I hope you’ve been watching
#ACGAS
(of course you have, you have impeccable taste).
These last 2 eps (TONIGHT 9pm, ep 6 next week) might just knock your socks off. I loved writing them & hope you love watching them.
Couldn’t be prouder of this heart-felt, life-affirming show🧡
So this is it.
#ACGAS
s4 finale
** TONIGHT | 9pm | CHANNEL 5 **
You won’t miss it, will you? Course you won’t.
It was an absolute honour to write it.
So many people worked so hard to bring this series to your screens.
One of the happiest and most fulfilling jobs of my career.
I wrote tonight's episode of
#AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall
, on your tellyboxes at 9pm.
I adore this show. It's a warm hug in television form, an escape from the chaos, strife and stress of 2022.
Warning: contains cute animals (who remind us that they really are better than humans).
I was supposed to have waved goodbye to Darrowby to work on my own project but when they asked me if I'd come back to write the Christmas special... well, you can't say no to that, can you? 😇🎄
#ACGAS
The house is full, and so are our hearts ❤️ Time to return to Darrowby for a brand new series of All Creatures Great and Small 🐕 🥰
📺 All Creatures Great And Small. Starts Thursday 19th September 9pm
@AllCreaturesTV
#AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall
#Channel5
#ACGAS
Thank you so much for watching.
I hope you enjoyed it, and the series as a whole.
We loved making it.
Only a few short weeks to wait until we’re treated to a Ben Vanstone /
@dirjordanhogg
Christmas special!
🎄🪽🐈🐾🎅🏼❤️🩹
#ACGAS
Thanks for all your lovely comments on tonight's episode. Hope you'll join us for the finale next week.
Much like the show itself,
#ACGAS
twitter feels like a community, a family and it's GORGEOUS.
Look after each other, won't you?
And of course the animals in your lives🧡🫶🧡
When I first pitched to write on
#AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall
I cited this quote by
@EstherPerel
because it felt like it embodied the show's ethos.
Last night's gorgeous Xmas special brought it to mind once again.
Happy Christmas to you all.
Nurture those relationships.
Love. 🧡
@markarby
Hi Mark would it be okay to adapt your story into a feature film screenplay? In advanced discussions with Keanu Reeves but we've got Keith Chegwin in reserve
This might be helpful for others.
Family's LFTs during
#COVID
.
Top: son home from school w/ fever, tests➕. Aches, chills, vomiting, then mild symptoms. ➖by day 7.*
Middle: wife (fully vaxed) tests ➕ on Day 5.
➖ by Day 11. Thankfully mild symptoms.
Bottom: me.
#VaccinesWork
£10 BILLION.
TEN BILLION POUNDS they’ve spent on Test & Trace.
I had to google it because I thought I can’t possibly have remembered that figure right. Was it ten *million*? It must have been *million* (it was not.)
Couldn't find a TV recommendations thread broken down by platform so I thought I'd do one.
In this 🧵 I will:
a) recommend a whole bunch of TV shows
b) tell you which platform you can find them on
and, by doing so,
c) enable you to pay only one subscription at a time (1/16)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️review of
#AllCreaturesPBS
S4E7 from the ever witty & wise
@itsalicetime
⬇️
Thanks for watching, 🇺🇸!
#ACGAS
is a beacon of hope in a turbulent world. It reassures, it comforts, it heals. And that’s a pretty damn great thing for a TV show to do🧡
@khaledhosseini
When I see a brave, emotive tweet like this I look at the comments with trepidation, fearful they'll be full of hate. So it's a beautiful thing to see so much love and respect.
Bravo to you for such exemplary parenting, and to Haris for her bravery. 🌈❤️
Having worked in TV for 15 yrs but never having been to
@EdinburghTVFest
I thought I might look into tickets this year.
Since I've had a good couple of years, it might be worth the cost, I reasoned.
Guess how much a 72 hour / 3 day pass is.
Go on, guess. You'll never guess.
Happy
#JohnLewisChristmasAd
day!
The tradition in our family, since 2014 when it was released, is to try and watch the
#MontyThePenguin
ad without shedding a tear. Easy right?
