All Creatures Great and Small is not a series that requires much from you, but gives plenty in return. It’s not fluff—there are real emotions here, and an underlying sense of changing times as modernity creeps in to the practices of the rural counties. ... It is a wonderful treat and a balm for the soul.

The script shines with life, its drama far from predictable, it’s pleasures profound.

It is comfort food TV right down to its bones, and it is comfort food TV that works, even for a curmudgeon like me.

"All Creatures" doesn't just stop at being pleasant in a wholesomely British kind of way. Coursing through the entire seven-episode series is such an amount of heart, the kind that ensures that goodness and decency inevitably win the day, that it will leave you yearning for better times, especially amid the unprecedented stress the last year has brought us.

There are shows that produce far more plot, action, and tension. But it’s the modesty that makes All Creatures Great and Small so special.

Even as it introduces many of the same stories and character dynamics, the PBS Masterpiece “All Creatures Great and Small” finds key ways to distinguish itself from depictions past, especially as it makes the most of a handsome budget and embraces a welcome, earnest warmth in its storytelling.

The wild beauty of the Yorkshire dales and the timelessness of these stories about animals and their devoted human owners make this a comforting and at times even compelling place to revisit. [4 - 17 Jan 2021, p.7]

Boring British bomb! How often have the brits done an all-white period drama? omg, every time.