The adventures of James Herriot in his early years as a student vet at Glasgow Veterinary College can be seen on BBC One this Christmas in Young James Herriot, airing from Sunday 18th December, starring Iain de Caestecker (The Fades) and Amy Manson (Being Human).

> Read our Episode 1 review.

Accompanying the new series, Young Herriot: The Early Life and Times of James Herriot by John Lewis-Stempel is out now from BBC Books.

To celebrate, we’re giving away copies of the book to ten of our Twitter followers!

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Drawing on his previously unpublished diaries, novels and case notes, Young Herriot tells the fascinating story of James Herriot’s formative years at veterinary college. It beautifully recreates an era when the veterinary profession is in the doldrums and veterinary practice is more black art than science, with a host of weird and wonderful concoctions in the place of today’s modern medicine.

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