Tonight on PBS; All Creatures G&S: Touring The Dales; travelogue of filming locations

I probably have not a very good job of putting this up as a topic. Forgive any mistakes. I have a high fever & am sick but wanted to let people know about this.
As we have a great many people on the forum who love All Creatures and the Dales.
(Cough, cough, sneeze, repeat.) Now back to bed for me.

Enjoy the show.
Drinking hot tea during the show seems like a good idea.

I hope you feel better, Rebecca. Thanks for posting the notice. This is one of my favorite PBS shows. I read yesterday that they will be filming 2 more seasons. Yay!

Mary, thank you!
You're welcome.
Yes, that is good news about more seasons!

Back to bed. Tough cold germ to fight these days. Stay hydrated.

As an aside its Oscar month on the Turner Classic Movie channel.

I watched two completely different acting talents yesterday. Driving Miss Daisy with Jessica Tandy
( oldest Best Actress Winner…was 80 when she received the AA) and the outstanding Loren in Two Women.

So if a movie fan a good way to rest and recover. One thing I realized yesterday was how tall Dan Ackroyd is.

TCM isn’t just recognizing acting talent. Oscar winning films for photography, sound, editing, etc.are being shown.

Alas once again no mention of location management. Silly when you think about. Then again after 25 years of scouting and finding the canvasses for directors and dp’s to create their magic I’m used to the slight. I’ll always remind folks that the stunning Lawrence of Arabia gave the name of the Location Manager a front card credit. Rare, extremely rare.

Feel better Rebecca!

Thank you—I would have missed this! Feel better soon.

Oh wonderful! PBS must watch tv tonight for me. Thank you so much Rebecca for posting this! We finished the last episode of the last season this past Monday and I was sad I didn’t have the way to get my ACGS fix in tonight. I hope you can start to feel better soon! Maybe if we could find you some of Mrs. Hall’s cooking to help you recover! 😊

Edit: just checked and our local pbs station has it showing Sunday, March 10. I’ll have to be patient- Can’t wait to watch!

I hope it will be shown on PBS Passport. I did a walking holiday in the Dales a couple of years ago and we walked through Grassington (Darrowby). The owner of the Stripey Badger bookshop said that several of the actors were regular visitors. I've also enjoyed the James Herriot museum in Thirsk which mostly focuses on the original series with Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy and Carol Drinkwater, still my favorite.

I hope you feel better soon, Rebecca. Thanks for posting this.

Thank you Claudia, Barbara, Mustlovedogs, and Grier for the get well wishes!

I'm glad so many people are interested in seeing this show!
I have a comfy recliner chair with blanket here, ready to watch the show tonight.

Claudia, thanks for the Oscar Month tip! I did watch Driving Miss Daisy last night, and then stayed up late to watch Barbara Streisand and Omar Sharif in Funny Girl. TCM is good for sick people who can't lie flat in bed at night....recliner chair much better to keep head and sinuses elevated.

Mustlovedogs, oh I would love some of Mrs. Hall's cooking right now!

Rebecca, thanks so much! I just checked it's on tonight but also on another 3 nights over the next 6-7 days.

I'm so sorry you're still sick - yuck! At least you'll have it out of your system before your trip. Get well soon!

Hey Mardee! Thank you.
This program should be a preview of some of your upcoming trip locations.
I hope you enjoy the show.

Rebecca, SO sorry you’re so sick. I hope you feel better very soon! 💖

Susan, oh thank you!
I hope all is well with you.

Grier, your walking holiday in the Dales sounds great.
I would love to see the James Herriot museum in Thirsk.

Thanks, Rebecca! It looks like for me it's 2 hours, 8-10P so that means it'll have pledge breaks. I give to my station but I'd just as soon skip the pledge pleas. Will probably watch on Passport.

Feel better, my friend!!

Hello Pam! It should be a good show!
Enjoy!
Thanks for the get well wishes!

Pam, I don't think it's on Passport. Did you see it there?

@Mardee...no! I didn't look yet! Poo.....so I have to stay up until 10P? yikes.....hahahaha!!

At least you can watch it tonight! I just found out that PBS North (aka Duluth) is not showing it until March 10. Boo hoo!

