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All Creatures Great and Small - Season 6 Episode 00- Behind the Magic
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00:00Small, behind the magic.
00:03I can hardly believe it's been six years.
00:07You probably know me as the dog father,
00:09always running around after dogs behaving very badly.
00:12Now, one thing you might not know about me
00:14is that I'm an all-creatures great and small super fan.
00:17Wow, it's like walking into the 1940s.
00:22So when I got the call,
00:23hello, Darabee 2297,
00:25with an offer to go behind the scenes
00:27and see how the all-creatures magic is made
00:31to spend time with Callum Woodhouse,
00:34who plays Tristan Farnon,
00:36and hear from the rest of the cast
00:42including the animals
00:45and even be allowed to take up my first ever acting role
00:48in the show itself,
00:50that'll do, aye.
00:51I jumped at the chance.
00:53So come and join me
00:55as I travel to the glorious Yorkshire Dales.
00:57to discover some of the secrets
00:59behind one of the nation's favourite shows.
01:02Up in the dales, surrounded by those hills.
01:05There's no place on earth like it.
01:11I've driven 200 miles from where I live
01:14to visit the home of all creatures great and small
01:17near Harrogate, North Yorkshire,
01:18where a team of hundreds of people
01:20come together to make the show.
01:22Today, I'm going to be taking on my first ever acting role.
01:26Now, I'm used to playing myself on television.
01:29But if I'm going to play a character from the 40s,
01:32I'm going to need some serious acting tips.
01:34Fortunately, actor Callum Woodhouse is on hand to help.
01:38Tristan!
01:39I'm literally three feet away from you.
01:42Callum plays Tristan Farnon,
01:43the charming and often mischievous
01:45younger brother of Siegfried.
01:47Hello.
01:48You're new.
01:49What'll it be?
01:51Now, I need to talk to Callum,
01:53but first, I need to find him.
01:55Rumour has it he's in the make-up trope
01:57with his friend Lenny.
01:58Hey!
01:59Hello, mate.
01:59How you doing?
02:00Nice to see you, sir.
02:01Nice to meet you, mate.
02:01Very nice to meet you.
02:02Yeah.
02:03This is Lenny getting his make-up done as well.
02:05Hello, Lenny.
02:06He's a good boy.
02:07I know.
02:08He wants to be on camera, look.
02:09Always find your shot.
02:10That's some good acting tips, actually.
02:12Always find the camera.
02:14Is that right?
02:14Yeah.
02:15Always know where the camera is.
02:16That's what he's doing, yeah.
02:18What does it take to turn you into Tristan?
02:20It's quite a long time, actually.
02:21Is it?
02:22Yeah, yeah.
02:22I think the main thing is just sorting out
02:24sort of whatever mess my hair is in in the morning.
02:26Yeah, your hair's quite different.
02:27It's very, yeah, windswept and interesting
02:30is how I describe it.
02:31So let's talk about acting,
02:32because I've only ever played me.
02:36So I've got this cameo you've probably heard of.
02:38Yeah, yeah.
02:38I haven't even seen the line yet.
02:41But it's something...
02:42Have you got a line?
02:43I've got a line.
02:43Oh, wow.
02:44Yeah.
02:44That's amazing.
02:45Apparently they've never trusted anybody else
02:47with a line.
02:47No.
02:47No, they haven't.
02:49Tips.
02:50Tips, yeah.
02:51Please help.
02:52I mean, you've just got some really good ones
02:54off Lenny there.
02:55Always find the camera.
02:56Always find the light.
02:57Because I went to drama school,
02:59so we did three years of learning how to breathe.
03:02That's what I'm worried about.
03:03Yeah.
03:03You had three years.
03:04Yeah, three years.
03:05You've got one night.
03:05I've got about half an hour.
03:07Yeah.
03:07Yeah, exactly.
03:10Exactly.
03:10Play it as Graham Hall,
03:12but imagine he's in the 40s.
03:13Right.
03:14Yeah.
03:14Good advice.
03:15That's it.
03:15Yeah, yeah.
03:16Yes.
03:16I think you'll be fine.
03:17Fine.
03:17Yeah, you'll be good.
03:18Righto.
03:19Great chat.
03:21Callum's helped to reassure me.
03:22I just need to be me in the 1940s.
03:26Sounds simple enough, doesn't it?
03:27As I left Callum,
03:29I wondered what the cast made of each other
03:30when they first met at the beginning of this journey.
03:33My first impression of my cast members,
03:37first of all, they were absolutely lovely.
03:38I'm Farman.
03:39See Creed.
03:39Don't ask.
03:40I'm James.
03:41I met Rach throughout the audition process.
03:43We did the chemistry reads.
03:44Oh.
03:46Hold this one for me.
03:49He was the first cast member that I met,
03:50and we got on like a house on fire straight away.
03:52And at the end, I said,
03:53is there anyone you naturally think you'd rapport with
03:56and enjoyed working with?
03:57And the first name I said was Rachel Shenton.
03:59I'm Helen.
04:00Uh, head it.
04:01James.
04:02I remember a train journey up to Yorkshire
04:05where I was super nervous.
04:07If I remember rightly,
04:08I'd met Nick,
04:10or I was sat with Nick,
04:11and then Cal joined us.
04:13I remember thinking he's hilarious.
04:16Tristan!
04:16Then, before I saw those two,
04:20I saw Sam,
04:22and I sort of smiled at him
04:23in such a way
04:24that he sort of side-eyed me
04:27and smiled at me,
04:28and I think he might have thought
04:29that I'd probably fancied him or something.
04:30And it was ever so slightly awkward for a minute
04:34until I plucked up the courage to say,
04:36I'm in the show with you.
04:37He didn't obviously have a clue who I was.
04:39Siegfried,
04:39here's a list of everything we're short of,
04:41and this is a surplus.
04:43You did all this.
04:44I've been a fan of Sam for years.
04:46I've always really, really admired his work,
04:48and so I was quite nervous to meet him.
04:51First impressions of Nick and Rachel
04:53were absolutely fantastic.
04:54We just got on so quickly.
04:57Tristan, fine.
04:57Whatever you heard, it's not true.
04:58I didn't do it.
04:59No, no, Siegfried sent me.
05:00I'm James Herrier.
05:02By, like, the end of the first night,
05:03we were best mates.
05:06I met Anna as Mrs. Hall first
05:08before I met her as Anna,
05:10which was really funny.
05:12It was the scene where I hear
05:14there's noise out in the shed
05:15in the middle of the night
05:16and go out with the cricket bat,
05:18and I find an inebriated James
05:20in the animal shed.
05:22So that was my first meeting of Nick.
