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Kilvert's Diary: Episode 4: Spring Fever

Kilvert's Diary

Episode 4: Spring Fever

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The daily life of a Victorian country curate. It's Spring and the young Curate is in love.

The daily life of a Victorian country curate. It's Spring and the young curate is love-sick for Daisy Thomas. So he decides to ask her father for permission to wed.

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, it's Spring and the young curate is restless. But this is no Spring fever. Kilvert is love-sick for Daisy Thomas and can wait no longer.  He decides to ask Daisy's father for permission to marry.  The conversation doesn't go exactly as he hoped.

Cast:
Francis Kilvert ..... Alastair James Murden
Richard Venables, Mr Pritchard, Mr Thomas ..... Matthew Gravelle
Mrs Chaloner, Anne Evans ..... Eiry Thomas 
Mrs Venables ..... 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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