All Creatures Great and Small filming left in chaos as a BULL escapes on set – sending terrified cast and crew running
ALL Creatures Great and Small was left in a chaos after a BULL escaped on set – sending crew running.
The hit Channel 5 period drama returns to screens tonight with its Christmas special from the Yorkshire Dales.
Viewers will see fan-favourite Mrs Hall given bad news, which will majorly impact everyone in Skeldale.
As well as filming tear-jerking scenes, the All Creatures Great and Small cast and crew handle real-life animals.
During one shoot day, they were left stunned when a bull took a run at them on set.
Recalling the ordeal, Nicholas Ralph exclusively told The Sun: “We had one bull who was two tons. This was like one of the earlier series, but we were heading towards, through one field into another field.
“It was really muddy and rainy and everything. And the bull was coming behind us as we all made our way up to start shooting for the day.
“And then we just heard kind of a, do-do-do-do, kind of like Jurassic Park. And so we turned around and we just saw this two ton bull racing towards us.
“So we just parted, like it was me, the director and the DOP. I think we parted like the Red Sea, like two of us went that way, one of us went that way, and the bull ran straight through.”
Nicholas, who plays the iconic James Herriot in the period drama, continued: “Andy Barrett, our on-set vet, was kind of like skimboarding beside the bull in his wellies whilst he held onto the halter.
“So he was just like, yeah, like water skiing next to the bull. As it just, I just parted. And then it just stopped.
“And then everyone was like, ah, hold on, Andy, what happened? And he was like, ‘he’s a two ton bull, ff he wants to go for a run, he’s gonna go for a run’.
Earlier this year Channel 5 confirmed All Creatures Great and Small had been been given a double recommission.
Series six of the series – which is a reboot of the original ‘70s show of the same name – is set to begin production early next year.
All Creatures Great and Small Christmas Special airs on December 23 at 9pm on Channel 5.
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- All Creatures Great and Small – Based on the best-selling novels by real-life vet Alf Wright, the show revolves around a trio of vets working in the Yorkshire Dales in the late 1930s. Eccentric Siegfried Farnon (Samuel West) hires James Herriot (Nicholas Ralph) for his veterinary practice at Skeldale House alongside himself and his younger brother Tristan (Callum Woodhouse). There James settles into his new life and even finds love with local farmer’s daughter Helen (Rachel Shenton).
- The Ex-Wife – New parents Tasha (Céline Buckens) and Jack (Tom Misson) seem to have the perfect life, but the constant presence of Jack’s overly friendly but suspicious ex-wife Jen (Janet Montgomery) puts pressure on the couple. But as the series progresses it becomes less clear who the bad guy really is and how far everyone will go to get the life they think they deserve.
- Heat – EastEnders alum Danny Dyer leads this four-part action thriller, set in Australia, which sees two families holidaying together during bushfire season. But instead of rest and relaxation, secrets and lies start to unravel — and not everyone will make it out alive…
- Lie With Me – Another soap legend jets off to Australia, this time its EastEnders alum Charlie Brooks who takes as a married woman trying to saving her marriage by moving halfway around the world after her husband had an affair. However it’s far from plain sailing, as a young and attractive live-in nanny comes to work with the Fallmont family, and tensions soon build and eventually, someone ends up dead.
- The Drowning – Jill Halfpenny plays Jodie, a woman whose life is shattered following the disappearance of her beloved four-year-old son, Daniel. However, ten years later, the grieving mother thinks she’s finally found her missing child, and embarks on a journey to discover the truth about him. But has she really just found the son she has been missing for so long?