Country Matters Season 2

E1: The Little Farm

Tom Richards an illiterate farmer advertises for a housekeeper. Edna Johnson takes the post and they seem destined for happiness until they encounter the distructive forces of jealousy.

E2: The Black Dog

The Hon. Gerald Laughlin finds himself locked in a power struggle between Nathaniel Crabbe's daughter, Orianda, and Crabbe's mistress Lizzie, under the roof of his inn the Black Dog.

E3: The Higgler

Harvey Whitlow's mother cannot understand why Harvey has chosen to stand by his long time sweetheart Sophy Daws and reject the advances of well-to-do Mary. Filmed on location on the Snake Pass in Derbyshire and the village of Sheldon.

E4: The Simple Life

Stella Bartholomew is disillusioned with her husband's weekend obsession with the "simple life" at their country retreat, until Roger comes to help around the house.

E5: An Aspidistra in Babylon

Summer in Dover 1919: Christine's mother runs a boarding house, in which Christine feels like the dull aspidistras which clutter the rooms, until Captain Blaine arrives to find rooms for his rich aunt. Christine falls in love for the first time, and under goes a violent change from innocent young girl into a woman brought to the very edge of corruption.

E6: The Ring of Truth

As young Pickard listens to the revelations of Kitty, the girl in the hotel bar, about her dream life, he realises that at last he has found a sympathetic friend who might help him discover the secret behind his father's death - and help him find his own happiness. The experience of a strange dream has started George on his quest, and has led him to the northern country town where Kitty helps her sister manage the station hotel. Set in the 1930's, and filmed entirely on location in Todmorden, Yorkshire, and Marple, Cheshire.

E7: The Four Beauties

Henry Batley, a bored young journalist in a small town is attracted to both Christie Davenport and her sister Sophie, whilst younger sister Tina is determined to make him hers.