TV Series · 2013

The Village

60 min · Drama · Ended

Composite

7.2

IMDb

7.7 / 10

3,166 votes

TMDB

7.2 / 10

20 votes

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Synopsis

The Village is a BBC television drama created and written by Peter Moffat. Consisting of two six-episode series—the project intended as a 42-hour televised epic—the first series covers 1914 to 1920; the second continued the story into the 1920s. However, it was not commissioned for a third series. An epic drama charting the turbulent times experienced by one English village throughout the 20th century; births, deaths, political events and rebellions are among the events that occur during the time. Bert Middleton lives across the entire 100-year period, and his story from boyhood to old age forms the crux of the story, seen via flashbacks as Bert is interviewed in the present day by a documentarian working on a project about the second eldest man in the United Kingdom and his village.

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Cast

David Ryall

Old Bert Middleton

Tom Varey

Bert Middleton

Maxine Peake

Grace Middleton

John Simm

John Middleton

Charlie Murphy

Martha Allingham

Emily Beecham

Caro Allingham

Rupert Evans

Edmund Allingham

Augustus Prew

George Allingham

Juliet Stevenson

Clem Allingham

Annabelle Apsion

Margaret Boden

Anthony Flanagan

Arnold Hankin

Ainsley Howard

Norma Hankin

Joe Armstrong

Bairstow

Scott Handy

Robin Lane

Matt Stokoe

Gerald Eyre

Phoebe Dynevor

Phoebe Rundle

Derek Riddell

Bill Gibby

Andrew Gower

Gilbert Hankin

Crew

Art

Adam Tomlinson Art Direction
Maurice Cain Production Design
Duncan Wheeler Set Decoration

Production

Tim Whitby Producer
Beverley Keogh Casting Director

Sound

Adrian Corker Original Music Composer

Seasons & episodes

Series 1 (6 ep)

1. Episode 1

Mar 31, 2013 · 61 min

Bert is the second oldest man in Britain, and a film is being made about his life and his village. He takes us back to the summer of 1914, when he was 12 years old.
2. Episode 2

Apr 7, 2013 · 61 min

It is January 1915; the Middleton farm has fallen on very hard times, and John is drinking heavily. A strange incident then takes place at the manor house.
3. Episode 3

Apr 14, 2013 · 61 min

Conscription is introduced for the first time in British history. Call up papers are delivered throughout the village, and soldiers requisition Big Molly.
4. Episode 4

Apr 21, 2013 · 61 min

Bert decides that winning the Rondo, an annual wheel barrow race on the cricket field, is a matter of life or death: if he wins, then Joe will be kept safe.
5. Episode 5

Apr 28, 2013 · 61 min

Joe's brief leave is over. He has tried hard to conceal his shell shock but Grace knows that something is wrong. Bert's actions have disastrous consequences for the family.
6. Episode 6

May 5, 2013 · 61 min

The war is over, and the village tries to come to terms with its loss. The debate over how best to honour their dead divides the community.