Looks like we can catch this tonight!

Perhaps we're last to the table to discover ACG &S youtubes. Last week we watched this season 4 Q & A with the actors:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG0qWrxBRuM&t=24s

It’s so good…enjoying it now. Makes me even more excited for our time coming in UK end of this summer! Thanks for the heads up! Feel well again soon Rebecca.

Rebecca hope you are on the road to recovery!

The reality of PBS is that it isn’t NBC of FOX or Bravo…. Each station chooses different shows to broadcast. Here in the Land of La ( which is immense) I get to choose between 2 PBS stations.

1 is showing All Creatures tonight …. One is not, just NOVA and All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop…. Presently watching Frankie Valle singing …..earlier Leslie Gore was belting out You Don’t Own Me…great pipes!!!!

Well, it was a great show!
Yes, lots of pledge drive stuff, but a great program, showing the film crew filming
the show, lots of scenery, lots of interviews/chatting with the cast.

When they were interviewing some of the locals who live in the filming locations,
I was surprised to see two American women, who had moved to
Yorkshire!!
How does one do that ??
I'm ready to go!!

Claudia, you are certainly right about the PBS stations making out their own schedules for programs. It's true that what's on here in Nashville on our PBS tonight may not be on tonight in LA or Duluth or Orlando.
I love listening to Frankie Valle and Leslie Gore.....showing my age here.

Thanks again everyone for the get well wishes!

all2alb, glad to hear this is getting you excited for your trip!
I hope you have a great time!

CanAmCherie, thanks for the YouTube link!
Don't you have a trip coming up to the UK soon (if I am remembering correctly)?

Mardee, you'll be seeing the Yorkshire Dales for yourself VERY soon!!
How exciting!
We are all looking forward to your trip report!

Pam, I couldn't resist the pledge drive and will be getting a really cute ACG&S tote bag, among other goodies.
You know I needed another carry on bag.....LOL!
(Sadly, I may be addicted to buying carry on bags.)

It was a very well done show, and so beautifully shot. That alone could boist fhe number of tourist visits. The timing last night conflicted with another show that I wanted to watch, so I recorded it and watched it later. Bonus: I could fast forward past the pledge breaks.

CJean, I totally agree--very well done and beautifully shot.
Absolutely no doubt it will boost tourist visits to the area.

Perhaps this will take some of the tourist load off of the ever-popular Cotswolds.

I was surprised to see two American women, who had moved to Yorkshire!! How does one do that ??

Probably by marrying a Brit. 🤣 Although I did find out that anyone who was born in England, even if their parents were US military stationed there, can request British citizenship. The catch is that they did away with that law in 1983 so you have to have been born before then to qualify

Sadly, I may be addicted to buying carry on bags.

I'm glad I'm not the only one, Rebecca!

Absolutely no doubt it will boost tourist visits to the area.

That really makes a difference to a community. I was reading an article about Inspector Morse and Endeavor, and it said those shows brought millions of pounds to Oxford (and still does). I'm sure that Yorksure has already benefited from ACG&S but as you said, this will definitely help.

Beautifully done. I was planning Scotland next year, May have to devote 5 days to The Dales on the way.

Mardee, thanks for that great information about the US military families' babies born in the UK. Very interesting.

Margie, there are numerous threads on the forum right now about The Dales; full of useful information in case you do go there.

Hi all - or should I say “‘Ey up” or “now then”? -

I understand the concept of ‘pledge breaks’ but am curious as to who they were for the benefit of?

I am glad all seemed to enjoy the programme and delighted to hear that you all seem to think it might boost tourist numbers and thus revenue into this part of northern England. Lord knows, there are places that could do with a bit of an injection of cash.

With my ‘Yorkshire curmudgeon’ (flat) hat on, I’ve grown accustomed to having the paths of my native county (once away from the honeypots) to myself and ideally would like to keep it that way, but if the benefits mean I have to be outgoing a bit more, then so be it!

Is there any way a Brit like myself could watch this? You Tube for instance? I want to play spot the location! Don’t forget that this is the land of the Luddites!

