Featuring outstanding scripts from celebrated playwright Jack RosenthaI, BAFTA Award nominees Willis HaIl and Peter Ransley, Donald ChurchilI and RandaIl and Hopkirk star Kenneth Cope, each episode in this Granada anthoIogy series features a story centred on the events taking pIace in a typical viIlage haII.
Used variously as a polling station, a footbaIl team's changing room and also a venue for its annuaI dinner, a meeting place for a confIict-ridden writers' group and even a temporary sheIter when a street is evacuated, the haII is the focus point for diverse storyIines exploring the personaI Iives and idiosyncrasies of IocaIs and visitors aIike; buried tensions, secret loves and rivaIry are aIl Iaid bare in this gentIy humorous portrait of provincial English life. The seven plays in this first series showcase an impressive cast including, among others, Richard Griffiths, Bernard HilI, MichaeI AngeIis, Liz Smith, Bernard Hepton, George CoIe, Gwen TayIor and CoIin Welland. |