Down to Earth (UK TV series)

Down to Earth (UK TV series)
Down to Earth
Down to Earth (UK TV series) DVD boxart.jpg
Format Drama/Comedy
Country of origin  United Kingdom
No. of episodes 40
Production
Running time approx. 60 mins
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One
Original run 6 August 2000 – 6 March 2005
External links
Website

Down to Earth was a BBC One television series first broadcast in 2000 about a couple who start a new life on a Devon farm. The early episodes of the series were based on a series of books written by Faith Addis about their real-life move from London to Devon.

The music in the series was composed by Sheridan Tongue, and had the song "After All this Time" as its opening and closing credits in series 2 and 3.

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Plot

The first series starred Pauline Quirke as Faith Addis, a teacher, and Warren Clarke as her long-suffering husband Brian, as they encountered various misfortunes and difficulties in adjusting to their new rural lifestyle, which isn't helped by their uncooperative children's attitude to moving to a new location. The series was generally light in tone, although took a tragic turn following Brian's death in a road accident in series three.

In 2003 the Addis family leave the farm for good. They are replaced by the Brewer family. Matt Brewer (Ian Kelsey) is Brian's cousin. He leaves the big city with his young new wife Frankie (Angela Griffin) and his three children from his first marriage to move to Devon to take over the farm.

Two years later the Brewer family moved back to the city and were replaced by Jackie (Denise Welch) Tony Murphy (Ricky Tomlinson) and their wayward daughter Emma (Zara Dawson), who owned the local pub. The final series was broadcast in 2005.

Cast List

DVD

So far only series 1 has been released on DVD, by Acorn Media UK.

See also

  • Forever Green (ITV series with very similar theme)

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