Kilvert’s Diary

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Kilvert's Diary: Episode 1:  Villaging

Kilvert's Diary

Episode 1:  Villaging

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The daily life of a young curate in the border country of England and Wales in the 1870s.

The daily life of a Victorian country curate. Kilvert officiates at the wedding of a reluctant bride, does battle with a cow's tongue, and regrets visiting a neighbour's bee hives.

The daily life of a Victorian country curate.

Francis Kilvert was a young English clergyman and diarist, whose parish was the border country of England and Wales in the 1870s. During his time as curate in Clyro he kept a detailed diary of his daily life in the hope that it might be of interest "to those who come after me". Kilvert's love of nature, and compassion for his parishioners, shines from every page.

In this episode, he officiates at the wedding of a very reluctant bride, struggles to carve an enormous cow's tongue with a blunt knife at a tea party, and comes to regret agreeing to inspect a neighbour's bee hives.  

Cast:
Francis Kilvert ..... Alastair James Murden
Richard Venables, Bellringer, Barber ..... Matthew Gravelle
Mrs Chaloner, Eliza Pring, Mrs Bridge ..... Eiry Thomas 
Mrs Venables, Miss Llewelyn ..... Bethan Rose Young
 
Recorded on location at Rhosygilwen in Pembrokeshire.

All Things Bright And Beautiful sung by children from Ysgol Maenclochog.  Other music by Crasdant. 

Adapted and directed by Kate McAll
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The daily life of a Victorian country curate. Recorded on location at Rhosygilwen in Pembr

The daily life of a Victorian country curate. Francis Kilvert was a young English clergyman and diarist, whose parish was the border country of England and Wales in the 1870s.

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