Voices from Herriot Country

16/04/2021

How lovely is this! 😊❤ James Mason, boss of Welcome to Yorkshire has found a signed script from a 1989 episode of the BBC's 'All Creatures Great and Small'. James was 'nobbut a lad' when he had a ball filming in the Dales, appearing in lots of scenes with the late great actor Robert Hardy, aka vet Siegfried Farnon from the Herriot books.

James was in our 'Voices from Herriot Country' podcast episode six - 'The Child Actor' - along with Dalesman George Tunstall, who'd been an extra in the same ACGS episode. He's pictured below with a grown up James.

Listen to the podcast here (there's even singing!): https://soundcloud.com/user-127319777/the-child-actor?in=user-127319777/sets/voices-of-herriot-country

The World Of James Herriot
Viv Horton
The Dalesman magazine
Yorkshire Post

31/03/2021

Don't forget, the podcast 'Voices from Herriot Country', celebrating 21st century Yorkshire characters, is available on Soundcloud, iTunes and Spotify.

If you haven't yet listened, or would like to again (😊😊), please click below. Eight magical episodes for you to lose yourself in, wherever you are in the world. Starting with 'The Old Farmer' and 'The Owl Lady'.......😀❤😀

The World Of James Herriot

https://soundcloud.com/user-127319777/sets/voices-of-herriot-country

Welcome to the first series of 'Voices from Herriot Country', a new podcast about Yorkshire characters 50 years after the first 'James Herriot' book about life as a rural vet was published. Alf Wight

07/01/2021

In case you missed it, episode eight of the Voices from Herriot Country podcast features wildlife artist Robert Fuller (see article below). The last episode in series 1. Hope you enjoy/enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed making it.

Thanks to all of our interviewees; lovely chats, lovely scenery, some lovely scones! - and, for the later episodes, some much needed respite for two podcast makers from a certain virus That Shall Not Be Named! 😊🙏

Take care all, stay safe. ❤❤

CHEEKY penguins, an angry hippo, a brain damaged fox and an owl with a sense of humour all feature in ​a new podcast featuring wildlife artist…

24/12/2020

HAPPY CHRISTMAS, FOLKS! 🎅😊

Voices from Herriot Country - i.e. me (Helen) and Simon, would like to wish all our listeners, wherever they are, a safe and Merry Christmas. We hope you've enjoyed listening to the podcast over the last few months. We certainly enjoyed making it; meeting the cast of 21st century Yorkshire characters was great fun, they were always friendly and entertaining .

Our eighth episode on wildlife artist Robert Fuller is out now, the last in this series. Available, as always, on Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify and Google.

If you've enjoyed listening to Voices from Herriot Country and would like to donate to the NHS, please do. That would be brilliant!

So, until we 'meet' again.......take care, and: HAPPY CHRISTMAS! ###

https://soundcloud.com/user-127319777/voices-from-herriot-country-episode-8-the-wildlife-artist?in=user-127319777/sets/voices-of-herriot-country

19/12/2020

Wildlife artist Robert E Fuller is the star of our episode eight, the last in this series. From cheeky penguins, athletic stoats and owls with a sense of humour to trying to make a difference to wildlife, at home and abroad.......it's all here. There's even a brush with death! See link below to listen; we hope you enjoy! (Also available on iTunes, Spotify and Google).

Robert E Fuller
Fresh Air with Terry Gross
BBC Radio York
The Guardian

Listen here:

https://soundcloud.com/user-127319777/voices-from-herriot-country-episode-8-the-wildlife-artist/s-5tl3qZfxfnp

Welcome to the EIGHTH episode of 'Voices from Herriot Country', a new podcast about Yorkshire characters 50 years after the first 'James Herriot' book about life as a rural vet was published. Alf Wigh

18/12/2020

Wildlife artist Robert E Fuller is our guest in episode eight of the Voices from Herriot Country podcast. You can listen to him from tomorrow morning UK time! He's a fantastic interviewee and told us some great tales. The one about the hippo was a particular favourite! ❤😀Or was it the one about the badgers? Or the one about the ........?!

For now, here's a link on Soundcloud, below, to the first seven episodes of the podcast if you've not yet had chance to listen, or if you fancy a recap...😊

Also available on iTunes, Spotify and Google.
The World Of James Herriot
The Dalesman magazine
MASTERPIECE | PBS
Robert E Fuller
https://soundcloud.com/user-127319777

13/11/2020

THE RISING STAR!

