All Creatures Great and Small inspiration: Alf Wight, also known as James HerriotAll Creatures Great and Small inspiration: Alf Wight, also known as James Herriot
All Creatures Great and Small inspiration: Alf Wight, also known as James Herriot

In pictures: It all happened to a vet!

As cameras roll on the next series of the Channel 5 reboot of All Creatures Great and Small, the Yorkshire-based attraction inspired by the original vet books, celebrates its tenth anniversary as a private sector business.

The World of James Herriot in Thirsk is based in the former home and surgery of Alf Wight, the vet who wrote as James Herriot.

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