Episode #1.23 (22 Jun. 1974)

Desperate for money, Lopez tries to extort money from Abel Walton by threatening to move a pregnant Emily to Guatemala.

Director:

Ronald Wilson

Writers:

Simon Raven, Anthony Trollope (novel)

Stars:

Susan Hampshire, Philip Latham, Stuart Wilson

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Susan Hampshire	...	Glencora
Philip Latham	...	Plantagenet
Stuart Wilson	...	Ferdinand Lopez
Sheila Ruskin	...	Emily Lopez
Donal McCann	...	Phineas Finn
Barbara Murray	...	Marie Finn
Roger Livesey	...	Duke of St. Bungay
Anthony Andrews	...	Silverbridge
Kate Nicholls	...	Lady Mary
Anna Carteret	...	Lady Mabel Grex
Brewster Mason	...	Abel Wharton
David Ryall	...	Sextus Parker
Angus MacKay	...	Mills Happerton (as Angus Mackay)
Clifford Rose	...	Quintus Slide
Donald Pickering	...	Dolly Longstaffe

Storyline

Desperate for money, Lopez tries to extort money from Abel Walton by threatening to move to Guatamala with a pregnant Emily. Seeing a way to be rid of his sleazy son-in-law at last, Walton offers to pay all of the bills if Lopez will agree to leave England without Emily and never to approach any family member again. Besides the 1700 pounds owed to tradesmen, he needs 5000 pounds for his directorship in a Guatamalan arms firm. In addition, the larcenous Lopez conspires with Parker to claim he owes 6000, not 2000, on his bad investment in the guano. When the story he sold to Slide becomes public in the newspaper, Finn comes to Plantagenet's aid in Parliament. He denounces Lopez's perfidy in soliciting payment from the Duke even though he was fully reimbursed by his father-in-law for his expenses from the Silverbridge by-election. The public outcry costs him a humiliating expulsion from his club, his position in South America, and withdrawal of financial help from Walton.

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Plot Keywords:

father in law | prime minister | guatemala | parliament | arms manufacturer | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Release Date:

22 June 1974 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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Quotes

Glencora: i read somewhere the other day that great ships always have little worms attached to them, but the great ships swim on, and there's nothing of the little worms.
Plantagenet: And the worms conquer at the last.
Glencora: They shall not conquer you.

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