The Village
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.
Series Details
First Aired
2013-03-31
TMDb Rating
7.3
Seasons
2
Episodes
12
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
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