Darrowby

Darrowby
Askrigg village centre, used as "Darrowby" for filming for the BBC TV series, with "Skeldale House" to the right
Created by	James Herriot
Genre	Television series
In-universe information
Type	Village

Darrowby is a fictional village in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England, which was created by author Alf Wight under the pen name of James Herriot as the setting for the veterinary practice in his book It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet. The book has been adapted for two television series, both titled All Creatures Great and Small. The first was the BBC's 1978 series, which aired between 1978 and 1990. A new adaptation was produced for the 2020 series.

Darrowby is a composite of Thirsk, Richmond, Leyburn and Middleham (until 2017, Thirsk had a public house, named The Darrowby Inn, to recognise this).^[1] Askrigg, in Wensleydale, was used for filming scenes set in Darrowby for the BBC production. In the first three series, the surgery's phone number was "Darrowby 85"; for the final four series it became "Darrowby 385".

The 2020 production primarily used Grassington for filming scenes that took place in the town. This series aired in 2020 on Channel 5 and in early 2021 on PBS' Masterpiece in the U.S.^[2]