Nicholas Ralph as James Herriot, departing Glasgow for his first veterinary job in All Creatures Great and Small. Alf Wight graduated as a vet in December, 1939, when the “phony war”—a ...

In MASTERPIECE’s warmhearted new adaptation of the Alf Wight — aka James Herriot — All Creatures Great and Small memoir series, it’s not just the series that’s brand new. Lead actor ...

Fifteen years after his death, Alf Wight – aka James Herriot – is as much-loved as ever. His son, Jim, spoke to STEPHEN LEWIS at the launch of a new book about his famous dad.

“A grey character.” That's how Alf Wight, aka James Herriot and the author of eight comic masterpieces chronicling life as a Yorkshire vet in the 1940s, used to describe himself. “He always ...

Jim Wight is James Herriot's --- uh, Alf Wight's -- son and he has written a tender delightful memoir of his father. Wight -- Jim, not Alf -- takes us behind the man who was the famous author and ...

Alf Wight, or James Herriot, was born in October 1916 and he was from Sunderland. He moved to Scotland and studied at Glasgow Veterinary College before taking on his job with Sinclair in Yorkshire ...

Can Alf Wight the man be cleanly distinguished from his celebrated stand-in, James Herriot? And was there really a little Tricki Woo who gave him goodies?. In the hunt for answers, we searched out ...

Herriot's real name was James 'Alf' Wight, and he was known as 'Alf' by local people. He practiced as a vet in Thirsk, a small market town just a few miles from the North York Moors, as did his ...

Today a new statue of Alf Wight, the man behind the James Herriot books, has been unveiled. And it is so life-like that his son expected it to turn around and send him on his next veterinary job.

A MUSICAL about the world's most famous vet will be unveiled in the attraction he once called home. The World of James Herriot centre, in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, will host the first airing of ...