Where to watch The Village(2013)

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The Village plot summary

The Village is a BBC television drama created and written by Peter Moffat. Consisting of two six-episode series—the project intended as a 42-hour televised epic—the first series covers 1914 to 1920; the second continued the story into the 1920s. However, it was not commissioned for a third series. An epic drama charting the turbulent times experienced by one English village throughout the 20th century; births, deaths, political events and rebellions are among the events that occur during the time. Bert Middleton lives across the entire 100-year period, and his story from boyhood to old age forms the crux of the story, seen via flashbacks as Bert is interviewed in the present day by a documentarian working on a project about the second eldest man in the United Kingdom and his village.

Details

First aired

March 31, 2013

Episode runtime

1h

Genres

Drama

Created by

Peter Moffat

Seasons

2

Episodes

12

Network

BBC One

Status

Ended

Country

United Kingdom

TMDB rating

7.3 / 10 · 21 votes

Cast

• David RyallOld Bert Middleton
• Tom VareyBert Middleton
• Maxine PeakeGrace Middleton
• John SimmJohn Middleton
• Charlie MurphyMartha Allingham
• Emily BeechamCaro Allingham
• Rupert EvansEdmund Allingham
• Augustus PrewGeorge Allingham
• Juliet StevensonClem Allingham
• Annabelle ApsionMargaret Boden

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