A 12-part dramatisation of Peter Mayle's colourful and amusing bestseller detailing how he and his wife escaped from London's rat race to live in an old farmhouse in idyllic Provence. Shot on location in the south of France, it stars John Thaw, Lindsay Duncan
Peter and Annie leave their jobs in England to take up the good life in the Luberon. But they discover that Provencal life is not all wining, dining and sunshine - there are some unusual locals, strange customs and rather a lot of univited guests.
How Peter Mayle found the good life
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