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15 Minute Drama: Christopher William Hill - Angarrack

15 Minute Drama: Christopher William Hill - Angarrack: Episode 1: Autumn

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Episode 1: Autumn

Christopher William Hill - Angarrack

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Sir Richard wants to bequeath their crumbling ancestral home to the National Trust.

4 Extra Debut. To his wife's fury, Sir Richard wants to bequeath their crumbling ancestral home to the National Trust. Stars Richard Johnson.

Christopher William Hill's black comedy revolves around the future of a crumbling Cornish ancestral estate in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Sir Richard Penwerris (Richard Johnson), mired in debt, wishes to bequeath it to the National Trust, much to the fury of his wife, Lady Helen (Lia Williams) who plans to drag the estate, kicking and screaming, into the 20th century. Matters are complicated further by the sudden emergence of an heir to the estate, Rafe Penwerris (Henry Hadden-Paton), whom his father believed to have died in the war. A clash of Titans ensues - with only one winner. 

Cast:
Sir Richard Penwerris ..... Richard Johnson 
Lady Helen ...... Lia Williams 
Rafe ...... Harry Hadden-Paton 
Tregunna ....... Tony Haygarth 
Ralston ....... Nicholas Boulton

Incidental Music: composed by David Chilton

Producer: Gordon House
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Black comedy revolving around the future of a crumbling Cornish ancestral estate post-WWII

Black comedy revolving around the future of a crumbling Cornish ancestral estate in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War

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