All Creatures Great And Small** Now a major TV series on Channel 5 ** Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, to the young James Herriot 1930s Yorkshire seems to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. But from his erratic new colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, to incomprehensible farmers, herds of semi feral cattle, a pig called Nugent and an overweight Pekingese called Tricki Woo, James finds he is on a learning curve as steep as the

give fairness a chance and strive to cooperate and collaborate a little more even if self-interest were to be our main driving force

Digging deeper

Arin's tactical brilliance is surpassed only by his hatred for magic

The author's own story of the loss of a young husband

This uniquely accessible approach takes viewers from first principles exposure focus and composition to the subtle art of storytelling in pictures

nothing in your genes explains why your heart is on the left

they can transform into powerful creatures called Night Dragons

Fresh personal and full of Mary's humorous self-deprecating and can-do attitude against all odds you'll want to see where each shiny silver tray of hors d'oeuvres takes her next

· Understanding the physical and psychological reactions to grief

Jewel will set her sights on Jeff

it’s as if they were fated to find each other

I’d recommend it to people I don’t like’ – Kevin Brooks on Pretty Bad Things