A Horseman Riding By (1978)

A Horseman Riding By is a 13-part BBC television serial produced by Ken Riddington, and adapted by Arden Winch, Alexander Baron, and John Wiles from R.F. Delderfield's 1966-68 historical novel series of the same name. Having been invalided out of the Boer War, Paul Craddock buys Shallowford, a manor house and estate in Devon, with money from his late father's scrapyard business. He soon becomes a much-respected 'Squire' determined to treat all his tenant farmers fairly, unlike his predecessor.

A Horseman Riding By

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as Paul Craddock

Prunella Ransome

Prunella Ransome

as Claire Craddock as Claire Derwent

as Violet Potter

Valerie Holloway

Valerie Holloway

as Cissie Potter

Gillian McCutcheon

Gillian McCutcheon

as Dr Maureen Reed as Dr Maureen O'Keefe

as Will Codsall

as Elinor Codsall as Elinor Willoughby

Philip Martin Brown

Philip Martin Brown

as Ada Handcock

as James Grenfell MP

as Edward Derwent

Pam St. Clement

Pam St. Clement

Christopher Reeks

Christopher Reeks

as Grace Craddock as Grace Lovell

as Reverend Horsey

as Arabella Codsall

as Martin Codsall

as Parson Augustus Bull

Valerie Phillips

Valerie Phillips

as Rose Derwent

as Martha Pitts

as Sydney Codsall

as Pansy Potter

Bernadette Windsor

Bernadette Windsor

as Hazel Potter

as Norman Eveleigh

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Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

Episodes season 1

1x1

1902: valley for sale
1x2

1902: the party
1x3

1903: an outbreak of romance
1x4

1905: a birth and a death
1x5

1905: the storm
1x6

1905: the hollow victory
1x7

1914: the last hot summer
1x8

1914: call to arms
1x9

1915: death of a hero
1x10

1916: the profiteers
1x11

1917: the bad season
1x12

1918: the service
1x13

1919: the old and the new

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