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Platform release date
- Previous episode S04E06 - On Your Own
- Number S04E07
- Episode runtime 45 minutes
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Director
Randall Miller
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Writer
Mitchell Burgess
- Country United States
- Original language English
- Genres Comedy, Drama
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The Bad Seed
Holling's less than honest daughter arrives in Cicely and begins to operate. Holling and Shelly have a disagreement about his "sterility" and starts hanging out with his daughter. Marilyn decides it may be time to move out when she decides her mother has made one too many changes she doesn't like and asks Maggie to find her dream house. Ed goes to meet "Princess," a crane that returns every year, though after taking with Chris he begins to think it isn't such a good idea.
Season 7 of All Creatures Great & Small premieres in just 8 days, on September 17, 2026, and the timing could not be better for anyone craving warm, beautifully acted British drama with heart, humor, and a little veterinary chaos. The PBS Masterpiece favorite returns to the Yorkshire Dales with a new chapter set in 1946, after six seasons and 49 episodes of gentle but emotionally rich storytelling. This is not just another cozy comeback: the Season 7 premiere promises a shifting post-war world, a challenge to the familiar Skeldale House routine, and a fresh reason to fall back in love with James Herriot and the people around him.
For lapsed viewers, here is what you really need to remember before the new season begins. All Creatures Great & Small follows James Herriot, played by Nicholas Ralph, a compassionate young vet whose life and work are shaped by the people, farms, animals, and unpredictable crises of rural Yorkshire. Over the years, the series has balanced the daily demands of veterinary practice with the emotional lives of the Skeldale House family: the brilliant but prickly Siegfried Farnon, played by Samuel West; the indispensable and quietly formidable Mrs Hall, played by Anna Madeley; James’s wife Helen Herriot, played by Rachel Shenton; and Tristan Farnon, played by Callum Woodhouse. The show has always found drama in small moments: a sick animal, a difficult farmer, a family conversation left unfinished, or a choice made under pressure.
Season 7 begins in 1946, and that date matters. The war years changed the characters and the world around them, and now the Dales are moving into a new era. The premiere episode sets up exactly the kind of story All Creatures Great & Small does best: change arrives, but it does not arrive loudly. A new vet in town threatens the status quo, James struggles to treat a cat with a mystery illness, and Jimmy prepares for school. In other words, the season appears ready to blend professional rivalry, intimate family milestones, and the animal-centered storytelling that has made the series such a reliable favorite.
