A story of Flanders in eight parts by Gerard Walschap

While Thijs has been away in Brussels, Rosa has married Karel the local schoolteacher, expecting that he will take her away from Valley Farm. But she soon realises that Karel has only married her for the farm and that the man she really loves, Thijs, has resigned himself to taking care of her half-witted sister Lotte. When Thijs returns to work on the farm after military service, Rosa looks desperately for a means of escape.

Starring Hugo Metsers as Thijs with the English voices of Peter Marinker, Kate Binchy Angela Pleasence

A co-production by AVRO (Holland) and BRT (Belgium).