Alfred Edgar Coppard (4 January 1878 – 13 January 1957) was an English author, noted for his short stories, many of which had rural settings. Largely self-taught, he was championed by Ford Madox Ford and Arnold Bennett, among others, in his lifetime, and more recently by Frank O’Connor, Doris Lessing and Russell Banks. Some of his stories were dramatised for British television in the 1960s and 1970s.
An anthology series adapted from plays and short stories by A.E Coppard and H.E. Bates, depicting English country life and rural romance at the turn of the 20th-century. It presents unsentimental stories of human relationships and raw emotions – heartfelt passions, crippling frustrations, unspoken love and destructive jealousy.
Release Date1972-08-20
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Episode Count6
Vote Count5
Harvey Whitlow has been back from World War I for a year, and he's been having a hard time making a go of it. Keith Drinkell, as the peddler of farm products (called a "higgler" in England), is married to Jane Carr in a one-hour drama, "The Higgler," on the Masterpiece Theater.
Release Date1973-02-11
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Tommy Adams has become quite the grown man. Now 19 years old, he is the man of the house, working full-time and supporting his widowed mother. He has also taken quite a fancy to Rachel Sullens, a 26 year old woman who lives with her 19 year old sister, Lindy.
Release Date1972-09-03
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
A daughter visits her father after being estranged for 3 years and schemes to destroy his relationship with another woman.
Release Date1973-02-04
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
David Masterman is an artist and a teacher who has the pleasure of teaching an art class to a group of lovely young women. Three in particular are of interest to him.
Release Date1972-08-20
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
A bookmaker moves in with two sisters. He gets more than he bargained for.
Release Date1972-09-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Mary stands trial for throwing vitriol in the face of Elizabeth, her rival for the love of Frank.
Release Date1972-09-17
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
A series of short plays, all originally written in the 1920s.
Release Date1975-06-13
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
