The Lord God Made Them All (4)

What you need to know before your trail

Finally home from London after his wartime service in the RAF, James Herriot is settling back into life as a country vet.

The world at large may have changed after the war, but the blunt Yorkshire clients and menagerie of beasts with weird and wonderful ailments remain the same. But between his young son, Jimmy, his every move, stubborn farmers refusing to try his ‘new-fangled’ treatments and a goat that has eaten 293 tomatoes, Darrowby is far from quiet. And with another baby on the way, life is about to get even more chaotic