Series · Drama
Country Matters (1972)Season 1
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.
- Creator
- H. E. Bates, A. E. Coppard
- Writers
- H. E. Bates, A. E. Coppard, Hugh Leonard
- Network
- ITV1
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- August 20, 1972
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Peter FirthTommy Adams
Ian McKellenDavid Masterman
Susan PenhaligonIanthe Forrest
Prunella RansomeKatherine Forrest- Marilyn TaylersonJulia Tern
- Joe HolmesMr Foulkes
Rosalind AyresAlice Hartop
Ray SmithMr Holland
Brenda BruceMrs Holland- Robert KeeganMr Hartop
Maria CharlesMrs Hartop
Tom ChadbonAlbert
Penelope WiltonRachel Sullens
Clare SutcliffeLindy Sullens- Gillian MartellMrs Adams
Trevor BannisterArthur Dagnall
Queenie WattsMolly Blatts- James OttawayMr Duffy
John HorsleyJudge
Pauline CollinsRuby
Episodes
0/6 watched- Episode 1: Craven Arms1 h · Aug 20, 1972
- Episode 2: The Mill1 h · Aug 27, 1972
- Episode 3: The Sullen Sisters1 h · Sep 3, 1972
- Episode 4: Crippled Bloom1 h · Sep 10, 1972
- Episode 5: The Watercress Girl1 h · Sep 17, 1972
- Episode 6: Breeze Anstey1 h · Sep 24, 1972
