By Hugh Walpole , dramatised in four parts by Eric Pringle.
In 1730, on a wild romantic impulse, Francis Herries moves his family to a tumbledown ancestral house called Herries, ringed by the Cumberland fells.
Director David Blount. Repeated Friday 2.00pm

Set in the Lake District during the 18th century, Hugh Walpole's novel is the first in a sweeping family saga full of romance and drama. At the heart of it is Francis Herries, a man driven by impulses he cannot understand - he despises his wife, disposes of his mistress and yet falls selflessly in love with a young gypsy girl.