05:25Mr. Harriet,
05:26what on earth are you doing?
05:28Feeding the cats.
05:30When Anna was cast,
05:32which was after the read-through,
05:34I thought,
05:36ah, this is going to work.
05:39And Anna is just
05:40the loveliest woman
05:41who's ever existed.
05:43That's the last jigsaw piece
05:44of a very nice little
05:46five-piece puzzle.
05:48I think that really fits well.
05:51Six years later,
05:52the puzzle is still
05:53very much in place.
05:54After the break,
05:58I'll be continuing
05:59my Access All Areas experience
06:01with a tour of the set
06:02and then heading
06:03for a costume fitting
06:04and rehearsals
06:06to prepare for my,
06:07ahem,
06:08starring role.
06:09Nervous?
06:10Me?
06:11Don't know what you're talking about.
06:19Welcome back
06:20to All Creatures Great and Small
06:22Behind the Magic,
06:24where I take you
06:25behind the scenes of the show
06:26to reveal how it's really made.
06:29Now, it's almost time
06:30for me to swap me denim
06:31for me tweeds,
06:32but first,
06:33Callum's offered
06:34to show me round the set
06:35and let me into
06:36a few of its secrets.
06:39Skeldale House.
06:40Skeldale House.
06:41Yeah.
06:41Are you ready for a tour?
06:42Yeah, certainly can.
06:43You can't believe
06:44that's in a studio,
06:45can you?
06:45No.
06:47So, the whole interior
06:48of Skeldale House
06:49is built in a studio
06:51and made to look and feel
06:52every bit like a house
06:53from the 1940s.
06:58On this studio tour,
06:59Skeldale's very own
07:00golden retriever,
07:01Jess,
07:02real name Ernie,
07:04is joining us.
07:05He's quite the celebrity
07:06on All Creatures.
07:07These are the two exam rooms.
07:09I would say Tristan
07:10probably spends more
07:10of his time in here,
07:12sort of trying not
07:13to kill birds.
07:14What are you up to?
07:15Mrs H,
07:16you do have a suspicious mind.
07:18It's not what it looks like.
07:20Is it a dead budget?
07:22Yes.
07:23Then it's exactly
07:23what it looks like.
07:25Actually,
07:25I put him in a drawer,
07:26didn't you?
07:26I think I put him in this drawer here.
07:33Only Tristan
07:34could get himself
07:34into that kind of mess.
07:35And only Tristan
07:36can get himself
07:37out of it as well.
07:39It is, Peter,
07:41but he never used
07:42to be able to cheap.
07:45This is obviously
07:45our living room.
07:47The sitting room, yeah.
07:47Yeah, we've got
07:48that amazing little prop there,
07:50which is Tricky Moose
07:51shares long.
07:51Of course.
07:54I associate
07:55those two chairs
07:56with Siegfried and James
07:57drinking whiskey
07:58at the end of a long day.
07:59Yeah, or him
07:59smoking his pipe.
08:00Right.
08:01I think it's our patriotic duty
08:03to finish the bottle,
08:04don't you?
08:06And this is
08:06into our dining room.
08:07Right.
08:08Tristan does a lot
08:09of eating.
08:10Yeah.
08:11The first Siegfried
08:12is that episode
08:13when Siegfried and James
08:14have both been fed
08:15by the farmers
08:16that they've both been to.
08:18Mrs Hall has made
08:18this huge meal
08:19and no one can eat it.
08:21Well, Mrs Hall,
08:22this is certainly
08:23a lot of food.
08:26That's right.
08:26And then Tristan comes in
08:27and he's like,
08:28Tristan to the rescue.
08:29Anything to help you,
08:30Siegfried?
08:31Speaking of,
08:32this is the famous
08:34Siegfried's office.
08:35Ah, so it is.
08:36Got a little photo
08:37of Tristan as well
08:38in his army uniform.
08:39There we go.
08:41Yeah, there's a hint, see?
08:42He was proud of you, really.
08:45This is my absolute
08:46favourite room of the house.
08:48The dispensary.
08:49The dispensary.
08:50So this is being
08:51organised expertly
08:53by Tristan
08:53with his newfound
08:54military discipline.
08:55Right.
08:56What on earth?
09:00The only way
09:01to dig out the weed
09:01is to take hold
09:02of it by the root.
09:03Right.
09:04The dispensary
09:05is home to
09:061,600 bottles,
09:09all filled
09:09with various concoctions,
09:11olive oil,
09:12bubble bath,
09:13washing up liquid,
09:14cordial,
09:14and food colourings.
09:16I just love this room.
09:17I just love
09:17all the different bottles
09:18and colours
09:19and things like
09:21props like these.
09:22This is how you would
09:22give sheep or goats
09:24like a medicine
09:25or whatever.
09:25They'd suck it out of that.
09:27Yeah, it's just things like that.
09:28I just think
09:29it's such an amazing prop.
09:31See the scullery?
09:32Very good.
09:34This is a really great room.
09:36I just associate
09:36this room
09:37with full English breakfast.
09:39Sit yourself down,
09:40Trish,
09:40I'll get you some breakfast.
09:41It's always a very funny
09:42day on set
09:43when we do
09:43full English breakfast days
09:44because we'll have
09:45like a little bit
09:46of a sausage
09:47or a bit of fried egg
09:48and then we need to reset
09:49so a new sausage
09:51gets brought in
09:51a brand new one.
09:52For each breakfast scene
09:53they require
09:54a whopping 60 rashers,
09:5660 sausages,
09:5730 pieces of black pudding
09:59and eggs on demand.
10:01And when the scene
10:02gets completed
10:02all the crew rush in
10:04and it's just like
10:05hand grabbing everything.
10:07And if the crew
10:08don't get to meet all of it,
10:09I know somebody who will.
10:12There we go,
10:12that was Skeldale.
10:16One of the memories
10:17that never quite leaves me
10:19is the first time
10:19I walked into Skeldale House.
10:25Jackie Smith's design
10:26to make sure
10:28that the house
10:28was not only real
10:29but interesting.
10:32All of it,
10:33the wallpapers,
10:34the flooring,
10:35the...
10:36everything had been made
10:37slightly dirty
10:39so nothing was pristine,
10:40everything was lived in
10:42and used
10:42and loved.
10:44The level of detail
10:46is just,
10:46it's incredible.
10:47You really do get transported.
10:49You are stepping into
10:50the 1940s
10:51with these incredible sets
10:53so you just feel
10:54like you're in the 40s.
10:55Charming little house.
10:56So, so...
10:57compact
10:58and functional.
11:00The attention to detail
11:01is amazing
11:03on all creatures
11:03greater than small.
