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Hello everyone! 🙂

Welcome to ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog and I’m Tim Bradley!

From September to October 2025, my parents and I watched Series 6 of the new ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ TV series via Channel 5 on Thursdays for six weeks. It’s been great to return to the world of ‘All Creatures’ and continue the stories of lovely characters.

It’s astonishing that since the new TV series began in 2020, it’s become popular with viewers. Already, the series is going to get a seventh season for 2026. I wonder whether the new ‘All Creatures’ TV series will outlast the original BBC TV series with more seasons. 😐

Mind you, the seasons in the original BBC TV series have more episodes compared to the new series. Each season in the new series contains 6 episodes as opposed to 13. Despite that, every episode has been compelling and it’s fascinating to see the direction the new series is going in.

In Series 6, we’ve jumped ahead about four years since the previous season. We’re now in 1945. Personally, I would’ve preferred to have explored the years 1942, 1943 and 1944 to see the growing up of young Jimmy Herriot as well as the birth of his sister Rosie Herriot.

Yes, Jimmy has grown up quite significantly since the last time we saw him, and now he has a sister in Rosie. I’m pleased Jimmy and Rosie match to the original BBC TV series in that James and Helen Herriot have a similar son and a similar daughter in terms of their names.

It’s nice to see the relationship between James and Helen in Series 6, and Nicholas Ralph and Rachel Shenton continue to excel in the roles. Mind you, it’s a shame that Helen left at the end of the fourth episode to join her sister Jenny, who has now gone to live in London.

Hopefully, we’ll see Helen and Jenny again, as I’d like to think they will return in the upcoming Christmas Special in December. Just like James returned to be with Helen in the Christmas Special ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’ between Series 4 and 5 of the new TV show.

Going back to young Jimmy and Rosie, they’re played by Thomas Riches and Arlie and Autumn Doyle respectively. Jimmy has more lines to say than Rosie, and initially, I didn’t think that Jimmy had very much to do in Series 6, despite spending some time with his dad.

Mind you, in the sixth episode of Series 6, Jimmy does have a voice and role to play, especially when he made the suggestion of finding a missing calf by using the mother to find him. Jimmy is commended for his suggestion, especially by his dad who gives him new boots. 🙂

The rest of the cast is equally excellent, including Samuel West as Siegfried, Callum Woodhouse as Tristan and Anna Madeley as Mrs. Hall. It was intriguing to see Siegfried initially struggling to cope without Mrs. Hall and he handles things in the first episode.

It’s astonishing that Mrs. Hall agreed to stay on in Skeldale House when she could have stayed with her son Edward, who now has a daughter. I also liked the journey Tristan goes on in Series 6, especially when he struggles through his post-traumatic stress following the war.

Tristan manages to find a new love-interest in the new TV series, who happens to be Gaia Wise as Charlotte Beauvoir. So far, The relationship seems to be quite stable between Tristan and Charlotte. More so than Tristan having many girlfriends in the original TV series.

The cast also includes Imogen Clawson as Jenny Alderson, Helen’s sister, Tony Pitts as Richard Alderson, Helen’s father, Conor Deane as Edward, Mrs. Hall’s son, and Mollie Winnard as Maggie. It’s sad about what happened to Maggie’s husband once she had her news.

Patricia Hodge also returns as Mrs. Pumphrey in the series, along with her dog, Tricki-Woo. It was intriguing to see how Mrs. Pumphrey tried to find ways of getting Tricki to mate with another dog. The results of how that turned out might be considered very debatable.

There’s also Jonathan Hyde as General Beauvoir, Charlotte’s father. I’m quite annoyed Rachel Shenton’s name is credited in the opening credits of the fifth and sixth episodes of Series 6, since she didn’t appear at all in the season’s last two episodes, which is a shame.

It’s been nice to check out Series 6 of the new ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ TV series on Channel 5 recently. I’ve enjoyed sitting down to watch all six episodes of Series 6 on TV for six weeks. It’s become a tradition to see ‘All Creatures’ every year in the autumn. 🙂

I’m looking forward to seeing the next Christmas Special in December 2025, which hopefully will be soon. I hope Helen and Jenny will return to Darrowby for a Christmas gathering, since I can’t imagine Helen not returning to her husband James for Christmas.

I know I haven’t done any more in-depth reviews on ‘All Creatures’ from Series 3 to 6 since I did Series 1 in 2021 and Series 2 in 2022. Hopefully, that time will come when it comes to revisiting these ‘All Creatures’ seasons from the new TV series which my parents and I own on DVD.

In the meantime, I’m currently enjoying ‘The Forsytes’, featuring Millie Gibson from ‘Doctor Who’, on Channel 5. I’m looking forward to sharing my thoughts on that series sometime soon in November, especially now that Series 6 of new ‘All Creatures’ has finished.

See you soon for the 2025 Christmas Special in December. Stay tuned! 🙂

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

Tim 🙂