Larkrise depicts the lives of a small rural community in Oxfordshire from a harvest day in the late 19th century up to calling the names of the village dead in the First World War.
Category: Joe (Arthur) Brooks
1989
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Sailor Beware!
A.B. Albert Tufnell is anxious that his fiancée, Shirley, should not take after her mother, Emma. Albert’s only defence is to go AWOL and not to turn up at church.
1988
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Pack of Lies
All is blissful in their world until a detective from Scotland Yard asks the Jackson family to use their house as an observation station to try and foil a Soviet spy ring operating in the area.
1988
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Streuth
This is a crime story that not even Agatha Christie would have dared to write and it gets itself into such confusion that it is doomed, apparently, to perpetual motion.
1988
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Martyred Wives
Most people have heard of the Tolpuddle Martyrs of 1834, but what of their wives, the women behind the men in that troubled strife? This is the story of those women.
1988
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Quiet Weekend
Mildred and Arthur Royd, Marcia’s parents, own a country cottage intended for quiet week-ends. It does not, however, work out that way on some occasions.
1987
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House Guest
Robert and Stella learn that their son has been kidnapped – not for ransom, but to force them to allow one of the kidnappers to remain in their house.
1987
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The Matchmaker
Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy merchant in nineteenth-century Yonkers, NY, has a plan. He has been a widower for long enough and now he wants to find a wife.
1986
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Man Alive
The New Year’s day sale; a window dresser has the bright idea of utilizing a special sun lamp in the display window which contains three mannequins.
1986
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Olde Tyme Music Hall
Where and When 12th July 1985 @ The Allendale Centre, Wimborne December 1986 @ The…
1986
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Nightwatch
Knave, Nuns and Nourishment was held as a charity fundraising event to raise money for The British Heart Foundation and Save The Children Fund.
1986
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The House By The Lake
Maurice plans to eliminate his half-brother Colin, but Colin’s unhappy wife is also prompted to murder him. When the body is found the question arises: who is responsible?