BBC2 Playhouse Fothergill (Season 7, Episode 9)
TV Episode | Drama

BBC2 Playhouse

Fothergill (Season 7, Episode 9)

TV Episode | Drama

John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most celebrated Inn in England, catering to the brightest lights in London's literati.

Director

Claude Whatham

Writers

Robert Holmes (by) | John Fothergill (book "An Innkeeper's Diary")

Producer

Innes Lloyd

Composer

David Fanshawe

Cinematographer

John Hooper (photography)

Editor

Ken Pearce

Production Designer

Don Giles

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 9, 1981

Release date

Jan 9, 1981 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

13 wins & 8 nominations

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32 cast members

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