1 00:00:50,119 --> 00:00:51,863 Over here, Mr. herriot. 2 00:00:51,950 --> 00:00:53,326 Mr. hawley. 3 00:01:04,706 --> 00:01:06,405 Listen, mom, 4 00:01:06,490 --> 00:01:08,453 is that a magpie? 5 00:01:08,540 --> 00:01:10,625 No darling, that's a pee-wit. 6 00:01:10,710 --> 00:01:13,953 Listen, what's that? 7 00:01:18,525 --> 00:01:22,112 Leave that dog alone! - He's hurting it, mommy. 8 00:01:28,614 --> 00:01:31,364 You clear off. Go on. 9 00:01:31,450 --> 00:01:33,075 This is private property. 10 00:01:33,161 --> 00:01:34,753 Get out of it. 11 00:01:35,278 --> 00:01:37,034 Clear off! 12 00:01:37,739 --> 00:01:39,537 Go on. 13 00:01:41,831 --> 00:01:44,165 I've never seen aught like it. 14 00:01:44,251 --> 00:01:46,003 How long has she been like this? 15 00:01:46,088 --> 00:01:48,260 Must be two hours since. 16 00:02:01,221 --> 00:02:03,212 I'm not sure about this. 17 00:02:03,460 --> 00:02:05,793 No scour, no pneumonia, 18 00:02:06,373 --> 00:02:08,462 I don't understand. 19 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:11,149 It'll be pretty bad then. 20 00:02:11,235 --> 00:02:13,549 Well, I can't be certain yet. 21 00:02:13,634 --> 00:02:14,870 Look, I'll tell you what, 22 00:02:14,955 --> 00:02:17,073 I'll get my partner to call round as soon as possible. 23 00:02:17,158 --> 00:02:20,401 That'll be Mr. farnon. - That's right, Mr. siegfried. 24 00:02:20,487 --> 00:02:24,538 You keep her warm, Mr. hawley, and don't worry. 25 00:02:32,860 --> 00:02:34,620 You busy, farnon? 26 00:02:34,705 --> 00:02:38,264 Uh, well yes, in a way. Anything I can do? 27 00:02:38,349 --> 00:02:40,770 Yes, I've got a job for you. 28 00:02:40,855 --> 00:02:42,076 Oh, good. 29 00:02:42,163 --> 00:02:45,144 I'll need you to go over to hull next Thursday. - Hull? 30 00:02:45,229 --> 00:02:47,409 This department has to send a qualified vet over there 31 00:02:47,496 --> 00:02:50,580 to supervise the loading of a cargo of sheep bound for Russia. 32 00:02:50,665 --> 00:02:53,056 Good lord, who's exporting British sheep to the russkies? 33 00:02:53,141 --> 00:02:55,275 A breeding consortium in the Midlands. 34 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,586 As you know, the regulations are very strict 35 00:02:57,671 --> 00:03:00,088 concerning the export of livestock. 36 00:03:00,175 --> 00:03:02,967 What if I don't like the way the russkies are doing things? 37 00:03:03,052 --> 00:03:04,145 You stop the sailing. 38 00:03:04,231 --> 00:03:06,704 Do I? What with, a machine gun? 39 00:03:06,789 --> 00:03:10,622 No, no, you explain your objections to your opposite number on board. 40 00:03:10,709 --> 00:03:12,965 Soviet livestock ships usually carry two vets. 41 00:03:13,050 --> 00:03:15,842 To vet each other, politically, no doubt. 42 00:03:22,038 --> 00:03:23,777 Oh, I don't think that's an awfully good idea. 43 00:03:23,864 --> 00:03:26,960 Brother siegfried is not wildly enthusiastic about the Soviet union. 44 00:03:27,045 --> 00:03:29,632 Is he not? - No, no, I'd rather take... 45 00:03:29,717 --> 00:03:32,546 James herriot, the other partner, if he's willing, of course. 46 00:03:32,633 --> 00:03:35,325 Suit yourself. Anyway, here are the details. 47 00:03:35,412 --> 00:03:38,264 Next Thursday the 14th, berth number 6, 48 00:03:38,349 --> 00:03:42,139 ship called the "maxim gorky" due to sail at 5:00 P.M. all right? 49 00:03:42,225 --> 00:03:44,354 Okay, Mr. Crawford, will do. 50 00:03:49,237 --> 00:03:52,451 Oh, there is another matter. 51 00:03:52,888 --> 00:03:54,468 Is it the sack? 52 00:03:54,555 --> 00:03:56,989 Not quite yet, no. 53 00:03:57,074 --> 00:04:00,027 It's more of a promotion for you, actually. - Oh. 54 00:04:00,114 --> 00:04:02,294 As a country vet you'll be aware that some farmers, 55 00:04:02,381 --> 00:04:04,364 especially up in your part of the world, 56 00:04:04,449 --> 00:04:07,484 have been a bit slow to catch up with some of the new methods. 57 00:04:07,569 --> 00:04:09,885 If they're to build up their herds and increase their output, 58 00:04:09,972 --> 00:04:13,288 they're gonna need some help. - So where do I come in? 59 00:04:13,373 --> 00:04:17,411 The area authority, on my personal recommendation, I may say, 60 00:04:17,497 --> 00:04:21,550 has agreed to appoint you advisor to the north riding of the county. 61 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:24,391 Good God. 62 00:04:24,922 --> 00:04:26,817 Advisor on what? 63 00:04:26,903 --> 00:04:27,978 He was like a madman, 64 00:04:28,064 --> 00:04:31,632 shouting and raging and pointing his gun at us. 65 00:04:31,718 --> 00:04:34,081 Jimmy was absolutely terrified, so was I. 66 00:04:34,168 --> 00:04:36,612 It sounds like Dobbs. That's the stone cottage up on low fell? 67 00:04:36,697 --> 00:04:39,033 Yes. Is he some sort of hermit? 68 00:04:39,119 --> 00:04:41,964 It was an isolated wreck of a place, absolute pigsty. 69 00:04:42,050 --> 00:04:43,925 He was quite a distinguished looking-- 70 00:04:44,011 --> 00:04:46,423 looking though, tall, you know, gray hair. 71 00:04:46,509 --> 00:04:50,964 No one knows much about him. He never talks to anybody, he never goes into the pub. 72 00:04:51,050 --> 00:04:52,620 Apparently he was a prisoner with the japs. 73 00:04:52,706 --> 00:04:54,293 He had a bad time and it affected his mind. 74 00:04:54,379 --> 00:04:56,951 Yes, well, all I can say is that if Jimmy and I 75 00:04:57,036 --> 00:04:59,110 hadn't made a run for it when we did, we'd have been shot. 76 00:04:59,197 --> 00:05:02,271 We might even have been killed. As for that wretched dog... 77 00:05:02,358 --> 00:05:05,639 That's a stray, completely wild, appeared in the marketplace, 78 00:05:05,725 --> 00:05:08,257 attacked and savaged a couple dogs, then two men managed to net it. 79 00:05:08,343 --> 00:05:11,420 How do you know? - Siegfried. They sent for him to put it down. 80 00:05:11,505 --> 00:05:14,610 Dobbs came forward and offered it a home. - Dobbs? 81 00:05:14,696 --> 00:05:15,946 Seems to have taken on something, doesn't he? 82 00:05:16,031 --> 00:05:17,786 He certainly has. 83 00:05:17,872 --> 00:05:20,692 There. Stopped practicing. I knew he would. 84 00:05:20,778 --> 00:05:22,815 I'm not surprised. How can he concentrate with that noise? 85 00:05:22,901 --> 00:05:25,492 I'll put a stop to it. It's time Rosie was in bed. 86 00:05:25,577 --> 00:05:27,045 Jimmy? 87 00:05:30,355 --> 00:05:33,459 There was a man going to shoot us today. I was scared. 88 00:05:33,545 --> 00:05:35,439 Yes, I know. Mommy told me. 89 00:05:35,524 --> 00:05:37,031 I don't suppose he meant to hurt anybody, 90 00:05:37,117 --> 00:05:40,024 he just wanted to-- to frighten you, that's all. 91 00:05:40,110 --> 00:05:42,642 He doesn't want anybody intruding on his life. 92 00:05:42,728 --> 00:05:44,774 He's what we call a hermit, likes to live by himself. 93 00:05:44,860 --> 00:05:46,644 Rosie's come to say goodnight. - Oh, right. 94 00:05:46,730 --> 00:05:49,105 Don't be long, will you? She's very tired. 95 00:05:49,190 --> 00:05:50,831 Come on, you, I'm going to cut your toenails. 96 00:05:50,918 --> 00:05:54,533 Mom. - Yes, they'll only make holes in your socks. 97 00:05:56,165 --> 00:06:01,273 That's a big yawn. I can see your epiglottis - What's my epiglosis? 98 00:06:01,358 --> 00:06:05,107 Your epiglottis is that funny thing dangling down at the back. 99 00:06:05,427 --> 00:06:08,988 Listen, Rosie, how would you like to come with me on my rounds tomorrow? 100 00:06:09,074 --> 00:06:10,947 You can open the gates for me and you can explain 101 00:06:11,033 --> 00:06:13,173 where I'm supposed to go, what I'm supposed to do. 102 00:06:13,259 --> 00:06:15,898 Daddy, can I? Oh, please. 