Ian

PS. Speaking of You Tube, for a whirlwind tour of the county see The Three Yorkshireteers ‘We’re proud to be Yorkshire’. Never mind they pronounce ‘Yorkshire’ wrongly, it’s for poetic licence and if you’re familiar with Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ you can join in!

I was wondering the same thing about watching this travelogue. I know it's on each night this week on KCTS9 in Seattle, but it's one of the programmes which is blocked to me.

By the way filming of series 5 and 6 has now been commissioned with filming happening this summer.

All Creatures is shown on our Public Broadcasting System (PBS). It is a non-commercial (mostly), and more importantly non-profit broadcasting system. It is funded by public donations, corporate donations and some government funding. They have pledge drives once or twice a year to pitch for public donations with some levels of giving earning gifts, usually related to the program that is being broadcast. Last night the gifts were a market bag with an All creatures design, probably coffee mugs and DVD sets of the shows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS

Ian...I played spot the location but only around "Heston Grange" or Yockenthwaite and there were a couple of shots of Aysgarth Falls, lol.

I thought the program was good with gorgeous photography of Yorkshire. I was a little disappointed because they really concentrated on just the filming and not the history of some of the locations. The owner of Heston Grange said his family had been there since ....what...?? 1640 or something. BUT he either didn't say or they didn't include that the barn right next to the house is Viking era! Yes, from the 1,000s! And if you walk just 1/2 mile up the river from that location there are stone circles that are not actually sacred but are the foundations for iron age huts. AND you can look across the river and see evidence of Iron Age field systems and more lumpy bits in the fields that are surely unexcavated Iron Age dwellings.

They showed and talked about the mock up of the inside of Skeldale House which I found really interesting... they have it so you can see down the hall or into other rooms so there can be activity going on in the background. Very clever.

One of the surprises is that they talked to 2 American women living in Grassington. Longer term residents....I think both had been there since 2017. I wanted to know how they are doing that, lol!!

I'm not sure how you'd watch this. I looked on the PBS Passport app which I have as part of my yearly donation and as Mardee mentioned, it's not on there. It might show up on youtube...not sure.

By the way filming of series 5 and 6 has now been commissioned with filming happening this summer.

Ahh, Stuart, you dashed my hopes of running into filming when we visit in May (you were correct, Rebecca)! Maybe it's a good thing so it won't interfere with our strolls in Grassington, et al.

It's not on YouTube (at least that I can see, and I'm a pretty good searcher). I would imagine that after it's aired via streaming, at some point it will be offered on Passport and maybe YouTube or even DVD. I know some of the earlier specials have gone that way.

I don’t know about anyone else but the majority of my ancestors came from the UK, Scotland and the northern part of England, and I find it interesting that when seeing programs like last night that there’s a yearning to be there. Maybe something does stay in the genes even through the generations.

Can’t wait to see this show! Although if my daughter sees the show and the two American women living there, her interest will be really piqued! She loves that area so much, she’d love to do the same!

Has anyone entered the online contest to win the All Creatures goodies? I feel like a Swiftie hoping to win the concert lottery ticket code! 😂

Margie - The Welsh have a word for it - ‘Hiraeth’. Of course, once across the border into England, it transforms itself into ‘English miserablism’!

Pam - Thanks for the explanation about the pledge thing. Sort of like the BBC licence fee but reliant on contribution as opposed to compulsion!

Ian

Ian, sadly there's been a push by some politicians to get rid of funding for PBS and NPR (National Public Radio) and so on. I used to work with someone of that bent who tried to argue with me that libraries should not be allowed to accept public funds.

Thanks Ian. I now have a word for it and why I feel that way when I have been in England but not other countries. And thank you, Rebecca, I definitely will be starting a file on The Dales now.

"The Welsh have a word for it - ‘Hiraeth’"

Ian, the first time I visited Bodnant Garden and the guide explained the name of the river (Hiraethlyn) and the meaning of Hiraeth I nearly cried. That feeling for me was so strong there.

I don’t know about anyone else but the majority of my ancestors came from the UK, Scotland and the northern part of England, and I find it interesting that when seeing programs like last night that there’s a yearning to be there. Maybe something does stay in the genes even through the generations.

Margie, that's where my ancestors were from, and I feel the same way!