11:05Now, whether that's the set
11:06that I've just seen
11:06for myself
11:07or the thousands of props
11:09which are stored
11:09in an enormous warehouse
11:11including glassware,
11:13crockery,
11:15silverware,
11:16furniture,
11:16prosthetics
11:17and the costumes
11:19designed by Ros
11:19Little and her team
11:20who fit well over
11:21300 per series.
11:24I need to visit Ros
11:25in the costume truck
11:26to find the best outfit
11:28for my little cameo.
11:29I wonder what she's got in mind.
11:31So what have we got here then,
11:33Ros?
11:33Well, we've got a suit
11:35for you from the 1940s.
11:37It's not an actual 1940s suit.
11:39It's a replica
11:40of a 1940s suit.
11:42Looks the part.
11:42But I thought
11:43this is great
11:44but maybe it's a little bit
11:45too smart
11:46for the character
11:47you're going to play.
11:48So I found a lovely fair isle.
11:50This is one of our
11:51top ones.
11:52I thought that this
11:53would be very nice.
11:54Oh, very old creatures, that.
11:56Very old creatures.
11:57Yeah, right.
11:58So here you are.
11:59Good luck.
11:59In you go.
12:00I shall reappear
12:01as the 1940s.
12:03Whoops.
12:06All right.
12:07Ta-da!
12:08How about that?
12:09Only, my tummy
12:10doesn't quite fit
12:11in my waistband.
12:12Don't worry,
12:13we'll let out the back
12:14see a little bit.
12:14So it might need to
12:15find a bit of space there.
12:17Yeah.
12:18Your glasses.
12:19Oh, yeah.
12:20I'm sorry,
12:21but you won't be able
12:21to wear them.
12:22Can you see without them?
12:23Who said that?
12:24Yes, I can.
12:26With help from Ros
12:27and now Nicola
12:28from Makeup,
12:29I really look the part.
12:31But can I act the part?
12:33We've got a drive
12:36through Herriot country
12:37to get there, haven't we?
12:38We have.
12:38Right.
12:39Very good.
12:40Let's go then.
12:41It's time to head over
12:42to the filming location
12:43to meet director
12:44Andy Hay.
12:46I'm hoping this scenic journey
12:47will help me get into character.
12:49Imagine James Herriot
12:51back in the day
12:51in a 1930s Vauxhall,
12:54I think it is.
12:55Yep.
12:55Driving down these little rows
12:56and up farm tracks,
12:57all weathers.
12:59No sat-nav.
13:01No sat-nav.
13:02No.
13:03No heater, probably.
13:05It's a fearsome place
13:05in winter, I tell you.
13:07Marvellous.
13:07You won't be saying that
13:08when the snow's eight foot deep.
13:09This part of the world
13:10is known as God's own country
13:13and I can see why
13:15with scenery like this,
13:17no wonder the castle
13:18are coming back here
13:19year after year.
13:21The Dales are certainly
13:21their character
13:22unto themselves.
13:24It's the ruralness,
13:25the ruggedness of it
13:27and also the stunning beauty.
13:29At times,
13:29it's kind of got it all.
13:31I love it here.
13:33James came from this
13:34very, you know,
13:35urban, industrial Glasgow.
13:38Getting the train
13:39into the Yorkshire Dales,
13:40it's absolutely breathtaking.
13:42But there's no other way
13:43to describe it.
13:46I've never been to a location
13:47and gone,
13:48eh, this isn't very good.
13:51It's impossible
13:52not to be excited
13:54by going to work.
13:56The drive to work
13:57in the morning
13:57never gets old.
13:59I look out the window
13:59like, I can't believe
14:01we get to shoot in this.
14:04I think my favourite's
14:05unpopular,
14:05but it's,
14:06it's Yorkentwaite,
14:07which is where
14:07Hurston Grange is.
14:08And it's unpopular
14:09for the reasons,
14:10just logistics really.
14:11It's kind of in the middle
14:12of nowhere.
14:12It's got its own
14:13weather system.
14:14I absolutely love it.
14:16It's where all
14:16of Helen's most important
14:18scenes are shot
14:18and it's so remote
14:19and beautiful.
14:21So the actual filming
14:22of the first kiss
14:24between James and Helen,
14:25I remember the day well.
14:27It was really raining.
14:28It was kind of miserable.
14:29We thought, oh no,
14:30that's not quite what
14:30we'd imagined
14:31and we were just
14:31about to shoot it
14:32and the clouds parted
14:33and the sun shone
14:34and it was perfect.
14:38We got up onto that roof.
14:40Rach was there,
14:41connected to the harness,
14:42sat already
14:43and I climbed up a ladder,
14:45joined her
14:45and then got connected
14:46up with the harness
14:47and we managed
14:48to film the scene.
14:50Nick and I
14:51had just gone through
14:51what we wanted it to feel like
14:52and what we wanted
14:53the viewers to feel like
14:54and it was much anticipated.
14:55We felt like
14:57the audience were going,
14:58yes, come on,
14:58that these two
14:59were going to get together.
15:11We just had that
15:1290 minutes,
15:13one hour break
15:14and we managed
15:15to get it all filmed
15:16and it was just,
15:17well, it was perfect.
15:19The response was lovely.
15:20We couldn't have asked
15:21for anything better.
15:31Today's location
15:32is a showground
15:33in Pateley Bridge
15:34in North Yorkshire
15:35which has been transformed
15:36into a dog racing track.
15:40Oh, thank you.
15:43It took a design team
15:45of over 20 people
15:46to create the outdoor set
15:47in order to time travel
15:49back to the 1940s.
15:51Hey, and let's not forget
15:52the groundsman
15:53who needs to keep
15:54the grass soft
15:54for little paws
15:56to run on.
16:00I think this is
16:01the set bit now
16:01and what I'm hoping
16:02is that I can find
16:03the director
16:03because I'm a bit nervous
16:05now, if I'm honest.
16:07I want to examine
16:08that dog again.
16:09He's done his race.
16:10I know.
16:11We're here
16:12to film a special scene
16:13in which James Herriot,
16:14played by Nicholas Ralph,
16:16has to deal
16:16with an injury
16:17but this time
16:18it's a human one
16:20and not an animal.
16:21I've got an injury
16:22I need you to look at.
16:24And I'm
16:24going to be in the scene.
16:26Andy, nice to meet you.
16:27You all right?
16:27Are you great saving?
16:29I don't know.
16:29What do they say?
16:34What have you got to watch on?
16:35I have,
16:35but it's a 1940s one.
16:37Fab.
16:37Can we set the time
16:39for you?
16:39We're going 12.45.
16:41Fabulous.
