William Holland Paupers And Pig Killers


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Paupers and Pig Killers FROM: Wed 7th Feb 1996, 14:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM The diary of William Holland - a Somerset parson - is dramatised in three episodes by Eric Pringle.   Director Cherry Cookson With Ronald Pickup as William Holland. 1: At the turn of the 18th century, William began his diaries of life in a small West Country community - a unique picture of a wonderful collection of characters and the entertaining and often hilarious things that happen to them.   Mary Holland: Rosemary Martin Robert: Gavin Muir Mr Amen: Gordon Gostelow Miss Dodwell: Tessa Worsley Farmer Morle: David Collings William Frost: David Timson With Andrew Branch, John Hartley, Stephen Critchlow and Jane Whittenshaw. 2: The Fruits of the Earth.   William is resolved to collect the tithes due to him.   Mary Holland: Rosemary Martin Robert: Gavin Muir Mr Amen: Gordon Gostelow Miss Dodwell: Tessa Worsley Farmer Landsey: David Timson With Andrew Branch, David Collings,   Stephen Critchlow, John Hartley,   Jane Whittenshaw and Caroline Strong. 3: Pastoral.   William is busy dealing with the problems amongst his parishioners.     William Holland: Ronald Pickup Mary Holland: Rosemary Martin Robert: Gavin Muir Mr Amen: Gordon Gostelow Miss Dodwell: Tessa Worsley Mrs Southcomb: Margaret Courtenay William Frost: David Timson Mr Lewis: Andrew Branch With John Hartley, Stephen Critchlow, Jane Whittenshaw, David Collings and Caroline Strong.   'A good diary can provide an unsurpassed entry into society, and the diary of William Holland is a very good diary indeed' -- The Spectator This is a day-to-day record of William Holland's life at the vicarage of Overstowey, together with detailed accounts of visits to Bath, Bristol, South Molton and London.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.