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This page: Nicholas Ralph as James Herriot.
H O W D O E S I T F E E L T O B E PA R T O F SUCH A MASSIVE TV HIT SERIES? N I C H O L A S R A L P H : Incredible. After the first episode and subsequently every episode that followed, I just couldn’t get my head around the response of viewers, particularly on social media, with the general public being so enthusiastic about All Creatures Great and Small. Everyone has been so lovely. It’s an absolute honour to be in a programme that has been so well received across the board. We had a lot of faith in the show with the right cast and crew, in the right place, creating this, but you never know how things will turn out. So such a positive reaction has been fabulous and I’m still buzzing.
R A C H E L S H E N T O N : All Creatures Great and Small appeals across all generations and is something the whole family can enjoy together. We’ve had so much fantastic feedback, from the press to viewers sending in pictures of their dogs watching, plus children and grandparents snuggling up together enjoying the storylines. It seems that pretty much everyone has been enjoying it. N I C H O L A S , A L L C R E AT U R E S G R E AT A N D S M A L L WA S YO U R FIRST TV ROLE …
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AND it’s been amazing. As I was going through the audition process and I realised it was all becoming a reality, I found myself glued to my script pieces in every waking moment. I loved the writing, the characters and really felt like I had an instant personal connection with veterinary surgeon James Herriot. I wanted the part so much and thankfully I got it. The whole experience has been brilliant, including being directed by Brian Percival (who also directed Downton Abbey). Becoming part of such an impressive cast and working with a top crew, I was constantly pinching myself as I couldn’t quite believe what I was doing. Even before drama school, I spent so much time watching my favourite actors on TV and being absorbed in behind the scenes footage, that to then be a part of filming a television drama and being on an actual set was an absolute dream. Landing on day one, which was the technical day and everything’s getting prepared for filming, with the trailers and catering vans arriving … perhaps not the most glamorous of days … BUT I couldn’t stop looking around in awe and saying ‘this is so cool’ and that’s how I felt throughout the whole shoot.
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