Country Matters

Total Seasons :2Total Episodes : 13

Adapted from tales by A.E Coppard and H.E. Bates – two of the great masters of the short story – Country Matters unarguably remains a high point for television drama, winning the award for Best Drama at the 1973 BAFTAs. An anthology series of plays about English country life and rural romance at the turn of the twentieth century, it presents unsentimental stories of human relationships and raw e...

Episodes(6)

Craven Arms

1. Craven Arms

David Masterson is a philandering art teacher who is caught between his relationships with three of his pupils.

Air Date : 1972-08-20

The Mill

2. The Mill

Alice is hired to keep house at an old mill for the Hollands. Mrs. Holland has been bedridden for many years and her husband has been looking after her for several years.

Air Date : 1972-08-27

The Sullen Sisters

3. The Sullen Sisters

19 year-old Tommy Adams is desperately in love with Rachel Sullens, the local postmistress. His wishes to get married are thwarted by his possessive and suspicious mother.

Air Date : 1972-09-03

Crippled Bloom

4. Crippled Bloom

About Ruby and Nan, two sisters who share a house with Ruby's husband Potter-Jones and the bitter triangular relationships which ensues.

Air Date : 1972-09-10

The Watercress Girl

5. The Watercress Girl

Play by Hugh Leonard, Mary McDowall stands trial for an attack on a rival in love. But what were the reasons behind her refusal to marry Frank, her lover?

Air Date : 1972-09-17

Breeze Anstey