A severe case of World War Two takes James Herriot away from his vet's life in the Dales and into a training camp somewhere in England.... Square-bashing in his uniform of RAF blue, he daydreams of the livestock he left behind him.

The record of a six month journey which took Gerald Durrell, his wife Jacquie, and two cameramen through New Zealand, Australia and Malaya. The object was, first, to see what was being done about the conservation of wildlife in these countries, and secondly, to make a series of television films for the BBC.

James Herriot's continuing chronicle of a young vet's adventures in the Yorkshire countryside nearly forty years ago shines with the story telling magic that has made him a favourite the world over. This is an omnibus containing 'Vets might Fly' and 'Vet in a Spin'. This is the third omnibus, folloeing Volume 1: All Creatures Great and Small and Volume 2: All Things Bright and Beautiful

James Herriot enriched the lives of millions with his wonderful stories of life as a country veterinarian. Now, for the first time, thanks to this intimate Biographies, fans can truly gte to know the man behind the famous writer - Alf Wight, the real vet, who, under the pen-name Herriot, immortalised the people and the landscape of the Yorkshire Dales where he lived and worked.