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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