A DELIGHTFUL dramatization of one of Britain’s best-loved TV programmes, All Creatures Great and Small, arrives at Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre this month.

Coronation Street’s Oliver Mellor stars as iconic vet James Herriot from June 23 to 28.

Set against the idyllic background of the North Yorkshire Dales, the close and hard-working community, homely farmhouses and rowdy public houses were expertly captured in a series of novels which sold in their millions worldwide before being made into two films and a classic BBC TV series.

Based on the books of real life vet James Herriot and his semi-autobiographical anecdotes from his experiences as a newly-fledged practitioner, the TV series captured the hearts of viewers for over a decade.

Joining Mellor as fellow veterinarians in this all new production are TV regular and Blue Peter favourite Mark Curry as his blustering but good-natured boss Siegfried Farnon; and Lee Latchford-Evans of multi-million selling pop sensation Steps as his delightfully roguish younger brother Tristan Farnon. 

2Point4 Children’s Clare Buckfield plays James' eventual wife Helen; and Susan Penhaligon takes on the role of the wonderfully eccentric client Mrs Pumphrey – accompanied, of course, by her beloved and highly indulged lap dog Tricki-Woo, his extravagant hampers, letters and ever problematic “flop-bott” and “cracker dog” ailments.

Tickets are available from the box office on 01483 440000 or online at Yvonne-arnaud.co.uk.