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All Creatures Great and Small: A Cure For All Ills Season Finale (S1EP6 ABC TV Sat 26 Feb 2022)
A Cure for All Ills: The Dales are in the grip of a bitter winter. Siegfried (Samuel West) has flu and James’s (Nicholas Ralph) workload has doubled. Dick Rudd (Alexis Platt) calls him out to examine his pedigree cow, Strawberry, who is struggling for breath. James is alarmed to discover she has an abscess in her throat and fears that if it continues to grow she will choke to death.
Dick is devastated. He invested his family’s life savings in the cow, at James’s recommendation, in the hope she would be the genesis of a new herd. James’s attempts to treat the cow fail and it begins to look hopeless.
Tristan (Callum Woodhouse) pours over his textbooks to try and help his friend find a way to save the cow. He wonders if they should operate but Siegfried thinks the idea preposterous and orders James to tell Dick Rudd to take Strawberry to the knacker’s yard. But James can’t let it go.
When Helen (Rachel Shenton) gives James the confidence to follow his instincts, he and Tristan ignore Siegfried’s instructions and decide to carry out an extremely high-risk procedure on the cow.
Back at Skeldale, Mrs Hall (Anna Madeley) discovers it’s James’s birthday and Tristan sets about planning a surprise party. James is still pining after Helen but Tristan tells him it’s time to look to pastures new and persuades him to go on a double date.
James tries his best to have a good time at the party, but he’s distracted by Strawberry’s condition.
A surprise announcement in the Drovers brings James’s birthday to a difficult close.
Season one finale.
Airdate: Tuesday 22 February 2022 at 8.30pm on ABC TV
Season 1 Episode 6