103 00:06:15,983 --> 00:06:19,052 If you're a good girl and you go to bed and go to sleep, 104 00:06:19,139 --> 00:06:20,653 I'll think about it. 105 00:06:21,514 --> 00:06:24,305 I'm asleep now, look. 106 00:06:24,391 --> 00:06:26,470 You go to bed, you monster. 107 00:06:26,555 --> 00:06:28,850 Keep to your left. A bit more to your right. 108 00:06:28,935 --> 00:06:32,276 Slow down a bit. Night. 109 00:06:32,956 --> 00:06:35,610 Good morning, Mrs. whithorn. 110 00:06:38,446 --> 00:06:41,040 Ruffles, no! You're not to-- 111 00:06:41,127 --> 00:06:44,439 quiet now, you two. Don't be naughty now. 112 00:06:44,526 --> 00:06:45,952 Muffles, will you stop it? 113 00:06:46,038 --> 00:06:48,151 Dear, they're so pleased to see you. 114 00:06:48,237 --> 00:06:52,831 There then, come along, my darling, come to daddy. 115 00:06:52,918 --> 00:06:54,880 It's only Mr. farnon, 116 00:06:54,966 --> 00:06:57,596 my precious one, there. 117 00:06:57,682 --> 00:07:00,911 Isn't it funny the way they always welcome you so lovingly 118 00:07:00,997 --> 00:07:02,966 and then try to stop you from leaving? 119 00:07:03,052 --> 00:07:04,858 It's very flattering. 120 00:07:04,944 --> 00:07:06,471 Come on! 121 00:07:15,387 --> 00:07:17,750 Right then, which one needs attention? 122 00:07:17,836 --> 00:07:21,362 Oh, it's ruffles. Come along, ruffy. 123 00:07:21,447 --> 00:07:23,906 Tell Mr. farnon what's the matter then. 124 00:07:23,992 --> 00:07:25,672 There's nothing the matter with his teeth. 125 00:07:25,757 --> 00:07:27,632 Oh dear, did he catch you with them? 126 00:07:27,718 --> 00:07:31,139 Catch me? He bit me through my trouser leg. 127 00:07:31,225 --> 00:07:33,418 Doubtless I shall survive. 128 00:07:33,504 --> 00:07:36,887 All right then, ruffles, what's the matter? 129 00:07:36,973 --> 00:07:39,730 Oh, it's his front paw, the right one. 130 00:07:39,817 --> 00:07:41,415 Oh, he's in such agony. 131 00:07:41,500 --> 00:07:43,081 Poor little chap. 132 00:07:43,168 --> 00:07:45,420 All right then, ruffles, 133 00:07:45,505 --> 00:07:47,449 let's have a look-- 134 00:07:47,536 --> 00:07:50,334 do be careful, Mr. farnon. I think you're hurting him. 135 00:07:50,420 --> 00:07:52,374 He's very nervous. Aren't you, dear? 136 00:07:52,459 --> 00:07:56,812 Let's have a look, ah yes, I see... 137 00:07:56,899 --> 00:07:57,956 Well, that's nothing more 138 00:07:58,041 --> 00:08:02,367 than a perfectly harmless little digital cyst. 139 00:08:02,454 --> 00:08:06,319 You can bathe that in hot water until it bursts. 140 00:08:06,404 --> 00:08:08,500 That is unless he bursts it himself 141 00:08:08,586 --> 00:08:10,230 by nibbling at it. 142 00:08:10,317 --> 00:08:13,391 But hot water will hasten the process. 143 00:08:13,478 --> 00:08:15,666 Can't you give him anything to relieve the pain? 144 00:08:15,752 --> 00:08:17,944 Not really, no. 145 00:08:18,031 --> 00:08:20,637 But I'm going to give him a shot of antibiotic, 146 00:08:20,723 --> 00:08:23,916 in case of infection. 147 00:08:28,990 --> 00:08:30,932 There we are. 148 00:08:39,998 --> 00:08:43,798 Here we are, my friend. That's you done. 149 00:08:44,340 --> 00:08:47,793 I'll look in tomorrow 150 00:08:47,879 --> 00:08:50,227 and give him another shot 151 00:08:50,313 --> 00:08:53,562 and so on for the next day or two. 152 00:08:53,649 --> 00:08:56,081 Please, don't bother to see me out. 153 00:08:56,168 --> 00:08:59,043 I can find my own way. 154 00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:06,634 Here you are, darling. What do you think of those? 155 00:09:06,721 --> 00:09:09,725 What are they? - Ideas for a new bathroom. 156 00:09:09,850 --> 00:09:13,169 A new bathroom? For here? - Hmm-mm, yeah. 157 00:09:13,255 --> 00:09:14,663 But, James, I thought we... 158 00:09:14,749 --> 00:09:17,589 I thought we were going to save up for a house of our own. 159 00:09:17,674 --> 00:09:19,663 That's out of the question. You know it is. 160 00:09:19,749 --> 00:09:23,094 If we can't afford a smaller house to ourselves, why do we need another bathroom? 161 00:09:23,179 --> 00:09:24,759 Why spend money on somebody else's house? 162 00:09:24,845 --> 00:09:27,482 We are expecting a new resident. Have you forgotten? 163 00:09:27,568 --> 00:09:28,736 No, I hadn't. 164 00:09:28,822 --> 00:09:30,524 Calum Buchanan queuing outside the bathroom 165 00:09:30,610 --> 00:09:32,527 every morning with you and the kids? 166 00:09:34,948 --> 00:09:37,908 How much will a new bathroom cost? 167 00:09:37,994 --> 00:09:41,125 Plumbing to reach up to the attic... 168 00:09:41,211 --> 00:09:43,321 We'll use the box room, just about big enough for a bath and a loo. 169 00:09:43,407 --> 00:09:44,897 How much will it cost? 170 00:09:44,982 --> 00:09:48,937 Quite. Could always try and sell that second ring. 171 00:09:49,702 --> 00:09:51,846 Well, darling, it's got to be done. 172 00:09:51,932 --> 00:09:55,368 I suppose so, it's just... never mind. 173 00:10:18,645 --> 00:10:21,809 Right, it's gonna be a bit sore for a couple of days, 174 00:10:21,895 --> 00:10:22,664 but he should soon get better, 175 00:10:22,750 --> 00:10:25,259 as long as he doesn't chew this bandage off. 176 00:10:25,345 --> 00:10:27,254 You'll have to keep a close eye on that. 177 00:10:28,740 --> 00:10:31,817 There we are. Shh, all right. 178 00:10:33,111 --> 00:10:35,823 Should be much more comfortable now. - Thank you. 179 00:10:36,903 --> 00:10:38,500 Thank you, bye-bye. - Bye-bye, 180 00:10:38,586 --> 00:10:40,346 siegfried: Goodbye. 181 00:10:42,741 --> 00:10:45,975 Hello, tris. - What are you doing here? 182 00:10:46,062 --> 00:10:47,817 The min. Of ag. And fish. Finally thrown you out? 183 00:10:47,903 --> 00:10:49,982 On the contrary, gentlemen, you see before you 184 00:10:50,068 --> 00:10:52,423 the official ministry of agriculture and fisheries' 185 00:10:52,509 --> 00:10:54,938 sterility advisory officer for the north riding of Yorkshire. 186 00:10:55,024 --> 00:10:57,341 Ooh. - Just say that again, slowly. 187 00:10:57,427 --> 00:11:00,563 In simple terms, siegfried, they want me to go around the area advising farmers 188 00:11:00,649 --> 00:11:03,847 what to do if their bulls fail to inseminate their cows properly 189 00:11:03,933 --> 00:11:08,163 and produce substandard calves or no calves at all. - Oh that. 190 00:11:08,250 --> 00:11:10,648 I thought they'd solved that with artificial insemination. 191 00:11:10,734 --> 00:11:12,102 We have now. And I am to be 192 00:11:12,188 --> 00:11:15,011 the north riding's consultant, adviser and expert. 193 00:11:15,097 --> 00:11:18,864 You, an expert on insemination? 194 00:11:18,950 --> 00:11:20,322 That'll be a change. 195 00:11:20,408 --> 00:11:23,535 Do you want to see your cow in calf? Send for Tristan farnon, 196 00:11:23,621 --> 00:11:25,522 the wonder vet who can bring about a pregnancy in anything 197 00:11:25,607 --> 00:11:27,429 from a Jersey cow to a jackal. 198 00:11:27,515 --> 00:11:30,761 Calling all cows, treat yourself to a test tube calf. 199 00:11:30,847 --> 00:11:33,072 Let Tristan farnon succeed where your bull has failed. 200 00:11:33,158 --> 00:11:36,120 Who needs a stallion, when the man from the ministry can do it? 201 00:11:36,206 --> 00:11:38,941 It's not all that funny, you know. This a.I. Business 202 00:11:39,027 --> 00:11:41,826 could make a hell of a difference to the nation's milk supply. 203 00:11:41,913 --> 00:11:43,793 Of course, it could 204 00:11:43,879 --> 00:11:45,619 and will, my dear man. 205 00:11:45,705 --> 00:11:47,812 It's just the thought of you... 206 00:11:47,898 --> 00:11:49,614 Teaching bulls to ejaculate. 207 00:11:49,700 --> 00:11:52,201 Into an artificial vagina. 