The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

Gentle drama series about the Warwickshire schoolteacher whose nature diary became a best seller.

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Drama
Created By

Dirk Campbell

First Aired on

Feb 22, 1984

1 seaons till May 16, 1984

Popularity: 0.246
1 votes
Production

ITV Central (GB)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: December

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 12 episodes

Season 1

Aired

12 Episodes
  • Episode 1January min

    New Year, 1906. Edith tries to patch up old squabbles at the Holden family reunion. Remembering happier childhood days when Emma, her mother, taught the family to draw and delight in nature, she makes an important resolution.

  • Episode 2February min

    Edith looks after ailing Rosie Logan and when she is better, takes her outdoors and shows her how to draw. Edith remembers her own art school days with her sister Evelyn who gave up a promising career for Frank Mathews.

  • Episode 3March min

    Edith's trouble between members of her family continues to grow. In flashbacks we see where some of the trouble first began. Edith's sister and family are also working on putting on a show to benefit the children of Frank's Cinderella Club.

  • Episode 4April min

    Edith takes a holiday from her teaching to travel to Scotland, in order to visit some old friends. The flashbacks show the first time Edith met these friends, when she attended art school there in her youth. She gets some new about her friend Belle, and advice from a woman on a train, which make her think about where her life may be heading.

  • Episode 5May min

    Edith experiences further troubles at home because her two brothers cannot seem to come to an agreement over how to run the family business. She wishes her mother was still alive to give her advice. In flashbacks we see when Edith's mother was first starting to become ill.

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