Where is Episode 13, season 7?
It's not available on Netflix, and they have all the others! Anyone know where I can find/watch this? Thanks!
shareHow did you hear about episode 13? I have series 7 and it only goes up to episode 12 - but it does include the 1990 specials.
shareI learned about it right here on imdb! Also, episode 12 didn't seem much like a "season ending" episode. No goodbyes, etc. Here's the info from imdb on both episode 12 and 13 from Season 7:
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Season 7, Episode 12: Promises to Keep
Original Air Date—17 November 1990
Tristan is upset when Siegfried criticizes him for sleeping in. Siegfried assumed Tristan was out partying when in fact he had spent most of the night treating a sick cow. Tristan is convinced that Siegfried and James are always giving him the dirty jobs, so he and Siegfried swap rounds for the day. Tristan first call is to treat Mr. Sutcliffe's rather large pig. Siegfried has to deal with Mrs. Clarke, whose lambs are failing. Turns out her own health may not be what it once was. James advises Franco Pedretti, who is hoping to marry but doesn't quite know how to propose, on local customs.
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Season 7, Episode 13: Brotherly Love
Original Air Date—24 December 1990
Christmas 1955 is fast approaching but the vets are dealing with their usual assortment of diseased animals and entertaining locals. James is particularly proud of Frank Gillard's farm. Gillard also keeps racing pigeons and Mr. Biggins accuse the birds of importing hoof and mouth disease. When Gillard's cattle develop the dreaded disease, he has no choice but to destroy his herd. Tristan buys himself a fancy Daimler coupe but then can't quite pay back the money he borrowed from Sigfried who gives him until Christmas day to settle up or he will take possession of the car. Tristan once again joins the bell ringers but more because he's interested in Miss Marston, the new teacher who is also a member of the group. James and Sigfried find themselves acting as references in court for the feuding Bradley brothers, David and Jonathan, who have been fighting since the death of their fire some years before.
I just checked my DVD that has series 7 and the Christmas specials - the title of the specials is "Brotherly Love." So it appears that for some reason what IMDB is referring to as episode 13 of series 7 is in reality the Christmas specials.
share"Christmas Special (singular)" The assessment though is correct. Brotherly Love, the 1990, 90 minute special (the 3rd of the 3) is on (the American copy that is) disc 4 of the series 7 set at the end, and is counted separately. In the actual series 7, there are only 12 hour long episodes.
shareThank you all VERY MUCH for the info! After digging around on Netflix, I learned that the "final" episode (Christmas Special #3 / "episode 13" from Season 7) is available on Netflix on DVD, but not on instant-view! I have added this to my queue, and look forward to completing my viewing of every single episode of this wonderful show! Thank you all so much for your quick responses- I didn't think anyone would even read (much less reply to) my post! Thanks!!!!
You're welcome JackMillion! All of us who love "All Creatures" wouldn't want anyone else to miss a single program of this wonderful show!
HA! Thanks! I do love this show. I have so many questions about it, and no one to ask. No one I know has ever watched it. I read the books long ago and still have them at home. I look forward to watching the final episode/special! Thanks again for all your help!
shareAsk away! The people on this board know and love this program and can probably answer any questions you have. I have read all the books and watched the show probably ten times by now.
I was able to watch the "final episode" called "Brotherly Love" (Christmas Special #3 / "episode 13" from Season 7). I was a bit disappointed. It didn't have a good send-off vibe to it. Tristan hadn't changed at all. I recall other season finales where they do a nice sweet ending to the final show, but I feel that was lacking here.
I know that during the beginning of the series, Tristan was this lazy girl chaser, and in later seasons that seemed to change (his work at the ministry, or his complete disappearance from the show). But then towards the end of the show, it's like they felt they had to bring Tristan back to his "old self" which is what we knew him as, and thus we have him STILL in the final episode chasing some girl who doesn't want him. During the later part of the series, was this true to the "real" Tristan, or did they write him this way just because that's how we, the audience knew him? As some lazy girl-chaser? I would think that some years later he would have matured.
Thanks!
I don't remember the ending to this special but I do remember Peter Davison, during a commentary on one of the shows, talking about how he was pushing 40 and they still had him "dating" 20 year old girls. I suppose the personality they had constructed for him was so popular they were loath to change it. They did, however, show him getting a job with the ministry, handling his duties at the practice, etc. in a mature way. In real life, "Tristan" married but that would have been such a shocking change to the Tristan we knew and loved, they probably didn't want to chance it. I always thought it extremely unrealistic that many of these girls "didn't want Tristan" when thousands of women watching would have given their eye-teeth ...
It would be interesting if they did a one-off reprise of the show, since they are all still alive now, to see what they could do with it.
That's a very interesting thought---another show now. Wow. How great would that be?
Oftentimes, it's leave well enough along with great shows like this.
But ITV showed how well they could do another version of a classic, when they recently produced "Endeavour" as the prequel to Morse.
Though maybe they'll shie off doing a reunion show (even if the actors were willing). After all, the prequel to ACGAS, "Herriott" I think the title was, did not go well.
I liked it a lot. Though it was missing the charm of ACGAS. Whereas, "Endeavour" managed to capture the essense of Morse and his early compatriots, including his colleague Strange.
Oh come on ITV. Give it a go while the actors are will all with us--and the actors' real ages are correct to do show based perhaps in the 1970s.
Apparently the BBC has an unfilmed script for a Christmas special that they passed on several years ago.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a141289/davison-bbc-rejected-all-c reatures-return.html
It does seem like they will probably let the opportunity slip away given the advancing age of the original cast. I noticed on his IMDB page that Robert Hardy seems to have cut down on his tv appearances since 2010. When I googled his name I found an article about how he had to withdraw from a play due to a fall last year.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-21584842
I also found an article about how he was dropped from the later Harry Potter films because of the cost of insuring him.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/harry-potter-actor-robert-hardy-8 4364
I wish all the cast good health, but I think the BBC should get moving on this before it's too late.