As of July 2026, All Creatures Great and Small Season 7 aired in 1990 with 12 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 7

1990 12 Episodes Comedy · Drama ⭐ 8/10

Right now you can watch All Creatures Great and Small Season 7 on and — and it is funnier than its reputation suggests. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. 49 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Watch it for Lynda Bellingham — stay for everyone else around them. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

All Creatures Great and Small Season 7 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. All Creatures Great and Small Season 7 does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. Season 7 of All Creatures Great and Small includes 12 episodes. It aired from September 1990 to November 1990. 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 1990. 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 7 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 7 is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. 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 7 — Episode Guide

E1
The Prodigal Returns
1990-09-01
Life at the Yorkshire veterinary practice continues to challenge the partners, whether by neglected animals or tight-fisted farmers. There are domestic challenges for Tristan, however, when James and Helen play a practical joke with a "Welcome Home" card from an old female admirer. Life is never sim...
E2
Knowin' How to Do It
1990-09-08
Planting a syringe full of anti-abortion vaccine into a farmer's backside creates something of a crisis for Tristan. Farmer Nat Briggs is convinced that his chances of starting a family have been ruined by Tristan's clumsiness, and he hangs threateningly around the Drovers waiting for a chance to co...
E3
If Music Be the Food of Love
1990-09-15
Tristan's heart is all a flutter because of the lovely Jane Mercer. When he discovers that she sings in the choral society, Tristan develops a fresh interest in matters musical. But strong-willed Jane takes a donkey's owner to task for neglecting the animal, much to the embarrassment of Tristan. Far...
E4
A Friend for Life
1990-09-22
Tragedy strikes Bill Shadwell when his herd of dairy shorthorns contracts Johne's disease. As Shadwell approaches retirement, his son is keen to move into more profitable Friesian dairy cattle -- a move which means both James and Siegfried are caught up in the family's battle of wills. Mr. Grimsdale...
E5
Spring Fever
1990-09-29
The mysterious Mrs. Donovan poses problems for all three partners. Siegfried rashly dismisses her as "a warm-hearted woman who loves animals" -- until she starts interfering with his patients. From sheep to piglets, a howling dog to a hibernating tortoise, there seems to be no limit to her homespun ...
E6
Out with the New
1990-10-06
Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation is cause for Darrowby celebrations on a grand scale. James and Helen's 12-year-old daughter, Rosie, is due to be crowned, too -- as Darrowby's pageant princess -- by her reluctant elder brother, Jimmy. But a severe cough could put a fast end to her starring role in th...
E7
Food for Thought
1990-10-13
Buffoon Stewie Brannen, an old friend of Siegfried's, has invited the distinguished Professor Norton to a black tie dinner, and prevails upon Siegfried to host it at Skeldale -- and lend him a dinner suit. But disaster looms when Siegfried and Stewie are called out for a calving, in full evening dre...
E8
A Cat in Hull's Chance
1990-10-20
There's unusual friction in the Herriot household when 12- year-old daughter Rosie announces that she wants to become a vet -- against her father's wishes. James goes out of his way to show her the arduous, dirty and dangerous side of his work, while Helen thinks he ought to encourage her. But treat...
E9
A Grand Memory for Forgetting
1990-10-27
Siegfried is determined to discover who shot Korean War veteran Jacob Pearson's dog. The suspect is Captain Crawford's willful and surly 20-year-old son, Hugh -- a young man with problems beyond his pompous father's control. Both James and Siegfried have extraordinarily little success in extracting ...
E10
Old Dogs, New Tricks
1990-11-03
Siegfried takes a close friend to task for wasting his own talents as a veterinary surgeon. Ewan Ross -- "the best horse man north of the Humber" has let his career slide gently into the whiskey bottle after the death of his wife. But Siegfried is determined to make use of his considerable skills. A...
E11
Hampered
1990-11-10
Siegfried is laid up at Skeldale with his foot in plaster. His dreams of mouthwatering meals prepared by Mrs. Alton are soon shattered by her regime of a strict diet "for an invalid". Tristan falls for the dark, sad-eyed beauty, Angela Mortimer, Mrs. Pumphrey's great-niece, who has been jilted by he...
E12
Promises to Keep
1990-11-17
It's raining cats - literally - when Tristan has to face the terrors of an enormous sow, Our Gracie, and her litter of piglets, who are due to be castrated. When the farm cats take a fancy to the anesthetic-stuffed offcuts, they start to doze off in some very unlikely places. Mrs. Clarke, a very det...

🎭 Cast of All Creatures Great and Small Season 7

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
Jean Heywood
Jean Heywood
Mrs Alton

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