Get Ready for All Creatures Great and Small Season 5
The beautiful Yorkshire Dales are beckoning, and here’s everything you need to know to get ready for All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 —no wellies or wool required! Hear from the cast, watch a trailer, meet new characters, and find out about episodes and how to watch this heartwarming and hilarious new season, which The Telegraph (UK) notes “five seasons in, [is] still melting the hardest of hearts,” premiering Sunday, January 12, 2025 on MASTERPIECE on PBS!
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Note: Contains Season 4 spoilers
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What’s Ahead in All Creatures Great and Small Season 5
When we left off at the end of Season 4, James found his way home to meet newborn Jimmy, who Helen gave birth to on Christmas day. And as anyone who’s ever met a baby understands, a tiny new life can bring massive upheaval, along with massive joy, to a household! With James back at training with the RAF, Helen, Siegfried, Mrs. Hall, and even Carmody are all trying to find their new footing—as expected, to comic and moving effect.
And Jimmy’s not the only change at Skeldale House, as Tristan returns in Season 5! What brings him home and how he’ll adjust to Carmody being present, James being a dad, and Siegfried being…well, Siegfried, remains to be seen. But with the war on and plenty of animals—and humans—needing the help of the household in one way or another, drama and hijinks are guaranteed!
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New Characters and Animals of All Creatures Great and Small Season 5
Season 5 of All Creatures Great and Small is rich with new characters—of the two-legged, four-legged, and even no-legged variety! You’ll meet ARP (air raid precaution) Warden Mr. Bosworth, a self-important taskmaster played by Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso), who MASTERPIECE viewers will likely remember as Spratt, the Dowager Countess’ butler in Downton Abbey, as well as from The Durrells in Corfu. Also joining for Season 5 is Doris (Caroline Menton), a city girl from Leeds and a land girl sent as part of the Women’s Land Army to work on Danby’s farm—a welcome new friend for Jenny Alderson. The intriguing goat-herding intellectual Miss Grantley is played by Juliet Aubrey (of Professor T. and the 1994 MASTERPIECE Middlemarch with Rufus Sewell). And MASTERPIECE Mystery! fans may even recognize Endeavour’s Winifred Thursday, Caroline O’Neil, as victory garden caretaker Dot Fawcett.
Among Season 5’s new animals is yet another four-legged arrival to Skeldale House in the form of Carmody’s dog, Hamish. Actor James Anthony-Rose said filming with Tweet, the dog playing Hamish, “…has been an absolute joy. And I’ve fallen very much in love with Tweet because I’ve never had a dog before and it’s the first time I can honestly say, ‘Oh, this is why people have dogs.’” As for the other new creatures, you’ll just have to wait and see!
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All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 Episodes
Tune for the All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 premiere on Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 9/8c, and watch Sundays through February 23 for a classic season that will have you crying and laughing in equal measure!
Jan. 12, 9pm ET
Episode 1: To All Our Boys
A medical scare keeps James’ feet firmly on the ground and Siegfried and Carmody get their wires crossed over an animal.Jan. 19, 9pm ET
Episode 2: Holding the Baby
Baby Jimmy joins James and Carmody on their rounds. Meanwhile, Jenny has a new best friend, and Mrs. Hall starts her job as an ARP Warden.Jan. 26, 9pm ET
Episode 3: Homecoming
When Jimmy’s Christening day is interrupted by the arrival of a surprise visitor, Siegfried makes a promise he struggles to keep.Feb. 2, 9pm ET
Episode 4: Uninvited Guests
Tristan’s first meeting with Carmody doesn’t go quite to plan. James’ unresolved feelings about the war re-surface.Feb. 9, 9pm ET
Episode 5: Pair Bond
Carmody gets an exciting opportunity, leaving Siegfried wondering whether he’s holding him back. Mrs. Hall deals with an unlikely emergency.Feb. 16, 9pm ET
Episode 6: Glass Half Full
James has a bout of brucellosis. A broken-down car forces Siegfried and Tristan to renegotiate their relationship with amusing consequences.Feb. 23, 9pm ET
Episode 7
Don’t miss the endearing and sweet All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 finale only on MASTERPIECE on PBS. - 4.
Binge All Four Seasons of All Creatures Great and Small
How well do you remember Season 4 of All Creatures Great and Small? Watch Nicholas Ralph (James) test Callum Woodhouse (Tristan) on his Season 4 knowledge in their wildly funny pub quiz, then stream All Creatures Great and Small Seasons 1-4 yourself when you watch with PBS Passport, an added member benefit. Watch online and on the free PBS app.
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Watch the All Creatures Great and Small Season 5 Trailer
