Episode guide
All Creatures Great and Small: Season 2
14 episodes · premiered Sep 23, 1978
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- Episode 1: Cats and Dogs Sep 23, 1978 The waiting room is packed at the Darrowby practice, but Siegfried seems more focused on catching his hard-drinking brother asleep on the job.
- Episode 2: Attendant Problems Sep 30, 1978 The return of lambing season brings a boost to Siegfried's spirits, but James, laid up in the surgery, is reminded of the harsher realities of a vet's life.
- Episode 3: Fair Means and Fowl Oct 7, 1978 Nerves are frayed as Tristan's encounter with an "exploding" bullock leads to a lawsuit, and Siegfried's venture in guinea raising runs foul. Meanwhile, James is sent to assist "on of the…
- Episode 4: Beauty of the Beast Oct 14, 1978 As the tractor threatens to do away with a way of life in the Dales, James battles to save a dying shire horse.
- Episode 5: Judgment Day Oct 21, 1978 The Darrowby Show is a much-anticipated event for the whole community, except for the duty vet. This mixed honor falls to James this year.
- Episode 6: Faint Hearts Oct 28, 1978 While James struggles to cope with the procrastinations of the Bellerby family, Tristan succumbs to the charms of a millionaire shipbuilder's daughter with a penchant for lobster.
- Episode 7: Tricks of the Trade Nov 4, 1978 James gets a taste of the high life when he comes to the aid of a city vet, Granville Bennet, while Siegfried juggles the care of Mr. Wilkinson's awesome "colt" with the fine art of debt…
- Episode 8: Pride of Possession Nov 11, 1978 The atmosphere is tense as James prepares to perform groundbreaking surgery. Meanwhile, Siegfried wrestles with a disinterested prize bull, and Tristan's hormones run riot over Darrowby's…
- Episode 9: The Name of the Game Nov 18, 1978 James becomes suspicious when the Farnon brothers -- usually keen cricketers -- "volunteer" him in their stead for the annual cricket match between Darrowby and Rainby.
- Episode 10: Puppy Love Nov 25, 1978 Tristan may have finally found the right girl in Alice McTavish. Meanwhile, James struggles to save a dog whose death could trigger the end of the owners' marriage.
- Episode 11: Ways and Means Dec 2, 1978 James concludes that the drawbacks of a vet's life -- long hours, fierce dogs and a cunning sow named Prudence -- pale in comparison to the rigors of making a speech to the Darrowby Youth…
- Episode 12: Pups, Pigs and Pickles Dec 9, 1978 Siegried turns on the charm to teach Tristan a lesson, while James, busy with calving, finds one farmer's traditional Yorkshire hospitality a bit hard to swallow.
- Episode 13: A Dog's Life Dec 16, 1978 Despite Siegfried's insistence that he relax and "cultivate the inner man," James can't shrug off the irritations that often make his professions a dog's life. Siegfried's inner man is…
- Episode 14: Merry Gentlemen Dec 24, 1978 Christmas at Skeldale House can be a formidable undertaking, what with sick foals, overfed dogs and a skeleton guarding Siegfried's secret hoard of goodies.