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.
Publisher:Port Washington, NY : Distributed by Koch Vision, [2008]
General Note: Originally broadcast on television between 1972 and 1973.Based on the short stories by A.E. Coppard and H.E. Bates.Title from container.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Participant or Performer Note: 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.