The Welsh have a word for it - ‘Hiraeth’

Ianandjulie and Pam, oh my goodness.....I love that they have a word for it!!

Rebecca, this TS news is absolutely unreal. Sharing it my girl. She’ll get a kick out of reading this for sure. Thanks for posting about it!

Mustlovedogs, you're welcome!

I'm glad to see this.........
The "All Creatures Great and Small" effect is starting.....
more and more visitors are being attracted to The Dales:
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/england/where-to-stay-for-2-weeks-in-yorkshire-dales

Glad to see some tourist money going to this area.

Thanks again, Rebecca, for the tip. We recorded and have watched about 2/3 of the program so far. I already wanted to visit Yorkshire, and this enhanced my motivation to make it happen. Maybe next year. . .

I remember taking my Mum to Yorkshire back in the late 1980s. We visited Thirsk and also the house which was used for the Vet surgery in the original tv series. (I can't remember the name of the little village where it was at.) Mum was SO thrilled to be in "Harriot country." She is where I get my great love for England....and Scotland and Wales and Ireland.......

Barbara,
I'm glad you got to see the program.
I thought it was great.

Laurie Beth,
You definitely need to go back to Yorkshire!

I just found this travel guide to the Yorkshire Dales on the PBS website:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/specialfeatures/all-creatures-great-and-small-yorkshire-dales-armchair-travel-guide/
I'll be printing this page; lots of good information here.

Laurie Beth,

Askrigg is the village you are thinking of.

With any luck, if the Dales are up and coming, it might take a bit of pressure off the overburdened Lake District.

I highly recommend watching Kate Humble's Coastal Britain on PBS Passport for more lovely British countryside. I decided to do a walking holiday in Exmoor this spring after watching the episode about Exmoor.

I'm enjoying this thread. I hope you're feeling better, Rebecca.

Grier,
Thanks for the tip about Kate Humble's Coastal Britain.
Yes, feeling better; thank you so much for asking.

Rebecca, I was in Yorkshire in 2022 and met Grier there in York Cathedral. I hope to go back in 2025, but my wonky knees probably won't let me walk some of those wonderful paths Grier has been on.

Laurie Beth,
Oh my goodness, how wonderful!
If you two plan another meet-up, please let me have lunch or afternoon tea with you!

I LOVE York and York Minster!

Grier,
is your walking holiday in Exmoor with a company or on your own?

Grier, I think the Kate Humble show is only available on a few select PBS stations. I've tried to find on 3 sites that I have access to, and it's not showing there.

If you two plan another meet-up, please let me have lunch or afternoon tea with you!

And me, me, me!!! I keep saying we need to have a giant meet-up in Yorkshire!

My guided walking holidays in Exmoor and Cornwall in April are with HF Holidays. I've also done guided and self-guided walking holidays in Yorkshire (the Dales and the Coast), the Lake District (twice), South Devon Coast (twice), the Scottish Borders, and the Cotswolds with Footpath Holidays.

I'm sorry the Kate Humble programs aren't available on all PBS stations.

It was fun meeting with Laurie Beth in York. I'd love to have a meet-up almost anywhere in Britain!

When I was in England in 2022 I not only met up with Grier, but with Andrea from Sacramento. Rebecca, if am fortunate enough to go in 2025, I'll be sure to let you know. I felt so sociable in 2022 because I also met up with two friends who live in England. That's more events in a month than I have at home.

Mardee, I agree a giant meet up would be so much fun. If I can't meet up with you in MN, I'll travel to England next year to do it.

Sounds good, Laurie Beth! I will definitely be down in the Cities, though. Probably May or June, but I'm usually pretty flexible and will let you know. I would love to meet up!

That really makes a difference to a community. I was reading an article about Inspector Morse and Endeavor, and it said those shows brought millions of pounds to Oxford (and still does). I'm sure that Yorksure has already benefited from ACG&S but as you said, this will definitely help.

When we visited Doune Castle near Stirling, Scotland, they mentioned that the marked increase in the number of tourists visiting because of Outlander had given them the funds to start some much-needed restoration work. Doune Castle is lovely, by the way – not a ruin like Bodiam, which we also love, and not completely restored like Leeds Castle, with a guard in every room ... so you could wander around and use your imagination, but you could also see that, say, the great hall had been a great hall :-)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail was also filmed at Doune Castle (in a triumph of creativity over a limited budget), so we listened to an audio tour narrated by Terry Jones.

