All creatures great and small begins with the arrival of vet James Herriot in the Yorkshire Dales in the late 1930s. The newly qualified outsider from Scotland finds he still has much to learn if the countryfolk are ever to accept him as a vet on par with Siegfried Farnon, who es...
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A delightful story of a veterinarian's apprentice in rural England.
All creatures great and small begins with the arrival of vet James Herriot in the Yorkshire Dales in the late 1930s. The newly qualified outsider from Scotland finds he still has much to learn if the countryfolk are ever to accept him as a vet on par with Siegfried Farnon, who es...
'The Olive Farm' is television actress Carol Drinkwater's lyrical account of a new life in France, about her house Yasmina and the trials and tribulations of acquiring an olive farm, restoring it, farming the olives and understanding life in Provence.
All creatures great and small begins with the arrival of vet James Herriot in the Yorkshire Dales in the late 1930s. The newly qualified outsider from Scotland finds he still has much to learn if the countryfolk are ever to accept him as a vet on par with Siegfried Farnon, who es...
Phyllis McCormack writes in her diary about the struggles to survive in Ireland during the great potato famine.
All creatures great and small begins with the arrival of vet James Herriot in the Yorkshire Dales in the late 1930s. The newly qualified outsider from Scotland finds he still has much to learn if the countryfolk are ever to accept him as a vet on par with Siegfried Farnon, who es...
All creatures great and small begins with the arrival of vet James Herriot in the Yorkshire Dales in the late 1930s. The newly qualified outsider from Scotland finds he still has much to learn if the countryfolk are ever to accept him as a vet on par with Siegfried Farnon, who es...
All creatures great and small begins with the arrival of vet James Herriot in the Yorkshire Dales in the late 1930s. The newly qualified outsider from Scotland finds he still has much to learn if the countryfolk are ever to accept him as a vet on par with Siegfried Farnon, who es...
"I scan the terraces, planted with row upon row of ancient olive trees. It is April, late spring. Here in the hills behind the Cote d'Azur the olive groves are delicately blossomed, with their tiny, white-forked flowers. Beyond them, perched halfway up the slope of the hill, our ...
A delightful story of a veterinarian's apprentice in rural England.
"The stars shimmer like spilled handfuls of glitter. The day is beginning to rise with a faint mist. As I turn my head, ghostly halos, auras of light, appear and disappear ...The silence is truly awesome. Not a bird, not a whisper of wind, not a breath of life. Only the two of us...
Drinkwater takes listeners on a magical journey through the Mediterranean basin--across France, Morocco, Algeria, and Sicily--to explore the origins and splendor of the olive tree and the wonders it has produced throughout history.
The annual grape harvest at the Cambon family's vineyard is always a cause for celebration. But not this year. When an accident destroys the crop, leaving the estate facing ruin, Clarisse Cambon knows exactly who to blame - her daughter-in-law Jane. When tragedy strikes, Jane is ...