Overview
- PBS confirms the U.S. premiere for Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 9/8c, with streaming via PBS Masterpiece on Prime Video.
- Channel 5 schedules the U.K. return for Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 9pm.
- The first trailer, released September 11, confirms a four-year jump to 1945 and teases new family dynamics and veterinary challenges.
- Core cast members Samuel West, Anna Madeley, Nicholas Ralph, Rachel Shenton, and Callum Woodhouse return, joined by Lucy-Jo Hudson, Gaia Wise, Jonathan Hyde, Philip Martin Brown, and Chris Gascoyne.
- Nicholas Ralph says James is in a stronger place after last season’s illness, while Rachel Shenton’s partial absence during filming is attributed to her maternity leave.