Made-for-television film adaptation of Edith Nesbit's classic novel. When their father (Michael Kitchen) is imprisoned after being falsely accused of spying young Bobbie Peter and Phyllis are forced to move to Yorkshire with their mother (Jenny Agutter who played Bobbie in the 1968 film version). The local railway provides a useful focus for them and they strike up a friendship with an elderly gentleman (Richard Attenborough) who vows to help them prove their father's innocence
Based on Catherine Cookson's best-selling novel of murder passion and betrayed friendships this sweeping drama spans forty years during the second half of the 19th century. Roddy Greenback arrives in a remote Northumberland community. His father meets a violent death leaving the boy alone with no family to speak of. The young Roddy is adopted and raised by Kate Makepeace a good friend of his father and develops a close friendship with Hal and Mary Ellen but their sibling bond is put to the test as they become adults. The hidden secrets of the past are painfully unearthed as their lives continue to be intertwined by a tragic destiny.
Based on Catherine Cookson's best-selling novel of murder passion and betrayed friendships this sweeping drama spans forty years during the second half of the 19th century. Roddy Greenback arrives in a remote Northumberland community. His father meets a violent death leaving the boy alone with no family to speak of. The young Roddy is adopted and raised by Kate Makepeace a good friend of his father and develops a close friendship with Hal and Mary Ellen but their sibling bond is put to the test as they become adults. The hidden secrets of the past are painfully unearthed as their lives continue to be intertwined by a tragic destiny.
It's 1960s England and the world is changing fast... Martin Shaw plays one of the unsung heroes of detective fiction, Chief Inspector George Gently, whose passionate investigations reveal the dark underbelly of a society on the cusp of change. Lee Ingleby is his ambitious and undisciplined sidekick, Sergeant John Bacchus. Episode Comprise: Gently in the Night - Bacchus and Gently hunt for the murderer of a woman whose body is discovered in a local church. Gently Evil - A young woman's body is discovered in an idyllic coastal village with the subsequent investigation leading Gently and Bacchus to suspect her estranged husband. Goodbye China - Gently looks into the suspicious death of an old friend and informant when he is given different reasons for the man's demise by the coroner and the nurse who tended him in his final few hours. Gently in the Cathedral - As a result of one of Gently's old enemies being released from prison the detective finds himself suspended from duty and his life at risk.
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