Aging historian Gerald Middleton is taciturn and methodical, a creature of habit who prefers his daily routine undisturbed. Separated from his wife and disapproving of his youngest son’s job, Middleton's life and career are beginning to lose meaning. Keenly aware of his faults and the void he's created around himself, Middleton is forced back into society once more as his past catches up with him.
1 season · 3 episodes
Aging historian Gerald Middleton is taciturn and methodical, a creature of habit who prefers his daily routine undisturbed. Separated from his wife and disapproving of his youngest son’s job, Middleton's life and career are beginning to los
Episode 1
May 12, 199277 min
At age 60, disillusioned with academia and estranged from his family, retired historian Gerald Middleton looks back on the summer of 1912. Then, as a young man, he witnessed the discovery of a phallic idol in the excavated grave of a mediev
Episode 2
May 19, 199278 min
Over Gerald's objections, Inge invites the conniving Larrie to stay with her at the family estate—unaware that Larrie and her favorite son, John, are secretly lovers. Meanwhile, trying to uncover the truth about the Melpham idol, Gerald vis
Episode 3
May 26, 199274 min
With an angry confrontation between Robin and his brother-in-law and emotional entrances by Elvira and Larrie, a soiree thrown by Marie Helene ends in disaster for all three of the Middleton children. Gerald reconnects with Dollie after yea
Richard Johnson
Gerald Middleton
Douglas Hodge
Young Gerald Middleton
Simon Chandler
John Middleton
Matthew Owens
Young John Middleton
Elizabeth Spriggs
Inge Middleton
Briony Glassco
Young Inge Middleton
Nicholas Jones
Robin Middleton
Deborah Findlay
Kay Consett
Kate Maberly
Young Kay Consett
Simon Mattacks
Donald Consett
Oliver Ford Davies
Professor Stokesay
Daniel Craig
Gilbert Stokesay
