
Country Matters (1972)
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Ian McKellen as David Masterman
Episodes 13
The Higgler
Harvey Whitlow's mother cannot understand why Harvey has chosen to stand by his long time sweetheart Sophy Daws and reject the advances of well-to-do Mary. Filmed on location on the Snake Pass in Derbyshire and the village of Sheldon.
Read MoreCraven Arms
David Masterson is a philandering art teacher who is caught between his relationships with three of his pupils.
Read MoreThe Sullen Sisters
19 year-old Tommy Adams is desperately in love with Rachel Sullens, the local postmistress. His wishes to get married are thwarted by his possessive and suspicious mother.
Read MoreCrippled Bloom
About Ruby and Nan, two sisters who share a house with Ruby's husband Potter-Jones and the bitter triangular relationships which ensues.
Read MoreThe Watercress Girl
Play by Hugh Leonard, Mary McDowall stands trial for an attack on a rival in love. But what were the reasons behind her refusal to marry Frank, her lover?
Read MoreBreeze Anstey
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The Little Farm
Tom Richards an illiterate farmer advertises for a housekeeper. Edna Johnson takes the post and they seem destined for happiness until they encounter the distructive forces of jealousy.
Read MoreThe Black Dog
The Hon. Gerald Laughlin finds himself locked in a power struggle between Nathaniel Crabbe's daughter, Orianda, and Crabbe's mistress Lizzie, under the roof of his inn the Black Dog.
Read MoreThe Simple Life
Stella Bartholomew is disillusioned with her husband's weekend obsession with the "simple life" at their country retreat, until Roger comes to help around the house.
Read MoreAn Aspidistra in Babylon
Summer in Dover 1919: Christine's mother runs a boarding house, in which Christine feels like the dull aspidistras which clutter the rooms, until Captain Blaine arrives to find rooms for his rich aunt. Christine falls in love for the first time, and under goes a violent change from innocent young girl into a woman brought to the very edge of corruption.
Read MoreThe Ring of Truth
As young Pickard listens to the revelations of Kitty, the girl in the hotel bar, about her dream life, he realises that at last he has found a sympathetic friend who might help him discover the secret behind his father's death - and help him find his own happiness. The experience of a strange dream has started George on his quest, and has led him to the northern country town where Kitty helps her sister manage the station hotel. Set in the 1930's, and filmed entirely on location in Todmorden, Yorkshire, and Marple, Cheshire.
Read MoreThe Four Beauties
Henry Batley, a bored young journalist in a small town is attracted to both Christie Davenport and her sister Sophie, whilst younger sister Tina is determined to make him hers.
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