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.
Country Matters (Сезон 2)
The Little Farm (Эпизод 1)
Сценарист: Hugh Leonard
Дата выхода: 1973-01-28
Продолжительность: 60 min
Описание: Illiterate farmer Tom Richards advertises for a housekeeper. Edna Johnson takes the post and they seem destined for happiness until they encounter the destructive forces of jealousy.
The Black Dog (Эпизод 2)
Сценарист: James Saunders
Дата выхода: 1973-02-04
Продолжительность: 60 min
Описание: The Honourable 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.
The Higgler (Эпизод 3)
Сценарист: Hugh Leonard
Дата выхода: 1972-02-11
Продолжительность: 60 min
Описание: Harvey Witlow's mother cannot understand why Harvey has chosen to stand by his longtime sweetheart Sophy Daws and reject the advances of well-to-do Mary.
The Simple Life (Эпизод 4)
Сценарист: Hugh Whitemore
Дата выхода: 1973-02-18
Продолжительность: 60 min
Описание: 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.
An Aspidistra in Babylon (Эпизод 5)
Сценарист: Jeremy Paul
Дата выхода: 1973-02-25
Продолжительность: 60 min
Описание: Dover, summer 1919: Christine's mother runs a boarding house, in which Christine feels like the dull aspidistras which clutter the rooms, until the dashing Captain Blaine arrives to find rooms for his rich aunt. Christine falls in love for the first time, and undergoes a jarring change from innocence to corruption.
The Ring of Truth (Эпизод 6)
Сценарист: Julian Mitchell
Дата выхода: 1973-03-04
Продолжительность: 60 min
Описание: Following his father's death, George Pickard has a strange dream where his father tells him he's travelling to the small town of Skelby Moor, where he learns both the positives and negatives of his lineage.
The Four Beauties (Эпизод 7)
Сценарист: Hugh Leonard
Дата выхода: 1973-03-11
Продолжительность: 60 min
Описание: Henry Batley, a bored young journalist in a small town, is attracted to Davenport sisters Christie and Sophie, whilst younger sister Tina is determined to make him hers.
Сезоны
Эпизоды 6
Эпизоды 7