The small screen remake, based on the books of James Herriot, was broadcast on PBS's Masterpiece on Monday after becoming Channel 5's highest rated drama series ever in the UK.

Ahead of transmission, the US newspaper and online publication, which is read around the world, reported that it "arrives in an America in need of its own relief" after it was a hit in Britain during the pandemic.

Reporter Roslyn Sulcas writes: "The popularity of the series across age groups (Channel 5 reported a large share of the 16-34 demographic) and audiences suggests that the show hit a sweet spot for family comfort viewing at a moment of national adversity."

All Creatures Great and Small aired in America this week.

Having spoken to various people involved in the programme, the publication also reported on Sunday how the second series is likely to be broadened out using the first two Herriot books, quoting writer Ben Vanstone.

It reads: "Vanstone said that while the first season leans primarily on Herriot’s first book, a recently commissioned second season will use a mix of the first two in order to broaden both the character perspectives and the kinds of veterinary action on display.

"'The books include many stories about cows,' he said. 'I tried to cast a wider net.'"

All Creatures became highest-rated original commission in Channel 5's history - consolidating at 4.7 million viewers with an additional million tuning in for the Sunday repeat - and has already been picked up for a second series.

The Yorkshire Dales-based programme was featured in The New York Times.

Viewers eagerly awaiting a second series of the Yorkshire classic - which films this year - can expect more heartwarming and humourous adventures of James Herriot (Nicholas Ralph) as he joins his unconventional mentor, Siegfried Farnon (Samuel West), matriarch of Skeldale House Mrs Hall (Anna Madeley), Siegfried’s errant brother Tristan (Callum Woodhouse), and independent local farmer’s daughter Helen Alderson (Rachel Shenton), alongside a an ensemble of farmers, animals and townsfolk living in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s.

James Alfred Wight OBE FRCVS was a veterinary surgeon who graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College at the age of 23.

He headed to a veterinary practice in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, in 1940, where he fell in love with the Dales and the woman he would marry, Joan Danbury.

Wight later wrote stories based on his own adventures, under the pen name James Herriot.

All Creatures Great and Small makes impression in America with feature in The New York Times as it airs on PBS