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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.
Created by H. E. Bates, A. E. Coppard
Seasons
Cast
Ian McKellenDavid Masterman · 1 ep.
Susan PenhaligonIanthe Forrest · 1 ep.
Prunella RansomeKatherine Forrest · 1 ep.MMarilyn TaylersonJulia Tern · 1 ep.JJoe HolmesMr Foulkes · 1 ep.
Rosalind AyresAlice Hartop · 1 ep.
Ray SmithMr Holland · 1 ep.
Brenda BruceMrs Holland · 1 ep.RRobert KeeganMr Hartop · 1 ep.
Maria CharlesMrs Hartop · 1 ep.
Tom ChadbonAlbert · 1 ep.
Penelope WiltonRachel Sullens · 1 ep.
Clare SutcliffeLindy Sullens · 1 ep.GGillian MartellMrs Adams · 1 ep.
Trevor BannisterArthur Dagnall · 1 ep.
Queenie WattsMolly Blatts · 1 ep.JJames OttawayMr Duffy · 1 ep.
John HorsleyJudge · 1 ep.
Pauline CollinsRuby · 1 ep.
Anna CropperNan · 1 ep.
Joss AcklandPotter-Jones · 1 ep.GGeorge WaringMr Belfrage · 1 ep.
Meg JohnsonBarmaid · 1 ep.
Susan FleetwoodMary McDowall · 1 ep.
Gareth ThomasFrank Oppidan · 1 ep.
John WelshFergus McDowall · 1 ep.SSusan TebbsElizabeth Plantney · 1 ep.
Carl BernardThorpe · 1 ep.
Peter CellierArchibold · 1 ep.DDonald EcclesJudge · 1 ep.KKevin LindsayClerk · 1 ep.
William SimonsJesse · 1 ep.RRex ArundelDr Ainsworth · 1 ep.JJean RimmerWardress · 1 ep.
Morag HoodBreeze Anstey · 1 ep.
Meg Wynn OwenLorn · 1 ep.
Bernard ArchardVernon · 1 ep.
Peter FirthRoger Blackburn · 2 ep.
Rachel KempsonMiss Wills · 1 ep.
Tenniel EvansMr Harvey · 1 ep.
Joan NewellMrs Harvey · 1 ep.
Bryan MarshallTom Richards · 1 ep.
Barbara EwingEdna Johnson · 1 ep.
Michael ElphickJack · 1 ep.
Diane KeenGirl in Office · 1 ep.
Alistair CookeSelf – Narrator · 1 ep.
Stephan ChaseThe Honourable Gerald Laughlin · 1 ep.
Jane LapotaireOrianda Crabbe · 1 ep.
June WatsonLizzie · 1 ep.
Glyn HoustonNathaniel Crabbe · 1 ep.DDorothy BlackLady Tillington · 1 ep.HHerbert RamskillPorter · 1 ep.
Edward PeelMan in Tap Room · 1 ep.
Fred FeastFarmer · 1 ep.
Keith DrinkelHarvey Witlow · 1 ep.MMary WimbushMrs Witlow · 1 ep.
Jane CarrSophy Daws · 1 ep.
Sheila RuskinMary Sadgrove · 1 ep.
Rosalie CrutchleyMrs Sadgrove · 1 ep.DDaphne HeardCassandra · 1 ep.Crew
Directing
Donald McWhinnie (Director), Barry Davis (Director), John Mackenzie (Director), Richard Everitt (Director), David Giles (Director), Silvio Narizzano (Director), Peter Wood (Director), Richard Martin (Director)
Donald McWhinnie (Director), Barry Davis (Director), John Mackenzie (Director), Richard Everitt (Director), David Giles (Director), Silvio Narizzano (Director), Peter Wood (Director), Richard Martin (Director)
Writing
H. E. Bates (Story), A. E. Coppard (Story), Hugh Leonard (Writer), James Saunders (Writer), Hugh Whitemore (Writer), Jeremy Paul (Writer), Julian Mitchell (Writer)
H. E. Bates (Story), A. E. Coppard (Story), Hugh Leonard (Writer), James Saunders (Writer), Hugh Whitemore (Writer), Jeremy Paul (Writer), Julian Mitchell (Writer)
Production
Derek Granger (Producer)
Derek Granger (Producer)
Sound
Derek Hilton (Original Music Composer)
Derek Hilton (Original Music Composer)
Data: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB), Wikidata.