16:42Everything on set
16:43is made to look
16:44and feel authentic.
16:45However,
16:46the ice cream
16:46was made from
16:47instant buttercream icing
16:49left to dry
16:50for a week
16:50until hardened.
16:52The beer isn't real.
16:53It's alcohol-free ale
16:54or sometimes a soft drink.
16:56But the sandwiches
16:57are real.
16:58I'll tell you what though,
17:00in this heat,
17:01I think I'll give them a miss.
17:02Can I borrow you?
17:03Yeah, of course you can.
17:04Tracy first.
17:05Nice to meet you.
17:05Tracy, nice to meet you.
17:06You all right?
17:07We'll just go over to Andy
17:07if that's okay.
17:08Yeah.
17:09Ambrose.
17:09Ambrose.
17:10Hello, mate.
17:10All right.
17:11Nice to meet you.
17:12Because you're a great drunk
17:13and not many people
17:15can do that.
17:16Come here.
17:17That's it.
17:18Filming involves
17:19lots of moving parts,
17:20many takes
17:21and several camera angles.
17:24As you can see,
17:25they've repositioned the camera
17:26so you do every set up
17:28a couple of times
17:29and then they're
17:29picking up different things.
17:31So they're picking up
17:31you boys,
17:32then they're picking up
17:33Ambrose here
17:33and his knee,
17:34then they're picking up
17:35me and my racks and tits.
17:36It's all, yeah,
17:36because the line's into it.
17:38Let's just have a look
17:38at the shin kick.
17:39The stunt coordinator
17:40is also on hand
17:41to help the director
17:42and ensure nobody
17:44actually gets injured.
17:46So you can just
17:47kick your puffs there.
17:48And you want the eye,
17:49that'll do eye
17:50before the kick,
17:51don't you?
17:52Yeah, I think let's just
17:53do the dialogue
17:54and we'll work
17:54exactly where it goes.
17:55Yeah.
17:57Hey, well,
17:58I had one line
17:58and I was already honoured
17:59but I've been given
18:00a bonus extra line
18:02which goes like this.
18:04Ah, that'll do eye.
18:06It's Ambrose here.
18:09He's had a nasty fall.
18:11Oh, yeah, man.
18:12Nice.
18:13And you've knocked
18:14a bit of skin off that
18:15so it needs cleaning.
18:17You like whiskey, do you?
18:20No, not too quick.
18:21Don't rush it.
18:22Don't rush it.
18:25We've done a couple
18:26of rehearsals.
18:27The first one
18:27was a bit too quick
18:28so we were told
18:29to slow down.
18:30All I've got to do now
18:31is not mess up
18:32the line they've given me.
18:34You like whiskey, do you?
18:36Oh, aye, that'll do, aye.
18:41Hey, you don't get
18:42that trouble
18:42from your animals, do you?
18:44That's it, yeah.
18:45Whiskey, yeah.
18:46Hi, how's that, man?
18:47Hello, mate.
18:48How's it been going?
18:49You've finished filming?
18:49I've been finished filming,
18:50yeah, yeah.
18:51I've just come to watch you
18:52act now.
18:52Oh, have you?
18:53Just to add another one?
18:54I've come to see you
18:54close-up, yeah.
18:55Thank you very much.
18:56Welcome to the road of filming.
18:57Oh, that's great.
18:58Yeah.
18:58There's so much more
18:59in the scene now
19:00than on the page
19:00so it's brilliant.
19:02After the break,
19:03I'll make my acting debut
19:04and then take you back
19:06in time to Darabee
19:07or the market town
19:08of Grassington
19:09as it's known around here.
19:18Welcome back
19:18to all creatures
19:19great and small
19:20behind the magic.
19:23Before taking you
19:24to the iconic location
19:25of Grassington,
19:25I mean Darabee,
19:28I'm about to make
19:28my acting debut
19:29on a 1940s dog race track.
19:33I bet you don't get
19:33this trouble with your animals.
19:35Get a nice and quiet place
19:36like an air chatter.
19:37Rehearsals are over.
19:38Now it's time
19:39to film the scene for real.
19:41How's it?
19:41It's Ambrose here.
19:42He's had a nasty fall.
19:44What?
19:44I'm not a vet.
19:45I'm not a doctor.
19:46Well, we don't have
19:47a doctor, Mr. Harriet.
19:48You can patch him up,
19:49can't you?
19:50I don't want him
19:50getting blood poisoning.
19:51What'll happen to me
19:52bar takings then, Ambrose?
19:54What's that?
19:58Catch him.
19:58Oh, I've got him.
19:59Is he?
20:02He's knocked a bit of skin off,
20:03that's all.
20:05He needs cleaning.
20:07You like whiskey, do you?
20:09Oh, aye, that'll do, aye.
20:12Oh, you...
20:13I bet you don't get
20:14this much trouble
20:15from the animals.
20:16Damn it, he killed me.
20:18Cut.
20:19Inboard?
20:19Inboard?
20:20Cut.
20:21Thanks for the opportunity.
20:22Thanks for the opportunity.
20:22You were fantastic.
20:23Was it?
20:24How'd you let me
20:25boss you around?
20:26You did well,
20:26well directed,
20:27weren't you?
20:28Cheers, mate.
20:29Well, I thoroughly
20:30enjoyed that
20:30and I'm so pleased
20:32Andy thought
20:32I did a good job.
20:33Hey, just shows
20:34you can teach
20:35an old dog
20:36new tricks.
20:37Lovely to work with you.
20:38Yeah, brilliant.
20:39Absolutely fantastic.
20:40Even my mentor,
20:41Callum, was impressed.
20:42Hello, sir.
20:43Hey.
20:43How are you doing?
20:44I'm all right.
20:45I, um,
20:46well, survived.
20:46You've had your screen debut.
20:48Yeah.
20:48How was it?
20:49I was really nervous
20:50because I was, uh...
20:51You were nervous?
20:52I was going to ask
20:52if you were nervous.
20:53No, I was.
20:53And it came out all right,
20:54but...
20:55It sounds like you nailed it.
20:56I mean, you look the part.
20:57You're clearly shopping
20:58the same places as Tristan
20:59with your fair-ass sweaters.
21:00Yeah, true, isn't it?
21:01Yeah.
21:02Congratulations, mate.
21:03Thank you very much.
21:03This is your reward
21:04for the ice cream.
21:05Thank you very much.
21:06There you go.
21:07Well done.
21:07It's kind of, yeah.
21:11Well, now that's all over,
21:14I reckon I deserve a pint.
21:16So Callum is taking me
21:18to Tristan's favourite watering hole,
21:20the Drovers,
21:21in Grassington.
21:22This is the Drovers.
