Diane Campbell
Director
The Carnforth Practice (1974)
Miniseries
A six-part BBC2 drama about the Honourable Greville Carnforth, an aristocratic solicitor based in a small village community in the Lake District.
Released April 21, 1974
Episode 50 min
None+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.solicitor, tmdb.lake-district, tmdb.lost-media, imdb.village, tmdb.miniseries
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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.
April 21, 1974, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
April 28, 1974, midnight
S1E3 - 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.
May 5, 1974, midnight
S1E4 - 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.
May 12, 1974, midnight
S1E5 - 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.
May 19, 1974, midnight
S1E6 - 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.
May 26, 1974, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 300 min.
Released: April 21, 1974
Last Air Date: May 26, 1974, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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