Locations
The programme was filmed in North Yorkshire, with some scenes shot at Bolton Castle and in the village of Askrigg, which doubled for the fictional Darrowby. Cringley House doubled as Skeldale House. The Kings Arms Hotel, which became the Drover's Arms during filming, features photographs on its interior walls of the cast drinking at the establishment during downtime.
Parts of the beginning title sequence — in particular, the car passing through the ford — were shot on an unnamed road between Feetham in Swaledale and Langthwaite in Arkengarthdale.
Other locations used include Coverdale, Ellerton Abbey (the home of Mrs. Pumphrey), Finghall railway station (which doubled as Rainby Halt), Hardraw Church (Darrowby Church), Hawes (Darrowby Cattle Market), Wensley Holy Trinity Church (James' and Helen's wedding), Simonstone Hall (Darrowby Show), Thornborough Hall, Leyburn (Ministry of Agriculture building), Muker, and Redmire Village Green (Darrowby bus stop).
Some indoor scenes (including all those of the interior of Skeldale House) were shot at the BBC's Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham.
For the first three series, up until the two Christmas specials of 1983 and 1985, most interior scenes were recorded on video and edited together with filmed exterior shots, as was common practice in British television at the time.
The original set of the interior of the Skeldale House surgery is now located at the Richmondshire Museum in Richmond, North Yorkshire, and is open to the public. Other extensive parts, including the living room and the dispensary (see picture, right) are on display at the James Herriot Museum in Thirsk, which is also open to the public.
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