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The Worst Episodes of Country Matters

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An anthology series adapted from plays and short stories by A.E Coppard and H.E. Bates, depicting English country life and rural romance at the turn of the 20th-century. It presents unsentimental stories of human relationships

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Country Matters Season 1 Episode 4 - Crippled Bloom
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E4

    Sisters Ruby and Nan share a house with the former's husband, and a bitter triangular relationships that ensues.

    Director:Barry Davis
    Writer:Jeremy Paul

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  2. Country Matters Season 1 Episode 6 - Breeze Anstey
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E6

    Two young women run an herb farm during the Depression.

    Director:Peter Wood
    Writer:Hugh Whitemore

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  3. Country Matters Season 2 Episode 6 - The Ring of Truth
    6.4/10(18 votes)

    S2:E6

    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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  4. Country Matters Season 1 Episode 2 - The Mill
    7.2/10(22 votes)

    S1:E2

    At 17 years of age, Leslie Hartop's parents decide the time has come for her to make her way in the world. She moves in with the Hollands who live in a old mill. Mr Holland doesn't use the mill per se and is a scrap dealer by profession. Mrs Holland suffers from the dropsies and spends most of her time in bed either writing to their son, a soldier stationed in Germany, or reading letters he has written. Leslie is hard-working, but also quite innocent. When Mr Holland makes sexual advances, she submits but soon finds herself pregnant.

    Director:Donald McWhinnie
    Writer:James Saunders

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  5. Country Matters Season 1 Episode 5 - The Watercress Girl
    7.2/10(23 votes)

    S1:E5

    Mary McDowall stands trial for an attack on a rival in love. But what were the reasons behind her refusal to marry Frank, her lover?

    Director:Barry Davis
    Writer:Hugh Leonard

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  6. Country Matters Season 2 Episode 1 - The Little Farm
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    S2:E1

    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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  7. Country Matters Season 1 Episode 1 - Craven Arms
    7.4/10(43 votes)

    S1:E1

    Artist David Masterman has the pleasure of teaching an art class to a group of lovely young women. Three in particular are of interest to him: Ianthe and Katherine Forrest, who have little artistic talent but are both quite attractive, and Julia Tern, whose talents in some areas match his own. There are few young men around as it's just after World War I — and mores are changing. Masterman doesn't see himself as having the temperament to settle down with just one woman, but when one leaves for several months, he wonders if he has fallen in love.

    Director:David Giles
    Writer:James Saunders

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  8. Country Matters Season 2 Episode 3 - The Higgler
    7.5/10(17 votes)

    S2:E3

    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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  9. Country Matters Season 1 Episode 3 - The Sullen Sisters
    7.6/10(16 votes)

    S1:E3

    19-year-old Tommy Adams is desperately in love with Rachel Sullens, the local postmistress. His desire to get married are thwarted by his possessive and suspicious mother.

    Director:Barry Davis
    Writer:Hugh Leonard

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  10. Country Matters Season 2 Episode 2 - The Black Dog
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    S2:E2

    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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  11. Country Matters Season 2 Episode 7 - The Four Beauties
    7.6/10(26 votes)

    S2:E7

    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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  12. Country Matters Season 2 Episode 4 - The Simple Life
    7.8/10(7 votes)

    S2:E4

    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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  13. Country Matters Season 2 Episode 5 - An Aspidistra in Babylon
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    S2:E5

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Crippled Bloom" is the worst rated episode of "Country Matters". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Barry Davis and written by Jeremy Paul, it aired on 9/10/1972. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Breeze Anstey".