208 00:11:52,287 --> 00:11:55,024 Oh, my dear brother. 209 00:11:55,110 --> 00:11:58,216 When you've quite finished your childish schoolboy ribaldry, 210 00:11:58,302 --> 00:12:00,839 I should like to ask James a question. - Oh, sorry, yes. 211 00:12:00,924 --> 00:12:03,807 Are you free Thursday to come with me to hull? - I could be. What for? 212 00:12:03,893 --> 00:12:06,524 To supervise a shipment of sheep to the Soviet union. 213 00:12:06,610 --> 00:12:08,443 Ah-- - What? 214 00:12:08,529 --> 00:12:11,932 Good heavens, from insemination to indoctrination. 215 00:12:12,018 --> 00:12:14,269 Tell me, Tristan, are they going for a short spell 216 00:12:14,355 --> 00:12:16,966 to have their tiny brains washed or are they being 217 00:12:17,052 --> 00:12:19,803 banished for life as undercover agents for the min. Of ag.? 218 00:12:19,889 --> 00:12:23,124 So it's my day to endure the barbed wits of messrs. Herriot and farnon. 219 00:12:23,210 --> 00:12:26,128 But I've got to go to hull anyway and I'm not very keen to go alone. 220 00:12:26,214 --> 00:12:28,167 All right, tris, I'll chance it. 221 00:12:28,253 --> 00:12:30,169 Might as well end up in Siberia together. 222 00:12:30,255 --> 00:12:32,424 That's a firm offer, is it, James? - Da. 223 00:12:32,510 --> 00:12:33,993 What? - Da. 224 00:12:34,078 --> 00:12:37,285 It's Russian for yes. Maybe you should learn to say nyet. 225 00:12:37,371 --> 00:12:38,644 Is that no? - Da. 226 00:12:38,730 --> 00:12:41,148 Oh God. 227 00:12:41,913 --> 00:12:44,736 He'll never learn. 228 00:12:44,822 --> 00:12:48,289 James, are these yours? - Yes. 229 00:12:48,375 --> 00:12:51,418 I found them on the desk. - Sorry. 230 00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:52,511 No, no, no, no. 231 00:12:52,597 --> 00:12:55,845 If you and Helen think that you need a second bathroom, 232 00:12:55,931 --> 00:12:58,690 which I'm inclined to think you do now, 233 00:12:58,775 --> 00:13:01,870 remember it's my place to pay for it, this being my house. 234 00:13:01,956 --> 00:13:05,102 Yes, I suppose so. - Listen, I know that you two sometimes yearn 235 00:13:05,188 --> 00:13:07,465 for a smaller house of your own, away from the job. 236 00:13:07,551 --> 00:13:09,813 Helen does. Mrs. greenlaw keeps going on at her 237 00:13:09,899 --> 00:13:13,851 about the joys of owning your own home, et cetera. - Yes, but all the same, 238 00:13:13,937 --> 00:13:15,677 with calum upstairs in that attic, 239 00:13:15,763 --> 00:13:19,666 you won't be so tied to the place, will you now? 240 00:13:19,751 --> 00:13:21,504 I don't see what difference that makes, siegfried. 241 00:13:21,591 --> 00:13:23,586 All the difference in the world, my dear James, 242 00:13:23,673 --> 00:13:27,730 look, I'm going to install a telephone extension up there, 243 00:13:27,817 --> 00:13:29,717 so you and calum can work out a roster, 244 00:13:29,803 --> 00:13:32,832 and then you can share the emergency calls between you. 245 00:13:32,918 --> 00:13:35,350 When it's calum's night on duty, 246 00:13:35,436 --> 00:13:38,673 you can take Helen to the cinema anytime you think. 247 00:13:38,759 --> 00:13:41,837 What? - When calum is on duty, you and Helen can listen 248 00:13:41,923 --> 00:13:45,701 to your Wagner records undisturbed. 249 00:13:45,788 --> 00:13:47,384 Good thinking, siegfried. 250 00:13:47,471 --> 00:13:49,522 And I could use the proceeds from that second ring 251 00:13:49,607 --> 00:13:51,477 to pay for the new radiogram. 252 00:13:51,563 --> 00:13:55,139 Radiogram? One of those big stand-up things? - That's right. 253 00:13:55,225 --> 00:13:57,188 Berrydale's are sending two of their newest models over 254 00:13:57,274 --> 00:13:59,990 later this morning for me to choose. - That's splendid. 255 00:14:00,076 --> 00:14:02,964 "Parsifal" will sound so much better from a radiogram. 256 00:14:03,049 --> 00:14:06,341 Exactly. - Listen, wasn't it Bernard Shaw 257 00:14:06,427 --> 00:14:08,183 who first made the British public 258 00:14:08,269 --> 00:14:11,437 aware of the genius of Richard Wagner? 259 00:14:11,523 --> 00:14:12,741 Yes, I believe it was, why? 260 00:14:12,827 --> 00:14:15,009 Look, the old man's just broken his leg 261 00:14:15,096 --> 00:14:19,994 "pruning an apple tree in his garden at ayot St. Lawrence." 262 00:14:20,115 --> 00:14:22,192 At his age? 263 00:14:22,278 --> 00:14:26,288 He is 94! Dear God. 264 00:14:26,375 --> 00:14:29,392 Trimming trees at 94? 265 00:14:30,931 --> 00:14:32,682 I'd better get my skates-- 266 00:14:32,769 --> 00:14:36,341 what was I doing? Oh lord. 267 00:14:36,708 --> 00:14:38,544 I'd better be off, siegfried. 268 00:14:38,630 --> 00:14:41,134 You did say you'd be here for a couple of hours, didn't you? 269 00:14:41,221 --> 00:14:43,926 I'll be here till 11:00, yes, 270 00:14:44,011 --> 00:14:45,967 then I've got to go and see bill hawley 271 00:14:46,053 --> 00:14:49,288 about that cough of his that had you baffled. - Ah. 272 00:14:49,375 --> 00:14:52,995 Then I was trying to fit in old dibble's donkey before that, 273 00:14:53,081 --> 00:14:54,764 it's got the thrush again. 274 00:14:54,850 --> 00:14:57,587 Why don't you talk to dibble about George Bernard Shaw? 275 00:14:57,784 --> 00:14:59,535 That will shut him up. 276 00:15:22,748 --> 00:15:25,599 Morning-- Mr. casling? - Morning. 277 00:15:25,684 --> 00:15:27,009 Calf with a broken leg. 278 00:15:27,095 --> 00:15:28,884 Aye, it's in t'field. 279 00:15:28,971 --> 00:15:31,707 Right. Can I have a bucket of water, lukewarm please? 280 00:15:31,793 --> 00:15:33,089 Harold. 281 00:15:37,923 --> 00:15:40,817 Fetch it to ground for Mr. herriot, lad. 282 00:15:55,571 --> 00:15:57,375 Get its leg, luv. 283 00:15:58,408 --> 00:16:01,554 It's this 'un, Mr. herriot. - Right. 284 00:16:04,313 --> 00:16:06,123 Cush then. 285 00:16:06,390 --> 00:16:08,547 Cush, cush, cush. 286 00:16:09,078 --> 00:16:11,727 Thanks. Could you hold onto that for me, please? 287 00:16:12,966 --> 00:16:14,697 Right. 288 00:16:16,116 --> 00:16:17,796 Right, hold that, 289 00:16:17,881 --> 00:16:19,317 thanks. 290 00:16:31,330 --> 00:16:33,554 All right, all right. 291 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,225 Dibble: I'll tell you something else 292 00:16:35,312 --> 00:16:38,736 about this old creature of mine. You can give him a carrot, 293 00:16:38,822 --> 00:16:42,517 cut up or whole. Missus brings him out carrots from the house, 294 00:16:42,602 --> 00:16:44,335 he just loves them. 295 00:16:44,421 --> 00:16:47,841 Well, this donkey, he'll refuse to eat anything 296 00:16:47,927 --> 00:16:49,534 as long as you're stood by him. 297 00:16:49,620 --> 00:16:51,110 But the minute your back's turned, 298 00:16:51,197 --> 00:16:54,720 he'll wolf 'em up like he's not been fed for a week. 299 00:16:54,806 --> 00:16:57,071 I keep him in here while he's poorly. 300 00:16:57,157 --> 00:16:59,994 As I say, he's been going badly a week or two 301 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,791 and he's not found much grazing in t'paddock, just that thistle. 302 00:17:03,877 --> 00:17:06,011 And that weren't doing him a right lot of good. 303 00:17:06,097 --> 00:17:07,759 Mr. dibble, 304 00:17:07,845 --> 00:17:10,077 would you mind holding his head? 305 00:17:10,301 --> 00:17:12,452 A drop of rain wouldn't come amiss. 306 00:17:12,538 --> 00:17:15,801 Ground's very dry and hard. And talking of dry ground, 307 00:17:15,887 --> 00:17:19,422 there's not a drop of water in that pond down by the road. 308 00:17:19,508 --> 00:17:21,604 I can't remember that dryin' up, 309 00:17:21,690 --> 00:17:25,400 I were telling old Sam it must be six, seven, eight... 