Sunset Song

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6 x 45 minute episodes

Chris Guthrie (Vivien Heilbron) lives with her family on a bleak farm in North East Scotland at the turn of the 20th century.

On her mother’s death, she assumes the running of the farm with her stern, stiff-necked father and her older brother, but the men fall out, leaving Chris and her father to manage it alone.

When her father dies, Chris considers abandoning the farm but decides to carry on alone.

She marries a young farmer, Ewan Tavendale (James Grant) and they have a baby and are happy for the first time. But with the outbreak of the First World War, Ewan enlists and is killed in France.

Produced by BBC Scotland, this was their first colour production. Based on a novel by LG Gibbon.

Sunset Song was turned into a feature film starring Agyness Deyn in 2015.

Chris Guthrie
Vivien Heilbron
Jean Guthrie
Edith MacArthur
Will Guthrie
Paul Young
John Guthrie
Andrew Keir
Rob Duncan
Derek Anders
Chae Strachan
Victor Carin
Mrs Mutch
Jean Fitzpatrick
Munro of Cuddlestoun
John Grieve
Kirsty Strachan
Anne Kristen
Mrs Munro
Mary Riggans
Ewan Tavendale
James Grant
Reverend Gibbon
Charles Kearney
Alec Mutch
Alex McAvoy
Aunt Janet
Jean Faulds
Gordon of Upperhill
Bill Gavin
Uncle Tam
Roddy McMillan

Episodes

The Unfurrowed Field | Ploughing | Drilling | Seed Time | Harvest | The Song