French Fields

French Fields

infobox television
show_name = French Fields
format = Comedy
runtime = 30 minutes per episode
creator = John T Chapman and Ian Davidson (writers)
starring = Julia McKenzie
Anton Rogers
Pamela Salem
Valerie Lush
Nicholas Courtney
Olivier Courtney
Philip McGough
Victoria Baker
Liz Crowther
Robin Kermode
Sally Baxter
Karen Ascoe
Philip Bird
country = United Kingdom
network = ITV (Produced by Thames Television)
first_aired = Tuesday, 5 September 1989
last_aired = Tuesday, 8 October 1991
num_episodes = 19|

"French Fields" is a British situation comedy. It ran for 19 episodes from 1989-1991. It was written by John T Chapman and Ian Davidson and was produced by Thames Television for ITV.

The series starred Anton Rodgers and Julia McKenzie as husband and wife William and Hester Fields and followed the series "Fresh Fields", which ran from 1984-1986. At the end of the last series of "Fresh Fields", William accepted a position with a French company. "French Fields" follows Hester and Williams after they make the move to Calais.

Other regular cast included their French real estate agent Chantal (Pamela Salem), who was also the Fields' neighbour to the left. On the right were the horrible and snobbish English couple the Trendles (Robin Kermode and Liz Crowther). Hester and William also coped with Madame Remoleux (Valerie Lush), an unintelligible and ancient French woman who lived in and cared for the estate — called Les Hirondelles (the Swallows) — where they all lived. Also popping in on a regular basis were local farmer and mayor Monsieur Dax (Olivier Pierre in series 1 and 2 and Philip McGough in series 3) and his daughter Marie-Christine (Victoria Baker), to whom Hester did her best to teach English. Nicholas Courtney also appeared frequently as the Marquis.

"French Fields" had several different time slots on ITV:
*Series 1 (6 Episodes) aired Tuesdays at 8.30pm (5 September - 10 October 1989)
*Series 2 (6 Episodes) aired Mondays at 8.00pm (24 September - 29 October 1990)
*Series 3 (6 Episodes) aired Tuesdays at 8.30pm (3 September - 8 October 1991)

A special 45-minute Christmas episode aired on Tuesday, 25 December 1990 at 10.00pm.

External links

*imdb title|id=0096590|title=French Fields
*imdb title|id=0086718|title=Fresh Fields


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