This thirteen-episode anthology of self-contained dramas set in the imaginary Lancashire city of Fylde was produced by Granada Television.
Home to over three-quarters of a million people, the city was the springboard for the various stories dealing with city dwellers in different levels of conflict. The debut episode was directed by Michael Apted.
Episodes featured Geoffrey Palmer, Gerry Cowan, Jon Finch, Martin Shaw, Gerald Harper, Siân Phillips, Keith Barron, Yootha Joyce, Bernard Horsfall, Roy Barraclough, James Beck, Diana Coupland, Kenneth Cranham, Adrienne Posta, Geoffrey Hughes, Bryan Mosley, Julie Goodyear, Wanda Ventham, John Bluthal, Harry H. Corbett, Windsor Davies, Pauline Yates, Bernard Hepton, Desmond Llewelyn, Wilfred Pickles, Robert Powell, Frank Thornton and many many other fine actors.
Episodes
The Old Country | It’s Dearer After Midnight | The Jonah Site | Freedom Of The City | Love Thy Neighbour | A Question Of Priorities | Who Pays? | In Memoriam | The Visitors | The Waiting Game | The Appointment | Son Of The City | The Shooting War
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