The Carnforth Practice

Name: The Carnforth Practice
Genre: Drama
Released: 1974-04-21
Rating: 10
Cast: Michael Elwyn

★ 10 /10 (1) • 1974

Drama

Creator Colin Morris, Diane Campbell

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

Seasons

Episodes

Country

United Kingdom

Status

Ended

Cast

Michael Elwyn

The Honourable Greville Carnforth · 6 eps

Pamela Salem

Dr Helen Rheinman · 5 eps

Lady Mary, Dowager Countess of Penmere · 3 eps

Nicholas Ashby · 1 eps

Maurice Denham

Ernest Railton · 1 eps

Leonard Rossiter

Aaros Boswell · 1 eps

Marion Douglas · 1 eps

Terrence Hardiman

James Railton · 1 eps

Col Nigel Douglas · 1 eps

Reviews

★★★★★

Where to Watch

Not available for streaming yet

Episode Guide

The Aristocrat

21 Abr 197450 min

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.

The Last Roman

28 Abr 197450 min

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.

Undue Influence

05 May 197450 min

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.

Carnforth Practice

12 May 197450 min

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.

The Tattered Anarchist

19 May 197450 min

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.

Adam

26 May 197450 min

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.