All Creatures Great & Small: Season 3

2022 · 7 episodes · ★ 7.9

What Season 3 of All Creatures Great & Small

The season opens in spring in Darrowby, with wedding bells in the background. James and Helen are finally making preparations to get married, although work gives them no breathing room. James pushes for tuberculosis tests that could cool his relationship with the farmers, and Helen tries to settle into her new life. Tristan, now with all his exams passed, must prove he measures up to a qualified veterinarian. Siegfried feels the weight of World War I again as he hears echoes of the conflict in Europe. Meanwhile, Mrs. Hall begins to look beyond the house and the cricket.

7episodes

Sep 15, 2022premiered

Dec 23, 2022final episode

5.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Second Time Lucky
Sep 15, 2022 · 45 min · ★ 7.9
It is now spring 1939 and a potential world war looms. Tristan is now a qualified vet, while James enters a new stage of his life with Helen and at the practice. After being made joint business partner by Siegfried, James pushes to take on more responsibility via the Ministry of Agriculture's new bovine TB testing scheme, but its unexpected challenges risk pushing him to breaking point.
Directing: Brian Percival · Writing: Ben Vanstone · Starring: Mollie Winnard, Drew Cain, Gabriel Quigley, Imogen Clawson
3x02 Honeymoon's Over
Sep 22, 2022 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
Everyone is trying to get along as best they can in the face of changes at Skeldale House. Helen has moved into the bedsit upstairs with James. James struggles to get Siegfried to let him take the reins now that he is a junior partner, and the pair clash when he learns how much money Skeldale could make from the Ministry of Agriculture’s lucrative bovine TB testing scheme.
Directing: Andy Hay · Writing: Chloë Mi Lin Ewart · Starring: Will Thorp, Sophie Khan Levy, Lynda Rooke
3x03 Surviving Siegfried
Sep 29, 2022 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
Siegfried receives some difficult news and becomes even more irascible than usual. The perfect distraction comes along in the form of Major Sebright Saunders, who asks Siegfried to look at a difficult young racehorse called River.
Directing: Brian Percival · Writing: Ben Vanstone · Starring: Tony Pitts, Michael Maloney
3x04 What a Balls Up!
Oct 6, 2022 · 45 min · ★ 7.4
James is finally succeeding with the farmers’ uptake of the Ministry of Agriculture’s TB testing scheme, but is struggling with the complicated paperwork - a fact that he is keen to keep from Siegfried. Tristan decides that he is outgrowing running the small animal surgery and buys a car to help with errands at the practice, which also provides him with transport for taking Florence, the daughter of Siegfried’s rival, George Pandhi, out on a date.
Directing: Andy Hay · Writing: Chloë Mi Lin Ewart · Starring: Will Thorp, Sophie Mensah, Adrian Rawlins
3x05 Edward
Oct 13, 2022 · 45 min · ★ 7.7
Siegfried and Tristan are left in charge of Skeldale House, when Mrs Hall takes time off to meet up with an important person from her past. Siegfried immediately puts Tristan in charge of housekeeping duties and focuses on running the practice and educating a visiting work experience boy named Andrew Simmonds.
Directing: Andy Hay · Writing: Karim Khan · Starring: Imogen Clawson, Lara Steward, Austin Haynes, Conor Deane
3x06 For Whom the Bell Tolls
Oct 20, 2022 · 49 min · ★ 7.7
The Skeldale House regulars think about what matters to them most when the radio reports that Britain is standing on the brink of war. As everyone processes the news, James discovers a case of TB at Heston Grange. Richard begs him not to report it or the farm will be shut down and he could lose his livelihood.
Directing: Stewart Svaasand · Writing: Jamie Crichton · Starring: Will Thorp, Patricia Hodge, Imogen Clawson, Tony Pitts
3x07 Merry Bloody Christmas Season Finale
Dec 23, 2022 · 49 min · ★ 8.8
It’s Christmas in Darrowby and everyone is trying to make the most of things while the world is at war. A young guest brings some wonder, mischief and cheer to Skeldale House while everyone waits for important news. When Mrs Pumphrey heralds the arrival of a kitten in need of extra care. Siegfried is asked to pay a visit to an injured River just before a big race.
Directing: Stewart Svaasand · Writing: Ben Vanstone · Starring: Mollie Winnard, Will Thorp, Patricia Hodge, Imogen Clawson