If you want to really appreciate these stories in the way the author Alf Wight intended, this is the version to watch, not the boring new adaptation.
The first few seasons are just so enjoyable. Unfortunately, it went downhill in the later seasons with the exit of Tristan and the replacement of Helen, but there are plenty of great episodes in these earlier seasons.
The actors in this are uniformly great, between Robert Hardy and Peter Davison having the more flashy parts, and Christopher Timothy in the lovable and effectively played main character.
The life of the Yorkshire Dales and the farmers are excellently rendered and, while we are often moved by the stories that don't always have happy endings, the treatment is never overly sentimental.
The first few seasons are just so enjoyable. Unfortunately, it went downhill in the later seasons with the exit of Tristan and the replacement of Helen, but there are plenty of great episodes in these earlier seasons.
The actors in this are uniformly great, between Robert Hardy and Peter Davison having the more flashy parts, and Christopher Timothy in the lovable and effectively played main character.
The life of the Yorkshire Dales and the farmers are excellently rendered and, while we are often moved by the stories that don't always have happy endings, the treatment is never overly sentimental.