The period is now the early Fifties, but the Dales are slow to embrace the world of tomorrow. Even with Calum on the team, the vets see little of the leisure that the modern age promises.

A delightful story of a veterinarian's apprentice in rural England.

The 1983 special: "James returns to Darrowby following his wartime service in the R.A.F. though little has changed in the Dales in the intervening six years, James finds it difficult to adjust to the peacetime routine and to friends and family who seem like strangers"--Container. The 1985 special: "Siegfried waxes lyrical about the accelerating rate of scientific progress as James proceeds to plod along with tried and tested remedies. How long can...

A big-city doctor on the way to a job interview in L.A. gets stranded in a small town in forced to do community service in the way of medical work. Although eager to leave, a local beauty might persuade him to stay.