21:23Here we are.
21:24Shall we go in?
21:24I think we should.
21:25Yep.
21:28The Drovers' arms.
21:29So it's not really,
21:30it's the Devonshire.
21:32Is that right?
21:32That's correct, yes.
21:33I see you kept the sign outside
21:34that says Drovers.
21:36Well, it'd be rude not to,
21:37wouldn't it?
21:37You would, wouldn't you?
21:38Yeah, very good.
21:39So how long have you been here, then?
21:41A few months before you guys arrived.
21:43Yeah, but, yeah.
21:43Oh, that's interesting.
21:44A few months before us, yeah.
21:45We were approached
21:46in the summertime
21:47and asked if we wanted
21:48to take part in a TV show.
21:51We didn't know what it was.
21:52And then it became
21:53the worst-kept secret
21:54in the day.
21:54Did it?
21:55So you agreed to take part
21:56in a TV show
21:57and you didn't know what it was?
21:59Exactly that.
22:00Fair place here.
22:01I wanted to say
22:02it's not the animals
22:04that cause all the bother.
22:05It's the people.
22:06Quite right.
22:07I bet people come
22:08from all over the world,
22:08don't they?
22:09Definitely.
22:10And they're obviously
22:10staying in the rooms
22:11which are themed
22:12after the characters
22:13from the show.
22:14Oh, are they?
22:14They are indeed.
22:15So what do we have?
22:16There's the tricky woo.
22:17There's a Skeldale,
22:18a Darabee.
22:19Skeldale, Darabee.
22:20Yeah.
22:20The Tristan Farnan suite
22:22is the only one
22:22that has two minibars.
22:24That's right.
22:25Both are always empty.
22:27Always.
22:27Brilliant.
22:28Brilliant.
22:28It's a good time
22:29to bring up
22:29my Tristan's port actually.
22:31Whatever you've heard
22:32is not true.
22:33I didn't do it.
22:35A yard of ale
22:36if you wouldn't mind
22:36please Maggie.
22:38I'll bring it over.
22:39What can I do you for sir?
22:40Fancy seeing you
22:41this side of the bar eh?
22:43Yes, Drover's Best of course.
22:45Here we go.
22:48And here we go sir.
22:50Oh that's good.
22:51A pint of the Drover's Best for you.
22:51Thank you very much sir.
22:52Brilliant.
22:53Have one yourself.
22:54Thank you very much.
22:56You're welcome.
22:57Here's to us.
22:57Here's to my future career
22:59beyond a bar.
23:01Well now we're suitably refreshed
23:02I think it's a good time
23:03to explore the rest of
23:04Grassington.
23:05James Herriot's Darrowby.
23:07This town has become famous
23:09the world over
23:10for its old fashioned
23:11Yorkshire charm.
23:13But even still
23:14it takes a lot of work
23:15to transform it
23:16to the 1940s.
23:18You get like the 1940s cars
23:19you've got obviously
23:20loads of extras
23:21like walking about the place
23:22with their dogs
23:22who are dressed in all the gear
23:24as well.
23:24Yeah.
23:25Yeah we've had some really
23:26great scenes that we've filmed
23:27in Grassington's Scram.
23:28There was the one
23:29from last season
23:29where if you remember
23:30me and Siegfried
23:31come from just that little
23:32gap in the buildings there.
23:34We've been drunk
23:35on the elderflower wine
23:36that Dobson gave us.
23:37You walk in a straight line man.
23:39I assure you
23:40I'm walking perfectly straight.
23:42Clothes ripped, grazed
23:44and we're stumbling
23:44all over the place
23:46and I did like a stage
23:47trip up the curb.
23:51The shops in the town
23:52have been repurposed
23:53for the show.
23:54The cafe
23:54becomes the haberdashery
23:56the shop next door
23:58to the bakery
23:59is the bakery
24:00and the bookshop
24:01well that's a fruit
24:02and vegetable shop.
24:04It all makes sense
24:05to someone.
24:07So, bookshop.
24:09We are actually
24:10Stripey Badger bookshop
24:11but during All Creatures
24:12we're transported
24:13in the 1940s
24:14and we're GF Endlebury
24:15the greengrocers.
24:16Yeah.
24:17I mean they really don't
24:18transform the inside
24:20of the shop
24:20but it's the front
24:22of the shop
24:22they put the signage on
24:23and all the vegetables
24:24absolutely minutely
24:26detail.
24:27We are actually
24:28in the forefront
24:29because all the filming
24:30is between the drovers
24:31and the surgery
24:33so...
24:33Well it's Tristan
24:34running from Skeldale
24:35over the drovers
24:35isn't it
24:36for a swift pint?
24:37Yeah.
24:38When they're filming
24:39do you get big crowds
24:40turn up?
24:41Yes.
24:41Do you?
24:42Yes.
24:42Yeah, it's phenomenal.
24:45I always say
24:46it's like a cross
24:47between doing theatre
24:48and television
24:48whenever we're here
24:49because there's crowds
24:50of about 100 people
24:51while we're filming
24:51and then when the camera
24:52is cut
24:53you get a round of applause
24:53it's absolutely brilliant
24:55yeah.
24:55Of course you've got
24:56the little old creatures
24:57going in a small shrine
24:58at the back as well.
25:05Old creatures now
25:06has been here
25:06for six years
25:07and the impact
25:08on the town
25:09or village
25:09is absolutely amazing.
25:12The number of visitors
25:13we're getting
25:13increases year by year
25:15people are coming
25:16and spending money here
25:17which is great.
25:18the village
25:19is generally
25:20very supportive
25:21of all events
25:22that we put on
25:23and hopefully
25:24will be
25:25for a few more years.
25:28The most iconic
25:29part of Grassington
25:30is the front
25:31exterior
25:31of Skeldale House.
25:36So it does look
25:37a bit different
25:38doesn't it?
25:39Rather.
25:39You've not got the thing.
25:40Yeah.
25:40Crikey.
25:41Yeah.
25:42Here we go.
25:44Mimmy that's different.
25:45Evening.
25:46Morning Audrey.
25:47Morning.
25:47Hi.
25:49Hello there.
25:50There's no Darabee 2297
25:52going on in here
25:53is there?
25:55Darabee 2297.
25:56And then of course
25:57the animals.
25:58When the cast and crew
25:59are filming in Grassington
26:00they often bring with them
26:01a host of creatures
26:02and let's not forget
26:04the animals
26:05are the star of the show.
26:07Let's just not tell the cast.
26:09The Dales and the animals
26:11go above the title.
26:13We're always
26:13in the service
26:15of the animals.
26:17We're small
26:19but they're great.
