All Creatures Great and Small star Nicholas Ralph suits up to film series two in Bradford

All Creatures Great and Small star Nicholas Ralph suits up after Bradford is transformed into 1930s Glasgow to film series two

All Creatures Great and Small resumed filming for its second series on Tuesday as the city of Bradford was transformed into 1930s Glasgow.

Star Nicholas Ralph was suited and booted to play the charismatic James Herriot as his character returns to his hometown in Scotland after jumping off a bus plucked straight from the pre-War era.

Channel 5 renewed the All Creatures Great and Small reboot for a second series after its debut drew in a record five million viewers, with fans praising the series for its re-imagining of the Yorkshire vet Harriot.

Coming soon: Star Nicholas Ralph suited up to play James Herriot

Sharp: All Creatures Great and Small resumed filming for series two on Tuesday as star Nicholas Ralph suited up to play James Herriot after Bradford was turned into 1930s Glasgow

Nicholas was dapper in a classic grey suit and trench coat as the scenes saw him stroll down a street after heading back to his hometown.

The Bradford was transported over 70 years into the past with the arrival of a vintage car and a blue Routemaster bus, plastered with an advert for McVities and Price biscuits.

Meanwhile extras were dressed into their own period attire as they strolled down the smoky street past a vegetable salesman.

Transformed: For the scenes the city of Bradford was transformed into 1930s Glasgow as vet Herriot returned to his hometown in Scotland

Transformed: For the scenes the city of Bradford was transformed into 1930s Glasgow as vet Herriot returned to his hometown in Scotland

Pensive: The scenes saw Nicholas don a suit with a briefcase in hand as he strolled past vintage cars on the street

Pensive: The scenes saw Nicholas don a suit with a briefcase in hand as he strolled past vintage cars on the street

Throwback: While a vintage car chugged over a cobbles, a classic Routemaster bus also took to the road, plastered with an advert for McVities and Price biscuits

Throwback: While a vintage car chugged over a cobbles, a classic Routemaster bus also took to the road, plastered with an advert for McVities and Price biscuits

Filming for All Creatures Great and Small’s second series was hit by delays due to the Covid pandemic, but production finally began earlier this year.

The first series focused on young vet James who moves to Yorkshire to land a job as a veterinary assistant to Siegfried Farnon, played by Samuel West.

Callum Woodhouse plays Siegfried’s errant brother Tristan, while Anna Madeley takes on the role of housekeeper Anna Madeley. 

It also stars Rachel Shenton has Helen Anderson, who viewers have seen form a blossoming romance with vet James, even leading her to flee her wedding during a Christmas special. 

Eery: Meanwhile extras were dressed into their own period attire as they strolled down the street, which had been filled with smoky by crew members

Eery: Meanwhile extras were dressed into their own period attire as they strolled down the street, which had been filled with smoky by crew members

December’s festive episode concluded with Helen and James still unable to reveal their true feelings for each other, even after she ended her romance with handsome landowner Hugh (Matthew Lewis).

Elsewhere widower Siegfried plucked up the courage to finally kiss Dorothy (Maimie McCoy) at the Christmas Eve party, while Anna was devastated when her estranged son Edward failed to turn up for the occasion as he’d promised.  

Tristan remains in the dark about the fact that he failed one of his veterinary exams and isn’t fully qualified, and whether Siefried will come clean about hiding the truth from his brother.  

Coming soon: Filming for All Creatures Great and Small's second series was hit by delays due to the Covid pandemic, but production finally began earlier this year

Coming soon: Filming for All Creatures Great and Small’s second series was hit by delays due to the Covid pandemic, but production finally began earlier this year

What will happen? December's festive episode concluded with Helen Anderson (pictured played by Rachel Shenton) and James still unable to reveal their true feelings for each other

What will happen? December’s festive episode concluded with Helen Anderson (pictured played by Rachel Shenton) and James still unable to reveal their true feelings for each other

Exciting: Channel 5 renewed the All Creatures Great and Small reboot for a second series after its debut drew in a record five million viewers

Exciting: Channel 5 renewed the All Creatures Great and Small reboot for a second series after its debut drew in a record five million viewers

The original BBC series, based on a series of books by former vet Alf Wight, who wrote under the pen name of Herriot, aired from 1978 to 1990, with Christopher Timothy as the Dales vet and Robert Hardy as his boss. 

Sadly one cast member who won’t return is Dame Diana Rigg, who passed away in September 2020 aged 82, almost a year after filming for series one had wrapped.

Executive producer Colin Callender told the Radio Times that there are ‘no final decisions’ on whether her character Mrs. Pumphrey will be recast.

Amazing: Fans praised the re-imagining of the classic BBC series, which aired from 1978 to 1990 and was based on a series of books by former vet Alf Wight

Amazing: Fans praised the re-imagining of the classic BBC series, which aired from 1978 to 1990 and was based on a series of books by former vet Alf Wight