The Village

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.

About 12h to watch every episode. An estimate: 12 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 60 minutes.

Main cast

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  David Ryall
  Old Bert Middleton
  12 episodes

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  Maxine Peake
  Grace Middleton
  12 episodes

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  John Simm
  John Middleton
  12 episodes

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  Charlie Murphy
  Martha Allingham
  12 episodes

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  Emily Beecham
  Caro Allingham
  12 episodes

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  Rupert Evans
  Edmund Allingham
  12 episodes

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  Augustus Prew
  George Allingham
  12 episodes

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  Juliet Stevenson
  Clem Allingham
  12 episodes

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  Annabelle Apsion
  Margaret Boden
  12 episodes

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  Anthony Flanagan
  Arnold Hankin
  12 episodes

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  Joe Armstrong
  Bairstow
  11 episodes

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  Scott Handy
  Robin Lane
  11 episodes

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  Jim Cartwright
  Peter the Landlord
  11 episodes

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  Matt Stokoe
  Gerald Eyre
  10 episodes

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  Chloe Harris
  Agnes Hankin
  10 episodes

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  Ainsley Howard
  Norma Hankin
  9 episodes

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  Amelia Young
  Polly
  7 episodes

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  Tom Varey
  Bert Middleton
  6 episodes

Seasons

• Series 12013 · 6 episodes
• Series 22014 · 6 episodes