A nice article about Harrogate youngster Imogen Clawson, 'The Rising Star' of our podcast episode seven. She plays farm girl Jenny Alderson, sister to Herriot's 'love interest' Helen, in the new All Creatures TV series on Channel 5.

On set in the Yorkshire Dales, Imogen even had her own trailer - but she had to keep up with her schoolwork too! If you haven't already, please tune in to hear Imogen - and six other episodes of Voices from Herriot Country - on iTunes/Soundcloud/Spotify.

The World Of James Herriot
Shana Harrison
BBC Radio York
Channel 5
The Dalesman magazine
Yorkshire Life Magazine
Welcome to Yorkshire

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/tv/creatures-great-small-actress-reveals-19268478

Imogen Clawson stars in the Channel 5 series alongside Oscar-winning actress Rachel Shenton and Harry Potter actor Matthew Lewis

05/11/2020

A walk near Grassington in the Dales a few days ago. Couldn't stop banging on about the light. Just look at it! ❤️
....hoping there'll be light at the end of the tunnel very soon.....🤞🤞🙏🤞🤞

The Devonshire, Grassington
The Old Hall Inn
Grassington Dickensian Festival
The Wheatsheaf Inn
The Corner House Cafe Grassington

02/11/2020

Well done to Yorkshire Vet Julian Norton for speaking up about mental health recently on the BBC's 'The Naked Podcast'.

There's no stigma - or shouldn't be - in admitting life can be difficult. For anyone. At any time. Not just during a pandemic.

The author James Herriot - the world's most famous vet, Alf Wight - had struggles with his mental health decades ago, when society talked about such struggles far less than now. Alf went on to become a Samaritan. Sounds like a pretty decent human being, caring not just for animals, but for people too.

If you listen to 'Voices from Herriot Country' episode 3, 'The Butchers', you'll hear retired butcher Ray Ballard, who knew Alf. The episode touches on mental health.....

BBC Radio Sheffield
Sandbeck Veterinary Centre
Channel 5
Screen Yorkshire
BBC Yorkshire
Samaritans
Johnsons Butchers

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/yorkshire-vets-julian-norton-bares-all-tell-bbcs-naked-podcast-about-mental-health-2999675

Julian Norton, star of Channel 5's The Yorkshire Vet, is the latest guest to bare all on the BBC’s The Naked Podcast.

31/10/2020

Yorkshire schoolgirl Imogen Clawson, 'The Rising Star' in our episode seven and farm girl Jenny in Channel 5's new 'All Creatures Great and Small', has something in common with Millie Bobby Brown, Eleven in Stranger Things....

Listen to Voices from Herriot Country on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify or Google to find out..... 😊😊

31/10/2020

Meet Imogen Clawson, 'The Rising Star' in episode seven of the podcast. Schoolgirl Imogen is pictured here with Oscar-winning actress Rachel Shenton (and Clive the bull!). They all appeared in Channel 5's new 'All Creatures Great and Small' TV series recently.

Hear Imogen talking about her life on and off set in 'The Rising Star'. Tune in to 'Voices from Herriot Country' on iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud or Google. 🙏😊

Harrogate Advertiser
Yorkshire Post
BBC Radio York
Shana Harrison
Channel 5

https://soundcloud.com/user-127319777

31/10/2020

Yorkshire schoolgirl Imogen Clawson, pictured here reading her first James Herriot book, is 'The Rising Star' of our podcast episode seven.

Imogen plays farm girl Jenny Alderson in Channel 5's new TV series 'All Creatures Great and Small'. We caught up with the 13-year-old for cookie making and discussions on all sorts including filming and trailers, farming and bulls, food and sport.

Visit 'Voices from Herriot Country' on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify or Google to hear 'The Rising Star' and other episodes of the podcast.

https://soundcloud.com/user-127319777/voices-from-herriot-country-episode-7-the-rising-star

Shana Harrison
Yorkshire Post
The Dalesman magazine
Harrogate Advertiser
The Press in York

31/10/2020

Tune in to 'Voices from Herriot Country' to hear bubbly Yorkshire schoolgirl Imogen Clawson, 'The Rising Star', in episode seven of the podcast.

Imogen, 13, has been on TV in recent weeks as farm girl Jenny Alderson, sister to Helen, the woman who captures James Herriot's heart in Channel 5's new All Creatures Great and Small. We had a lovely chat with Imogen about filming in the Yorkshire Dales, hairstyles and cookie making - and more!

