All Creatures Great And Small S03--E14 Big Steps And Little uns

"Big Steps and Little 'Uns" 5 April 1980 Mrs Hall gets a proposal of marriage from Harold Carter. With his time at home with Helen at a premium, James is frustrated at the number of call-outs he has to deal with. Tristan takes up the slack so that he can spend the night with Helen. Tristan gets word that he has finally passed his veterinary exams and, thus, has joined the ranks of MRCVS. James and Siegfried enlist in the RAF and leave Darrowby for the duration. Siegfried leaves first, with James following a little while later, on Easter Monday. In her final scene, Mrs Hall sees James off from Skeldale House. On his way out of town in a taxi, several locals bid their farewells to the vet. Characters: Mrs Hall (final appearance), Harold Carter, Arnold Summergill, Dr. Raczinski, Emma Tanner, Wilf Henderson, Miss Thompson, Simon Tanner, Fred, Suzie Clark. "The last episode of the third series, while maybe less amusing than others, contained some of my favourite scenes," recalled Peter Davison. "The final shot was James driving away from Darrowby, and the first two people he waves to are Olive and Charles Turner, the owners of Cringley (Skeldale) House, which they had recently sold to be turned into an old people's home." The only known outtake released from the series occurred when Siegfried gets up from the living room desk to answer the phone call from Simon Tanner. Peter Davison bursts through the door in a superhero outfit and exclaims, "Bill Sellars on the phone, Siegfried. Wondering if we'll do a fourth series?" Christopher Timothy drops down onto the armchair behind the door and adds, "Holy television producer, Siegfried! What should we do?" "Well, look here, superchaps, I'll tell you what. Fourth series, eh? I'll talk to him on the phone and while I'm doing that, you attack from behind," concludes Robert Hardy.