Distributor:
Acorn Cast: Nigel Havers, Prunella Ransome, Glyn Houston Extras: No Easter Eggs: No
Format: VHS Video
Total
Running Time:
250 minutes Certificate:
12 Buy: Available
to buy online from Acorn
Media or from all
good video and DVD
stockists or by calling
020 8879
7000.
This
new VHS video only release from Acorn
Media UK brings us
in a double volume set the first
five episodes of the 1978 BBC
drama series A Horseman Riding
By. The storyline, based on R.F.
Delderfield's series of novels,
about Paul Craddock (played by
Nigel Havers in one of his first
big starring roles) coming home
from the Boer War and buying a
run down country estate in
Devonshire called Shallowford.
As Squire, Craddock has to turn
the run down and neglected
estate into a going concern.
At first running into conflict
with estate manager John Rudd
(played by Glyn Houston)
Craddock quickly comes to
respect Rudd and the pair work
together to turn the estate
around. Paul also falls for the
beautiful Claire Derwent (played
by Prunella Ransome) and the
pair get married.
Handesomely shot in the BBC's
classic serials vein the
production also features some
familiar faces in the supporting
cast including Pam St Clement (Eastenders),
Joby Blanshard (Doomwatch),
Forbes Collins (Poldark), and
Madge Ryan.
Available
to buy from Acorn
Media the VHS
release (not available as a DVD
release) contains episodes 1-5
of the serial. Tape One contains
episodes 1 and 2 Valley For Sale
and The Party.
Tape two contains episodes 3-5
An Outbreak of Romance, A Birth
and a Death and The Storm.
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