They have no Oscars, no Instagram, and you might worry what they would do on a red carpet. But as they pull in millions of weekly viewers, these are the real stars of the new All Creatures Great and Small – eclipsing A-listers like Sam West and Rachel Shenton.
Whether it is Clive the bull or Mrs Pumphrey’s pampered Pekingese Tricki-Woo, they are winning the hearts of viewers across the land.
Here we meet the animals of Darrowby, many rescued from shelters and charities by animal trainer Jill Clark. Lenny and Jet as the black cats In episode one, rookie vet James gets two black cats mixed up and he has to think on his feet to rescue one of them before Siegfried castrates it.
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