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Country Matters is a drama TV series that premiered on ITV1 on August 20, 1972. It has 2 seasons and 13 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 2 Episode 7 "The Four Beauties", aired on March 11, 1973.
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.
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13 episodes · 2 seasons
1972 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 54 years ago
Two young women run an herb farm during the Depression.
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?
Sisters Ruby and Nan share a house with the former's husband, and a bitter triangular relationships that ensues.
19-year-old Tommy Adams is desperately in love with Rachel Sullens, the local postmistress. His desire to get married are thwarted by his possessive and suspicious mother.
At 17 years of age, Leslie Hartop's parents decide the time has come for her to make her way in the world. She moves in with the Hollands who live in a old mill. Mr Holland doesn't use the mill per se and is a scrap dealer by profession. Mrs Holland suffers from the dropsies and spends most of her time in bed either writing to their son, a soldier stationed in Germany, or reading letters he has written. Leslie is hard-working, but also quite innocent. When Mr Holland makes sexual advances, she submits but soon finds herself pregnant.
Artist David Masterman has the pleasure of teaching an art class to a group of lovely young women. Three in particular are of interest to him: Ianthe and Katherine Forrest, who have little artistic talent but are both quite attractive, and Julia Tern, whose talents in some areas match his own. There are few young men around as it's just after World War I — and mores are changing. Masterman doesn't see himself as having the temperament to settle down with just one woman, but when one leaves for several months, he wonders if he has fallen in love.
1973 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 53 years ago
Henry Batley, a bored young journalist in a small town, is attracted to Davenport sisters Christie and Sophie, whilst younger sister Tina is determined to make him hers.
Following his father's death, George Pickard has a strange dream where his father tells him he's travelling to the small town of Skelby Moor, where he learns both the positives and negatives of his lineage.
Dover, summer 1919: Christine's mother runs a boarding house, in which Christine feels like the dull aspidistras which clutter the rooms, until the dashing Captain Blaine arrives to find rooms for his rich aunt. Christine falls in love for the first time, and undergoes a jarring change from innocence to corruption.
Stella Bartholomew is disillusioned with her husband's weekend obsession with the 'simple life' at their country retreat, until Roger comes to help around the house.
Harvey Witlow's mother cannot understand why Harvey has chosen to stand by his longtime sweetheart Sophy Daws and reject the advances of well-to-do Mary.
The Honourable Gerald Laughlin finds himself locked in a power struggle between Nathaniel Crabbe's daughter, Orianda, and Crabbe's mistress Lizzie, under the roof of his inn the Black Dog.
Illiterate farmer Tom Richards advertises for a housekeeper. Edna Johnson takes the post and they seem destined for happiness until they encounter the destructive forces of jealousy.
Created by H. E. Bates and A. E. Coppard
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
Peter Firth
Tommy Adams
Penelope Wilton
Rachel Sullens
Clare Sutcliffe
Lindy Sullens
Gillian Martell
Mrs Adams
Trevor Bannister
Arthur Dagnall
Country Matters has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on March 11, 1973.
The most recent episode of Country Matters, Season 2 Episode 7 "The Four Beauties", aired on March 11, 1973.
Country Matters has 2 seasons with 13 episodes in total.
Country Matters first aired on ITV1 on August 20, 1972.
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