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By the Sword Divided: 3: The Sound of Drums

BBC One
on BBC One London

by Alfred Shaughnessy
A serial in ten episodes created by John Hawkesworth

September 1642. The Lacey family - like England - is now divided and prepares for civil war. Sir Martin and his Troop of Horse ride out to the first battle at Edgehill.

An exhibition of costumes is currently on display at Longleat House, Warminster, Wiltshire
(Timewatch investigates Royalist Oxford, Tuesday 8.10 pm, BBC2)
(Subtitles on Ceefax page 170)

Contributors

Writer:
Alfred Shaughnessy
Serial created by/Executive Producer:
John Hawkesworth
Music composed by:
Ken Howard
Music composed by:
Alan Blaikley
Designer:
Chris Pemsel
Producer:
Brian Spiby
Director:
Henry Herbert
Sir Martin Lacey:
Julian Glover
Anne Fletcher:
Sharon Mughan
Tom Lacey:
Timothy Bentinck
Lucinda Lacey:
Lucy Aston
Susan Protheroe:
Judy Buxton
Emma Bowen:
Janet Lees Price
Walter Jackman:
Edward Peel
Matthew Saltmarsh:
Frank Mills
Dick Skinner:
Peter Guinness
John Moresby:
Wilfred Grove
Hannah:
Joanna Myers
Goodwife Margaret:
Rosalie Crutchley
Nathaniel Cropper:
Andrew MacLachlan
Charles Pike:
Mark Burns
Peter Crane:
Adam Blackwood
Squire Capel:
Alan Melville
Hugh Brandon:
Simon Butteriss
Sam Saltmarsh:
Michael Parkhouse
Minty:
Eileen Way
Mrs Dumfry:
Claire Davenport
The Rev Butterworth:
Jonathan Elsom
Lord Edward Ferrar:
Tim Brierley
Will Saltmarsh:
Simon Dutton
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