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    1970s Television Drama Shows A UK TV 2 Mins Read

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    1 9 7 2 – 1 9 7 3 (UK)
    39 x 30 minute episodes

    A religious drama series from Granada in which middle-aged Church of Scotland minister Andrew Smith (Andrew Keir) – whose parish is in the small (fictional) country town of Lammerton (actually filmed in Gifford, 19 miles east of Edinburgh) – questions the purpose of his local ministry following his wife’s death of incurable and painful cancer.

    Storylines ranged from problems of broken marriages, adultery and bad housing to the morality of suffering, pain and the finality of death. Some of the writers came from Granada’s A Family at War.

    The series aired on Sunday evenings in the so-called “closed period” traditionally reserved for religious programming.

    Janet Munro – who played Elizabeth Crichton –  died of Ischaemic heart disease during the making of this series. She was just 38.

    Adam Smith
    Andrew Keir
    Annie Smith
    Brigit Forsyth
    Helen Smith
    Kara Wilson
    Alasdair McCaig
    Freddie Earlle
    Bill Conn
    Bill Gavin
    Dr Andrew Calvi
    Tom Conti
    Alex Houston
    Phil McCall
    Peggy Houston
    Amanda Walker
    Margaret Carus
    Maggie Jordan
    John Ross
    Willie Joss
    Aitken
    James Copeland
    Alexander Carus
    John Young
    Ben Davies
    Michael Elphick
    Matthew Smith
    Moultrie Kelsall
    Elizabeth Crichton
    Janet Munro
    Reverend Dr Rennie
    David Steuart
    Jamie Laidlaw
    Ron Bain
    David Crichton
    David Langton

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