The Village
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.
The Village ran for 2 seasons. No new episodes are scheduled.
- David Ryall — Old Bert Middleton
- Tom Varey — Bert Middleton
- Maxine Peake — Grace Middleton
- John Simm — John Middleton
- Charlie Murphy — Martha Allingham
- Emily Beecham — Caro Allingham
- Rupert Evans — Edmund Allingham
- Augustus Prew — George Allingham
- Juliet Stevenson — Clem Allingham
- Annabelle Apsion — Margaret Boden
- Anthony Flanagan — Arnold Hankin
- Ainsley Howard — Norma Hankin