E1 • Horse Sense

1. 50 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC

Life for a newly qualified vet in the Yorkshire Dales isn't at all easy, as James Herriot discovers. To begin with, you have to find employment.

E2 • Dog Days

1. 49 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC

The result of the post-mortem is known and James finds that while a vet's life is not altogether enviable, a dog's life might well be.

E3 • It Takes All Kinds...

1. 47 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC

James seems to be falling into the routine of being a country vet, but the peace is shattered when Siegfried employs a secretary and James meets Helen Alderson.

E4 • Calf Love

1. 49 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC

Siegfried has a major victory and Tristan has to deal with pigs in more ways than one. James discovers that he has a rival.

E5 • Out Of Practice

1. 49 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC

The practice in Darrowby goes from strength to strength - unlike James's private life. Tristan decides to remedy matters and arranges a double blind date.

E6 • Nothing Like Experience

1. 48 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC

James makes a date with Helen, without Tristan's help. The practice loses a customer, with Tristan's help. Siegfried stops smoking, which doesn't help anyone.

E7 • Golden Lads And Girls

1. 50 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC

James' luck changes for the better in his romance with Helen, but for the Dalby family there seems to be no turning of the tide.

E8 • Advice And Consent

1. 49 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC

The Dalby family fortunes dwindle even more until, almost by accident, James stumbles across the reason for the herd's illness.

E9 • The Last Furlong

1. 48 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC

Some farmers like to do their own vetting, but James discovers that sometimes the vet can cure the farmer.

E10 • Sleeping Partners

1. 47 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC

Richard Carmody, a superior student, accompanies James on his rounds to learn, but it becomes clear that there is very little that he doesn't know.

E11 • Bulldog Breed

1. 49 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC

What can a country vet do when a herd is struck by a disease for which there is no cure - especially when a man's life savings are at risk?

E12 • Practice Makes Perfect

1. 49 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC

James returns to Angus Grier and, to his shame and Grier's pleasure, is coerced into giving the wrong treatment. Grier's triumph is short-lived as James discovers his guilty secret.

E13 • Breath Of Life

1. 51 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC

Siegfried discovers that a gift given in good faith can deal out death. James discovers that dealing out death can accidentally be the gift to life.