- French Fields
infobox television
show_name = French Fields
format =Comedy
runtime = 30 minutes per episode
creator =John T Chapman and Ian Davidson (writers)
starring =Julia McKenzie Anton Rogers Pamela Salem Valerie Lush Nicholas Courtney Olivier Courtney Philip McGough Victoria Baker Liz Crowther Robin Kermode Sally Baxter Karen Ascoe Philip Bird
country =United Kingdom
network =ITV (Produced byThames Television )
first_aired = Tuesday,5 September 1989
last_aired = Tuesday,8 October 1991
num_episodes = 19|"French Fields" is a British
situation comedy . It ran for 19 episodes from1989 -1991 . It was written byJohn T Chapman and Ian Davidson and was produced byThames Television forITV .The series starred
Anton Rodgers andJulia McKenzie as husband and wife William and Hester Fields and followed the series "Fresh Fields ", which ran from 1984-1986. At the end of the last series of "Fresh Fields", William accepted a position with a French company. "French Fields" follows Hester and Williams after they make the move toCalais .Other regular cast included their French real estate agent Chantal (
Pamela Salem ), who was also the Fields' neighbour to the left. On the right were the horrible and snobbish English couple the Trendles (Robin Kermode andLiz Crowther ). Hester and William also coped with Madame Remoleux (Valerie Lush ), an unintelligible and ancient French woman who lived in and cared for the estate — called Les Hirondelles (the Swallows) — where they all lived. Also popping in on a regular basis were local farmer and mayor Monsieur Dax (Olivier Pierre in series 1 and 2 andPhilip McGough in series 3) and his daughter Marie-Christine (Victoria Baker ), to whom Hester did her best to teach English.Nicholas Courtney also appeared frequently as the Marquis."French Fields" had several different time slots on ITV:
*Series 1 (6 Episodes) aired Tuesdays at 8.30pm (5 September -10 October 1989 )
*Series 2 (6 Episodes) aired Mondays at 8.00pm (24 September -29 October 1990 )
*Series 3 (6 Episodes) aired Tuesdays at 8.30pm (3 September -8 October 1991 )A special 45-minute
Christmas episode aired on Tuesday,25 December 1990 at 10.00pm.External links
*imdb title|id=0096590|title=French Fields
*imdb title|id=0086718|title=Fresh Fields
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