You can listen now on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify and Google to hear 'The Rising Star', as well as the first six episodes of the podcast if you've missed them.

https://soundcloud.com/user-127319777

Harrogate Advertiser
Yorkshire Post
The Devonshire, Grassington

A new podcast about Yorkshire characters 50 years after the first 'James Herriot' book about life as a rural vet was published. By Helen Leavey and Simon Collins.

30/10/2020

Yorkshire schoolgirl Imogen Clawson is 'The Rising Star' of our podcast episode seven. The 13-year-old, who plays farm girl Jenny Alderson in Channel 5's new 'All Creatures Great and Small', based on the James Herriot books, talked to us about all sorts, from farming, filming and cooking to hair, bulls and Stranger Things!

Watch Imogen here - and listen to her, 'The Rising Star', from tomorrow morning on iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and Google.

Shana Harrison
Angela Browne Collins
The World Of James Herriot

29/10/2020

Here's a clip of "Jenny Alderson", Helen's sister in Channel 5 new All Creatures Great and Small.

Farm girl Jenny is played by thirteen-year-old Imogen Clawson from Harrogate. We caught up with her for a lovely chat - and a spot of cookie making!

The delightful Imogen is podcast episode seven......coming soon.....listen on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify and Google.

Harrogate Advertiser
Yorkshire Post
The World Of James Herriot
Screen Yorkshire
All3media international
The Dalesman magazine

https://youtu.be/yYt8kELbcKU

Voices From Herriot Country Episode 7 Trail 1

27/10/2020

Feel like Mrs Pumphrey and Tricki Woo could appear at any moment!

At York's beautiful Middlethorpe Hall after a rainy bike ride to blow the cobwebs away. Almost finished episode seven of the podcast....coming soon....fans of All Creatures, listen out!

The World Of James Herriot
National Trust
Middlethorpe Hall & Spa

15/09/2020

Any guesses who the man is in this sweet snap?

It's the author James Herriot, known in everyday life as the vet Alf Wight. It was taken at his old practice in Thirsk (now home to The World Of James Herriot visitor attraction) with Anna, a dog belonging to Rose Dawson, 'The Owl Lady', from podcast episode two.

Poor Anna broke her leg very badly and was back and forth to vet Jim Wight, the son of Alf. At some point during those visits (in the 1980s) Rose was asked if she'd put up some 'temporary' aviaries in her garden for a few injured owls.

Now she has more than 50. Aren't life's twists and turns fascinating......😊😊

11/09/2020

"This podcast crew
love a brew,
and we love good ole' Yorkshire Tea.
But we don't love the plastic in its teabags
Does it make its way to the sea?"

(Would go on, but verse is not a strong point!😊)

Yorkshire Tea, Twinings UK and Tetley UK were recently criticised in the BBC's 'War on Plastic' TV programme for having plastic in teabags. It will last for centuries, or even longer. Yuck. No brew is worth that.

The good news? The three firms told the BBC they will have switched to fully biodegradable materials by the end of the year.

"Yay. A very big yay!
that's made our day!"...

(Let's end it there!)

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-54078009

The UK drinks over 100 million mugs of tea every day, but what do our teabags really contain?

08/09/2020

Am loving this happy ending! Fantastic! 🥰😁🙏

Yorkshire Dales National Park
Welcome to Yorkshire

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-54072508

Harry Harvey spent three nights wild camping after getting lost in the Yorkshire Dales on Saturday.

06/09/2020

Thanks to the Yorkshire Post for featuring us. Simon and I really enjoyed meeting James and George and hearing their All Creatures stories.....😊and its always a pleasure to visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Hope you enjoy listening to episode six, The Child Actor...

https://soundcloud.com/user-127319777/voices-from-herriot-country

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-farming/welcome-yorkshire-boss-relives-his-childhood-small-screen-debut-original-all-creatures-great-and-small-2962630

AS the new series of All Creatures Great and Small returns to our screens, the latest episode of a podcast celebrating ‘Herriot’ country features a familiar face who appeared in the original series.

05/09/2020

Chuffed to be in Welcome to Yorkshire magazine. Thanks! (P38 is our bit...) 😊🙏😊

The World Of James Herriot

https://www.yorkshire.com/inspiration/this-is-y-magazine-online/septmag

In the September - October edition of the digital This Is Y magazine, we've got interviews with the cast of Channel 5's new adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small, Captain Sir Tom Moore, David Atherton and Angelica Cheung, alongside a new quiz and many more exciting features.

