Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jan 8, 1978
Life for a newly qualified vet like James Herriot is not at all easy. He travels all the way to Darrowby, Yorkshire to secure a job, but by the time his prospective employer, Siegfried Farnon, turns up for the interview, James has fallen asleep!
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jan 15, 1978
James finds that long hours and rough conditions can make a veterinary work a dog's life, but some dogs, like Mrs. Pumphrey's Tricki-Wu, have it so well that they can afford to spread the wealth.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jan 22, 1978
Sigfried declares that the business is in shambles financially, and his solution is Miss Harbottle, a meticulous secretary who rules the cash box with an iron hand. Amid a relentless succession of new faces - many gruff, some eccentric - James meets the lovely Helen Alderson.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jan 29, 1978
Siegfried has a major victory, and his brother Tristan has to deal with pigs in more ways than one. James discovers he has a rival for Helen's affections.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Feb 2, 1978
The practice in Darrowby goes from strength to strength - unlike James's private life. Tristan decides to remedy matters and arranges a double blind date.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Feb 12, 1978
The veterinary practice goes from strength to strength, but James fears he has wrecked his chances with Helen after a disastrous first date. Tristan decides that a blind date is all James needs to hone his courtship skills.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Feb 19, 1978
James' temper is fraying fast -- what with two car accidents in the space of a week, an inauspicious meeting with Helen's family and his rival still lurking around Helen like a "big glossy spider".
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Feb 26, 1978
The Dalby family fortunes dwindle even more until, almost by accident, James stumbles across the reason for the herd's illness.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Mar 5, 1978
Some farmers like to do their own vetting, but James discovers that sometimes the vet can cure the farmer.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Mar 12, 1978
Richard Carmody, a superior student, accompanies James on his rounds to learn, but it becomes clear that there is very little that he doesn't know.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Mar 19, 1978
What can a country vet do when a herd is struck by a disease for which there is no cure - especially when a man's life savings are at risk?
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Apr 7, 1978
James returns to Angus Grier and, to his shame and Grier's pleasure, is coerced into giving the wrong treatment. Grier's triumph is short-lived as James discovers his guilty secret.
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Apr 14, 1978
Siegfried discovers that a gift given in good faith can deal out death. James discovers that dealing out death can accidentally be the gift to life.
Season 2
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 23, 1978
A bull becomes strangely ill, so James performs a brand new operation. Three sick cats prove a difficult case, and all three vets have a go, with surprising results.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1978
Lambing time in the Yorkshire Dales is tough, and disturbing scenes take place on Benson's land when his flock of sheep is badly worried by a stray dog.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1978
James discovers that all sorts of men can become vets and that Ewan, whilst ostensibly unsuitable, is a practitioner of the highest quality.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 14, 1978
A scrap merchant who ill-treats his horses does not treat the vets much better. Siegfried manages to find the right charge for the problem.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 21, 1978
The Darrowby Show is usually an enjoyable occasion, except when James takes on the job of duty vet and Tristan falls for a buxom barmaid.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 28, 1978
The contrast between the daughters of wealthy Tavener and the lowly Alton is sharply pointed for James, as is the difference between a talking and a non-talking budgie.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 4, 1978
Mr Wilkinson's colt defeats both James' and Tristan's attempts at treatment. For Siegfried, however, the mammoth task is completed by use of a little guile and wisdom.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 11, 1978
Farmer Ogilvie's bull refuses to have anything to do with his cows. Meanwhile, Tristan is put into a tricky situation.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 18, 1978
Nellie Dimmock's dog provides James with another opportunity to glimpse the generosity of Bennett. But at the local cricket match, James must face the demon bowler.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Nov 25, 1978
James discovers a couple whose marriage is being held together by the most slender of threats, a dying dog, while Tristan is visited by a girl from his past.
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Dec 2, 1978
A pig delays James from his appointment at Darrowby Youth Club where he is to make a speech, but he would rather face a savage pig than face his fear of public speaking.
Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Dec 9, 1978
Tristan proves he is a gentleman, but when James delivers a calf and is offered an incredible breakfast, it puts his love of good food severely to the test.
Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Dec 16, 1978
James has to keep his nerve during a difficult calving.
Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Dec 24, 1978
Tricki Woo has been overfed yet again, and is nursed back to health by Helen. The gift of a hamper is welcome at any time, but especially at Christmas.
Season 3
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Dec 29, 1979
An outbreak of louping ill on the grouse moors is traced, but Murray's help in clearing the land cannot be counted upon.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Jan 5, 1980
The practise begins to use new tablets, but their cost leads Siegfried to decide to limit their use. James and Helen adopt a cat.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Jan 12, 1980
Mrs Pumphrey calls James out urgently to treat Cedric, a boxer she has bought to keep Tricki Woo company. Unfortunately, Cedric is ruining her social life.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Jan 19, 1980
Roddy Travers, an itinerant workman, comes to Skeldale with his dog for an emergency operation, and deeply impresses James with his way of life.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Jan 26, 1980
Wesley Binks is the bane of Darrowby with petty thieving, but when his dog contracts distemper he turns over a new leaf and resolves to work hard to pay for treatment.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Feb 2, 1980
James and Helen decide to celebrate their anniversary, Tristan wants to take his new girlfriend out and Siegfried wishes to date Mrs Egerton - all on the same evening.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Feb 9, 1980
The vets' evening plans come surprisingly unstuck when Miss Westerman's dog Hamish wanders off while coming round from an operation.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Feb 16, 1980
James and Siegfried take a privileged look at progress, while Tristan, to his dismay, becomes regarded by Darrowby clients as the best vet in the business.
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Feb 23, 1980
The outbreak of war seems far away when Siegfried discovers a local outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease at Mr Duggleby's.
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Mar 1, 1980
As the dog track vet in Hensfield, James upsets the greyhound owners by his conscientiousness and discovers that too much professionalism can be a dangerous thing.
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Mar 8, 1980
The difficulties of being a vet are multiplied when there is an outbreak of poisoning in the district. Siegfried takes it upon himself to find the poisoner and stop the slaughter.
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1980
A visit to Lord Hulton's place provides James with a surprise glimpse of how the other half lives, while a routine task leads to a shattering event.
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Mar 22, 1980
It's bad enough when a dog loses its sight, but the vets have the difficult job of breaking the news to its owner.
Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Apr 5, 1980
Siegfried, James and Tristan all cope characteristically with the final threat to the harmony of Skeldale House.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Dec 25, 1983
Demobbed from the army, James Herriot returns to Yorkshire and his day to day dramas of a country veterinary practice.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Dec 25, 1985
Tristan, now working for the ministry, has picked up the threads of an old romance and Siegfried looks forward to the accelerating pace of progress.
Season 4
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1988
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1988
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1988
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1988
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1988
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1988
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1988
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Mar 6, 1988
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Mar 13, 1988
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Mar 20, 1988
Season 5
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Sep 3, 1988
James battles through snowy dales to save a litter of piglets and Tristan hopes Siegfried will give him a job.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Sep 10, 1988
With Helen still bedridden, James struggles manfully with both chores and children as Siegfried and Tristan look on idly.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Sep 17, 1988
James receives a cry for help from the isolated Bramley family who last came to town in 1929.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Sep 24, 1988
With Siegfried in London, Tristan is left with the worst patients.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Oct 1, 1988
Helen is finally up and about - only to face the morning after the chaos of Tristan's party the night before.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Oct 8, 1988
The Herriots prepare to move to Rowangarth and there's another emergency with Granville Bennett.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Oct 15, 1988
Calum welcomes the new arrivals - one that bites and one that fits Siegfried's cooking and cleaning requirements.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Oct 22, 1988
Siegfried is saddened by the death of a young bull terrier, half of an inseparable pair of dogs.
Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Oct 29, 1988
Siegfried is determined to make the errant farmers pay their bills.
Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Nov 5, 1988
Siegfried gives a friend's offspring some experience in the surgery. Calum resents this until he sees the young student.
Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Nov 12, 1988
James wears his shorts to a visit and is challenged to a race, while champion sheepdog Jock delights in chasing cars.
Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Nov 19, 1988
Siegfried buys a television set, and James has to deal with a man who has cancer.
Season 6
Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Sep 2, 1989
Siegfried and James are left to Calum's cooking while their wives visit London. James meets Basil Courtenay, a rather upper class cow hand.
Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Sep 9, 1989
James renews his acquaintance with an old farmer called Mr Potts, whose unfortunate demise coincides with that of King George VI.
Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Sep 16, 1989
Calum has an article published in the Veterinary Record, much to James's delight, but Siegfried finds it galling. He takes Calum to meet Mrs Bond and her cats.
Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Sep 23, 1989
James castrates Lord Hulton's pigs and wins the pools, but Siegfried wins the day with Mr Hopps who has a digestive problem.
Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1989
James encounters Oliver and Roland Strong - rabbit breeder and prize cabbage grower respectively - who haven't spoken to each other for half a century.
Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1989
Alfred, the local confectioner's beloved cat, falls ill and James cannot find the cause. Meanwhile, sheep farmer Braithwaite sells his farm to an eager but inexperienced couple.
Episode: 6x07 | Airdate: Oct 14, 1989
Lady Hulton's sick cat propels Siegfried into updating the practice to cater for such refined clients.
Episode: 6x08 | Airdate: Oct 21, 1989
A triple birthday is marred by tragedy, and James and Siegfried face the law when the Black Horse stretches its opening hours.
Episode: 6x09 | Airdate: Oct 28, 1989
Siegfried befriends Colin when one of his goldfish dies, and takes him on his rounds. James is in the team for the local cricket match but Siegfried hits a six.
Episode: 6x10 | Airdate: Nov 4, 1989
James and Siegfried are dismayed when Roddy Travers appears to be stealing instruments from the practice and his dog is accused of sheep killing.
Episode: 6x11 | Airdate: Nov 11, 1989
James has to perform a delicate operation when Siegfried, proud of his new management system, mislays his diary.
Episode: 6x12 | Airdate: Nov 18, 1989
Siegfried is perplexed when the usually caring Mrs Clarke snubs her recent neighbour. Meanwhile, James diagnoses prostrate trouble and gives Tricki Woo a female hormone.
Season 7
Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Sep 1, 1990
Tristan returns from Ireland to become the butt of a practical joke while Siegfried finds him a housekeeper. James runs foul of Biggins in time-honoured fashion.
Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Sep 8, 1990
Tristan accidently injects a farmer with a vaccine intended for his cows - and the farmer becomes convinced this prevents him from starting a family.
Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Sep 15, 1990
Granville Bennett comes to stay and the Skeldale practice has to perform an emergency operation on his dog. Tristan meets Jane Mercer for the first time.
Episode: 7x04 | Airdate: Sep 22, 1990
James and Siegfried become personally as well as professionally involved when a herd of shorthorn cattle contracts Johne's disease.
Episode: 7x05 | Airdate: Sep 29, 1990
Tristan's old college friend comes to stay, but his visit has to be kept a secret from Siegfried. When a lady brings her tortoise into the surgery, Tristan and his friend compete.
Episode: 7x06 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1990
James Herriot treats a dog that wags its tail when it is angry and a princess is crowned on Coronation Day.
Episode: 7x07 | Airdate: Oct 13, 1990
James rescues a client from imminent arrest, while Siegfried's old pal Stewie helps with an emergency operation.
Episode: 7x08 | Airdate: Oct 20, 1990
Mrs Pettinger's cat goes missing, while even after helping to 'ring the bull', Rosie still wants to be a vet.
Episode: 7x09 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1990
Siegfried finds out who shot Jacob Pearson's dog and decides to resolve the situation by dealing with the culprit himself.
Episode: 7x10 | Airdate: Nov 3, 1990
James is not pleased when, under Mrs Pumphrey's relentless pressure, Siegfried accepts that Tricki Woo should stay at Skeldale.
Episode: 7x11 | Airdate: Nov 10, 1990
Mrs Pumphrey's great-niece Angela comes to stay, and Tristan starts to take an unprecedented interest in Tricki-Woo's diet.
Episode: 7x12 | Airdate: Nov 17, 1990
"Our Gracie" is treated for a mild skin disorder, and the partners attend a wedding.
Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: Dec 24, 1990 (90 min)
When Tristan discovers that the attractive new schoolmistress is part of the bell-ringing team, he decides to try his hand at campanology. Meanwhile, the brothers fall out over the treatment of an enormous wolfhound.