A reflection of rural life in Victorian England in three parts by Neil Philip.
2: Silence Becomes Me Best A man's work is from sun to sun,
But a woman's work is never done.
'That's a rhyme I heard many a-time when I was young, and as far as the woman in the fen, like my mother, was concerned, there's no doubt it were a true saying. If life was hard for the men, it was harder still for the women.'
With music by GEORGE ISOBEL DEACON Producer JOHN KNIGHT BBCBristol. Stereo