Critically acclaimed Channel 5 remake of the iconic series about a rural vet - based on James Herriot\'s real-life memoirs working as a vet in rural Yorkshire during the 1930s and 40s. Starring Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West, Anna Madeley, Rachel Shenton, and Callum Woodhouse. The drama follows newly trained Glaswegian veterinary assistant and “fish out of water” James Herriot, who has landed a job at a rural Yorkshire veterinary practice with eccentric boss Siegfried Farnon.