310 00:17:34,676 --> 00:17:36,882 Poor old thing. 311 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,547 Just like Bernard Shaw, eh? 312 00:17:39,633 --> 00:17:40,836 Eh? 313 00:17:41,002 --> 00:17:42,792 George Bernard Shaw, 314 00:17:42,878 --> 00:17:45,496 he broke his leg too, yesterday. 315 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:49,898 Bernard Shaw did. 316 00:17:50,471 --> 00:17:53,709 Who? - George Bernard Shaw. 317 00:17:55,455 --> 00:17:57,644 Does he live round here? 318 00:17:58,636 --> 00:18:01,992 Well, no. No, not really. 319 00:18:02,078 --> 00:18:03,343 Darrowby man? 320 00:18:03,429 --> 00:18:05,954 No, he's Hertfordshire, actually 321 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:07,930 and London. 322 00:18:08,016 --> 00:18:10,119 Casling: London? - Hmm. 323 00:18:13,657 --> 00:18:16,403 He'll not be in the farming line then? 324 00:18:16,558 --> 00:18:18,051 No. 325 00:18:18,137 --> 00:18:21,633 No, he's in the... the playwriting line. 326 00:18:21,813 --> 00:18:23,626 He writes plays. 327 00:18:24,354 --> 00:18:26,088 Oh, I see. 328 00:18:26,174 --> 00:18:27,718 For the theater. 329 00:18:33,159 --> 00:18:34,739 Right. 330 00:18:34,825 --> 00:18:36,694 Leave that for a bit, 331 00:18:37,019 --> 00:18:38,868 then you can let him up. 332 00:18:43,492 --> 00:18:45,559 Right, lad. Go on. 333 00:18:47,778 --> 00:18:51,750 Get him up. Go on. Get on, go on. 334 00:18:52,932 --> 00:18:54,473 Good. 335 00:18:56,744 --> 00:18:59,695 I'll be back in about a month to get the plaster off. 336 00:18:59,781 --> 00:19:01,645 All right. - Aye, right. 337 00:19:01,731 --> 00:19:03,882 Thank you. Bye. 338 00:19:03,968 --> 00:19:08,093 And I hope your London friend's leg mends all right, Mr. herriot. 339 00:19:15,270 --> 00:19:16,944 The following evening, 340 00:19:17,030 --> 00:19:20,224 councilor bateson come into t'pub with his wife. 341 00:19:20,310 --> 00:19:22,488 Started buying drinks all round, 342 00:19:22,574 --> 00:19:26,232 you know, trying to get on terms with all them that were in there. 343 00:19:26,318 --> 00:19:28,286 He'd been criticized in the local press 344 00:19:28,372 --> 00:19:31,013 for his attitude over that drainage. 345 00:19:32,791 --> 00:19:35,926 He'd opposed it, see, on the grounds of cost, 346 00:19:36,012 --> 00:19:37,573 but most of the farmers up that way, 347 00:19:37,659 --> 00:19:41,173 they reckoned they had a responsibility to put it right. 348 00:19:41,259 --> 00:19:42,972 I think they had as well. 349 00:19:43,058 --> 00:19:46,844 I think it were council blocked them drains... 350 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,874 Through there. 351 00:20:02,481 --> 00:20:04,375 Is this the new radiogram? 352 00:20:04,461 --> 00:20:07,634 Yes, darling. Three of them for daddy to choose from. 353 00:20:09,789 --> 00:20:13,287 Right. We'll just fetch the other two in, madam. 354 00:20:13,373 --> 00:20:15,448 Then we'll get them all unwrapped and wired up. 355 00:20:15,534 --> 00:20:16,724 Where are your power points? 356 00:20:16,810 --> 00:20:19,296 Uh, there's one there and there's one by the door. 357 00:20:19,382 --> 00:20:21,546 Oh, they'll be all right. 358 00:20:21,727 --> 00:20:25,142 Isn't it exciting? - Kids: Yes. 359 00:20:31,701 --> 00:20:35,567 I'd like you to get me a piece of string, if you'd be so good. 360 00:20:35,653 --> 00:20:37,336 String? 361 00:20:37,423 --> 00:20:41,901 Yes. About that long. 362 00:20:42,425 --> 00:20:45,640 Right, I'll get you some. 363 00:20:53,190 --> 00:20:56,166 Now where did I... 364 00:21:01,365 --> 00:21:03,614 That's on all right now. 365 00:21:07,309 --> 00:21:09,047 Can I put my record on? 366 00:21:09,133 --> 00:21:10,998 Yes, darling, of course you can. 367 00:21:11,084 --> 00:21:13,299 It'll help us choose which one's best. 368 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:18,057 Where did I use it last? 369 00:21:48,349 --> 00:21:51,580 ♪ ...Over the hills and far away ♪ 370 00:21:51,666 --> 00:21:57,268 ♪ over the hills and a great way off, the wind shall blow my top-knot off... ♪ 371 00:21:57,354 --> 00:21:59,373 what do you think you're doing? Take that record off at once. 372 00:21:59,459 --> 00:22:01,009 Darling, we were just-- 373 00:22:02,047 --> 00:22:03,730 sorry. 374 00:22:03,816 --> 00:22:05,830 Good afternoon. - Afternoon, sir. 375 00:22:05,916 --> 00:22:08,335 Hardly the best thing to judge one of these things by. 376 00:22:08,421 --> 00:22:11,791 All wired up now. They just want switching on. - Ah good. 377 00:22:11,877 --> 00:22:14,131 I'd like to start with a decent record. 378 00:22:16,189 --> 00:22:17,619 Ah. 379 00:22:19,719 --> 00:22:22,153 Start with that one, I think. - Right you are, sir. 380 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,298 We'll go in the kitchen. 381 00:22:23,384 --> 00:22:26,334 Yes, darling. Just while daddy makes up his mind. 382 00:22:26,928 --> 00:22:28,638 Come on. 383 00:22:42,762 --> 00:22:44,265 Ah! 384 00:22:49,829 --> 00:22:53,025 I've had hell of a job to find a piece of string, Mr. farnon. 385 00:22:53,111 --> 00:22:55,863 Is it too late? Is the calf dead? Has he gone? 386 00:22:55,949 --> 00:22:58,512 Gone? Good lord, no. 387 00:23:02,085 --> 00:23:03,997 Thank you. 388 00:23:12,782 --> 00:23:14,411 Thank you. 389 00:23:16,228 --> 00:23:18,286 Lost a couple of... 390 00:23:18,372 --> 00:23:20,670 Buttons at the last place. 391 00:23:20,756 --> 00:23:22,817 Cow got her horn underneath them, 392 00:23:22,903 --> 00:23:26,169 can't bear flapping clothes. There. 393 00:23:26,255 --> 00:23:28,652 What about calf, Mr. farnon? 394 00:23:28,738 --> 00:23:30,884 Oh, he's got... 395 00:23:30,970 --> 00:23:33,903 Cerebral meningitis. 396 00:23:33,989 --> 00:23:35,978 That's a brain disease. 397 00:23:36,064 --> 00:23:38,517 Oh, he has, has he? 398 00:23:38,603 --> 00:23:40,355 I'm gonna give him 399 00:23:40,441 --> 00:23:42,483 an antibiotic injection. 400 00:23:42,569 --> 00:23:45,830 That should do the trick. 401 00:23:46,098 --> 00:23:49,501 Daddy's put the same piece of music on six times. 402 00:23:49,587 --> 00:23:52,719 I know, because he can't decide which machine to buy. 403 00:23:52,805 --> 00:23:56,022 How long will he be? - I don't know. 404 00:23:56,108 --> 00:23:59,522 Listen, it's stopped. 405 00:23:59,608 --> 00:24:01,383 Helen? - Yes? 406 00:24:01,469 --> 00:24:03,190 Come in and bring the kids. 407 00:24:10,576 --> 00:24:15,031 I've had a lot of trouble trying to decide between that one and this one. 408 00:24:15,117 --> 00:24:18,430 That one is incredibly expensive. This one, in fact, is the cheapest. 409 00:24:18,516 --> 00:24:21,500 But this one is marvelous. It's got a wonderful tone. 410 00:24:21,586 --> 00:24:24,516 It is £95, but to hell with it. 411 00:24:24,602 --> 00:24:26,575 It's up to you, darling. It's your money 412 00:24:26,661 --> 00:24:30,237 and clearly it's going to be your radiogram. You must decide. 413 00:24:30,323 --> 00:24:32,763 Right, I'll settle for this one, please. 414 00:24:32,849 --> 00:24:35,528 Right you are, sir. Very good choice if I may say so. 415 00:24:35,614 --> 00:24:37,868 Fine machine that one. Won't give you no trouble. 416 00:24:37,954 --> 00:24:40,270 Good. Come on, let's have some lunch. 417 00:24:40,356 --> 00:24:42,140 Won't be a second, darling. 418 00:24:42,799 --> 00:24:45,419 I'm passing your door tomorrow, so I'll look in. 419 00:24:45,505 --> 00:24:47,109 Would you, Mr. farnon? 420 00:24:47,195 --> 00:24:48,993 He might be a bit better by then. 421 00:24:49,079 --> 00:24:51,895 That antibiotic injection usually does the trick. 