Fans have been loving the All Creatures Great and Small reboot on Channel 5, and have been full of praise for Samuel West, who plays the beloved character, Siegfried Farnon.
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Taking to Twitter to discuss the character, one person wrote: "Honestly could never have imagined anyone other than Robert Hardy as Siegfried Farnon, but Samuel West @exitthelemming is absolutely brilliant in the new #AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall. Superb casting throughout. Perfect TV."
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Another fan added: "I'm not used to putting social niceties before good professional practice. *pause* Sir. Anyone else hugging themselves involuntarily there? Just me? That's Siegfried right there. LOVE it."
A third person wrote: "Oh Siegfried is my absolute favourite. Always has been. Robert Hardy was my first love I think! But Samuel West is absolutely stealing my heart here. He's brilliant."
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Previously praising Samuel following the first episode, another viewer tweeted: "Anyway, one bright spark in an otherwise gloomy hellscape is that I LOVE the new #AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall. @exitthelemming was absolutely born to play Siegfried Farnon."
Samuel has previously opened up about the role, explaining: "I was really taken with the horses. I ride very little and never kept the practice up. In Gulliver’s Travels there is a section where Gulliver goes to an island where he meets these extraordinary creatures which are beautiful and noble and long-faced and you realise as you are reading it that they are horses.
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"They are so much more civilised and beautiful than humans are. But the animal I asked for who we didn’t film with is a rat. I wanted a rat for the show because I am a big fan of them and they have promised there would be one next series if we go again."
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