Return of the Country Vet, a Few Years Younger ; Ten Years After Making His Tv Debut On Coronation Street, Actor Iain de Caestecker has Landed His Biggest Role to Date in a New Bbc Drama Showing How James Herriot Came to Be a Vet. Lisa Williams Reports

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Say the words All Creatures Great And Small to anyone who lived through the Eighties and two images will immediately jump to mind: actor Christopher Timothy with his hand up the backside of a cow and some beautiful North Yorkshire scenery.

The series, which followed the trials and tribulations of country vet James Herriot in the fictional town of Darrowby and surrounds, was based on the semi-autobiographical books of James "Alf " Wight. But although the real-life vet spent his working life in Yorkshire, he actually grew up in Glasgow.

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Return of the Country Vet, a Few Years Younger ; Ten Years After Making His Tv Debut On Coronation Street, Actor Iain de Caestecker has Landed His Biggest Role to Date in a New Bbc Drama Showing How James Herriot Came to Be a Vet. Lisa Williams Reports

His early years in the Scottish city come under the spotlight in Young James Herriot, a three-part drama about Herriot training to be a vet at The Glasgow Veterinary College.

Rising star Iain de Caestecker takes on the rol...

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