Classic BBC favourite about a vet’s practice in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s. Adapted from the James Herriot bestsellers, starring Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy and Peter Davidson.   Classic BBC series about a vet’s practice in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s. Based on James Herriot\'s autobiographical bestsellers If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn\'t Happen to a Vet, the series stars Christopher Timothy as James Herriot, Robert Hardy as Siegfried Farnon, Peter Davidson as his brother Tristan, and Carol Drinkwater as James\'s wife Helen. Contains all 89 episodes.