422 00:24:51,981 --> 00:24:54,628 Shame he weren't cured with a piece of string, 423 00:24:54,714 --> 00:24:57,681 like I first thought it were your intention. 424 00:24:58,907 --> 00:25:01,979 That would have been a miracle, Mr. hawley, 425 00:25:02,519 --> 00:25:04,431 and I'm only a vet. 426 00:25:28,115 --> 00:25:30,186 Stay in the car, Rosie. - But daddy-- 427 00:25:30,272 --> 00:25:32,308 stay in the car. 428 00:25:32,394 --> 00:25:35,191 Look, you're a great help and I love having you with me, 429 00:25:35,277 --> 00:25:36,757 but not here. 430 00:25:37,909 --> 00:25:40,477 Afternoon, Mr. herriot. - Hello, Mr. binns. 431 00:25:40,563 --> 00:25:42,673 There she is, in t'fold. 432 00:25:42,759 --> 00:25:46,157 Couldn't you have got her tied up? - Nay, I'm short of room 433 00:25:46,243 --> 00:25:49,333 and this 'un spends most of her time on the moors. 434 00:25:49,419 --> 00:25:50,357 All right. 435 00:25:50,443 --> 00:25:52,789 Oh please, daddy. 436 00:25:53,106 --> 00:25:57,141 Oh, all right. But you stay this side of the fence, hmm? 437 00:25:57,227 --> 00:25:59,539 Stand in the corner by the gate, understood? 438 00:25:59,625 --> 00:26:02,048 All right, daddy. - That's my girl. 439 00:26:19,173 --> 00:26:20,530 Can you hold her all right? 440 00:26:20,616 --> 00:26:24,951 I think so. You'll find the place at the end of her, back there. 441 00:26:27,385 --> 00:26:29,311 How long has she had this, Mr. binns? 442 00:26:29,397 --> 00:26:30,935 About two months now. 443 00:26:31,021 --> 00:26:33,946 Keeps bustin' and fillin' up over and over again. 444 00:26:34,032 --> 00:26:36,727 It's an old wound and it's got infected. 445 00:26:36,813 --> 00:26:39,779 There's a lot of dead tissue to cut away before it can heal. 446 00:26:39,865 --> 00:26:43,287 Rosie! Will you bring scissors, cotton wool 447 00:26:43,373 --> 00:26:46,151 and that bottle of peroxide from the car, please? 448 00:26:47,268 --> 00:26:51,102 By gaw, little lass knows her way round tools, does she? 449 00:26:51,188 --> 00:26:53,291 She doesn't know what everything is. 450 00:26:53,377 --> 00:26:56,974 But for stuff I use regularly, she's a marvel. 451 00:26:58,105 --> 00:27:01,936 I'll get rid of that discharge and disinfect the area... 452 00:27:02,022 --> 00:27:03,992 It's a mess, Mr. binns. 453 00:27:10,540 --> 00:27:11,996 Thanks, love. 454 00:27:16,111 --> 00:27:18,866 Ooh, shh, it's all right. Sorry. 455 00:27:47,835 --> 00:27:50,922 Right, that should do it. 456 00:27:51,532 --> 00:27:53,496 Hold on to her, Mr. binns. 457 00:27:53,714 --> 00:27:55,277 Mr. binns! 458 00:27:55,363 --> 00:27:57,477 Come here, you devil. 459 00:27:57,567 --> 00:27:59,605 Rosie! 460 00:28:13,449 --> 00:28:15,821 Come here, you devil. 461 00:28:16,112 --> 00:28:18,239 Can we go now, daddy? 462 00:28:18,325 --> 00:28:21,681 Yes, Rosie, we're finished here. 463 00:28:26,073 --> 00:28:29,326 Rosie? - Yes, daddy? 464 00:28:29,413 --> 00:28:31,730 Standing still when that cow was coming towards you 465 00:28:31,816 --> 00:28:33,892 was absolutely the right thing to do. 466 00:28:33,978 --> 00:28:37,045 You were very brave, very sensible too. 467 00:28:37,131 --> 00:28:38,615 Was I? 468 00:28:38,701 --> 00:28:40,181 When a person stands still, 469 00:28:40,267 --> 00:28:43,137 it's no threat, so the animal doesn't get frightened. 470 00:28:43,223 --> 00:28:46,759 So it leaves you alone. You will always remember that, won't you? 471 00:28:46,846 --> 00:28:48,602 Yes, daddy. 472 00:28:48,688 --> 00:28:50,369 Good girl. 473 00:28:52,123 --> 00:28:53,984 Mr. pinkerton? 474 00:28:54,070 --> 00:28:55,826 Mr. pinkerton. 475 00:28:55,913 --> 00:28:58,297 Good afternoon, Mr. pinkerton. 476 00:28:58,383 --> 00:29:00,170 Oh, I say, what a fine looking fellow. 477 00:29:00,256 --> 00:29:02,164 Come on now, come on. 478 00:29:02,250 --> 00:29:04,432 Come on, good boy. 479 00:29:04,518 --> 00:29:05,990 Let's get him up. 480 00:29:06,076 --> 00:29:08,269 He likes going up, does he? - That's a good boy. 481 00:29:08,355 --> 00:29:12,069 Now then, old lad, what can we do for you? 482 00:29:12,990 --> 00:29:15,307 He looks fit enough to me. 483 00:29:15,394 --> 00:29:19,636 Aye, he's all right in hisself, Mr. farnon, but... 484 00:29:19,722 --> 00:29:22,286 But? - Well you see... 485 00:29:22,372 --> 00:29:25,943 I really don't know just how to put it. 486 00:29:26,029 --> 00:29:28,044 He isn't quite right. 487 00:29:28,130 --> 00:29:29,078 Is he ill? 488 00:29:29,164 --> 00:29:32,066 Not ill exactly, no, it's just that-- 489 00:29:32,152 --> 00:29:35,169 come on, man, you must know what's wrong with your dog. 490 00:29:35,255 --> 00:29:37,097 Well, you see... 491 00:29:37,183 --> 00:29:39,315 It's his pencil. 492 00:29:39,401 --> 00:29:41,513 His pencil? - Aye. 493 00:29:41,599 --> 00:29:44,569 There's something the matter with his pencil, 494 00:29:44,923 --> 00:29:48,314 down there, if you get my meaning. 495 00:29:51,883 --> 00:29:54,392 I don't see anything unusual, do you, Helen? 496 00:29:54,478 --> 00:29:57,348 No. - Oh, there's something the matter. 497 00:29:57,434 --> 00:30:00,829 Something coming out from his pencil. 498 00:30:02,759 --> 00:30:07,147 You mean that little drop of seminal fluid at the end of the prepuce? 499 00:30:07,233 --> 00:30:09,320 Aye. - That's nothing to worry about. 500 00:30:09,406 --> 00:30:13,121 He's a fine, fit, healthy dog, full of the joys of spring. 501 00:30:13,207 --> 00:30:15,036 It's a kind of... 502 00:30:15,122 --> 00:30:17,605 Overflow, you might say. 503 00:30:17,691 --> 00:30:20,784 But if you like, you can cut down on his diet a bit, 504 00:30:20,869 --> 00:30:22,871 see he gets plenty of exercise. 505 00:30:22,957 --> 00:30:24,551 That should sober him up. 506 00:30:24,637 --> 00:30:27,545 And there's naught wrong with his pencil? 507 00:30:27,631 --> 00:30:30,586 Nothing, Mr. pinkerton. His pencil is perfect. 508 00:30:30,673 --> 00:30:35,731 Now, Mrs. herriot will give you a bottle of mild sedative tablets. 509 00:30:35,817 --> 00:30:39,989 Thank you, Helen. The white oval ones on the middle shelf. 510 00:30:40,075 --> 00:30:41,567 Certainly. 511 00:30:41,653 --> 00:30:44,006 They should induce a certain calm. 512 00:30:44,092 --> 00:30:46,101 Half a crown. 513 00:30:47,310 --> 00:30:49,518 Thank you, Mr. pinkerton. 514 00:30:49,604 --> 00:30:51,132 Eh, Mr. farnon? 515 00:30:51,218 --> 00:30:54,384 Yes? - What about his pencil? 516 00:31:08,121 --> 00:31:11,387 What's the matter, daddy? - Looking for Uncle siegfried. 517 00:31:11,473 --> 00:31:13,662 He said he was coming to look at Mr. dibble's donkey. 518 00:31:13,748 --> 00:31:15,775 A donkey? - Hmm-mm. 519 00:31:15,861 --> 00:31:17,651 Like eeyore? 520 00:31:17,737 --> 00:31:20,174 A bit like eeyore. Only he's ill. 521 00:31:20,260 --> 00:31:22,355 He's got an infection of the hoof. 522 00:31:22,441 --> 00:31:24,202 I think we'd better have a look at it, 523 00:31:24,288 --> 00:31:26,144 in case Uncle siegfried hasn't managed to. 524 00:31:26,230 --> 00:31:28,540 And be quick, or we'll get soaked. 525 00:31:46,255 --> 00:31:48,282 Mr. dibble. How is he? 526 00:31:48,368 --> 00:31:50,281 Oh, Mr. farnon called this morning, 527 00:31:50,367 --> 00:31:52,792 he seemed quite satisfied with his progress. 528 00:31:52,878 --> 00:31:55,277 Ah, well I wasn't certain he'd been able to make it. 529 00:31:55,363 --> 00:31:58,413 Aye, Mr. farnon said he's quite pleased with his progress, 530 00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:00,732 seemed to think it'd clear up in a few days. 531 00:32:00,818 --> 00:32:04,624 Just listen to that rain coming down now, all right. 532 00:32:04,710 --> 00:32:06,532 I think we'd better be getting back, Rosie. 