Country Matters

Series 2

7 episodes · Jan 28, 1973

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  • S2E1

    The Little Farm

    Jan 28, 197360m

    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.

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  • S2E2

    The Black Dog

    Feb 4, 197360m

    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.

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  • S2E3

    The Higgler

    Feb 11, 197260m

    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.

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  • S2E4

    The Simple Life

    Feb 18, 197360m

    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.

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  • S2E5

    An Aspidistra in Babylon

    Feb 25, 197360m

    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.

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  • S2E6

    The Ring of Truth

    Mar 4, 197360m

    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.

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  • S2E7

    The Four Beauties

    Mar 11, 197360m

    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.

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