26:21Samuel West
26:22was comfortable
26:22with rats
26:23from a young age
26:24as he had them
26:24as pets
26:25but horses
26:26were all new to him
26:28and for his role
26:29he had to learn
26:30how to be confident
26:31around them
26:31and how to ride
26:33guided by
26:34veteran horse trainer
26:35Mark Atkinson.
26:36The challenge
26:38is that we
26:39are up against
26:41the most
26:41is making sure
26:42that the actors
26:43feel safe
26:44around the horses
26:45and help them
26:46behave in a manner
26:48that convinces
26:50the viewer
26:51that they're
26:51very, very used
26:52to horses.
26:53I think when I first
26:54read that Siegfried
26:55was a person
26:56who preferred horses
26:57to people
26:58I thought that was
26:58a quite extreme
26:59character note
27:00that seemed
27:00like a strange
27:01thing.
27:03Good.
27:04You're seeing me
27:04now aren't you?
27:05Nothing to be
27:06afraid of here.
27:08But then
27:08I spent more time
27:10with Mark and Ben
27:11and with their
27:11extraordinary horses
27:12and I began to see
27:13it as quite natural.
27:14Hello friend.
27:16You remember me
27:17don't you?
27:18There's a sense
27:19that you're in
27:19the sort of
27:20the company
27:20of real thoroughbreds.
27:23It's like having
27:23a Ferrari
27:24under your foot
27:24and you're on Mojo
27:26and then you just
27:27pull your stomach
27:27muscles in
27:28and he goes
27:28oh we're trotting
27:29okay
27:29and he's away.
27:33And I find
27:34that sort of
27:35communication
27:35really extraordinary.
27:37I mean to be
27:38booked to do
27:38something that
27:39you couldn't
27:39quite do
27:40and then to be
27:41taught how to
27:42do it a bit
27:42better
27:43so that people
27:43who can really
27:44do it go
27:44yeah I kind of
27:45believe that.
27:47That's a real
27:48joy as an actor.
27:56All Creatures
27:56is made by
27:57hundreds of people
27:58each crucial
27:59to the success
28:00of the show.
28:01One of them
28:01is animal handler
28:02Jill Clark.
28:03You'll find her
28:04on set.
28:05She's the one
28:05who spends more
28:06time with the
28:06animals than
28:07the humans.
28:09Hello you're
28:10Jill.
28:11I am.
28:11Hello.
28:11How do you do?
28:13So you're the
28:13animal handler
28:14around your neck.
28:14I am yes.
28:15You've got a
28:15snake around your
28:16neck.
28:16Oh yes I have.
28:18Didn't notice.
28:20Jill's part of the
28:21team who train the
28:21animals from getting
28:22a cow to lie down
28:23on cue, tricky to
28:25pose for a pretend
28:26operation or a goat
28:27to hold its hoofer.
28:29The animal handler's
28:30job is really varied.
28:32Jill's agreed to
28:32chat with me and a
28:34few of her furry
28:34friends of course in
28:36Skeldale House.
28:37What could possibly go
28:39wrong?
28:41For the lunch!
28:43Don't knock the
28:44lights over please.
28:46There we go.
28:48That's it.
28:49Come here.
28:50Hello.
28:50And these two have been
28:51running and jumping on the
28:52dining room table.
28:54How do you train them to
28:54do that then?
28:55With food.
28:57Food and a series of
28:58buzzing noises motivate the
29:00goats to jump on tables.
29:02Now this particular scene
29:03took Jill and the team
29:04several takes and a lot
29:06of mess until they got
29:07the footage that they
29:08needed to make it.
29:10Ladies, ladies.
29:12Out of there.
29:12Come on ladies.
29:13Back to go.
29:14Back to go.
29:15Ladies.
29:17It's a right mess in
29:18there.
29:21Get down from there.
29:23Jill who supplies all the
29:25animals and looks after
29:27all the, I mean she's
29:28an extraordinary woman and
29:30she trains them so
29:32beautifully to not be
29:34neurotic so they will as
29:35long as they get love
29:36they will, they will go
29:38to, um, go to anybody.
29:41So what's the biggest
29:42animal you've trained for?
29:44Oh, he's determined to
29:45smash it.
29:46I think probably the cattle.
29:49We had a two-ton bull in
29:51the first series.
29:53Oh God.
29:57There are similarities in
29:58what we do then.
29:59So you're training people
30:00as well as animals.
30:01Yes.
30:01Oh yeah, all the time.
30:02Yeah.
30:03Be comfortable with them
30:04and talk to them.
30:05Yeah.
30:05Because people just don't.
30:07Obviously dogs is my
30:08thing but do you find that
30:10a lot of that transfers
30:11right across all the
30:11animals?
30:12Yes, definitely.
30:12Yeah, tone of voice.
30:13Keep calm.
30:14Yeah.
30:14If it's starting to go
30:15wrong, don't panic.
30:16Yeah, definitely.
30:17All of that.
30:18You panic.
30:19Everybody else around you
30:20panics.
30:20Yeah, for sure.
30:21The show has a responsibility
30:22to treat the animals with the
30:24utmost respect and safety.
30:26And so since day one, vet Andy
30:29Barrett has made sure the
30:30animals are really well looked
30:31after.
30:32He helps the cast act like real
30:34vets.
30:35A cow like this doesn't come
30:36cheap, Mr Rudd.
30:38And he also advises the writers
30:39of the animal stories to keep
30:41things authentic.
30:42So Andy, you're the vet here
30:45on the location.
30:46So you're obviously looking
30:47after the welfare of the
30:48animals.
30:49Yeah, that's one of our
30:50roles.
30:51And then the other thing is
30:52they're very keen on realism.
30:53So we're here to sort of
30:55offer advice about what would
30:56this look like.
30:57Try to rock it over towards
30:58me.
31:01So how long have you been
31:02involved with the...
31:03Right from the start.
31:04Right from the start, yeah.
31:05Episode one, series one.
31:06Amazing.
31:06How did you get the gig then?
31:07My first boss was actually
31:09James Herriot's son.
31:10Really?
31:10Jim White in Fursk.
31:12And obviously he'd been
31:13approached about the show
31:15and put my name forward.
31:16A little birdie told me that
31:18Sam West, Siegfried, has got
31:21a tool that you gave him.
31:22Is that right?
31:23Well, I lent it to him.
31:24Oh, you lent it to him?
31:25He wasn't going to get to keep it.
31:26What's the story?
31:26Yeah, so first episode in
31:28series one, I lent him a
31:30hoof knife that actually
31:31belonged to Mr Sinclair.
31:33Who was the real Siegfried.
31:35The real Siegfried, yeah.
