It was the day job of James Herriot, the author of "All Creatures Great & Small"
[DOC] [TLE] All Creatures Great and Small (TV series) - Wikipedia [PAR] All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series based on the books of 
the British ... James Herriot  Christopher Timothy (series 17, 90 episodes); 
Siegfried ... "Some writers considered him an explosion, and all they needed to 
do was light .... Bingham died, "like many good vets, in a cow byre doing a tough 
job.