Welsh actor Christopher Timothy began his career on stage in the 1960s and acted in the production of ‘The Master Builder and ‘Juno and the Paycock’. His onscreen debut too happened in the 1960s when he played the role of the Cypriot Officer in Laurence Olivier starrer drama film ‘Othello’. After this, he went on to appear in several other films including the comedy ‘Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush’ (1968), the epic war drama ‘Alfred the Great’ (1969), the war comedy drama ‘The Virgin Soldiers’ (1969), the drama ‘Spring and Port Wine’ (1970), the sci-fi drama ‘The Mind of Mr. Soames’ (1970), the comedy ‘The Chastity Belt’ (1972) and another comedy ‘Eskimo Nell’ (1975). He simultaneously worked for television too and some of his significant work of the period include an episode each of television series ‘Take Three Girls’ (1970), ‘UFO’ (1970), ‘Doctor at Large’ (1971) and ‘Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em’ (1973). In 1973, he was seen in the 4-part miniseries ‘Murder Must Advertise’ and in 1977 became a part of all 7 episodes of TV series ‘Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle’. He was also cast in TV movies ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ (1967), ‘The Moon Shines Bright on Charlie Chaplin’ (1973) and ‘Goose with Pepper’ (1975). Some of the other TV series that he acted in during this time include ‘Boy Meets Girl’ (1967), ‘Half Hour Story’ (1968), ‘Hark at Barker’ (1970), ‘Menace’ (1970), ‘Six Dates with Barker’ (1971), ‘The Two Ronnies’ (1971), ‘Kate’ (1971), ‘The Pathfinders’ (1972), ‘The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes’ (1973), ‘The Upper Crusts’ (1973), ‘Crown Court’ (1973), ‘Rooms’ (1975), ‘Killers’ (1976) and ‘Return of the Saint’ (1978).
The role that really made Christopher Timothy famous was that of James Herriot in BBC’s television series ‘All Creatures Great and Small’. The series, based on British veterinary surgeon and author Alf Wight's books, ran for 7 series (90 episodes) from 1978 to 1990 and became a huge hit. In 1993, he wrote, produced and appeared as himself in the documentary ‘James Herriot's Yorkshire’. Apart from this, he also acted in TV series ‘Jackanory’ (1989-1991), TV miniseries ‘All the World's a Stage’ (1984) and TV movie ‘See How They Run’ (1984). From 1986 to 1988, he lent his voice to various characters in the TV series ‘Hot Metal’ (5 episodes, uncredited) and in 1996 turned narrator for 6 episodes of TV Series documentary ‘Vets' School’. He narrated the 1997 TV Series documentary ‘Vets in Practice’ too. His other TV series of the time include ‘Take Three Women’ (1982), ‘The Kenny Everett Television Show’ (1987-1988), ‘Noel's House Party’ (1991-1992) and ‘Holby City’ (2000).
In the year 2000, Christopher Timothy began appearing in the role of Dr Brendan Mac McGuire in BBC daytime medical soap opera ‘Doctors’. He was one of the original nine regular characters of the show and continued in his role for 6 years till 2006, appearing in around 955 episodes. He also directed its 25 episodes. The show was nominated at several award functions in various categories and won a number of them too. In 2004, he played the role of Karl Ackerman in 4 episodes of another medical drama series ‘Casualty’ and followed it up with an episode each of television series ‘The Bill’ (2009), ‘Inspector Lewis’ (2011), ‘Midsomer Murders’ (2019), ‘Kate & Koji’ (2020) and ‘Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators’ (2020). In between, in 2017, he joined the cast of the long running British crime romance drama series ‘EastEnders’ and played the role of Ted Murray in its 128 episodes till 2019. From 2015 to 2022, he narrated over 135 episodes of the TV series documentary ‘The Yorkshire Vet’ and in 2018 narrated the TV movie documentary ‘When TV Animals Go Horribly Wrong’. In 2018-2019, he presented 7 episodes (2 seasons) of another TV series documentary ‘Great British Car Journeys’.
Christopher Timothy has appeared in and voiced numerous television commercials and has also worked on radio. In 2001, he became a part of BBC Radio’s ‘The Goon Again Show’ which marked the 50th anniversary of the original ‘The Goon Show. In the show, he took over the role of the announcer, a part that his father played in the original show. In the year 2011, he did a guest cameo as himself in the audio drama ‘We are not the BBC’. Additionally, he has also narrated several audio books for Macmillan Audio like ‘All Things Wise and Wonderful’, ‘James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories’, ‘Every Living Thing’ and ‘James Herriot's Animal Stories’.
In a working class family, the father Rafe attempts to deal with his children sternly, while the mother Hilda tries to deal with them leniently. Rafe’s method of dealing with them rubs them the wrong way, and he eventually ends up locking horns with Hilda.
Alfred the Great is a historical war drama film which tells the story of Alfred, who is about to take his priesthood vows, when England is invaded by the Vikings. Therefore, King Æthelred, his brother summons him, and Alfred has no other option but to leave for battle. After his brother passes away, Alfred doesn’t want to accept kingship, but he changes his mind after Britain is again attacked by the Danes.
