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Big huge fan of the way people eyes soften when looking at people they love it’s like they can’t help but let their guard down and open their hearts up

#🥹 #siegfried farnon #all creatures great and small

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as much as i love to see evil twisted little freaks, there is just something way more compelling about characters who are unflinchingly Good and kind despite the horrors they've endured

#you're so right wgbh #my man <33 #all creatures great and small #siegfried farnon

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I love winning.

All Creatures Great and Small Renewed for Seasons 5 and 6

And Tristan returns!🎉

#we just never lose #what a news #acgas #all creatures great and small

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I agree with @givesmevoice.

@wgbh, I think it's time for That Talk. Thoughts need to be heard. Questions need to be answered.

While visitors to the practice were principally there to see the real James Herriot, and were often overcome with excitement to meet him - which always bemused Dad - they were also delighted if Donald Sinclair (better known to them as Siegfried) made an appearance. This of course tickled us as, since we had grown up in and around the practice, Donald and his younger brother Brian (on whom Tristan was based) were like family.

They were a constant presence in our lives, Donald was Jim's godfather and we always referred to him and his wife as "Uncle Donald and Auntie Audrey."

- Jim and Rosie Wight.

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Let's suffer. Together.

there's no jess without dash

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ACGAS + text posts (3/?)

#all creatures great and small #acgas 2020 #audrey hall #anna madeley #siegfried farnon #siegfried x audrey #acgas #samuel west #all creatures great and small 2020 #tristan farnon #richard carmody #james herriot #helen herriot #text posts #james x helen #dash #jess

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The Remains of the Day (1993)

All Creatures Great and Small (2020)

“It's about the little moments, isn't it? That relationship, there's a sort of Remains of the Day element to it.”

- Jamie Crichton. (X)

#i am so here for this #it's about the unspoken words #the angst #it's about the Line #it's about leaving #it's about choosing to stay #all creatures great and small #the remains of the day #acgas 2020 #audrey hall #anna madeley #siegfried farnon #siegfried x audrey #acgas #samuel west #all creatures great and small 2020 #period drama #anthony hopkins #emma thompson #stevens #miss keaton

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...tell me what you want me to say.

#all creatures great and small #acgas 2020 #audrey hall #anna madeley #siegfried farnon #siegfried x audrey #acgas #samuel west #all creatures great and small 2020

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His silent pain is evident. The ground is shifting beneath Siegfried's feet. (x)

for @shelbyxhughes

#i love him so much #he went through so much in the past 2 seasons #and he just deserves a hug #and happiness #❤️ #thank you mel for killing us 🥹 #Siegfried Farnon #Samuel West #All Creatures Great and Small #ACGAS #ACGAS 2020 #Acting masterclass

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Red/Blue couples + wearing their partner's colours.

#one of my favourite tropes #acgas 2020 #all creatures great and small #audrey hall #anna madeley #siegfried farnon #siegfried x audrey #acgas #samuel west #all creatures great and small 2020 #james herriot #helen herriot #james x helen #rachel shenton #nicholas ralph

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... and the relief we feel once we notice our mistake cannot be expressed with words, only with actions.

for @below-average-fangirl

#oh my heart #all creatures great and small #this is beautiful #siegfried farnon #Audrey Hall #Siegfried x Audrey #acgas2020

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I love the entire show so much but I keep coming back to the last episode of series 04. There’s just so much repression and grief and love coming out of every pore of these two.

She knows he wants her to be happy. She sees Siegfried’s efforts to make her departure as painless as possible for what they are. He’s trying so so hard to not show her how utterly devastated he is. She sees right through it, as she always does.

And I love-LOOOOOVE that Audrey thinks immediately of Mr. Farnon when Helen fears for her baby’s life. Though she might not know why yet, she only has eyes for him. The minute he finds the unborn child’s beating heart, Mrs. Hall finds her own.

#all creatures great and small #acgas 2020 #audrey hall #anna madeley #siegfried farnon #siegfried x audrey #samuel west #acgas

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Auntie Audrey + Uncle Siegfried

"...this is the first series there has been where nobody in the house is actually related. It’s quite a modern family vibe - we are this weird, disparate group of people that get on.” Samuel West

#thank you mel for another great set <333333 #this is a masterpiece #!!!!!!!!!! #love them to pieces #all creatures great and small #siegfried farnon #acgas 2020 #audrey hall #acgas #siegfried x audrey #Samuel West #Anna Madeley #James Herriot #Helen Herriot #Nicholas Ralph #Rachel Shenton #auntie audrey #and uncle siegfried

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yes

Audrey and Siegfried through the years.

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The more I watch the show, the more fucking brilliant I find their relationship. This is the slowest of all the burns but it's the most compelling writing.

I have a theory that the leaking sink in 4x06 was a metaphor for both Siegfried and Audrey's agony throughout the episode. Both bleeding inside at the prospect of their looming separation. And Siegfried, with his wounded heart, was forbidding all from going anywhere near it, adamant that he could fix it himself. Undermining the disaster that it was. Pretending that it was not a big deal. That he it was not broken beyond repair. That a month's notice was enough. And the more he tried to mend it all, with increasing anger and grief, without admitting that he was failing, that he was hurting, the more the water spit in his face.

And what is so wonderful about all this, as Audrey notices, is that of course Gerald was ultimately the one to fix it. Because even though he had been a barrier between them up to that point, he was also the catalyst that forced Audrey to realise that she could not bear to leave Mr. Farnon and Helen behind. He was the healing soul who changed her life for the better by showing her what mattered most to her and that she deserved to be cherished and loved. And though she might not know yet how much she means it, she thanks him at the end.

Equally, Gerald forced Siegfried to contemplate a future without her. Shook the status quo. Changed the way Siegfried saw her. Not simply a companion who made him better but a desirable woman who was everything he needed. Without Gerald, things would have stayed the same forevermore, so comfortable were they both in their lovingly built existence. So reliant on their mutual devotion.

All that's left now is for Audrey to have her Oh... moment. Siegfried is already there. And when it finally happens, it's gonna be fucking incredible.

#I LITERALLY THINK THE SAME ABOUT THE LEAKING SINK #brilliant #i love this show #and i love them #their dynamic is just everything #all creatures great and small #acgas 2020 #audrey hall #siegfried farnon #siegfried x audrey

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Audrey and Siegfried through the years.

#their slow burn is just #chef's kiss #all creatures great and small #acgas 2020 #audrey hall #anna madeley #siegfried farnon #siegfried x audrey #acgas #samuel west #all creatures great and small 2020 #my favourite moments #and some of my favourite quotes

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While visitors to the practice were principally there to see the real James Herriot, and were often overcome with excitement to meet him - which always bemused Dad - they were also delighted if Donald Sinclair (better known to them as Siegfried) made an appearance. This of course tickled us as, since we had grown up in and around the practice, Donald and his younger brother Brian (on whom Tristan was based) were like family.

They were a constant presence in our lives, Donald was Jim's godfather and we always referred to him and his wife as "Uncle Donald and Auntie Audrey."

- Jim and Rosie Wight.

#i love them #i love this family #i love how much they support each other #they were with james and helen from the very beginning #and they love that baby more than anything #jim is going to be so much loved #he has the best parents #and the best uncle and aunt #<3 #all creatures great and small #acgas 2020 #audrey hall #anna madeley #siegfried farnon #siegfried x audrey #acgas #samuel west #all creatures great and small 2020 #james herriot #helen herriot #baby jim