Overview

• Series 6 premiered on September 25 at 9pm, with new episodes every Thursday and catch‑up available on My5.
• The story moves to 1945 as the war in Europe nears its end, introducing post‑war change, veterinary advances and the Herriots as parents of two, Jimmy and Rosie.
• Tristan reappears after frontline service with unspoken trauma, as Siegfried’s erratic streak and Mrs Hall’s absence shape early character tensions.
• Nicholas Ralph, Samuel West, Anna Madeley, Rachel Shenton and Callum Woodhouse lead the returning ensemble alongside new faces Lucy‑Jo Hudson, Chris Gascoyne, Jonathan Hyde, Philip Martin Brown and Gaia Wise.
• Filming again centers on Grassington as Darrowby, with a standout sequence shot at Beamish Museum doubling for Sunderland that cast described as “really special.”