‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Season 3 Episode 5 recap: ‘Edward’

All Creatures Great and Small is back!

Based on author James Herriot’s much-loved collection of stories, Channel 5’s period drama follows the heartwarming and humorous adventures of a young country vet in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s.

Three months on from the end of the last season, it’s now spring 1939 as the hit series returns for its third run.

Watch the trailer:

 

Some big changes are happening at Skeldale and everyone has to learn how to adjust. Tristan is now a qualified vet while James enters into a new stage of his life with Helen and at the practice.

After being made joint business partner by Siegfried, James pushes to take on more responsibility via the Ministry of Agriculture’s new bovine TB testing scheme, but its unexpected challenges risk pushing him to breaking point.

And as a potential Second World War looms, all of our Skeldale family have to consider their purpose in Darrowby and beyond.

Watch a clip from this week’s episode here:

 

Here’s a plot recap for the fifth episode of Season 3 – ‘Edward’ – which premiered on Channel 5 at 9pm on Thursday 13th October 2022:

Siegfried and Tristan are left in charge of Skeldale House when Mrs Hall takes time off to meet up with an important person from her past.

Siegfried immediately puts Tristan in charge of housekeeping duties and focuses on running the practice, as well as educating a visiting work experience boy named Andrew Simmonds.

Tristan expects this to be a disaster due to his own experiences of Siegfried’s parenting, but Siegfried makes a connection with young Andrew, causing old resentments between the two brothers to bubble up to the surface.

While Richard Alderson is away from Heston Grange Jenny reveals to Helen that she has made a big decision about her future, leaving Helen feeling out of the loop.

When Jenny makes an oversight with a sheep that could have potentially serious consequences, Jenny fears that Helen blames her.

James works to save the animal and enables the two sisters to see things from each other’s points of view.

Mrs Hall travels outside of Darrowby for a long-awaited meeting with an important person from her past. Mrs Hall hopes to be forgiven for her actions, but the person she may need to forgive the most is herself.

All Creatures Great and Small is available on DVD on Amazon.