James Alfred Wight’s books (under the pen name Herriot) about his adventures as a veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire — the series, airing on PBS (Sundays at 9 p.m.) is set in the 1930s.
It follows the young Herriot (Ralph) on his first job assisting Siegfried Farnon (Samuel West), a vet with a practice in the Yorkshire Dales.
Ralph, 31, was no stranger to being around animals even before filming “Creatures,” he tells The Post. “I did grow up in a small town [in Scotland] called Mairn right next to Loch Ness and Nessie up there,” he says. “And my garden backed up to a big field that was always full with cows and sheep.
So I was quite used to being around those bigger animals — which was definitely useful.”In the series, the Glasweigian Herriot.
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