The lives of several families in the Yorkshire Dales revolve around a farm and the nearby village. With murders, affairs, lies, deceit, laughter and tears, it's all there in the village.
故事開始於1912年,鐵達尼號沉沒的消息傳回到唐頓莊園,攪亂格蘭伯爵一家人原本平靜的生活,唐頓莊園的繼承人;伯爵的姪子在海難中喪生,伯爵的三個女兒無法繼承他的頭銜與產業,壯觀的莊園和龐大的家產要由誰繼承? 一場繼承的風波就此展開。
伯爵夫人是出身富裕的美國人,當初帶著豐厚的財產嫁到英國,在婆婆伯爵老夫人看來,這樁婚姻也是為保全家產不得不做的犧牲。不過因為憂慮唐頓莊園的未來;這一對原本相處不睦的婆媳變成同一陣線,要幫大女兒瑪麗以最快的速度找到金龜婿。
大姐瑪麗(Mary Crawley)天生麗質、頭腦聰明,不過冷若冰霜的態度常拒人於千里之外,面對結婚的壓力她心中已經自有主張。老二依蒂絲(Edith Crawley)不像大姐瑪麗有眾多追求者,中間排行的依蒂絲常覺得不受重視,於是努力要和大姐搶鋒頭、贏得眾人關注。小妹西碧(Sybil Crawley)是三姐妹中最叛逆的一個,她對家中的危機不甚關心,反而對政治及社會不公有強烈的熱忱。
故事圍繞著英國小鎮警察局隊長凱薩琳,在外頭工作上她是一位英勇又懂得照顧下屬的警察,一開場便拿著滅火器制伏在公園鬧事的毒蟲,而這關鍵的一幕也巧妙鋪陳日後的故事發展,關於毒品如何深入這個小鎮,背後勢力龐大的權力鬥爭,與她身為執法人員卻無力作為的無奈,全透過編劇筆下的黑色幽默逐一展現。
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-china-shop-copper Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick Detective Sargent, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining a down to earth wit and humour.
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
英國影集《菜鳥獸醫日記》(All creatures great and small)改編自英國家喻戶曉的文學名著,作者吉米哈利是一名獸醫,他將自己的獸醫日常寫成叢書,成為廣為人知的小說,經過40多年再次被翻拍成影集。《菜鳥獸醫日記》故事敘述1937年剛從格拉斯哥獸醫學院畢業的詹姆斯海利厄特(尼可拉斯勞夫Nicholas Ralph飾)接到受聘通知,離家獨自前往約克郡達洛比的皇家獸醫外科診所,歡心喜悅成為一名獸醫助理,但這家獸醫診所的老闆齊格菲法能先生(山繆魏斯特Samuel West飾) ,不是個容易搞定的人,專業要求非常高,診所還有霍爾太太(安娜梅德利Anna Madeley飾)幫忙處理相關事務。
詹姆斯跟隨著齊格菲開始在小鎮與農場間幫忙看診,處理馬蹄化膿、小牛掌骨骨折、幫忙動物接生、馬匹安樂死、或是小狗減肥等,詹姆斯要獲得動物主人的信任才能施展動物醫術,他遇上了當地聰慧漂亮的農家女海倫(瑞秋桑頓Rachel Shenton飾),姊代母職的她善良又親切,詹姆斯默默被海倫的魅力所吸引,也克服了許多在動物治療與小鎮居民間的問題。優秀的齊格菲醫師有一位漫不經心的弟弟崔斯坦(卡倫伍德豪斯Callum Woodhouse飾),崔斯坦在獸醫診所幫忙,期間與詹姆斯及小鎮居民發生許多趣味故事,詹姆斯將在小鎮發揮所長並發展無法抵擋的真實情感。
All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot. Ninety episodes were aired over two three-year runs. The first run was based directly on Herriot's books; the second was filmed with original scripts.
Where the Heart Is is a British television family drama series set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite. It focuses on the professional and personal lives of the district nurses who work in the town.
Fat Friends was an ITV drama, following a group of overweight people, their laughter and pain and addresses the absurdities of dieting in our modern age. The drama looks at people and how they relate to one another and use body weight as an excuse for all sorts of failings in their relationships, or not living their lives to the full. Four of the cast, Ruth Jones, James Corden, Sheridan Smith and Alison Steadman, went on to appear in Gavin & Stacey.
Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long suffering tenants.
Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill's uncanny ability to see into the minds of murderers means he finds it difficult to distance himself from disturbing cases.
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
A new academy school in a Yorkshire mill town merges the lives and cultures of the largely divided white and Asian community
A drama exploring how winning the lottery transforms the lives of ordinary people.
Story line is set around Yorkshire's 'Chevin Chase Veterinary Surgery', The Chase follows the drama that surrounds the family who own the surgery, along with the practice nurses and surgeons. In true soap style, The Chase deals with the turbulent lives and relationships of said characters, adding a dash of authenticity and a pinch of humour to proceedings.
Yorkshire detective Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.
Follyfoot is a children's television series co-produced by the majority-partner British television company Yorkshire Television and the independent West German company TV Munich. It aired in the United Kingdom between 1971 and 1973, repeated for two years after that and again in the late 1980s. The series starred Gillian Blake in the lead role. Notable people connected with the series were actors Desmond Llewelyn and Arthur English and directors Jack Cardiff, Stephen Frears, Michael Apted and David Hemmings.
It was originally inspired by Monica Dickens' 1963 novel Cobbler's Dream; she later wrote four further books in conjunction with the series—Follyfoot in 1971, Dora at Follyfoot in 1972, The Horses of Follyfoot in 1975, and Stranger at Follyfoot in 1976.
North Square is an award-winning British television drama series written by Peter Moffat and broadcast by Channel 4 at the end of 2000. Starring an ensemble cast, including Phil Davis, Rupert Penry-Jones, Helen McCrory and Kevin McKidd, the programme is set around the practice of a Leeds Legal Chambers.
The series was filmed in and around the real life Park Square, Leeds. This is the area near the city where the majority of legal firms are concentrated.
Despite gaining considerable critical acclaim the show failed to garner a substantial audience resulting in only the one series of ten episodes being produced. In Australia the series was broadcast in 2001 on ABC and repeated in 2004 after popular and critical acclaim. The full series was released on DVD for the first time by Acorn Media UK on 5 March 2012.
Out of the Blue follows a team of detectives at Brazen Gate CID through grisly murder cases, clashes with an already-divided community and through the dramas of their personal lives.