TV series

The Carnforth Practice

Name: The Carnforth Practice
Released: 1974
Cast: Michael Elwyn

1974· 1 season· 50 min episodes★ 10.0Ended

On BBC Two — From BBC

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Synopsis

A six-part BBC2 drama about the Honourable Greville Carnforth, an aristocratic solicitor based in a small village community in the Lake District.

Themes

miniseries solicitor lost media lake district

Episodes

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E1 The AristocratNext upApr 21, 1974 · 50 min
Synopsis
Gypsy Aaros Boswell is arrested for beating up tanker driver John Webb. Solicitor Greville Carnforth bails him out but Boswell wants freedom to roam but is not wanted. When he shoots a policeman, Carnforth has to convince him to surrender.
Guest stars: Pamela Salem (Dr Helen Rheinman), Caroline Whitaker (Angela), Mark Edwards (Lord Penmere), Godfrey James (Wally Scott), Gigi Gatti (Carmelita), Leonard Rossiter (Aaros Boswell), David Daker (John Webb), Tom Chadbon (PC Henderson)
E2 The Last RomanApr 28, 1974 · 50 min
Synopsis
Miss Railton changes her Will, leaving her money to charity. When she dies, Carnforth acts as executor and discovers she held £62,000 in shares. Her brother, a judge, insists the money was given to him but Carnforth believes it's fraudulent.
Guest stars: Pamela Salem (Dr Helen Rheinman), Caroline Whitaker (Angela), Brian Gilbert (Tim), Mark Edwards (Lord Penmere), Terrence Hardiman (James Railton), Sylvia Coleridge (Miss Railton), Maurice Denham (Ernest Railton), Aimée Delamain (Lady Mary, Dowager Countess of Penmere)
E3 Undue InfluenceMay 5, 1974 · 50 min
Synopsis
Lady Mary is keen to stage a play about witchcraft. Dr Helen Rheinman struggles to convince psychosomatic Ann Pollock that she can walk. She learns Ann is obsessed with witch Martha Webb and talks of a mysterious masked man.
Guest stars: Pamela Salem (Dr Helen Rheinman), Brian Gilbert (Tim), Aimée Delamain (Lady Mary, Dowager Countess of Penmere), Sheila Burrell (Martha Webb), Colin Baker (Bob Anderson), Freda Dowie (Mrs Pollock), Helen Worth (Ann Pollock), Robert McBain (Dr Stanton)
E4 Carnforth PracticeMay 12, 1974 · 50 min
Synopsis
Carnforth represents George Hale at the Inquest of his wife Elizabeth Joan. The verdict concludes an accidental overdose. However, George, later, gets drunk and confesses that he committed the perfect crime.
Guest stars: Pamela Salem (Dr Helen Rheinman), Caroline Whitaker (Angela), Brian Gilbert (Tim), Mark Edwards (Lord Penmere), Neville Jason (Jim Gaunt), Gigi Gatti (Carmelita), Freda Bamford (Mrs Palfrey), George Innes (Freddie)
E5 The Tattered AnarchistMay 19, 1974 · 50 min
Synopsis
Landowner Colonel Nigel Douglas has summoned Carnforth to deal with Norman Coniston, with whom he has a long-standing feud. Douglas is an off-comer who is driving the locals away. Carnforth is trapped as he also represents Coniston.
Guest stars: Caroline Whitaker (Angela), Brian Gilbert (Tim), Neville Jason (Jim Gaunt), Godfrey James (Wally Scott), John DeVaut (Clerk of the Court), Campbell Singer (Col Nigel Douglas), Harry Markham (Norman Coniston), Daphne Oxenford (Marion Douglas)
E6 AdamMay 26, 1974 · 50 min
Synopsis
Adam Burton is an accomplished artist who is deaf and dumb. His mother Nancy lives in Raven House, on the Carnforth Estate, paying a peppercorn rent. Carnforth represents her and starts to think that Adam might be his half-brother.
Guest stars: Pamela Salem (Dr Helen Rheinman), Caroline Whitaker (Angela), Brian Gilbert (Tim), Mark Edwards (Lord Penmere), Neville Jason (Jim Gaunt), Godfrey James (Wally Scott), Gigi Gatti (Carmelita), Aimée Delamain (Lady Mary, Dowager Countess of Penmere)