Reader, we are 0 for 9. 😭🐧
Even their freelancer rate is £686 inc VAT & booking fee.
Who can afford that?? What percentage of freelancers can afford / justify that amount of money?
At a time when the industry is supposed to be trying to be more accessible to more people, this is utter madness.
If this had been introduced in 2007 my (now) wife wouldn't have been allowed here.
A cruel, spiteful attempt by the Tories to score political points, effectively banning most British citizens from living here with a foreign partner.
@IanDunt
on glorious, excoriating form.
Some projects are a nightmare but the results are great.
Some are happy but the results kinda suck.
This was that rarest of creatures: joyous & beautiful.
An alchemy of top talent on camera & the most dedicated people behind it.
#AllCreaturesGreatandSmall
tomorrow 9pm C5
#ACGAS
First Gazan orphan given visa to live in UK – Amer’s story
Channel 4 News has been given exclusive access to one Gazan teenager’s extraordinary journey to safety here in the UK.
Watch on
@Channel4News
at 7pm.
Or read about it here:
My wife just had a minor op - implanted loop recorder for heart. Fantastic care
@BartsHospital
. Just googled what it costs in the US: $40,000!!! Plus $400 pcm.
#NHS
should give itemised bill for what the services *would* have cost if our healthcare wasn't free. Cherish it, folks
I know what you're thinking. That you should watch it but you really can't face it. I was the same.
Having watched all 4 eps let me say it's 100% worth it. Yes there were tears but many were cathartic,
in awe of the courage of a woman I never knew.
#Anne
#JFT97
#DontBuyTheSun
The peerless Patricia Hodge returns tonight in the first of two GORGEOUS episodes written by the supremely talented
@MaxineAlderton
and directed by the fabulous Stewart Svaasand.
If you need a dose of comfort telly,
#ACGAS
is here for you 🧡
#AllCreaturesGreatandSmall
Netflix should add the category "Sorry There Are No More Episodes of Bake-Off and Queer Eye, You're Clearly Going Through Some Stuff, Here Are Some Other Soothing Shows with People Being Nice to Each Other over Low-Stakes Things"
Nobody writes reviews quite like Alice Burton
@itsalicetime
Even if she hadn't given last night's
#AllCreaturesPBS
premiere ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (thanks Alice) I'd still enjoy her charming, fresh and witty writing.
Catch up now on
@masterpiecepbs
#ACGAS
EXCLUSIVE: All Creatures Great and Small scribe Jamie Crichton is taking on ITV‘s latest campaigning drama, a series about the fight to repeal the notorious double jeopardy law starring Sheridan Smith
Imagine how many Brits, desperate to ward off the Sunday night blues, have had the exact same thought today: omg it’s the finale of
#Bodyguard
tonight! A ray of glorious distraction before another week of hard slog.
Sometimes old fashioned tv scheduling beats box set bingeing.
@AllCreaturesTV
@channel5_tv
@My5_tv
What a trailer! 🙌🙌
My involvement this season was very small but I hope you all enjoy the Christmas special when it screens. 🎄
Can’t wait to watch the rest of the series as a fan. It’s going to be amazing, I can tell 💙💙
Despite being beautifully acted and directed I bailed on
#PatrickMelrose
after ep1. Too nihilistic? Who knows. But word of mouth was so positive that I went back in.
Just binged the remainder of the series and it’s one of the best things I’ve seen this year. SO GOOD.
When some of your favourite things collide:
@StephenAtHome
@TheBearFX
&
#ACGAS
Stephen Colbert "The tension is so high that... I need to go watch All Creatures Great and Small" 🤣🩵
People (and pets) of America!!
I know there’s some sports thing called the Big Bowl or something on tonight but if you want to watch something altogether more wholesome and nourishing, then this is for you. Very proud of this episode 🐶❤️🐮
#acgas
#AllCreaturesPBS
As major changes loom closer, the
#AllCreaturesPBS
family must rely on each other more than ever. Join them for this season's penultimate episode, tonight at 9/8c on MASTERPIECE
@PBS
.
Tonight on
@masterpiecepbs
❤️ one of the best
#ACGAS
episodes & one of my favourites from series 4. This is the most emotional episode ever. Can't thank everyone involved in it enough. All characters are already so multi-layered but this episode adds even more depth.
#AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall
will feature on tonight's
#Gogglebox
9pm C4
As a fan of the reality show this DELIGHTS me.
Will the Malone family dog freak out?
Will Pete & Sophie drink out of novelty cow mugs?
Will Giles & Mary find it wholesome?
Dream pairing! 😍📺🐑
#ACGAS
Ep 5 is beautifully directed by the legend that is
@jordanhogg
, with Patricia Hodge National-Treasuring the crap out of it, featuring everyone’s perennial favourite Pekingese Tricki, as well as the most beautiful cat you ever did see. It’s got a bit of everything 🩷
It’s not quite the end of s4 (🎄) but being lead writer/ EP on this show has been one hell of a privilege.
For so many people
#ACGAS
is a beacon of hope in a turbulent world. It reassures, it comforts, it heals. And that’s a pretty damn special thing for a TV programme to do. 🧡
@neilgibbons
Be honest, you’re already picturing his face when he ‘redeems’ himself by scoring his penalty when it ends 0-0 AET and goes to penalties. Oh god help us all.
***Tonight***
If you're feeling a bit chilly and autumnal, no need to turn the heating on.
Just pop
#AllCreaturesGreatandSmall
on, it'll warm you up in no time.
#ACGAS
Clicking a link & tapping in your details isn't as laborious as getting your arse down the polling station. Is 17.4 million signatures so far-fetched?
Urge your parents, kids, friends to sign.
+ the kids who were too young to vote in 2016
#RevokeArticle50
"Should it reach more than 17.4 million respondents then I'm sure there would be a very clear case for taking action"
Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom on
#RevokeArticle50
petition that crashed Parliament website
#ACGAS
has always cherished its female characters, and for me Helen & Mrs H are the unsung hero(in)es. The challenge I set myself was to write an episode from their POV, to see the world through their eyes.
Ambitious? Sure. Stupid? Almost certainly.
But I’m so proud of it. 🧡
@rufusjones1
My wife worked behind the scenes on the HP movies. Seeing her heavily pregnant & struggling Dan insisted she go home (she gave birth the next day).
A year later I was interviewing him for a thing & he not only recalled it but remembered our son’s name & MIDDLE NAME. Witchcraft.
Ten years of living with an American is finally, FINALLY, about to pay off. Tomorrow we are having dinner with a man named Randy.
Dreams can come true, people.
If you can watch one episode of
@Emilia_diG
’s extraordinary
#Deceit
without bingeing all four then you’re made of different stuff. Utterly compelling, beautifully written, terrific performances from
@NiamhAlgar
&
@eddiemarsan
.
A perfect paradigm of how to do true crime.
Forget about big ostentatious resolutions, if everyone just quietly resolved to make a small difference to someone’s life the world would be a little bit better. Happy new year everyone. X
@turningsardines
I think that's my favourite scene too. As soon as it went up on the board one of the early writers' rooms ('Siegfried uses stethoscope to find Helen's baby's heartbeat') I couldn't wait to write it 🩺 💗
Manager: "Did you do what I asked or not?"
Intern: "Yes. I put it all in the email."
Manager: "Then why are you looking at me like that?"
*Intern drops photo on desk and runs*
#ForSama
may be the most affecting film I’ve ever watched.
Waad and Hamza are extraordinary humans. Heroes.
If, one day in the future, Sama and Taima find this somewhere deep in a twitter archive, I hope you are fiercely, passionately proud of your parents.
I’m not saying the praise for
#BidenHarris2020
in my timeline isn’t justified, but me necking two bottles of Prosecco in two hours also shouldn’t go unrecognised. 🍾🍾
Scandalous.
We're not talking millions gifted to Tory cronies, we're talking BILLIONS.
Think what the NHS could do with £11 Billion.
Or education. Or green policies.
It went to people with ZERO EXPERIENCE.
More than £8 in every £10 spent on PPE was "wasted or lost”
#ToriesOut
‘The New York Times analysed 1,200 contracts worth nearly $22bn and found that roughly half went to companies run by friends and associates of Conservative party politicians, or with no experience in that area.’ 1/n