Actors from a popular TV series have been spotted enjoying the VIP treatment at a luxury hotel and restaurant in North Yorkshire.
The Wensleydale Heifer at West Witton, near Leyburn, hosted stars of Channel 5 show All Creatures Great and Small.
On Saturday (October 5), TV stars Nicholas Ralph, who plays James Herriot in the programme, and Samuel West, who plays Siegfried Farnon, were staying over at the Wensleydale Heifer, which has a five-star reputation for serving up some of the best food and drinks in the North of England.
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The event, which was held at The Garden Rooms, Tennants of Leyburn, celebrated the attraction, which opened in 1999, by inviting a whole host of special guests, including James Herriot author Alf Wight’s children, Jim Wight and Rosie Page, and members of the Yorkshire Vet team from Channel 5, and the cast of All Creatures Great and Small.
The 25th anniversary of the World of James Herriot also coincided with the release of the new series of All Creatures Great and Small, which began last month.
The programme, based on the famous stories of Thirsk author and vet Alf Wight, picks up in springtime 1940 with change on the horizon for everyone in Skeldale House.
Filming for the series started in March this year, with many buildings in Grassington doubling as Herriot’s fictional town of Darrowby.
An old rope-making mill in Summerbridge near Pateley Bridge was converted into the main centre for interior scenes for the vet practice and home Skeldale House
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