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The Carnforth Practice

The Carnforth Practice

★ 10.0/10•1974•50m•Drama
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A six-part BBC2 drama about the Honourable Greville Carnforth, an aristocratic solicitor based in a small village community in the Lake District.

StatusEnded
Runtime50m
LanguageEN
First Air DateApr 21, 1974

Episodes

E150m

The Aristocrat

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.

Apr 21, 1974

E250m

The Last Roman

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.

Apr 28, 1974

E350m

Undue Influence

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.

May 5, 1974

E450m

Carnforth Practice

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.

May 12, 1974

E550m

The Tattered Anarchist

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.

May 19, 1974

E650m

Adam

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.

May 26, 1974

Actors

Michael Elwyn

Michael Elwyn

The Honourable Greville Carnforth

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