Third and fourth season for hitseries All Creatures Great and Small (2020)

PBS Masterpiece and ViacomCBS UK's Channel 5 have shown their faith in All Creatures Great and Small (2020) with a rare double renewal. Writer and executive producer Ben Vanstone had pretty much confirmed the renewal of the third season of the series. But the fact that the networks have decided to renew the series for a fourth season as well, shows the faith they have in the success of the reboot of the British hit from the 80s. It has received positive reception from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

The first season of the James Herriot adaptation had 10 million viewers in the US, while episodes in the UK regularly had more than 5 million viewers. The drama has ensured Channel 5's rise to the top. A Christmas special was recently released.

Production of the third season of All Creatures Great and Small (2020) will start in Yorkshire in Q1 of 2022. It will once again take place in the early days of 1939, with the beloved Skeldale House family. Another World War is on the horizon of the Dales. Change is going to happen for all inhabitants of Darrowby, especially for James and Helen, who are starting the next chapter of their life. They are heading into a big world and period packed with great uncertainty.

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Cast and crew will return to shoot on location in Yorkshire for Series 3. Wonderful! x-on:channel5_tv x-on:all3media_int x-on:PlaygroundEnt x-on:masterpiecepbs pic.twitter.com/K1h75BSPOp

— All Creatures Great and Small (x-on:AllCreaturesTV) January 8, 2022

The third season of Wolf Hall producer Playground will continue with lead actors such as Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West and Anna Madeley. Vanstone will return as lead writer. Brian Percival (Downton Abbey) will remain a lead director and executive producer alongside Colin Callender, Melissa Gallant, Louise Pedersen, David Swetman, Rebecca Eaton and Susanne Simpson. Richard Burrell is the producer and All3Media Internation will serve as the distributor.

Masterpiece's Simpson said that the public has embraced the charming series. Seb Cardwell, acting programme director of ViacomCBS UK added: "It is clear that our viewers love the adventures of James Herriot in Darrowby. We, at Channel 5, feel the same."