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    Drama TV Shows - 1960s 2 Mins Read

    Esther Waters

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    This four-week serial from the BBC starred Meg Wynn Owen in the title role. First shown on BBC2 in 1964, the episodes were repeated on BBC1 in Summer 1965.

    Esther Waters was driven from her family home by a drunken father (John Dearth) and entered into service as a kitchen maid at the Barfield racing stables.

    She was dismissed from her position when she fell pregnant with the illegitimate child of footman William Latch (John Bennett) and her life saw many other changes when he then abandoned her.

    She eventually promised to marry Salvation Army trumpeter Fred Parsons (Gordon Gostelow) but William turned up again, anxious to make amends for deserting her.

    By the final episode, Esther – courageous, stubborn and heroic – and William were happily running the King’s Head pub.

    Other key characters in  Esther’s story were her friend Margaret Gale (Gwendolyn Watts) – who was ultimately forced into prostitution; Mr Ward (Blake Butler), the head lad at the stables; and Randall, the butler (Carl Bernard).

    Recorded in the BBC’s Glasgow studio, the series was adapted from a novel by George Moore. The story of the kitchen maid who was dismissed from a late-Victorian horse racing household because she became pregnant by the footman shocked people when it appeared in the 1890s.

    The series was revived in 1977 with Gabrielle Lloyd as Esther and Alison Steadman as Sarah.

    Esther Waters
    Meg Wynn Owen
    William Latch
    John Bennett
    Mrs Barfield
    Pauline Letts
    Margaret Gale
    Gwendolyn Watts
    Mrs Latch
    Daphne Heard
    Mrs Barfield
    Pauline Letts
    Fred Parsons
    Gordon Gostelow
    Miss Rice
    Anne Ridler
    Mr Randall
    Carl Bernard
    Mr Ward
    Blake Butler
    Sarah
    Elizabeth Bell
    Esther’s father
    John Dearth
    Esther’s mother
    Ruth Porcher
    Miss Peggy
    Tracy Reed

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