{"id":8557,"date":"2021-12-11T01:01:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T00:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1534556"},"modified":"2021-12-11T01:17:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T00:17:08","slug":"all-creatures-great-and-small-wont-have-a-christmas-wedding-this-year","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/all-creatures-great-and-small-wont-have-a-christmas-wedding-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"All Creatures Great and Small won\u2019t have a Christmas wedding this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Flora Carr\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 11 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Viewers would be forgiven for expecting this year\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/all-creatures-great-and-small-season-3-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">All Creatures Great and Small<\/a> Christmas special to feature a festive wedding, bookending the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/all-creatures-great-and-small-season-2-slow-burner-romance-newsupdate\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">\u201cslow burner\u201d romance between James Herriot and Helen<\/a>, who got engaged in season two.<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s been confirmed that the Christmas special (which airs on Christmas Eve on Channel 5) won\u2019t feature any wedding, instead focussing on how the newly-engaged couple juggle separate holiday commitments, as both have different ideas about where they\u2019ll spend Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to <a href=\"\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Callum Woodhouse (who plays Tristan Farnon in the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/all-creatures-great-and-small-cast-characters\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">All Creatures Great and Small cast<\/a>) said the wedding would take place in the potential third season \u2013 but admitted he thought viewers \u201cmight have expected\u201d the nuptials to take place in the upcoming Christmas special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I was thinking they might have expected that [the wedding] as well, to be honest,\u201d he said. However, he added: \u201cI quite like the idea that it\u2019s not straight into the wedding. It\u2019d be quite nice for that to be, you know \u2013 if we are lucky enough to get a series three, then that\u2019s going to be one of the things that happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/All-Creatures-Great-and-Small-S2-Episode-7-Embargoed-23rd-November-Unit1-HW-160621_007_LargeImage_m31273-ff6e23d.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=298%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/All-Creatures-Great-and-Small-S2-Episode-7-Embargoed-23rd-November-Unit1-HW-160621_007_LargeImage_m31273-ff6e23d.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=298%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source 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unit1-hw-160621_007_largeimage_m31273=\"\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Channel 5\/Playground Television (UK) Ltd.<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>The decision to delay the wedding episode is entirely in keeping with the trajectory of the pair\u2019s romance, which moved at a slow pace across seasons one and two, with vet James (Nicholas Ralph) and Helen Alderson (Rachel Shenton) finally getting engaged in the season two finale.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully we won\u2019t have long to wait, however. According to showrunner Ben Vanstone, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/all-creatures-great-and-small-confirm-season-3-newsupdate\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">All Creatures Great and Small season three is in the works<\/a>. Speaking to\u00a0press at a Q&amp;A ahead of the series two premiere, he said: \u201cYes, I think we are looking forward to a third series. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s a surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series, which airs on Channel 5 in the UK, is based on <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/All-Creatures-Great-Small-Yorkshire\/dp\/1447225996\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\">James Herriot\u2019s real-life memoirs<\/a>\u00a0(real name Alf Wight).<\/p> <p><strong>You can order <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/All-Creatures-Great-Small-Yorkshire\/dp\/1447225996\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\">James Herriot\u2019s All Creatures Great and Small<\/a> from Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The <span class=\"&quot;markc2f9zz0cr&quot;\" data-markjs=\"&quot;true&quot;\" data-ogac=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogab=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogsc=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogsb=\"&quot;&quot;\">All<\/span> <span class=\"&quot;markynqbnbm46&quot;\" data-markjs=\"&quot;true&quot;\" data-ogac=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogab=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogsc=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogsb=\"&quot;&quot;\">Creatures<\/span> Christmas Special airs on <b>Christmas Eve at 9pm on Channel 5<\/b>. Take a look at the rest of our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener\" noreferrer=\"\">Drama<\/a> coverage, our guide to the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/christmas-tv-2021\/&quot;\">best Christmas TV<\/a> or c<\/strong><b>heck out what else is on with our <a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Flora Carr Published: Saturday, 11 December 2021 at 12:00 am Viewers would be forgiven for expecting this year\u2019s\u00a0All Creatures Great and Small Christmas special to feature a festive wedding, bookending the \u201cslow burner\u201d romance between James Herriot and Helen, who got engaged in season two. 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