A horseman riding by.

Contributor(s): Dudley, Phillip [director.] | Havers, Nigel, 1949- [actor.] | Houston, Glyn [actor.]Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: R-B02778-9 | RoadshowDistributor: [Pyrmont, New South Wales] : Roadshow Entertainment [distributor], [2015]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 6 DVD-videos (11 hr., 12 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscOther title: At head of title: R. F. Delderfield'sUniform titles: Horseman riding by (Television mini-series : 1978) Related works: Television adaptation of (work): Delderfield, R. F. 1912-1972. A horseman riding bySubject(s): Country life -- England -- Drama | World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama | Devon (England) -- History -- Drama | Devon (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- DramaGenre/Form: Television mini-series. | Television adaptations.
Contents:
Disc 1: Valley for sale ; The party -- An outbreak of romance -- Disc 2 : A birth and a death ; The storm -- Disc 3 : The hollow victory ; The lasy hot summer -- Disc 4 : Call to arms ; Death of a hero -- Disc 5 : The profiteers ; The bad season -- Disc 6 : The service ; The old and the new.
Production credits: Directed by Phillip Dudley, Alan Grintand, Paul Ciappessoni.Cast: Nigel Havers, Glyn Houston, Prunella Ransome.Summary: Nigel Havers (Chariots of Fire, Dangerfield) stars as Paul Craddock in this evocative adaptation of R.F. Delderfield's bestselling novel, a magnificent saga of rural Edwardian England from 1900 to the end of the Great War. Paul Craddock, invalided out of the army during the Boer War, becomes Squire of the long neglected Devonshire Estate of Shallowford House. The 13-part series charts Craddock's new life in the Valley, his relationships with his tenants, his popularity with the local women and subsequent marriage to a woman who longs for a life in the city and of course, its bitter and inevitable end. Life in Sorrel Valley is challenging for Paul because of the Valley's inhabitants and the harsh consequences of war; however all is not lost, when the woman he truly loves is once again by his side.
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"R-B02778-9."

Originally screened as a 13-part BBC drama series in 1978.

Based on the novels by R.F. Delderfield.

Special features: R F Delderfield biography and bibliography; Filmographies and photo gallery.

Directed by Phillip Dudley, Alan Grintand, Paul Ciappessoni.

Rated: M.

DVD ; Region 4.

In English. No subtitles.

Disc 1: Valley for sale ; The party -- An outbreak of romance -- Disc 2 : A birth and a death ; The storm -- Disc 3 : The hollow victory ; The lasy hot summer -- Disc 4 : Call to arms ; Death of a hero -- Disc 5 : The profiteers ; The bad season -- Disc 6 : The service ; The old and the new.

Nigel Havers (Chariots of Fire, Dangerfield) stars as Paul Craddock in this evocative adaptation of R.F. Delderfield's bestselling novel, a magnificent saga of rural Edwardian England from 1900 to the end of the Great War. Paul Craddock, invalided out of the army during the Boer War, becomes Squire of the long neglected Devonshire Estate of Shallowford House. The 13-part series charts Craddock's new life in the Valley, his relationships with his tenants, his popularity with the local women and subsequent marriage to a woman who longs for a life in the city and of course, its bitter and inevitable end. Life in Sorrel Valley is challenging for Paul because of the Valley's inhabitants and the harsh consequences of war; however all is not lost, when the woman he truly loves is once again by his side.

Nigel Havers, Glyn Houston, Prunella Ransome.

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