Inheritance (TV series)

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Inheritance
Genre	Drama
Written by	Peter Eckersley; Geoffrey Lancashire
Starring	Michael Goodliffe; John Thaw; James Bolam
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producer	Howard Baker
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Granada
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	29 September –; 1 December 1967

Inheritance was a 1967 Granada-produced ITV drama based on a trilogy of novels by Phyllis Bentley - Inheritance (1932), The Rise of Henry Morcar (1946) and A Man of His Time (1966).

The ten-part period drama revolved around the fortunes of the Oldroyds, a Yorkshire mill-owning family from 1812 to 1965. The early part of the series featured the Luddite riots, involving the burning of mills and the subsequent execution of those responsible. The series turned the expression "There's trouble at mill" into a catchphrase.

The series featured Michael Goodliffe, John Thaw and James Bolam in leading roles over the generations. Each new generation saw Goodliffe and Thaw playing father and eldest son, with Bolam usually playing the part of the younger son.

Cast with original parts

Michael Goodliffe as William Oldroyd
Daphne Heard as Janie Smith-Oldroyd
Royston Tickner as Charley Mellor
Madeleine Christie as Charlotte Stancliffe
John Thaw as Will Oldroyd
Wilfred Pickles as mill overlooker
Thelma Whiteley as Mary Bamforth
Judy Wilson as Martha Ackroyd
James Bolam as Joe Bamforth
David Burke as Henry Morcar
Basil Dignam as Mr. Shaw

External links[edit]

Inheritance at IMDb

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