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Country matters [videorecording (DVD)].

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distributed by Koch Vision, c2008.

Country life -- England -- Drama.

Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936 -- Drama.

Video Difference legacy collection.

[videorecording (DVD)].

2 videodiscs (411 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Based on the short stories by A.E. Coppard and H.E. Bates.

Originally broadcast on Granada Television between 1972 and 1973.

Aspect ratio: 4x3.

"As seen on Masterpiece Theatre"--Container.

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.

Producer, Derek Granger ; written by A.E. Coppard & H.E. Bates ; adapted by Hugh Leonard, James Saunders, Julian Mitchell ; directed by Donald McWhinnie, Barry Davis, John McKenzie, Richard Martin, Silvio Narizzano.

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 and Nicholas Hoye.

"One of the most widely acclaimed drama series television has ever produced, these adaptations of short stories by A.E. Coppard and H.E. Bates present provocative and heartwarming tales set against the vast English countryside during the post-World War I period. Featuring stunning locations and star-studded casts that include Ian McKellen, Peter Firth, Pauline Collins, Rosalind Ayres and Prunella Scales, these eight lavish dramas reveal the timeless and constant qualities of the British landscape and its people."--Container.

BAFTA Award: Best Drama Series, 1972.

Television programs -- Great Britain.

Coppard, A. E. (Alfred Edgar), 1878-1957.

Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905-1974. Short stories. Selections.

Firth, Peter, 1953-

Collins, Pauline, 1940-

Ayres, Rosalind.

Scales, Prunella.

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