Description |
2 videodiscs (411 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
Note |
Title from container. |
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Based on the short stories by A.E. Coppard and H.E. Bates. |
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Originally broadcast on television between 1972 and 1973. |
Cast |
Ian McKellen, Prunella Ransome, Susan Penhaligon, Robert Keegan, Rosalind Ayres, Peter Firth, Penelope Wilton, Susan Fleetwood, Gareth Thomas, Brian Marshall, Jane Lapotaire, Stephen Chase, Keith Drinkel, Mary Weinbark, Prunella Scales, Nicholas Hoye. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
Adaptations of short stories by A.E. Coppard and H.E. Bates. Set against the English countryside during the post-World War I period. Reveals the timeless and constant qualities of the British landscape and its people. |
Contents |
Disc one: Craven arms ; The mill ; The sullen sisters ; The watercress girl -- Disc two: The little farm ; The black dog ; The higgler ; The ring of truth. |
Subject |
Country life -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Neighbors -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- England -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Genre |
Television programs Great Britain.
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Added Author |
Granger, Derek.
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Coppard, A. E. (Alfred Edgar), 1878-1957.
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Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905-1974.
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Leonard, Hugh.
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Saunders, James.
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Mitchell, Julian, 1935-
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McWhinnie, Donald.
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Davis, Barry, 1936-1990.
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Mackenzie, John, 1932-
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Martin, Richard.
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Narizzano, Silvio.
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McKellen, Ian.
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Ransome, Prunella, 1943-2003.
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Penhaligon, Susan.
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Keegan, Robert.
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Ayres, Rosalind.
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Firth, Peter, 1953-
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Wilton, Penelope, 1946-
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Fleetwood, Susan, 1944-1995.
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Thomas, Gareth.
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Marshall, Brian.
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Lapotaire, Jane.
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Chase, Alden, 1902-1982.
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Drinkel, Keith.
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Weinbark, Mary.
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Scales, Prunella.
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Hoye, Nicholas.
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Granada Television.
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Koch Entertainment (Firm)
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Added Title |
Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
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ISBN |
1417230096 |
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9781417230099 |
Standard No. |
741952648598 |
Music No. |
KOC-DV-6485 Koch Vision |
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