31:36Yeah.
31:37Thanks.
31:40Got it.
31:43I guess there are all sorts
31:43of restrictions for the
31:44producers in terms of what
31:45they can and can't do with
31:46animals.
31:48Is that something you're
31:49advising on?
31:50It's a big logistical
31:51exercise, filming on live
31:52farms.
31:53I had no idea that on this
31:55show they filmed the animal
31:57birds for real.
31:58And I was keen to find out
31:59more from Andy.
32:00In the first series, they
32:02wanted to film a carving.
32:03It's all right.
32:04We're here to look after
32:07you.
32:07We had two in-calf cows.
32:10Wow.
32:10And we sat and watched
32:11them and watched them and
32:13watched them and then nearly
32:14missed them carving.
32:15We've got there with seconds
32:17to spare, really.
32:18I think you've got to...
32:19On this set, Andy is Nick's
32:28vet double.
32:29Because for the welfare and
32:30safety of the animal, it
32:31needs to be a real vet with a
32:33cow who's carving, not an
32:35actor.
32:39Talk about authentic.
32:41I mean, I suppose they
32:42could have done that with
32:42some sort of prosthetic or
32:44whatever.
32:44Yeah, well, I mean, there's
32:45a lot of prosthetics used.
32:46Obviously, animal welfare is
32:47really high up on the agenda
32:49and one of the things that
32:50the production company said
32:51in the first place was,
32:52it's got to be right.
32:53If we don't need to use real
32:55animals, we don't use them.
32:56And certainly, we make sure
32:58that everything is looked
32:59after and its welfare isn't
33:00compromised.
33:01James Herriot would approve.
33:02I hope so.
33:03After the break, it's almost
33:05time for Christmas.
33:08And I can't wait to show
33:09you Mrs. Hall's baking
33:11secrets, as well as taking
33:13you to a barn repurposed as
33:14a photo studio where the
33:16actors and animals will create
33:18the poster artwork for the
33:19show.
33:19Welcome back to All Creatures Great and
33:30Small Behind the Magic.
33:32I'm excited about Christmas.
33:34It's my favourite time of year.
33:36And for the past six years,
33:38Christmas just wouldn't be
33:39Christmas without the All Creatures
33:41Great and Small festive episode.
33:43And this year is no different.
33:45It's a mock turkey.
33:49Parsnips.
33:50For legs.
33:52And you can keep your opinions to
33:54yourself too.
33:55Christmas!
33:58All this talk of Christmas is
34:00making me hungry.
34:01And who better to visit than my
34:03namesake, Mrs. Hall, played by
34:05Anna Maidley, provider of all
34:08delicious grub on the show.
34:09This is Mrs. Hall's domain.
34:11Cook some mean black pudding.
34:12But I'm about to discover Mrs.
34:14Hall's secret.
34:15Truth is, you're our real
34:17Mrs. Hall, aren't you?
34:18Because I don't actually cook
34:20anything.
34:21Spoiler.
34:21You mean you don't create all of
34:23the meals that they're eating?
34:25No.
34:26Oh, I say Mrs. H.
34:29Smells marvellous.
34:30Really does.
34:31Yes, well it's just bread and
34:32cheese for now, so hands off.
34:33Today, Anna's going to have a
34:35go at Mrs. Hall's famous short
34:36bread biscuits with the help of
34:38home economist Bethany
34:39Heald in the kitchen set.
34:42We've got flour and rice flour
34:43and that's quite an authentic
34:45recipe.
34:46So that gets sieved and butter
34:48added.
34:49Lovely.
34:50And a tiny bit of sugar because
34:51we're still on rationing, you
34:52know.
34:55You shouldn't have gone to so
34:56much trouble.
34:59And then it's basically a game
35:01of mixing until we get to a
35:02dough.
35:03I think it's the only show I've
35:04been on where everyone asks to
35:06eat the food.
35:07That's a compliment.
35:09You really didn't need to do all
35:10of this.
35:11It mostly only comes around once
35:12a year.
35:13Just eat up and then you can get
35:14out from under my feet.
35:15So the only things we haven't
35:17wanted to eat would probably be
35:19things that have been designed
35:21more as a prop.
35:22Yeah.
35:23So you made Triss's wonderful
35:24blancmange, his favourite
35:25pud.
35:26But you added, oh, I'm right, you
35:27added a load of extra gelatin to it.
35:28Yeah, about quadruple the normal
35:30amount of gelatin.
35:32Because we had to use period
35:34jelly mould and we had to make it
35:37robust enough to hold up under the
35:39lights because everything wilts a
35:41little bit.
35:42Do you mind sprinkling some flour on
35:44the deck?
35:48And as you know, I can't wash my
35:49hands now because the sink doesn't
35:52actually work.
35:53Show secrets.
35:54Nothing works.
35:56When they do need to wash up or
35:59fill a kettle on the show, a hose
36:00pipe is rigged up.
36:02There.
36:04That should do it.
36:05The shortbreads are ready to
36:07cook.
36:08But there's one small problem.
36:11Traditionally, you would cook these
36:13at the end of the day when the
36:15oven's cooling down.
36:17So it's not too strong.
36:17And they would cook quite gently.
36:19Probably bottom aga.
36:20Not the roasting bits, the
36:21simmering bits.
36:22Yeah, the simmering oven.
36:23Which again doesn't keep...
36:25It doesn't work.
36:26I'm not sure it's got a shelf in there
36:27right now.
36:27No, it hasn't.
36:29But that's where it would go.
36:30Oh, easy here.
36:32Mrs. H, if that tastes half as good
36:34as it smells, Pumphrey can keep a
36:35stupid party.
36:37A fake kitchen?
36:38Surely not.
36:39But then I suppose making a drama
36:41is literally make-believe.
36:44Who would like to cup of tea?
36:45No, sir.
36:47Oh, I can't be the partner.
36:48So polite.
36:50Cheers.
36:51Cheers.
36:52Another piece of make-believe is how
36:54the poster for the show is created.
36:57This local barn has been repurposed as
36:59a studio by photographer Jay Brooks.
37:02We are in quite a hot barn somewhere in
37:07the fields outside Harrogate where they
37:09film a lot of the old creatures
37:10episodes.
37:13And we've set up basically a photography
37:15studio in what was only a few weeks
37:17ago full of sheep.
37:18We're here doing some key art shoot
37:23for the end of the series, some gallery
37:25shoots and some social media content.
37:29So these are the bits that go out to
37:31promote the show, the poster and all
37:32that kind of stuff.
37:33So it's a slightly different vibe today.
37:34Everything's a bit more relaxed.
37:35We've got pizza and ice cream.
