All Creatures Great and Small

Name: Brink of Disaster
Duration: 1 h 10 min

Series 3 Episode 9
Brink of Disaster
Duration: 70 minutes
Subtitles available

The 1930s-based country vet series that paved the way for Sunday night entertainment as we know it. Siegfried is faced with an outbreak of foot-and-mouth.

Contains Mature Themes

S3 E1 · Plenty to Grouse About
The vets have to deal with illness on the grouse moors.
S3 E2 · Charity Begins at Home
Cost-conscious Siegfried decides to limit the use of a new and expensive brand of tablets.
S3 E3 · Every Dog Has His Day
Mrs Pumphrey needs James's advice when her boxer develops an unfortunate social problem.
S3 E4 · Hair of the Dog
James has to perform an emergency operation.
S3 E5 · If Wishes Were Horses
A local ne'er-do-well vows to turn over a new leaf to pay for his dog's treatment.
S3 E6 · Pig in the Middle
The vets all want an evening out, but they want to take the same night off.
S3 E7 · Be Prepared
A dog wakes up from an operation and wanders off.
S3 E8 · A Dying Breed
To Tristan's dismay, he becomes regarded by clients as the best vet in the business.
S3 E9 · Brink of Disaster
Siegfried is faced with an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
S3 E10 · Home and Away
James upsets greyhound owners at the local dog track by being a little too conscientious.
S3 E11 · Alarms and Excursions
Siegfried is determined to find out who is responsible for an outbreak of poisoning.
S3 E12 · Matters of Life and Death
James gets a surprising glimpse of how the other half lives when he calls on Lord Hulton.
S3 E13 · Will to Live
An owner has to be told that his dog is blind.
S3 E14 · Big Steps and Little Uns
Siegfried, James and Tristan deal with domestic disharmony in their own ways.