'All Creatures Great and Small' Quiz

Answer: Trengate

Kirkgate is actually the street where the real Skeldale is. It's number 23.

Answer: Alderson

Before she married James (Christopher Timothy), Helen (Carol Drinkwater) worked on her dad's farm, Heston Grange. They had sheep and cows, including Candy the Jersey. Their Sheepdog was called Dan and in the books Helen also had a Beagle called Sam who came to Skeldale with her.

In real life Joan (the real Helen) had a Terrier cross called Danny, who Sam was based on. He was also partially based on their next dog, a Beagle named Dinah.

Answer: Horses

Siegfried (Robert Hardy) always has a mare. The one he has in series 2 is called Red Rocket. The dog is James's favourite animal and the cat is Tristan's (Peter Davison).

Answer: Border Terrier

Siegfried started off with five dogs - Christy the Whippet (Robert Hardy's own dog), Pippa the Chow Chow, Jack the Sheltie and two Golden Retrievers (all belonging to the crew). He has these dogs in the first 3 series and Christy in the specials. In series 4 he had Gemma the Greyhound and then Polly the Labrador in series 6. James had the Border Terrier - Bodie.

Answer: Zoë

Granville (James Grout) has two utterly spoilt dogs - Phoebe 'Pheebles' the Staffordshire Bull terrier and Victoria the Yorkie. He also has a tendency to get James completely plastered and there's nothing he can do about it!

Answer: Marilyn the badger

Calum (John McGlynn) had a lot of wild animals as pets. He rescued from the wild, but most stayed longer than planned.

Answer: Four

Mrs. Hall was the housekeeper from series 1 to series 3 but left at the end to be married. In the '83 special there was another housekeeper, Mrs. Hubbard, but due to her animal allergies she didn't even last until the end of the episode. In the '85 special and series 4 Mrs. Greenlaw was the housekeeper, and then there was no one on series 5 and 6 as there wasn't anyone needed, apart from a short time when Deirdre helped out instead.

When Tristan came back from Ireland in series 7 they needed a housekeeper again and employed Mrs. Alton.

Answer: Deirdre

Calum and Deirdre (Angrea Gibb) later married in their last episode. They moved to Nova Scotia were Calum was offered a job as a vet in a wildlife park.

Answer: Jimmy and Rosie

Jimmy was played by three different actors - Harry Byrne ('83 special); Oliver Wilson ('85 special - series 6) and Paul Lyon (series 7). Rosie was played by Rebecca Smith ('85 special - series 6) and Alison Lewis (series 7).

Answer: False

He actually gets married somewhere between the '83 and '85 specials as he becomes engaged in the '83 special to Caroline Fisher. By the '85 special they have had a son.