Flambards (1979-01-26 S01E01 by Alan Plater) CHRISTINA

1979 · Producers: David Cunliffe - executive producer, Leonard Lewis - producer / Directors: Lawrence Gordon Clark, Michael Ferguson, Leonard Lewis, Peter Duffell / Writers: K.M. Peyton (novel), Alan Plater (story), Alex Glasgow, William Humble / Starring: Christine McKenna, Rosalie Williams, Steven Grives

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PLOT: In the early 1900's in England, young Christina is orphaned and goes to live with her Uncle Russell, who owns the country estate of Flambards, and has two sons. Mark, the elder, is a wastrel, a roue and, like his father, loves to hunt. The younger son William lives to fly aeroplanes. Christina finds herself struggling with the ideas of classism as she falls in love with country life, the hunt, and one of her cousins. But after their impulsive marriage, when her husband is called away by the First World War, Christina must keep Flambards afloat by herself.TRIVIA:01) Christine McKenna had read K.M. Peyton's Flambards novels and desperately wanted the part of Christina. When producer Leonard Lewis asked her whether she could ride a horse, she assured him that she was an expert and could even ride side-saddle. In reality she had never ridden before in her life. When she learned that she had got the part, one week before filming started, she went out and bought a pair of riding boots and a hard hat, and booked an intensive course of riding lessons. She was so saddle-sore by the end of the lessons and the start of filming that although she could ride passably well, she could barely walk and sitting was painful.02) When the series was originally shown, the first episode was 90 minutes long and was titled "Christina" in the opening titles and "The Blooding" in the caption after the second commercial break. For subsequent repeats and the DVD release, longer versions of this first episode were shown as two separate 60-minute episodes with titles "Christina" and "The Blooding." QUOTES:[talking about Dorothy, Sandy's fiance]William Russell: She's Sandy's.Christina Parsons: Oh, did Sandy win her in a raffle then? IMDb User Reviews at:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077010/reviews?ref_=tt_urv ** The non-profit streaming of the commercial free, quality films I have very much enjoyed and therefore uploaded to archive.org, are for educational purposes. I have uploaded each movie for posterity, with the hope that all present and future generations will learn from and enjoy them, as much as I have. I own zero rights to this film, nor to any other I have uploaded, and I receive nothing for the uploads nor for the information I put with those uploads. Although I do receive great joy from sharing these uploads with you, I have no wish to infringe on any existing copyright laws. DEF gp ddh **