The Complete Series available for the first time on DVD in the UK

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.

Commissioned by Granada TV, Country Matters ran for two series with thirteen 60-minute episodes. Adaptations of H.E. Bates stories include:

• The Mill (filmed in Alport, Derbyshire; starring Rosalind Ayres, Brenda Bruce and Tom Chadbon)
• The Simple Life (filmed in Lancaster; starring Peter Firth, Maggie Fitzgibbon and Robert Urquhart)
• An Aspidistra in Babylon (filmed in St. Margaret's Bay and Dover; starring Jeremy Brett and Carolyn Courage)
• The Ring of Truth (filmed in Todmorden and Marple; starring Prunella Scales, Nicholas Hoye and Cherith Mellor)
• The Four Beauties (featuring Michael Kitchen, Zena Walker and Jan Francis)
• The Little Farm (filmed in Wildboarclough, Cheshire; featuring Michael Elphick)
• Breeze Anstey (featuring Morag Hood & Bernard Archard)

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