New All Creatures Great and Small set for autumn 2023

The Channel 5 show, set and filmed in the Yorkshire Dales, is based on the famous stories of Thirsk author James Herriot.

First images released by the show's producers include newlyweds James Herriot and wife Helen, played by Nicholas Ralph and Rachel Shenton - as the shadow of war hangs over them, will they be starting a family?

And viewers will be asking why goats are featuring so largely in the Skeldale House vet’s practice.

The series will be airing on Channel 5 in the autumn, with a Christmas special to follow.

The story picks up in springtime 1940 with change on the horizon for everyone in Skeldale House.

The absence of Tristan Farnon (Callum Woodhouse) is felt by all, especially Siegfried (Samuel West) who attempts to hold the growing household, and himself, together.

Mrs Hall and Helen’s friendship blossoms as they look to the future and new trainee veterinary student Richard Carmody arrives, causing complications in the house.

The new Richard Carmody is played by James Anthony-Rose of Slow Horse and Pennyworth fame, with Neve McIntosh, who starred in Shetland, joining the cast as highly efficient bookkeeper Miss Harbottle.

Anna Madeley continues as Mrs Hall, the beloved matriarch of Skeldale House with Will Thorp returning as her handsome suitor Gerald Hammond.

Patricia Hodge continues as the eccentric Mrs Pumphrey, alongside her pampered Pekingese Tricki.

Filming for the series started in March this year, with many buildings in Grassington doubling as Herriot’s fictional town of Darrowby.

An old rope making mill in Summerbridge near Pateley Bridge was been converted into the main centre for interior scenes for the vet practice and home Skeldale House

Series three of the show brought Channel 5 an 18 per cent share of the terrestrial audience, drawing some 3.8million viewers in Britain.