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.
Episodes Season Series 2 · 0/7 Series 1 · 0/6 0/7 watched · 1973
S02E01 The Little Farm 1973-01-28 60m
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. more
S02E02 The Black Dog 1973-02-04 60m
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. more
S02E03 The Higgler 1972-02-11 60m
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. more
S02E04 The Simple Life 1973-02-18 60m
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. more
S02E05 An Aspidistra in Babylon 1973-02-25 60m
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. more
S02E06 The Ring of Truth 1973-03-04 60m
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. more
S02E07 The Four Beauties 1973-03-11 60m
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. more 
