One year in Heddington, Wiltshire. A documentary serial in eight parts. 6: Of Feuds and Flags, Pheasants and Fetes
May brings a double set-back for village schoolmaster JOHN STOT-HARD. Voted off the Parish Council, he is foiled in his scheme for securing the Chairmanship to his friend and ally-publican BILL PITT. The farmers' lobby is triumphant.
Heddington Church becomes a Consistory Court for the day, as the Chancellor of the Diocese adjudicates beneath its rotting beams and loose slates on whether the Elizabethan flagon can be auctioned off to defray the cost of a new roof.
Lord Shelburne's estate is a hive of activity. It's pheasant-rearing time. His Lordship's gamekeepers need all their skill to bring the baby birds to the peak of their condition - in time to face the guns in the autumn. Directed and narrated by DAVID PRITCHARD
Film editor JOHN BAHNES
Executive producer ROGER MILLS Producer MARK ANDERSON