All Creatures Great & Small - The Complete Series 1 Collection [VHS]
Set in the serene beauty of the English countryside, All Creatures Great & Small follows the true-life adventures of veterinarian James Herriot.  The time is the late 1930s, before the discovery of antiibotics, when animal medicine was as much magic as science.  Good care, good sense, & an occasional flash of inspiration were often all the doctor could offer against ingrained superstition.Of the days when he arrived in the Yorkshire Dales, James Herriot wrote:  'There weree some people who thought I was a pretty fair vet, some who regarded me as an amiable idiot, a few who were convinced that I was a genius, & one or two who would set their dogs on me if I put a foot inside their gates.  All this in a year.  What would be the position in 30 years?  Well, as it turned out, very much the same.:But with courage & huir, Herriot earned the trust of the local farmers, saved some animal patients, lost others & fell in love.  It was all part of the joys & heartaches of caring for 'all creatures great & small.'