533 00:32:06,618 --> 00:32:08,664 Not in this, Mr. herriot, you'll get soaked. 534 00:32:08,750 --> 00:32:11,362 And the little lass, with no Mac nor coat. 535 00:32:11,448 --> 00:32:13,644 Well, I thought-- - Sit theeself down for a bit 536 00:32:13,730 --> 00:32:15,852 till it slackens. We'll have a nice chat. 537 00:32:15,938 --> 00:32:19,856 Here, luv, make yourself comfortable on there. 538 00:32:20,993 --> 00:32:24,872 As I said to Mr. farnon, we could do with a drop of nice rain. 539 00:32:24,958 --> 00:32:27,519 Yes, Mr. dibble, we certainly could. 540 00:32:27,605 --> 00:32:31,134 Forecast said they're would be rain this evening. Come early. 541 00:32:31,220 --> 00:32:33,342 Still, we mustn't grumble. 542 00:32:36,327 --> 00:32:38,932 Oh, it's pouring down, ma'am. 543 00:32:39,018 --> 00:32:41,397 Yes I know, and Rosie's gone out without her Mac. 544 00:32:41,483 --> 00:32:44,346 I hope she'll be all right. - Aye, so do I. 545 00:32:44,432 --> 00:32:47,141 Master Jimmy's coming along well with his piano playing. 546 00:32:47,227 --> 00:32:49,247 Yes, I wish he'd practice more though. 547 00:32:49,333 --> 00:32:52,545 Aye, well, best be off. Goodbye, Mrs. herriot. 548 00:32:52,631 --> 00:32:54,729 Thank you, Mrs. greenlaw. Bye-bye. 549 00:32:58,315 --> 00:33:02,417 And there's another factor to take into consideration, Mr. herriot. 550 00:33:02,503 --> 00:33:06,433 Some of those farmers that's going over to arable now from livestock, 551 00:33:06,519 --> 00:33:08,161 unless they know what they're at-- 552 00:33:08,247 --> 00:33:12,127 and mind you, some of them don't-- they're heading for trouble. 553 00:33:12,213 --> 00:33:13,397 I've always said 554 00:33:13,483 --> 00:33:16,248 stick to what you know and what you were brought up with 555 00:33:16,334 --> 00:33:18,549 and you'll not go to barren. 556 00:33:25,092 --> 00:33:26,869 Jimmy! 557 00:33:32,250 --> 00:33:34,049 Greetings, dear lady. 558 00:33:34,135 --> 00:33:36,554 Calum, you've arrived. 559 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:40,267 I'm afraid James isn't back from his rounds yet. 560 00:33:40,353 --> 00:33:42,349 But come on in anyway. 561 00:33:42,435 --> 00:33:44,778 Can I help you with some of your equipment? 562 00:33:44,864 --> 00:33:48,374 We're a wee thing late, due to the foul weather, 563 00:33:48,460 --> 00:33:50,423 but we're here. - We? 564 00:33:50,509 --> 00:33:54,763 Mm-hmm, me, Ramsey Mac, Marilyn and Charlie. 565 00:33:54,849 --> 00:33:58,530 That's Charlie and Marilyn as you can see is in the ex-army papoose. 566 00:33:58,616 --> 00:34:01,128 She travels warmer that way. - Yes, of course. 567 00:34:01,214 --> 00:34:03,076 Can I help? - Hello, Jimmy. 568 00:34:03,162 --> 00:34:05,067 You can take Ramsey Mac. 569 00:34:05,153 --> 00:34:07,650 He's a very small cat, one week old. 570 00:34:07,735 --> 00:34:09,786 I think perhaps he can manage something else. 571 00:34:09,871 --> 00:34:12,688 Maybe these. Be careful though, they're very precious. 572 00:34:12,773 --> 00:34:14,311 Bagpipes, golly. 573 00:34:14,398 --> 00:34:16,023 Perhaps I ought to just take those 574 00:34:16,108 --> 00:34:19,447 and then maybe you'd like something-- a cup of tea? 575 00:34:19,534 --> 00:34:23,068 A wee dram, to keep out the damp. - Oh yes, yes of course. 576 00:34:23,153 --> 00:34:25,197 I am sorry about James. I can't think where they've gone to. 577 00:34:25,282 --> 00:34:27,416 Rosie's with him. But come on in anyway. 578 00:34:27,503 --> 00:34:29,570 My wee 'un Charlie. 579 00:34:32,454 --> 00:34:34,226 I hope you'll be comfortable. 580 00:34:34,311 --> 00:34:36,742 You're in the room James and I had when we were first married. 581 00:34:36,827 --> 00:34:40,257 It's in the attic. - That will suit me down to the ground. 582 00:34:44,550 --> 00:34:46,286 Thanks, Mr. dibble. 583 00:34:46,371 --> 00:34:49,010 Well, Mr. herriot, it's stopped now, 584 00:34:49,096 --> 00:34:51,340 it just goes to show that forecast, 585 00:34:51,425 --> 00:34:54,617 you know, Mr. herriot, the one that said it'd rain, 586 00:34:54,702 --> 00:34:56,762 well, it were wrong again. 587 00:34:56,847 --> 00:34:59,012 It were wrong last week too. 588 00:34:59,099 --> 00:35:02,829 I put my sheep up at top field on account of what forecast said 589 00:35:02,916 --> 00:35:06,215 and then we had that rain, I had to bring them back down again. 590 00:35:06,300 --> 00:35:10,360 Weatherman said it's gonna do one thing, 591 00:35:10,445 --> 00:35:12,306 it does another... 592 00:35:17,190 --> 00:35:19,536 Weathermen, huh! 593 00:35:19,623 --> 00:35:23,199 They tell us what we're gonna get instead of what comes. 594 00:35:23,306 --> 00:35:26,601 There you are. - Thanks, darling. Right. 595 00:35:26,688 --> 00:35:28,735 Here's a welcome to skeldale for our new colleague. 596 00:35:28,820 --> 00:35:30,125 Thank you. 597 00:35:30,210 --> 00:35:31,742 Welcome to you. 598 00:35:31,827 --> 00:35:35,101 I'm sorry I wasn't there to greet you, but Rosie and I got trapped. 599 00:35:35,186 --> 00:35:38,565 Dibble over at eastby? - Yeah, an old boy who can't stop talking. 600 00:35:38,650 --> 00:35:40,847 If you ever visit him, be sure you make your escape 601 00:35:40,934 --> 00:35:42,413 before he talks you into the ground. 602 00:35:42,498 --> 00:35:44,791 Right, I will remember that. 603 00:35:46,527 --> 00:35:49,449 Don't forget to pack your Russian dictionary. 604 00:35:49,536 --> 00:35:51,315 I'm hoping some of them can speak English. 605 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:53,304 Oh, here's a handy phrase, 606 00:35:53,391 --> 00:35:56,032 "gavarit-li vash droog po angliyski?" 607 00:35:56,119 --> 00:35:59,052 What's that mean? - Does your pal speak English? 608 00:35:59,192 --> 00:36:03,485 Gavarit-li vash droog po angliyski? 609 00:36:03,570 --> 00:36:07,034 No, nor does my brother speak Russian. 610 00:36:07,206 --> 00:36:10,751 Good morning, calum. Are you settling in all right? 611 00:36:10,838 --> 00:36:12,617 Fine, thank you. 612 00:36:12,702 --> 00:36:15,179 As soon as tris arrives, we leave for hull. 613 00:36:15,266 --> 00:36:16,425 Yes, so I gather. 614 00:36:16,512 --> 00:36:19,523 And ooh, I've got to go out too, shortly. 615 00:36:19,608 --> 00:36:21,358 I've got to go to the whithorns' 616 00:36:21,443 --> 00:36:23,809 for that awful ruffles' injection, 617 00:36:23,894 --> 00:36:26,454 then to Dobbs at whiteman fell-- low fell? 618 00:36:26,541 --> 00:36:29,365 Whichever. - So-- 619 00:36:29,452 --> 00:36:32,125 I'll take morning surgery, have no fear. 620 00:36:32,210 --> 00:36:33,371 I've shown calum where everything is. 621 00:36:33,456 --> 00:36:35,326 Helen's been through the appointments. 622 00:36:35,411 --> 00:36:36,733 She'll bring you coffee about 11:00. 623 00:36:36,820 --> 00:36:39,126 I love coffee, especially around 11:00. 624 00:36:39,213 --> 00:36:40,688 Morning, all. - Morning. 625 00:36:40,773 --> 00:36:44,489 Tris, I am all set. Calum has been teaching me some Russian. 626 00:36:44,574 --> 00:36:47,432 Oh really? I thought Gaelic was your native tongue, old chap. 627 00:36:47,518 --> 00:36:49,443 In blairgowrie? - Yes, exactly. 628 00:36:49,530 --> 00:36:52,034 I was hoping you could teach me some so I could converse with Deirdre. 629 00:36:52,121 --> 00:36:54,351 It might impress her. - Deirdre? 630 00:36:54,438 --> 00:36:56,922 Don't ask. - Morning, siegfried. 631 00:36:57,009 --> 00:36:59,398 Morning, dear brother. You're looking smart. 632 00:36:59,483 --> 00:37:02,717 I thought I'd wear a decent suit, impress the russkies. 