...The Healing Touch

Episode aired Mar 6, 1988
TV-PG
54m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

YOUR RATING

Dominique Barnes in All Creatures Great & Small (1978)

Comedy Drama

Siegfried takes Calum to task for wasting medical supplies. Of course, he doesn't quite live by his own rules. He also treats a flock of sick turkeys whose owner is convinced the vets are ou... Read allSiegfried takes Calum to task for wasting medical supplies. Of course, he doesn't quite live by his own rules. He also treats a flock of sick turkeys whose owner is convinced the vets are out to cheat him of his hard earned brass. Zoe Bennett and Helen take in lunch at the countr... Read allSiegfried takes Calum to task for wasting medical supplies. Of course, he doesn't quite live by his own rules. He also treats a flock of sick turkeys whose owner is convinced the vets are out to cheat him of his hard earned brass. Zoe Bennett and Helen take in lunch at the country club where Helen learns that Granville Bennett is looking for a partner in his small ani... Read all

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

YOUR RATING

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Soundtracks
Piano Parchment
(opening theme)
Composed by Johnny Pearson

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Featured review

Echoes of past episodes

Siegfried is parsimonious. A cat is badly injured. A cheap turkey farmer.

This episode displays all the problems inherent when "All Creatures Great and Small" started up again after a hiatus of many years.

Most of the ideas in this episode are recycled. The segments about Siegfried's parsimony are straight out of an earlier series. The cat problem relates to James' first meeting of Granville Bennett (and, of course, James ties one on too tightly at Bennett's). And while the cheap farmer is an overused theme throughout the series, this one sets new records. He's worth seeing. Once.

Two new wrinkles: little James goes missing and Tristan has two ladies waiting for him to take them to a ball. I don't remember his doing that before but that doesn't mean he didn't.

I never liked Helen much. She was little-miss-perfect. But at least the old Helen could project a bit of heart. The new Helen is too hard-nosed.

Not a bad episode (any episode with James Grout's Bennett is good), but be aware echoes of episodes past are prevalent.