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Paradise Postponed: With Annette Crosbie, Paul Shelley, Peter Egan, David Threlfall. A clergyman, famous for his support of left-wing causes, dies, and surprises his family by leaving a great deal of money to a Conservative Member of Parliament.
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- 1986-09-15
- Drama
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Paradise Postponed (1986) is a British 11-episode TV serial based on the 1985 novel by writer John Mortimer. The series covered a span of 30 years of postwar British history, set in a small village.
- 11
- ITV
- 15 September –, 24 November 1986
Mon, Sep 22, 1986. The relationship between Fred, the jazz-drumming medical student, and Agnes, the local doctor's daughter, hits a sour note. Meanwhile, Henry finds out that he and his brother have more in common than either could have guessed.
11 x 50 minute episodes. It was hard to tell who the heroes were in John Mortimer’s Paradise Postponed, Thames Television’s blockbuster about dotty socialist vicar Simeon Simcox (Michael Hordern) – “The Red Rector” of the village of Rapstone Fanner – and how he died and left all his money (including a fortune in brewery shares) not ...
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Follow the families' interwoven histories from the years after WWII to the height of the Thatcher era. Nominated for four BAFTAs, Paradise Postponed and its sequel, Titmuss Regained, also star Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient), Annette Crosbie (Edward and the King), and Zoe Wanamaker (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone).
Feb 27, 2014 · Paradise Postponed - box set review. John Mortimer's socialist riposte to Thatcherism is beautifully acted and simply oozes nostalgia for a bygone Britain. Toby Manning. Thu 27 Feb 2014...
Season 2. 1991 • 3 Episodes. Season 2 of Paradise Postponed premiered on September 3, 1991. This British series, based on books by John Mortimer, follows the rise of Leslie Titmuss from humble beginnings in the 1950s to Tory cabinet minister in the 1980s.