633 00:37:02,804 --> 00:37:05,293 Won't make a scrap of difference if they don't like the look of your face. 634 00:37:05,378 --> 00:37:07,603 We'll be the very soul of tact and diplomacy. 635 00:37:07,688 --> 00:37:09,827 If you do as well on Russian vodka as you usually do 636 00:37:09,914 --> 00:37:12,351 on the bellringer's beer, I think you will be the center 637 00:37:12,438 --> 00:37:15,938 of an international incident before nightfall. 638 00:37:16,025 --> 00:37:18,615 My advice to you is caution. 639 00:37:18,702 --> 00:37:20,208 Thank you. 640 00:37:21,646 --> 00:37:23,927 Bye, siegfried. - Helen: Goodbye. 641 00:37:24,012 --> 00:37:25,659 Helen: Bye. - Siegfried: Bye. 642 00:37:25,744 --> 00:37:27,338 Tris, let's go. - Right. 643 00:37:27,423 --> 00:37:31,454 Da svidaniya. - Blairgowrie. 644 00:37:31,539 --> 00:37:33,668 You're off? Be careful. - Yes. 645 00:37:33,755 --> 00:37:36,021 If we're not back by midnight, telephone the foreign office 646 00:37:36,108 --> 00:37:39,253 and tell them two British vets have defected to the Soviet union. 647 00:37:39,340 --> 00:37:43,489 With highly classified information about the artificial insemination of livestock. 648 00:37:43,574 --> 00:37:45,585 Bye. - Goodbye. 649 00:37:49,972 --> 00:37:53,608 There, ruffles dear, that'll be the kind vet 650 00:37:53,695 --> 00:37:56,365 come to give you your injection and make you better. 651 00:37:56,452 --> 00:37:59,371 Let him in, Sidney. - Yes, dear. 652 00:38:02,025 --> 00:38:04,489 Come on in, Mr. farnon. 653 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,097 Mr. whithorn, I'd be most grateful 654 00:38:09,184 --> 00:38:11,195 if you could pick up the dog to be injected 655 00:38:11,282 --> 00:38:14,701 and bring him into the sitting room. - Of course. Come on, ruffles. 656 00:38:14,786 --> 00:38:18,829 And take the other one somewhere out of the way. Would you mind? 657 00:38:18,914 --> 00:38:20,521 Good morning, Mr. farnon. 658 00:38:20,606 --> 00:38:24,313 I'll take little muffly up to my bedroom, while you see to ruffles. 659 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:28,601 He can sit on my bed while I'm dressing. Can't you, sweetheart? 660 00:38:28,688 --> 00:38:30,306 Come along. 661 00:38:30,606 --> 00:38:34,260 Right. - There, ruffy. 662 00:38:34,346 --> 00:38:38,891 Now, if you would please, hold him for me 663 00:38:38,978 --> 00:38:42,259 with a very tight grip on either side of his head. 664 00:38:42,344 --> 00:38:45,219 Oh dear, that sounds awfully rough. Won't I hurt the little pet? 665 00:38:45,306 --> 00:38:47,161 No, of course you won't hurt him. 666 00:38:47,246 --> 00:38:51,449 Just hold him still, if you can. 667 00:38:51,534 --> 00:38:54,378 Daddy will be so gentle, my angel. 668 00:38:54,463 --> 00:38:56,873 There, there, my sweetheart. 669 00:38:56,958 --> 00:39:00,427 Have you got him? There we are. 670 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:06,643 There, good boy. Hardly felt it. 671 00:39:06,730 --> 00:39:07,925 There, there-- 672 00:39:08,010 --> 00:39:10,364 oh, you bloody little swine! 673 00:39:10,451 --> 00:39:13,168 Look what you've done. I'm bleeding. 674 00:39:13,253 --> 00:39:15,813 Nipped you, did he? Sorry about that. 675 00:39:15,900 --> 00:39:18,117 A little punishment might not come amiss. 676 00:39:18,202 --> 00:39:20,288 No more chocolate good-boys for a day or two, 677 00:39:20,373 --> 00:39:22,702 perhaps even a spot of solitary confinement 678 00:39:22,789 --> 00:39:24,871 until he learns a bit of discipline. 679 00:39:24,956 --> 00:39:26,965 Yes, I'll think about that. 680 00:39:27,052 --> 00:39:31,054 And you might cut down a trifle on the hugs and kisses. 681 00:39:31,141 --> 00:39:32,833 That could help. 682 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:34,902 And if I were you, I'd go to my doctor 683 00:39:34,989 --> 00:39:37,054 and get a shot of anti-tetanus for that nasty nip. 684 00:39:37,141 --> 00:39:39,259 Same time tomorrow. 685 00:39:51,284 --> 00:39:54,666 I'm from the ministry of agriculture veterinary department. 686 00:40:21,983 --> 00:40:25,596 Good aft-- good afternoon. 687 00:40:25,730 --> 00:40:29,083 We are British-- - Veterinary surgeons. 688 00:40:30,268 --> 00:40:32,094 We come 689 00:40:32,181 --> 00:40:35,855 to make inspection of ship. 690 00:40:35,940 --> 00:40:37,092 Ship. 691 00:40:37,364 --> 00:40:39,547 We wish to ass-- 692 00:40:39,786 --> 00:40:42,556 we wish to make sure 693 00:40:42,641 --> 00:40:46,159 our animals have proper sanitary 694 00:40:46,246 --> 00:40:49,574 and comfortable conditions 695 00:40:49,858 --> 00:40:51,817 for the voyage. 696 00:40:52,269 --> 00:40:54,632 Regulations say, 697 00:40:54,717 --> 00:40:58,768 we be happy before sheep sail away. 698 00:40:58,855 --> 00:41:00,454 Absolutely. 699 00:41:00,639 --> 00:41:02,262 Aah. 700 00:41:02,380 --> 00:41:04,913 Come with me please, gentlemen. 701 00:41:04,998 --> 00:41:09,335 I will introduce you to Ludmilla ivanovnof pavlechenko. 702 00:41:09,422 --> 00:41:12,353 Oh. - Our state veterinary surgeon, 703 00:41:12,438 --> 00:41:15,181 who is attached to my ship for the voyage. 704 00:41:15,268 --> 00:41:16,936 This way, please. 705 00:41:31,663 --> 00:41:34,567 I, animal doctor. 706 00:41:34,652 --> 00:41:36,798 You, animal doctor? 707 00:41:36,885 --> 00:41:38,951 Yes. - So, 708 00:41:39,036 --> 00:41:41,398 I complete first my check. 709 00:41:41,485 --> 00:41:44,474 Then we shall proceed to embark the beasts. 710 00:41:44,561 --> 00:41:46,836 Excuse, please. 711 00:42:06,067 --> 00:42:09,155 Shouldn't we be doing this? - No. 712 00:42:09,242 --> 00:42:10,780 They've got to make sure that we capitalists 713 00:42:10,867 --> 00:42:14,137 don't introduce some virulent virus into the ussr. 714 00:42:14,222 --> 00:42:15,833 As if we would. 715 00:42:15,918 --> 00:42:18,597 Have you seen that old-fashioned thermometer she's using? 716 00:42:18,684 --> 00:42:21,945 One of those two-minute jobs. Came back from the crimea with Florence nightingale. 717 00:42:22,032 --> 00:42:25,400 How long is this going to take? - Work it out... 718 00:42:25,485 --> 00:42:28,246 Now, that's 150 sheep, at approximately three to four minutes each-- 719 00:42:28,333 --> 00:42:30,268 shut up, James. 720 00:42:53,190 --> 00:42:55,438 Mr. Dobbs, are you there? 721 00:42:55,525 --> 00:42:57,992 It's farnon, the vet. 722 00:42:58,077 --> 00:42:59,898 Anybody at home? 723 00:43:00,813 --> 00:43:04,702 Ah. Mr. Dobbs. 724 00:43:14,994 --> 00:43:17,907 Good lord, what's happened to your dog? 725 00:43:19,940 --> 00:43:22,543 All sheep, good health. 726 00:43:22,628 --> 00:43:24,045 Yes. 727 00:43:24,132 --> 00:43:27,375 Tell me, where come from sheep? 728 00:43:27,460 --> 00:43:28,543 From London? 729 00:43:28,628 --> 00:43:30,434 No, no, we don't have sheep in London, 730 00:43:30,521 --> 00:43:32,021 only cars and buses. 731 00:43:32,108 --> 00:43:36,161 Sheep come from Kent, county of Kent. 732 00:43:36,246 --> 00:43:38,181 Romney marsh. 733 00:43:38,333 --> 00:43:42,054 Rromnee marrsh. 734 00:43:42,576 --> 00:43:46,139 Rromnee marrshe? 735 00:43:49,201 --> 00:43:51,958 Rromnee marrshe! 736 00:43:52,043 --> 00:43:55,889 Oh, is good, is very pretty. 737 00:43:55,976 --> 00:43:59,277 Rromnee marrsh... 738 00:44:04,081 --> 00:44:07,081 I'll leave you to keep an eye on her, tris. 739 00:44:07,168 --> 00:44:08,603 I'll have a look around on board. 740 00:44:08,690 --> 00:44:11,432 Don't go anywhere unauthorized. 741 00:44:13,668 --> 00:44:17,432 Rromnee marrshe! 742 00:44:21,791 --> 00:44:24,641 This is certainly a very changed animal 743 00:44:24,728 --> 00:44:28,454 from the savage beast they rounded up in darrowby the other day. 744 00:44:28,541 --> 00:44:31,092 Not savage, Mr. farnon. 