03/09/2020

The new All Creatures Great and Small is already proving popular with many, in part for its stunning Yorkshire Dales scenery. Had a little trip recently and snapped these..........this neck of the woods (West Yorkshire and Lancashire) is gorgeous too. More food for the soul, for sure.

Fingers crossed the area's Bronte Parsonage Museum, which has just reopened, can keep going....it needs to cut costs.......where would we be without our literary heroes and heroines?

The World Of James Herriot
Yorkshire Post

03/09/2020

This is great!

Make it Wild

There can be few other projects that are as audaciously ambitious as the Northern Forest.

27/08/2020

Just a reminder - episode six of the podcast is now out, featuring Welcome to Yorkshire boss James Mason, who as a child was in a 1989 episode of BBC's All Creatures Great and Small.

Available on iTunes, Spotify, Google or Soundcloud....you can listen here:

https://soundcloud.com/user-127319777

26/08/2020

And it's out! Episode six of 'Voices from Herriot Country', featuring Welcome to Yorkshire boss James Mason, with Dalesman George Tunstall. Both men have a link to the BBC's All Creatures Great and Small....hope you enjoy listening to them as much as we did. 🙏😊

Tune in on iTunes or Soundcloud.

The World Of James Herriot
Screen Yorkshire
Yorkshire Life Magazine
The Dalesman magazine
The Press in York
BBC Radio York
BBC Radio Leeds
BBC Yorkshire

26/08/2020

Channel 5's new TV series is out next week.....but episode six of our podcast, which has an 'All Creatures Great and Small' connection -- to the original BBC series -- is out shortly!

Starring James Mason from Welcome to Yorkshire and Dalesman George Tunstall, on location at a cricket pitch, in a country lane....there'll be a few vocal locals, too!

A little taster in this video of the kind of thing you'll be hearing in the podcast.......

The World Of James Herriot
The Dalesman magazine
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Yorkshire County Cricket Club fans
England Cricket
Channel 5
Old Horn Inn, Spennithorne
Platform One Tea Room
The Press in York
BBC Radio York

25/08/2020

What fantastic acting! James Mason, boss of Welcome to Yorkshire and Dalesman George Tunstall were both in an episode of BBC's All Creatures Great and Small, more than 30 years ago. Here, they're recreating a scene between a young lad called Colin and the vet Siegfried Farnon.

Find out more in podcast episode 6 -- out Thursday, August 27th!

Screen Yorkshire Welcome to Yorkshire The World Of James Herriot
BBC’s All Creatures Great and Small - TV Series
BBC Radio York
Viv Horton
James Palmer
Yorkshire Post
Channel 5
The Times and The Sunday Times

18/08/2020

Episode six of 'Voices from Herriot Country' is coming very soon......😀!

Featuring James Mason, the boss of Welcome to Yorkshire, and George Tunstall, who was born in, and lives in, the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Simon and I enjoyed hanging out with them at a cricket pitch down a country lane to record the episode. You'll have to listen to find out why they're in it, at that particular place......🙏😊

On iTunes, Soundcloud, Google and Spotify, later this month. 😊

The World Of James Herriot
BBC Yorkshire
BBC Radio York
YorkMix

05/08/2020

Welcome to Yorkshire CEO James Mason introduces our sixth episode (coming soon!) from a beautiful cricket pitch......with a little help from Dalesman George....

Make It York
Yorkshire Life Magazine
The World Of James Herriot
The Dalesman magazine
BBC Radio York

27/07/2020

Had the pleasure of being on BBC Radio York with presenter Joanita Musisi this afternoon, talking about 'Voices from Herriot Country', including the upcoming sixth episode. It will feature Welcome to Yorkshire's busy and energetic boss James Mason. He (and a few other obliging folk) even sing! 😊🙏

There'll also be a charming Dalesman called George, (pictured with James), in episode six..........coming soon to a cinema near you. I mean, to an audio platform online.....iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify or Google....😊😊😁😁

18/07/2020

A little 'tease' for our next episode (6). What a treat to hang out with these lovely people in the Yorkshire Dales National Park led by Welcome to Yorkshire's boss James Mason - and what dulcet tones!

The World Of James Herriot The Dalesman magazine Yorkshire Post

16/07/2020

Hurrah! We're setting off for the beautiful Yorkshire Dales shortly to meet some folk for our next episode of 'Voices from Herriot Country'.

