Hadleigh has his hands full with a weekend party, ostensibly with a view to discussing a new motorway planned to cut through part of Westdale with a few prominent landowners. Two of the guests are John and Eileen Billingham, Eileen is a farmers’ daughter and every time she comes back to Yorkshire she feels like a second-class citizen, and that her husband married beneath him. Eileen is also troubled about the fact that her husband is keen for the motorway to go ahead even though it would mean her father having to lose his farm.
The return of the series was also given the accolade of a TV Times cover ( 2 Jan 71) complete with the excellent picture above of Hadleigh’s new car, the Swiss made Monteverdi 375L. At the time, it had a price tag of £10,450 (which would equate to £125,750 in 2023). In the accompanying interview, Gerald Harper talked about his love of horses and his even then controversial love of hunting. He also explained why he preferred TV to Theatre and being able to do things on his own terms.
First broadcast 8th January 1971.
Cast:
Gerald Harper as James Hadleigh
Alastair Hunter as Maxwell
Ambrosine Phillpotts as Aunt Helen
Roland Culver as Major Cray-Crocker
Joyce Carey as Lady Evelyn Cray-Crocker
Edward Underdown as Henry Fawcett
Judy Campbell as Cynthia Fawcett
Jo Maxell-Muller as Sarah Fawcett
Moray Watson as John Billingham
Mary Peach as Eileen Billingham
Writer: Hugh Whitemore / Production Design: Andrew Drummond / Director: John Frankau
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The character of James Hadleigh first appeared in a 13 Episode series called Gazette en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazette...) , as a millionaire who relocates from London to Yorkshire and buys a local newspaper founded by his father many years before. Here's a link to the first episode: • Gazette (1968) Episod...
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