The Village (2013)
Synopsis
The Village is a BBC television drama created and written by Peter Moffat. Consisting of two six-episode series—the project intended as a 42-hour televised epic—the first series covers 1914 to 1920; the second continued the story into the 1920s. However, it was not commissioned for a third series. An epic drama charting the turbulent times experienced by one English village throughout the 20th century; births, deaths, political events and rebellions are among the events that occur during the time. Bert Middleton lives across the entire 100-year period, and his story from boyhood to old age forms the crux of the story, seen via flashbacks as Bert is interviewed in the present day by a documentarian working on a project about the second eldest man in the United Kingdom and his village.
First Air Date: 2013-03-31
Last Air Date: 2014-09-14
Number of Seasons: 2
Number of Episodes: 12
Created By: Peter Moffat
Networks: BBC One
Top Cast
- David Ryall as Old Bert Middleton
- Maxine Peake as Grace Middleton
- John Simm as John Middleton
- Charlie Murphy as Martha Allingham
- Emily Beecham as Caro Allingham
- Rupert Evans as Edmund Allingham
- Augustus Prew as George Allingham
- Juliet Stevenson as Clem Allingham
- Annabelle Apsion as Margaret Boden
- Anthony Flanagan as Arnold Hankin
Seasons
Series 1 (2013)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Episode 1
Bert is the second oldest man in Britain, and a film is being made about his life and his village. He takes us back to the summer of 1914, when he was 12 years old.
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Ep. 2: Episode 2
It is January 1915; the Middleton farm has fallen on very hard times, and John is drinking heavily. A strange incident then takes place at the manor house.
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Ep. 3: Episode 3
Conscription is introduced for the first time in British history. Call up papers are delivered throughout the village, and soldiers requisition Big Molly.
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Ep. 4: Episode 4
Bert decides that winning the Rondo, an annual wheel barrow race on the cricket field, is a matter of life or death: if he wins, then Joe will be kept safe.
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Ep. 5: Episode 5
Joe's brief leave is over. He has tried hard to conceal his shell shock but Grace knows that something is wrong. Bert's actions have disastrous consequences for the family.
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Ep. 6: Episode 6
The war is over, and the village tries to come to terms with its loss. The debate over how best to honour their dead divides the community.
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