There might be a spot of cricket chat......perhaps a socially-distanced half pint in an old pub....and for fans of the BBC's 70s/80s 'All Creatures Great and Small' TV series, there might be a link to that too.....

Watch this space! 😊🙏 Episode six, coming soon! 😊😊

The Dalesman magazine
Yorkshire Dales National Park

11/07/2020

A welcome sight for sore eyes this morning.....

Wouldn't a National Nature Service for everyone be fantastic?

03/07/2020

The time is now....🤞🙏🤞🙏

It's been just over 100 days since the coronavirus pandemic drastically changed our lives. Now, as we recover, Yorkshire's wildlife needs urgent help to recover too. Our Wildlife Recovery Fund will help us to make up for lost time.

We know that a wilder Yorkshire is better for us all - help us make it a reality. Donate now: www.ywt.org.uk/wildlife-recovery-fund

📷 Margaret Holland

30/06/2020

IT'S GOOD TO TALK......
........did you know that vet Alf Wight, aka author James Herriot, was a Samaritan, listening patiently, without judgement, to other people's problems?

Alf, who went on to become world-famous with his much-loved books (a tonic to so many, including now) had struggled with his own mental health but not talked about his worries enough. This was decades ago, when thoughts and feelings weren't aired so much.

Thankfully the Samaritans charity, from its beginnings in the 1950s, is still around today. There are thousands of kind souls with sympathetic ears, just like Alf.....🙏🙏🙏🙏

Samaritans
The World Of James Herriot

24/06/2020

Love this story! 😊

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-53150345

Lucy Ledgeway, from York, said she saw the face of her beloved pet who had died just hours earlier.

20/06/2020

VOICES FROM HERRIOT COUNTRY - EPISODE 5!

At last! Episode 5, 'The Carpet Man', is finally with you! 😊

Yorkshire businessman Bill Calvert, MBE, is the star this time of 'Voices from Herriot Country', our podcast marking the 50th anniversary of the first James Herriot book.

On a sunny autumn day, months before lockdown, we had a lovely morning with Bill at his home near Thirsk, not far from where author James Herriot - vet Alf Wight - used to work. Bill told us about his fascinating life, including long, meandering journeys with his grandfather in a horse-drawn 'gypsy' caravan.....

You can listen and subscribe on Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify and Google.

As always, if you enjoy this episode, and others, we'd be delighted if you'd donate a little something to the NHS or a medical establishment wherever you happen to be.....🙏😊

https://soundcloud.com/user-127319777/voices-from-herriot-country-episode-5-the-carpet-man

Yorkshire Tea
The Dalesman magazine
The Northern Echo
BBC Look North (East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire) Group
BBC Radio York
The Press in York
Sutton Bank National Park Centre
The World Of James Herriot
British Veterinary Association - BVA
Herriot Hospice Homecare
White Rose Books & Coffee Bar
Johnsons Butchers
Sandbeck Veterinary Centre
BBC Yorkshire
Yorkshire Post Farming and Countryside
Yorkshire Post
Welcome to Yorkshire
Whitby Gazette
ITV Calendar
Hambleton Brewery
Hambleton Today
Yorkshire Coast Radio
Calverts Carpets
Calverts Carpets
Calverts Carpets
Calverts Carpets
Calverts Carpets
Calverts Carpets
Calverts Carpets

15/06/2020

Delighted to be in The Dalesman magazine - thank you!

Meanwhile, episode five of Voices from Herriot Country is on the way.....it's taken a while (loving homeschooling......!) but almost there.....🙏😊....please watch this space, and iTunes, Soundcloud, Google or Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts.

Until we meet again......😊😊

Welcome to Yorkshire
The World Of James Herriot

03/06/2020

Happy birthday, Joyce! And, bravo! 🙏❤️😊

Herriot Hospice Homecare

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18492676.joyce-celebrates-100th-birthday-completing-18k-standing-challenge/

A NORTH Yorkshire centenarian celebrated her 100th birthday having completed her challenge to stand up 100 times, raising more than £18,000 for…

26/05/2020

Hope everyone is keeping safe and well. Would love to say mastered a new language during lockdown, excelled in the kitchen and never shouted at the kids.......😕😊

However, can truthfully say working on episode five. It's about a man who...................................! Our lips are currently sealed.

Hope to release it in a few days.

Stay safe.......😊🙏❤️

The World Of James Herriot
Myfavouritebench
Welcome to Yorkshire
BBC Radio York
Minster FM