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Writers:
John Hawkesworth (writer)
Brian Thompson (writer)
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Release Date:
9 July 1989 (UK) more
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A new Earl, Michael Anstey, returns to England from Hong Kong to restore his family's estate.
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A suspenseful, intelligent and entertaining drama about a far-from wealthy aristocratic family and their "nouveau riche" neighbors in 1980s England. more (1 total)

Cast

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Angela Browne ... Barbara Chivers
David Buck ... Russell Fairless
Geoffrey Chater ... Rafe Hollingsworth
Michael Grandage ... Jamie

Stephen Greif ... Tony Evrington
Ronald Hines ... Charles Harper
Bernard Horsfall ... Albert Blackwell

Martin Jarvis ... Keith Shedden
Peter Jeffrey ... Michael Hincham
Gemma Jones ... Virginia Hincham
Phyllida Law ... Olivia Esholt
Catherine Russell ... Patricia Anstey
Sebastian Shaw ... Lord Toller
Lucy Sheen ... Rosie
John Stride ... Ewan Chivers

Gareth Thomas ... Peter Thornton
James Villiers ... Ronnie Esholt
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UK:55 min (8 episodes)
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A suspenseful, intelligent and entertaining drama about a far-from wealthy aristocratic family and their "nouveau riche" neighbors in 1980s England., 9 October 2005
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Author: massa-2 from Jamaica

Chelworth tracked the efforts of Michael Anstey (Peter Jeffrey) to make a financial success of running his family estate, restore its historic house and keep his family together. This was a suspenseful, intelligent and entertaining drama, co-written by John Hawkesworth (Upstairs, Downstairs and The Duchess of Duke Street). While not particularly deep, the social observation of 1980's ostentation and mores was quite acute. Among a strong cast, which included Phyllida Law, Martin Jarvis and James Villiers, I vividly remember Gemma Jones' beautifully restrained performance as the long-suffering Virginia Anstey.

Having recorded the series, I lent out the tape and never got it back. Unfortunately it does not yet appear to have been released on VHS or DVD but it deserves to be made available.

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