldn't happen to a vet". Also most people who do science degrees do tend to be atheists or agnostics. Hence why there are a lot of atheist doctors and also vets - the people who save your human and your animal best friends lives.
My grandmother and her sisters were young women in the 30’s and all were strong women! I’m fact, I think women were expected to hold their own in rural areas as much then as now!
We LOVE this show in America! Nothing beats it on our TV because we have trash from Hollywood
Love this series so far. Don't push it too far on the rewrite. I realize you're trying to be inclusive for women but take a clue from the ending of Poldark....as it fizzled out catering to a more modern sensibility.
Where can I watch this in india
Go to pbs.org and look for the series on there. They have full episodes that you can watch on your phone.
the 1980s version was better, for so many reasons - charm, casting ... let me count the ways
This is why people who Know nothing about history shouldn't be allowed to mess with this. Mrs Hall's back story about being in the Wrens would be one hell of a feat, as the WRENS were not formed until 2 years after this in 1939/
The Wrens were formed in WW1.
@@carokat1111 Very embarrassingly I have to concede you are correct. When I was in the Royal Navy the date I was taught they formed in 1939 which is in fact the date they were reformed.
My only complaint is, strangely enough, with Mrs Hall's favorite blue hat - seen @2:13. The action is set sometime in the late 30s yet this item looks like a circa 1928 cloche - wrongly worn (can a hat be wrongly worn? well this one is here). It would have been worn pulled onto the head with every bit of the wearer's hair covered. Not perched on top like a bowler with a big roll of hair showing at the back. And don't tell me Mrs Hall has been hanging onto it because she's thrifty and fashion backward (though she may have been both!). Women's hats didn't just last that long and were cheaply replaceable. Back then only the old and/or destitute were seen with way-out-of--date attire.
p.s. Don't know why I didn't think of this when I wrote the above comment - but the hat's problem is that it's nowhere near big enough to fit Ms. Madeley's head. She has a largeish skull and the hat is evidently small to (maybe) average. Size matters with cloche hats - a lot; they either fit well or not at all.
It's Yorkshire! They make their own rules in God's own county. She probably bought it on e-Bay Gum (joke).
@@TheArgieH It's a really nice hat - & it's probably embarrassed as hell to be made to look so silly!
@@johnvonundzu2170 Thank you, would a Yorkshire hat be so sensitive? Ah well I am not going to split hairs, my Grandmother's hat was pre-war and lasted well (WW II, though she was around for WW I) and our notions of what was cheap have changed over the years. Now if I was going to nit pick, half a crown for a bunch of holly in Yorkshire in 1937, now that IS outrageeous. (Small addition to previous above, I pressed send too early).
@@TheArgieH Well, I'm thinking the blue hat is an import and might have more delicate sensibilities than native headgear might. I too was a little taken aback hearing one of the vets on the show charge something north of a pound for a house-call - and I'm thinking this wasn't one of the all-out life saving visits either!
@@johnvonundzu2170 Good point, also I remember from a few years, back (I am not saying how many) everyday transactions involved a lot of "silver" (really cupronickel, though the old sixpences still had some silver, if old enough) and copper coinage. There's too much paper money oiling the wheels in Darrowby and not enough clinking and sinking pockets. Also the old white fiver was simply enormous (certainly big enough to wrap the Owl and Pussycat's provisions).
Actually I reckon the present series is great, and I hear that the Beeb will be shortly repeating the original series so folks can get their fix and make informed comparisons in due course.
P. S. Did a cloche hat have much of a brim 'cos the one in question seems to have one.
Crossing my fingers (and toes) that maybe, just maybe, her and Siegfried get together.
Sameee i thought and hoped that too but I think its gonna be Siegfried and Mrs Hall's friend.
@@hippopottermus9856 Don't really believe Mrs. Hall's friend is a good match, no chemistry, but too soon to call.
Anna Madeley was amazing as Mrs Hall, but sadly Rachel Shenton didn't cut it. Samuel West was so reminiscent of Robert Hardy, but after having the books for many years, and watching the original series, I was disappointed with this production. In the original play, Mrs Hall was a dour Yorkshirewoman, like my great aunt, who was a farmer. Just my thoughts.
So the problem was that its not 100% like the original? If they did that i would just watch the original
@@rajkumarthangavelu6287 No, if it is not true to the book then it is a bootleg fake version. Why even keep the name?
The family of Alf Wight approve, who are we to argue?
Artistic licence
Anna Madeley is so nuanced as Mrs Hall. I do like the portrayal of Helen in this series...a working gal, a straight shooter...I like her.
Why the remake it was perfect the first time around.
I thought that too but then I watched it, it's excellent.
I saw both. I feel the remake is subpar.
Does anyone know if more parts will be recorded after 2020? It would be fun to see a sequel with the new actors. I liked the first one and I really like the books 💜💜💜
they are making a season 2. I don't know when though
@@zidaharing7943 now and it's too be released at the end of 2021
Your changing the story.
It is ok, but cry annoying who read the books
The character of Mrs. Hall is the most underrated in the series. Mrs. Hall is portrayed by actress Anna Madeley as a kindly, frumpy housekeeper, but you can tell she is physically in good shape and would be quite attractive if she was as dolled up as Helen! Mrs. Hall is a lady and won’t give it up that easily, but if the right man comes along, I think she’d be up for some fun in the sack! I’m rooting for her and Gerald to to become an item. Couldn’t happen to a nicer couple.
Just look at photos of Ms. Madeley on the Internet, and you can see she’s quite the hottie in real life!
That’s my two cents.
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You changed what everything that the author wrote. Unforgivable.
Terrible casting for Mrs Hall. The real one was way less dainty and attractive, and way more solidly caring.
Are we really going to pretend that Rachel Shenton was cast for any other reason than her dairy-rearing talents? She can certainly fill a farmer's britches!
Unnecessary sexist and rude comment. Rachel is fabulous in the role.
yes, we are, because she was. Don't be a pig.
Terrible nor follow book at all. James Herriot would hatethis
Agreed
But his Family LOVES IT!!!
To be fair you don't know. In real life the author's wife wore trousers on the farm in the 30s. The 79 tv series was told to take Helen out of trousers it wasn't period true even though it was true in her instance. So maybe he would like it.