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Creatures Great and Small was a BBC TV drama series based on the books
of the veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James
Herriot (Full list of books at bottom of gallery).
The series comprised of 90 episodes in two 'waves' of series, the first
for three seasons from 1978 to 1980 and the second for four seasons
from 1988 to 1990. In 2020 a new TV series was made for Channel 5 which
has run for four seasons and four Christmas specials to date, with a
fifth and sixth series confirmed.
All Creatures Great and Small was also a film released in 1975 based on the first two James Herriot novels, "If Only They Could Talk" and "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet". A sequel was released in 1976, somewhat confusingly titled "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet", although it actually covers the two following novels, "Let Sleeping Vets Lie" and "Vet in Harness". In 2011 the BBC made a three-part series titled 'Young James Herriot'. None of the original books were published with TV or film tie-in covers as far as I am aware, but there have been five books published as well as a companion book with covers from the new Channel 5 series and an annual for the original series. The gallery below only reflects books in my collection, and of course the set of seven are not TV covers. This set of books was published with cover illustrations by the artist Thelwell, renowned for cartoons in Punch Magazine and many of his own books. The original Pan Books set did not include the last 1992 title "Every Living Thing".  =
In My Collection / 
= Not in My Collection
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Pan
Books
Tie-in to the Channel 5 TV Series
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2020
 All Creatures Great and Small |
2020
 All Things Bright and Beautiful |
2022
 All Things Wise and Wonderful |
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2023
 The Lord God Made Them All |
2023
 Every Living Thing |
Michael
O'Mara Books Ltd
Hardback Companion Book
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2021
 The World of All Creatures Great and Small Welcome to Skeldale House |
Pan
Books
The Original Paperbacks
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1973
 If Only They Could Talk |
1973
 It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet |
1974
 Let Sleeping Vets Lie |
1975
 Vet in Harness |
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1977
 Vets Might Fly |
1978
 Vet in a Spin |
1982
 The Lord God Made Them All |
BBC
Books
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2012
 Young James Herriot |
All
Creatures Great and Small Annual Gallery
James
Herriot's 'Vet' Books List
with original publication dates
The original UK series...
If Only They Could Talk (1970)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1972)
Let Sleeping Vets Lie (1973)
Vet in Harness (1974)
Vets Might Fly (1976)
Vet in a Spin (1977)
The Lord God Made Them All (1981)
Every Living Thing (1992)
Collected works from the original UK series...
In the United States, the first six books were considered too short to publish
independently, so they were combined in pairs to form three omnibus volumes...
All Creatures Great and Small (1972) (incorporating "If Only They Could
Talk", "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet", and three chapters from
"Let Sleeping Vets Lie")
All Things Bright and Beautiful (1974) (incorporating the majority of the
chapters from "Let Sleeping Vets Lie" and "Vet in Harness")
All Things Wise and Wonderful (1977) (incorporating "Vets Might Fly"
and "Vet in a Spin")
The Lord God Made Them All (1981)
The Best of James Herriot (1982)
James Herriot's Dog Stories (1986)
James Herriot's Cat Stories (1994)
James Herriot's Yorkshire Stories (1998)
James Herriot's Animal Stories (2015)
Books for children...
Blossom Comes Home (1969)
Moses the Kitten (1984)
Only One Woof (1985)
The Christmas Day Kitten (1986)
Bonny's Big Day (1987)
The Market Square Dog (1989)
Oscar, Cat-About-Town (1990)
Smudge, the Little Lost Lamb (1991)
James Herriot's Treasury for Children (1992)