And yesterday's NYT had an article about the filming location of "Saltburn", in Northamptonshire, becoming very popular. Oh, we also went to a talk last week by the "Reverend and Valiant Master of the Temple", Robin Griffith-Jones, in which he said they were baffled at first in 2003 when young American tourists started queueing up to visit Temple Church :D

And, a local told us last week that Northamptonshire also has the ancestral homes of both George Washington (at Sulgrave Manor) and Ben Franklin (Ecton, I believe – will have to investigate further). I hope to visit both places on my next trip – Sulgrave Manor doesn't open for the season until March. I've been to Ben Franklin's London home – well worth a visit.

The Welsh have a word for it - ‘Hiraeth’

I'm glad I scrolled back and saw this. I certainly feel hiraeth in England!

Last summer I went to see the house where my mother's mother was born, in Derby. It was moving, but also a bit underwhelming (it's a rather run-down area of Derby). However, the village nearby where her father was born (Little Eaton) was charming. I can only assume he left for the 'big city' for more opportunity (and later, on to Cleveland, Ohio ...).

Not sure if you can get Amazon Prime Video in the UK, but the new series is also on the Masterpiece Theater channel through there.

Yes, thank you for putting a word to the feeling--- "hiraeth". Definitely felt in England, Scotland and Ireland. Spontaneous burst of tears as I stepped into the church in Whittlesea in which my great grandmother was married.

Laura wrote:

And, a local told us last week that Northamptonshire also has the ancestral homes of both George Washington (at Sulgrave Manor) and Ben Franklin (Ecton, I believe – will have to investigate further). I hope to visit both places on my next trip – Sulgrave Manor doesn't open for the season until March. I've been to Ben Franklin's London home – well worth a visit.

Not far from Sulgrave Manor is the grand estate of Althorp, childhood home of Lady Diana Spencer; now owned by her brother, Charles Earl Spencer.
It is open to the public for tours (in the summer) and has a museum about Diana in the stable buildings complex.
https://althorpestate.com/
https://althorpestate.com/travelling-to-althorp/

Charles Earl Spencer is a highly acclaimed author.
I am reading one of his books now, The White Ship.

And yesterday's NYT had an article about the filming location of "Saltburn", in Northamptonshire, becoming very popular.

Laura, I read that article. It's a bit different from the rest in that the owner wants NO publicity around the house, and I gather is quite annoyed at all the people who are visiting because of Saltburn. 🤣 Evidently there was a non-disclosure agreement before they were allowed to film there, but what the heck did he expect? With the internet, there's no way a place like that could stay hidden.

Spontaneous burst of tears as I stepped into the church in Whittlesea in which my great grandmother was married.

I felt the same way 2 years ago in Germany, when I went into the church where my great-great-great grandfather was both baptized and married.

Not far from Sulgrave Manor is the grand estate of Althorp, childhood
home of Lady Diana Spencer; now owned by her brother, Charles Earl
Spencer. It is open to the public for tours (in the summer) and has a
museum about Diana in the stable buildings complex.

Thanks, Rebecca! When I first visited Northamptonshire a few years ago, Althorp was the only name I recognized (b/c who doesn't love Lady Di?) when scanning the map for nearby attractions. But somehow I figured it wasn't open to the public. I'll have to visit sometime!

Also in the area is Canons Ashby – a lovely estate, with a nice café. If I lived nearby I would love to volunteer to work in the gardens.

and Mardee – yes, what were they thinking? Word was sure to get out. And now that it's been in the New York Times, everyone will know :-)

Spontaneous burst of tears as I stepped into the church in Whittlesea
in which my great grandmother was married.

I felt the same way 2 years ago in Germany, when I went into the
church where my great-great-great grandfather was both baptized and
married.

How wonderful. You've inspired me to find out where my great-grandparents (from Little Eaton and Derby) were married.

P.S. Am reading a book about the Wrexham football team, and ... the word 'hiraeth' was just mentioned :D