The Carnforth Practice

1974 · Ended · 1 season · 6 episodes · Drama · United Kingdom

Creator Colin Morris, Diane Campbell · Channel BBC Two · Starring Michael Elwyn, Pamela Salem, Caroline Whitaker

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

6 episodes · April 1974 – May 1974
  1. Episode 1: 1. The AristocratApril 21, 1974 · 50 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.
  2. Episode 2: 2. The Last RomanApril 28, 1974 · 50 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.
  3. Episode 3: 3. Undue InfluenceMay 5, 1974 · 50 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.
  4. Episode 4: 4. Carnforth PracticeMay 12, 1974 · 50 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.
  5. Episode 5: 5. The Tattered AnarchistMay 19, 1974 · 50 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.
  6. Episode 6: 6. AdamMay 26, 1974 · 50 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.

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Film and series details

EPISODE LENGTH
50 minutes
FIRST AIRED
April 21, 1974
LAST AIRED
May 26, 1974
PRODUCTION COMPANY
BBC

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