Overview

• Channel 5 schedules the sixth series for Thursday, September 25 at 9pm, with Samuel West back as Siegfried Farnon.
• The 59-year-old actor, known for roles in Notting Hill, Mr Selfridge and Slow Horses, continues as the eccentric Skeldale House vet.
• West is the son of renowned actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales, underscoring the family’s multigenerational footprint in British television and theatre.
• He spoke to The Times about his father’s death last year at 90, recalling Timothy West’s final words about rehearsals and the 6:55pm time of passing.
• He has discussed his mother’s vascular dementia diagnosis from 2014 and said he has made his peace with questions he will no longer be able to ask.