Country Matters
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.
Top cast
Peter Firth
Roger Blackburn
Ian McKellen
David Masterman
Susan Penhaligon
Ianthe Forrest
Prunella Ransome
Katherine Forrest
Marilyn Taylerson
Julia Tern
Joe Holmes
Mr Foulkes
Rosalind Ayres
Alice Hartop
Ray Smith
Mr Holland
Brenda Bruce
Mrs Holland
Robert Keegan
Mr Hartop
Maria Charles
Mrs Hartop
Tom Chadbon
Albert
Penelope Wilton
Rachel Sullens
Clare Sutcliffe
Lindy Sullens
Gillian Martell
Mrs Adams
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- August 20, 1972
- Last air date
- March 11, 1973
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 13
- Episode runtime
- 1h
- Network
- ITV1
- Original language
- EN
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