"While working alongside quirky Yorkshire vet Siegfried (Robert Hardy) and his lazy but lovable brother, Tristan (Peter Davison), newcomer James Herriot (Christopher Timothy) experiences all manner of misadventures treating animals and clashing with superstitious country folk. Set in the 1940s and '50s, this long-running British dramedy series is based on the written works of Alf Wight, a British veterinarian who used the pen name James Herriot."