Young James Herriot

Young James Herriot (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
180 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Michael Keillor

Written By:
Johnny Byrne
Ann McManus

Actors:
Iain De Caestecker ..... James Herriot
Amy Manson ..... Whirly Tyson
Ben Lloyd-Hughes ..... Rob McAloon
Gary Lewis ..... Professor Quintin Gunnell
Joanna Vanderham ..... Jenny Muirhead (3 episodes, 2011)
Tony Curran ..... Professor Donald Richie
Danny Rahim ..... Jagdeep Gakhal
Natasha Little ..... Mrs. Munro (3 episodes, 2011)
Ralph Riach ..... Professor Henry Legge
Louise Goodall ..... Mary (3 episodes, 2011)
Kristopher James Blair ..... Student (2 episodes, 2011)
Barry Van Lee ..... Student (2 episodes, 2011)

Synopsis:

Inspired by the character and early works of James Herriot, the much loved English veterinary surgeon and author of the bestselling works 'All Creatures Great and Small', Young James Herriot finds James at the birth of his career in the 1930s, taking up his place at the Glasgow Veterinary College. From his first day as a young student, James suffers the pranks of his associates, makes new friends, and discovers that the lodging he had paid for doesn't exist. Thrust immediately into hard times, his newfound friends find him a room with them at the house of the eccentric Aunt Elspeth. James is confident and inspired - but he soon discovers that a good deal more than confidence and inspiration are needed to assess the physical health of animals and, in some cases, the emotional health of his acquaintances. As he attempts to mend sick horses, ailing sheep and a kennel of purebred dogs, he soon discovers that life and medicine is much more complicated than he first thought; and that passion - no matter how well-intentioned - can be a very deceptive guide.

Season 1
Episode #1.1
S1, Ep1 Dec. 18, 2011
In 1933 earnest young James Herriot arrives to study at the Glasgow Veterinary School and rooms with predatory,tipsy Mrs. Munro,along with fellow students,wealthy,cavalier McAloon and the fiercely feminist Whirly Tyson. James impresses one of his tutors,the modern-thinking Professor Ritchie when he correctly diagnoses a dray horse's illness. However James must learn that not all animals can be quickly cured and that sacrifices must be made to keep families together. Whirly falls foul of the reactionary Professor Gunnell,who demands her expulsion, but the apparently ...

Episode #1.2
S1, Ep2 Dec. 19, 2011
Whirly's friend Phoebe Murdoch,a farmer's daughter due to marry herdsman Desmond,tells the students her father's cattle are ailing but Murdoch and Desmond are hostile when James suggests their illness is caused by arsenic in the feed Desmond gives them. However Whirly's analysis saves the situation,allowing the marriage to go ahead though Gunnell's ignorant intervention into the crisis, which Whirly sees as an attempt to undermine her, spurs her to spiking his drink. McAloon sees the chance to make capital from an elderly couple concerned that their pet sheep Lilian ...

Episode #1.3
S1, Ep3 Dec. 20, 2011
Whirly faces a tribunal where she denies putting Ipecac in Gunnell's drink. Jenny Muirhead,the only other girl on the course,speaks up for her but naively lets her down though fortunately the principled Professor Ritchie acts as her advocate and ensures she is not expelled. Jenny's parents,the wealthy Lord and Lady Muirhead,give James employment at their dog kennels but James and Ritchie are appalled to find that they are Fascist supporters who have Mrs Munro's Jewish lover Oskar arrested for challenging them. Their pro-Aryan beliefs also extend to an insistence on a ...

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