The Carnforth Practice (1974)
Synopsis
A six-part BBC2 drama about the Honourable Greville Carnforth, an aristocratic solicitor based in a small village community in the Lake District.
First Air Date: 1974-04-21
Last Air Date: 1974-05-26
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 6
Created By: Colin Morris, Diane Campbell
Networks: BBC Two
Top Cast
- Michael Elwyn as The Honourable Greville Carnforth
- Pamela Salem as Dr Helen Rheinman
- Caroline Whitaker as Angela
- Brian Gilbert as Tim
- Mark Edwards as Lord Penmere
- Neville Jason as Jim Gaunt
- Godfrey James as Wally Scott
- Gigi Gatti as Carmelita
- Aimée Delamain as Lady Mary, Dowager Countess of Penmere
- John DeVaut as Clerk of the Court
Seasons
Miniseries (1974)
A six-part BBC2 drama about the Honourable Greville Carnforth, an aristocratic solicitor based in a small village community in the Lake District.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: The Aristocrat
Gypsy Aaros Boswell is arrested for beating up tanker driver John Webb. Solicitor Greville Carnforth bails him out but Boswell wants freedom to roam but is not wanted. When he shoots a policeman, Carnforth has to convince him to surrender.
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Ep. 2: The Last Roman
Miss Railton changes her Will, leaving her money to charity. When she dies, Carnforth acts as executor and discovers she held £62,000 in shares. Her brother, a judge, insists the money was given to him but Carnforth believes it's fraudulent.
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Ep. 3: Undue Influence
Lady Mary is keen to stage a play about witchcraft. Dr Helen Rheinman struggles to convince psychosomatic Ann Pollock that she can walk. She learns Ann is obsessed with witch Martha Webb and talks of a mysterious masked man.
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Ep. 4: Carnforth Practice
Carnforth represents George Hale at the Inquest of his wife Elizabeth Joan. The verdict concludes an accidental overdose. However, George, later, gets drunk and confesses that he committed the perfect crime.
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Ep. 5: The Tattered Anarchist
Landowner Colonel Nigel Douglas has summoned Carnforth to deal with Norman Coniston, with whom he has a long-standing feud. Douglas is an off-comer who is driving the locals away. Carnforth is trapped as he also represents Coniston.
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Ep. 6: Adam
Adam Burton is an accomplished artist who is deaf and dumb. His mother Nancy lives in Raven House, on the Carnforth Estate, paying a peppercorn rent. Carnforth represents her and starts to think that Adam might be his half-brother.
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