37:38Look more out into the distance with the
37:40sheep as well because they're going right
37:41down the lane.
37:44Nice.
37:44Key art shoot is a photography shoot
37:47that you do where we create the poster
37:49artwork.
37:51And that artwork is kind of seen all
37:53over the place.
37:53It could become a book jacket.
37:55It goes onto the streaming platform and
37:57it could even be an out of home poster
37:59on the London Underground.
38:02So our shot today is basically the cast
38:04sitting in a car driving down the
38:06country lane.
38:07So in this we've got animals, sheep,
38:10five actors, two dogs.
38:14This job you do all sorts of crazy
38:16things.
38:16Directing sheep is a new one for me,
38:19but maybe it won't be the last.
38:21They were brilliant.
38:24Thank you so much.
38:26The story today is a really lovely one.
38:29The family are out for a drive in the
38:31countryside in the Dales.
38:33Lots of sheep suddenly cross the park in
38:34front of them and they realise that they
38:36can't get any further.
38:38Siegfried leaps out of the car in
38:39frustration as always.
38:43Tristan's in the backseat kind of
38:45messing around.
38:47Yeah, I hope it feels natural really.
38:49Right.
38:51Mrs Hall is inching the car forwards and
38:55Jay, Helen and the children kind of come
38:57across them as they're also walking across
38:59the land.
39:00Well done.
39:00And there's a lot of separate elements and it all
39:03goes together like an amazing jigsaw puzzle and
39:06creates this one perfect image.
39:14With posters made, biscuits baked and my scene in the can,
39:18it's almost time for me to put my Christmas decorations up and
39:22pour myself a sherry.
39:23But there's one person who's going to need some help before
39:27they can put their Christmas stocking up.
39:29It's time for me to give something back and help Callum with a
39:33little problem.
39:34His puppy Lenny has a real thing for socks.
39:37So, first of all, what have you taught him?
39:42He knows sit, down and pour.
39:44Oh.
39:44That's what he knows so far.
39:46Right.
39:46Well, I'll tell you what, he's already sitting, sort of.
39:48Well, I'll tell you what, sit.
39:49Down.
39:50I'll give you that as well if you like.
39:52That was foresight.
39:53Yeah.
39:53Say what, give me a pour.
39:55No, give me a treat.
39:56Hey, pour.
39:57Yay.
39:59You can have both.
40:00You can have both.
40:01Right.
40:02So, we've got a sock here.
40:03Hello.
40:04He's already discovered the treats, unfortunately.
40:06Oh, sock, that's interesting.
40:07Ah, no.
40:09Good boy.
40:10All right, then.
40:11So, sock there.
40:14Ah, no.
40:16No.
40:18No.
40:19Good.
40:20Go on, then.
40:21Yes.
40:22So, is that if you look away from this?
40:24Yeah.
40:24So, the timing is such that if we can...
40:26So, I go...
40:27No, all right.
40:29Good boy.
40:30Now he's looking this way.
40:31Good boy.
40:31Yeah.
40:31There you go.
40:32He's looking for the better thing that you said about, yeah.
40:35So, it's that...
40:36What's this?
40:38Ah.
40:39Good boy.
40:40This is going to save me a fortune.
40:44Buy new socks, then.
40:44Yeah, yeah, yeah.
40:46I gave Lenny a taste of the dog father.
40:49So, sock on, job done.
40:51And now, Callum can safely leave his Christmas stocking by the Christmas tree.
40:58For me, it wouldn't be Christmas without the All Creatures Christmas special.
41:02And we've had six years of treats, with Tricky in Peril, a wedding that didn't happen, an emotional farewell, oh, Mrs. Hall's Christmas heartbreak, and the birth of baby Jimmy.
41:15I wonder if the cast ever thought they'd still be here six Christmases later.
41:22I've never played a part for six years.
41:24In fact, the longest I've ever done anything before was one.
41:29I had no idea what I was walking into.
41:31It kind of blows my mind now to think that we can look back over six years.
41:38You know, everyone's children have grown up, and people have got new dogs.
41:43Edward!
41:46Brian!
41:47So, yeah, so it's been an amazing, amazing journey.
41:51As an actor, you're super grateful to have a job.
41:53We went into this show with caution, because everyone that we spoke to gave us a sort of warning, if you will, of, like, don't mess it up.
42:01You've got big boots to fill.
42:02So to hear that people enjoyed it and we were coming back again was like, oh, my goodness, that's amazing, we've done something right.
42:07And then to now still be here six years later is kind of, yeah, it's wild.
42:12The challenges of working with the animals, great or small, in the period cars and things like that, and then just day-to-day getting to work with these wonderful actors.
42:22I can hardly believe it's been six years.
42:26You know, six years on now, we just know each other so much better naturally than we did at the start, and it's just an absolute joy to come back and do another one.
42:40Everybody's as lovely as they seemed on day one, and the series has turned out to have all the complexity and the beauty and the simplicity that it had in the first series.
42:51Every year, in order to film the Christmas special, Grassington is turned into a winter wonderland, in the summer heat.
42:59Not the most comfortable working conditions in all these heavy clothes.
43:04We always shoot the Christmas episode in the middle of June.
43:08You really must learn more tact, Carmody.
43:11So we're in, like, four to five layers of thick woolen clothes in, like, 25 degree heat.
43:17Layers and layers and layers, with a blazer and a jacket and a hat and a scarf and gloves.
43:21It's a lot for 30 degree heat if you're running across Grassington Square, for instance, which is our diary, which I've done before.
43:28Merry Christmas!
43:30Hello! Merry Christmas!
43:32Merry Christmas to you, too, Siegfried.
43:33I did a scene where I was sitting in front of a wood-burning stove in a three-piece tweed suit, and 31 degrees, pretending to be freezing.
43:43And I had ice packs down my back, in my pocket, down my back.
43:48Merry Christmas!
43:49Come on, then.
43:50I love every Christmas special, and I watch it with my family like a viewer, even though I'm in it.
43:55Merry Christmas!
43:56Merry Christmas!
43:57James, come and sit down. We've waited for you.
43:59My favourite toast throughout all the years, 100%, has to be Merry Bloody Christmas.
44:06Merry Bloody Christmas!
44:08My favourite thing about the toast, and it goes for all of them, is that they always end in Merry Bloody Christmas.
44:14My children are quite good at saying Merry Bloody Christmas.
44:18Merry Bloody Christmas!
44:21It's the best. You can't have Christmas without it.
44:23Merry Bloody Christmas!
44:25I've had the best time here at the home of all creatures, great and small.
44:32So, wherever you are, I wish you a Merry Bloody Christmas!
44:36Merry Christmas!
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