As of July 2026, All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 aired in 1988 with 10 episodes — streaming now on Britbox Apple TV Channel . Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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All Creatures Great and Small Season 4

1988 10 Episodes Comedy · Drama ⭐ 8/10

All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 has quietly become one of the more dependable comedies currently available on and . Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 49 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Lynda Bellingham leads a cast with real comic timing. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

There is a reason All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 keeps coming up in conversation. All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. Season 4 of All Creatures Great and Small includes 10 episodes. It aired from January 1988 to March 1988. This season stars Lynda Bellingham, Robert Hardy and Christopher Timothy. Lynda Bellingham and Robert Hardy lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1988. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. The hit rate here is high enough that skipping ahead never feels like an option.

All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Lynda Bellingham's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.

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🎬 All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 — Episode Guide

E1
One of Nature's Little Miracles
1988-01-17
Calum Buchanan joins the practice along with his tame badger, Marylin. Pregnant ewes, the plumbing at Sceldale and Helen's lost engagement ring herald the new arrival.
E2
Barks and Bites
1988-01-24
Tristan has been appointed a fertility counselor for the Ministry of Agriculture. He and James are sent to Grimbsby to examine an export consignment Russian vets. The Russian woman vet lives up to Tristan's belief that all Russian women are built like discus-throwers.
E3
The Bull with the Bowler Hat
1988-01-31
James has a crisis of professional confidence while treating a cow with a new drug. Tristan tries to convince a local farmer of the virtues of artificial insemination but Siegfreid only succeeds in enraging the farmer's bull.
E4
The Pig Man Cometh
1988-02-07
James has his eye on a little semi-detached property coming up for sale, with the notion it would make a pleasant surprise for Helen. Unknown to him, however, Helen has grander ideas. There is trouble from a local farmer, which ironically leads Calum to celebrate his departure from the Herriot hous...
E5
Hail Caesar!
1988-02-14
The church fete looms for the Darrowby vets, along with the dreaded Scottish country dancing display. Can Tristan brush up his steps in time to woo the fair Deirdre? Or will his colleague Calum's back-to-nature approach sweep her off her feet?
E6
Only One Woof
1988-02-21
James and Seigfreid deal with a sheepdog trainer, whose dog is suffering from epilepsy. At Skeldale, two wild cats wander in the garden and Helen takes out food for them. She is hopeful of keeping them but James warns her that they will never come in from the wild.
E7
Ace, King, Queen, Jack
1988-02-28
The week leading up to the Darrowby Show proves to be a difficult one for James. He finds that he has been asked to judge the dog section at the show, an invitation he can't refuse. Since Mrs. Pumphrey will inevitably want to enter Tricki Woo, James expects to be put in a very embarrassing situation...
E8
The Healing Touch
1988-03-06
Trying to save the life of a badly injured, much-loved cat, James and Tristan seek the help of Granville Bennett, who runs a small animal hospital. The fruits of Bennett's practice are clearly much richer than the hard graft of the Dales, and James is intrigued to find that Bennett is looking for a ...
E9
City Slicker
1988-03-13
Andrew Bruce, an old school friend of James' comes to stay for a long weekend. Andrew, a city bank manager, is rhapsodic about the idyllic countryside and Yorkshire Dales courtesy, and he cannot understand why James should want to change such an ideal lifestyle -- until he finds himself in a rural n...
E10
For Richer, For Poorer
1988-03-20
Harvest Sunday proves to be a trying time for the practice. Seigfreid seizes the opportunity to teach Callum cleanliness by example, forcing him to watch "the perfect operation" on a sick cow. Unfortunately, the operation doesn't go according to plan. When Callum is chased by a bull, James goes to h...

🎭 Cast of All Creatures Great and Small Season 4

Lynda Bellingham
Lynda Bellingham
Helen Herriot
Robert Hardy
Robert Hardy
Siegfried Farnon
Christopher Timothy
Christopher Timothy
James Herriot
Carol Drinkwater
Carol Drinkwater
Helen Herriot
Peter Davison
Peter Davison
Tristan Farnon
JM
John McGlynn
Calum Buchanan

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