The Best Episodes of Country Matters Season 2

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.1/10(10 votes)

   #1 - An Aspidistra in Babylon

   S2:E52/25/1973

   Dover, summer 1919: Christine's mother runs a boarding house, in which Christine feels like the dull aspidistras which clutter the rooms, until the dashing Captain Blaine arrives to find rooms for his rich aunt. Christine falls in love for the first time, and undergoes a jarring change from innocence to corruption.

   Director:Richard Everitt

   Writer:Jeremy Paul

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   Director:Richard Everitt

   Writer:Jeremy Paul
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   7.8/10(7 votes)

   #2 - The Simple Life

   S2:E42/18/1973

   Stella Bartholomew is disillusioned with her husband's weekend obsession with the 'simple life' at their country retreat, until Roger comes to help around the house.

   Director:Donald McWhinnie

   Writer:Hugh Whitemore

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   Director:Donald McWhinnie

   Writer:Hugh Whitemore
3. 

   7.6/10(18 votes)

   #3 - The Black Dog

   S2:E22/4/1973

   The Honourable Gerald Laughlin finds himself locked in a power struggle between Nathaniel Crabbe's daughter, Orianda, and Crabbe's mistress Lizzie, under the roof of his inn the Black Dog.

   Director:John Mackenzie

   Writer:James Saunders

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   Director:John Mackenzie

   Writer:James Saunders
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   7.6/10(26 votes)

   #4 - The Four Beauties

   S2:E73/11/1973

   Henry Batley, a bored young journalist in a small town, is attracted to Davenport sisters Christie and Sophie, whilst younger sister Tina is determined to make him hers.

   Director:Donald McWhinnie

   Writer:Hugh Leonard

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   Director:Donald McWhinnie

   Writer:Hugh Leonard
5. 

   7.5/10(17 votes)

   #5 - The Higgler

   S2:E32/11/1972

   Harvey Witlow's mother cannot understand why Harvey has chosen to stand by his longtime sweetheart Sophy Daws and reject the advances of well-to-do Mary.

   Director:Richard Martin

   Writer:Hugh Leonard

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   Director:Richard Martin

   Writer:Hugh Leonard
6. 

   7.2/10(26 votes)

   #6 - The Little Farm

   S2:E11/28/1973

   Illiterate farmer Tom Richards advertises for a housekeeper. Edna Johnson takes the post and they seem destined for happiness until they encounter the destructive forces of jealousy.

   Director:Silvio Narizzano

   Writer:Hugh Leonard

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   Director:Silvio Narizzano

   Writer:Hugh Leonard
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   6.4/10(18 votes)

   #7 - The Ring of Truth

   S2:E63/4/1973

   Following his father's death, George Pickard has a strange dream where his father tells him he's travelling to the small town of Skelby Moor, where he learns both the positives and negatives of his lineage.

   Director:Donald McWhinnie

   Writer:Julian Mitchell

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   Director:Donald McWhinnie

   Writer:Julian Mitchell