Overview
- Channel 5 schedules All Creatures Great & Small: Behind the Scenes at 8pm on Wednesday 24 December, followed by the Christmas special at 9pm.
- It's the show's first peacetime festive tale, with James stepping in to organise Darrowby's Nativity as Siegfried visits Mrs Stokes' Farm and Tricki's prospects are reassessed.
- Confirmed returnees include Nicholas Ralph, Rachel Shenton, Samuel West, Callum Woodhouse, Anna Madeley, Patricia Hodge, Gaia Wise, Thomas Riches, Isabella Ward, Mollie Winnard and Susan Hilton.
- Co-stars say Rachel Shenton returned to set briefly after giving birth, with filming described as about a week.
- Manchester Evening News reports Channel 5 has released a trailer that teases romantic notes, though Radio Times previously noted that no trailer was yet available.