Set in the Yorkshire Dales, beginning in the mid-1930s, it stars Christopher Timothy as Herriot, Robert Hardy as Siegfried Farnon, the proprietor of the Skeldale House surgery, and Peter Davison as Siegfried 's "little brother '', Tristan. Herriot 's wife, Helen, is played by a different actress in each of the series ' runs: Carol Drinkwater originally, then Linda Bellingham for the revival.
where is all creatures great and small located
the Yorkshire Dales