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Overview
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Writers:
James Herriot (book) and
Brian Finch (writer)
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Original Air Date:
25 December 1983 (Season 3, Episode 15)
Plot:
The war is finally over and James returns to Darrowby to rejoin his partners, Siegfried and Tristan Farnon... more | add synopsis
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Welcome home, James more (3 total)
Cast
(Episode Credited cast) | Christopher Timothy | ... | James Herriot |
| Robert Hardy | ... | Siegfried Farnon |
| Peter Davison | ... | Tristan Farnon |
| Carol Drinkwater | ... | Helen |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| John Arthur | ... | Inspector Green |
| Tim Barker | ... | Mr. Hammond |
| Geoffrey Bayldon | ... | Mr. Mason |
| Harry Brayne | ... | Jimmy Herriot |
| Eddie Caswell | ... | Landlord |
| Sharon Cheyne | ... | Vera |
| John Collin | ... | Mr. Alderson |
| Wilfred Grove | ... | Mr. Garrett |
| Steve Halliwell | ... | P.C. Goole |
| Graham Hamilton | ... | Sergeant Hamilton |
| Annie Lambert | ... | Caroline Fisher |
| Joseph Peters | ... | George Mason |
| Margaretta Scott | ... | Mrs. Pumphrey |
| John Sharp | ... | Biggins |
| Madeline Smith | ... | Anne Grantley |
| David Straun | ... | Harry |
| Marjorie Sudell | ... | Mrs. Hubbard |
| Anna Turner | ... | Stallholder |
| Teddy Turner | ... | Hodgekin |
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90 min
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The episode included a poignant shot of a photograph of Mrs Hall, while James, Siegfried, Tristan and Helen remembered "absent friends". Mary Hignett who played Mrs Hall had died in 1980 shortly after the end of the previous (third) series, so her character had also died in the intervening time. more
Quotes:
Jimmy Herriot:
What's pregnant?
Helen Herriot:
It means you're going to have a little brother, or perhaps a sister.
Jimmy Herriot:
I'd rather have a dog.
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James returns to his small part of the world now that the war is over. The world has gone on while he's been gone. Yet while James is glad to return he can't quite get back into the life he left. There have been changes, yet not. A big change is returning to the son he left as a baby. There is also is insecurity working with the animals once again after a several year hiatus. The residents of Darrowby haven't changed though. What would the series be without the cantankerous Mr. Biggins? James is short-tempered and Helen basically tells him to get his act together. It takes a fishing trip with Sigfried to set things to rights once again.
ACGS is a series that will live forever. It's real, endearing, funny, and tragic. It is a model for what should be on television. I've read the books, read Herriot's biography, watched all the shows, and I never grow tired of it all. Heatwarming seems such an overused word, yet fits. This is a special that is will definitely leave fans satisfied.