745 00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:34,364 He was frightened because he'd been ill-treated. 746 00:44:34,472 --> 00:44:38,702 Yeah, Mrs. herriot said you were ill-treating him 747 00:44:38,789 --> 00:44:41,010 when she was up here a while ago. 748 00:44:41,670 --> 00:44:43,677 She saw you thrashing him. 749 00:44:43,762 --> 00:44:45,574 I had to stop him chasing sheep, 750 00:44:45,659 --> 00:44:48,309 else he'd have got himself shot by a farmer. 751 00:44:48,396 --> 00:44:50,746 Once he realized who was master here, 752 00:44:50,831 --> 00:44:55,050 he calmed down, began to trust me. 753 00:44:56,474 --> 00:45:00,172 So you both sleep out here, do you now? 754 00:45:00,516 --> 00:45:02,909 He won't go in the house yet. 755 00:45:03,367 --> 00:45:06,690 He associates kitchens with cruelty, you see, 756 00:45:06,777 --> 00:45:09,268 doesn't trust human beings. 757 00:45:09,353 --> 00:45:12,521 You reckon he was ill-treated by the people he ran away from? 758 00:45:12,748 --> 00:45:14,478 Must have been. 759 00:45:16,938 --> 00:45:19,213 We understand each other, 760 00:45:19,916 --> 00:45:21,797 because you see, 761 00:45:21,884 --> 00:45:24,545 I've known what cruelty means too-- 762 00:45:25,365 --> 00:45:26,951 like him. 763 00:45:27,396 --> 00:45:29,951 From the japs, in the war? 764 00:45:35,402 --> 00:45:39,268 What this dog needed was a bit of discipline, 765 00:45:39,353 --> 00:45:42,043 tempered with affection and understanding. 766 00:45:42,130 --> 00:45:43,539 Indeed. 767 00:45:43,625 --> 00:45:44,862 A few more days in here, 768 00:45:44,949 --> 00:45:48,858 he'll trust me enough to come into the cottage with me, 769 00:45:48,945 --> 00:45:52,246 sit by the fire. Won't you, hmm? 770 00:45:52,331 --> 00:45:53,757 Tsk-Tsk. 771 00:46:13,860 --> 00:46:16,068 Sorry, sorry. 772 00:46:46,217 --> 00:46:48,876 I told you to be careful. 773 00:46:48,961 --> 00:46:51,199 Are you all right? - Just about. 774 00:46:51,286 --> 00:46:53,733 If that dog wasn't chained up, you'd have been eaten alive. 775 00:46:53,820 --> 00:46:55,976 A dog wouldn't consciously eat a vet. 776 00:46:56,063 --> 00:46:58,253 A russkie dog might. 777 00:46:58,338 --> 00:47:00,704 Oh, oh! 778 00:47:00,789 --> 00:47:04,813 Dushka, dushka. 779 00:47:11,791 --> 00:47:15,422 Remain here, please, both of you. 780 00:47:30,514 --> 00:47:32,865 You will accompany me, please, 781 00:47:32,952 --> 00:47:37,134 to the cabin of zampolit Vladimir petrovich yakovlev, 782 00:47:37,219 --> 00:47:40,164 the political representative on board. 783 00:47:40,250 --> 00:47:42,012 Come, please. 784 00:47:58,532 --> 00:48:00,594 Oh, thank you, Helen. 785 00:48:00,679 --> 00:48:03,925 Sit down, siegfried, I'm sure you've had a hard day. 786 00:48:04,012 --> 00:48:06,204 Fairly taxing as usual, 787 00:48:06,291 --> 00:48:08,673 not without interest though... 788 00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:11,242 There are those whithorns 789 00:48:11,329 --> 00:48:13,001 with their dreadful terriers 790 00:48:13,086 --> 00:48:16,364 spoiled-- absolutely ruined by too much kindness 791 00:48:16,451 --> 00:48:17,998 so that they're completely out of control. 792 00:48:18,083 --> 00:48:20,094 And on the other side, there's old Dobbs, 793 00:48:20,181 --> 00:48:23,552 with his certain knowledge that you can sometimes be kind by being cruel. 794 00:48:23,639 --> 00:48:28,019 He's done wonders with that impossible collie of his. 795 00:48:28,780 --> 00:48:31,827 Extraordinary, the difference between people. 796 00:48:31,914 --> 00:48:34,161 Is he a bit mad, do you think? 797 00:48:34,248 --> 00:48:36,353 Who, Dobbs? No, I don't think so. 798 00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:40,110 Very much affected by his experiences in the war. 799 00:48:40,197 --> 00:48:42,822 He doesn't trust people. That dog will be a good friend to him. 800 00:48:42,909 --> 00:48:44,833 Yes, poor man. 801 00:48:45,114 --> 00:48:48,949 Tell me, how is calum settling in? - He seems happy enough 802 00:48:49,036 --> 00:48:51,119 we've gone ahead and ordered the bathroom, if that's all right. 803 00:48:51,204 --> 00:48:54,809 Fine, just send me the bills. - It will be a lot easier for James to have calum 804 00:48:54,896 --> 00:48:58,291 on the spot to share the calls. - That was the idea. 805 00:48:58,650 --> 00:49:02,469 Hope he and tris are all right, it's after 5:00. 806 00:49:04,327 --> 00:49:08,677 I'll get it, I'll take it. - Thanks. 807 00:49:09,273 --> 00:49:11,480 Zampolit yakovlev 808 00:49:11,565 --> 00:49:15,586 invites you to join him now in a glass of vodka. 809 00:49:16,679 --> 00:49:18,456 Thank you. 810 00:49:18,543 --> 00:49:20,195 Spaseeba. 811 00:49:21,318 --> 00:49:22,907 Chin chin! 812 00:49:35,786 --> 00:49:39,358 Gemma, good girl. 813 00:49:41,498 --> 00:49:43,476 That was old dibble wanting to know 814 00:49:43,563 --> 00:49:46,161 if somebody will see his wretched donkey soon as possible. 815 00:49:46,248 --> 00:49:47,925 Not again. - Yes. 816 00:49:48,012 --> 00:49:51,211 I've told him our new man Mr. Buchanan will call this time. 817 00:49:51,297 --> 00:49:53,726 I'll send him out as soon as he gets back. 818 00:49:53,811 --> 00:49:55,547 Poor calum. - Poor my foot. 819 00:49:55,634 --> 00:49:58,434 If he works here, he'll have to take the rough with the smooth. 820 00:49:58,519 --> 00:50:00,282 Gemma out there? 821 00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:09,922 I'm afraid that my colleague and I 822 00:50:10,009 --> 00:50:12,820 have to leave Mr. zampolit 823 00:50:12,907 --> 00:50:15,452 and abandon the-- 824 00:50:15,539 --> 00:50:19,202 I mean entrust the sheep to your care, madam vet, 825 00:50:19,289 --> 00:50:22,835 and hope you have a very nice trip. 826 00:50:22,922 --> 00:50:24,713 If you'll excuse us. 827 00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:27,248 Come on, James, stop dancing, we have to get back. 828 00:50:27,335 --> 00:50:28,574 Uh-- 829 00:50:28,916 --> 00:50:32,126 da svidaniya, madame pavlechenko, 830 00:50:32,824 --> 00:50:35,416 we must go. - Depart. 831 00:50:35,503 --> 00:50:36,762 Depart. 832 00:50:36,847 --> 00:50:39,784 Da svidaniya, nichego. - Oh. 833 00:50:39,871 --> 00:50:42,947 We are most grateful for your cooperation. 834 00:50:43,032 --> 00:50:44,606 That's recip-- 835 00:50:45,851 --> 00:50:47,527 same to you. 836 00:50:48,655 --> 00:50:52,344 Right, bye. 837 00:51:21,451 --> 00:51:23,898 Helen, what's with-- - Shh. 838 00:51:47,516 --> 00:51:50,648 As long as it encourages Jimmy to practice, I'm all for it. 839 00:51:50,733 --> 00:51:53,079 As long as they're careful. - They will be, I promise. 840 00:51:53,164 --> 00:51:55,469 Coffee? - Black, please. 841 00:51:55,565 --> 00:51:58,547 They did insist on giving us a lot of vodka, you know. 842 00:51:59,255 --> 00:52:00,777 Calum in? 843 00:52:00,864 --> 00:52:03,364 Siegfried sent him over to dibble's. 844 00:52:03,817 --> 00:52:05,675 Poor chap. 845 00:52:06,335 --> 00:52:08,637 He's been there an hour already. 846 00:52:16,534 --> 00:52:18,981 Calum: ...And indeed, Bonnie prince Charlie 847 00:52:19,068 --> 00:52:21,351 became the darling and the hero of the scots 848 00:52:21,436 --> 00:52:24,411 and soon marching southward, as you know, 849 00:52:24,496 --> 00:52:26,014 he won a glorious victory 850 00:52:26,101 --> 00:52:27,936 over the English troops of king George 851 00:52:28,021 --> 00:52:30,925 at the battle of prestonpans, near Edinburgh. 852 00:52:31,012 --> 00:52:34,204 Do you know Edinburgh at all? A fine city. 853 00:52:34,289 --> 00:52:37,458 You must go there yourself one day, Mr. dibble.