Masterpiece Episode: "My Uncle Silas II"

Season 32, Episode 7
Episode Synopsis: “My Uncle Silas II.” Albert Finney returns as a lovable Edwardian-era rascal making the most of life---and, not infrequently, lust---in the bucolic English countryside. The two-hour program consists of five more sketches based on short stories by H.E. Bates (1905-74). “Your Uncle Silas is a rogue, but sometimes he can be a saint,” a nurse named Topsy (Jacquetta May)---whom he seduces---tells his great-nephew Ned (Joe Prospero) in the final story, in which Silas comes to the aid of a dotty war veteran (Bryan Pringle). Earlier, he helps a farmhand (Tony Maudsley) win a farm maid (Sandy McDade). Silas seduces her, too. Mrs. Betts: Sue Johnston. Original Air Date: Jan 12, 2003
Guest Cast Joe Prospero: Ned Bryan Pringle: Walter Hawthorn Emma Fielding: Hermione Caroline Devlin: Maria Gardner Andrew Dunford: Ernie Coleridge Gary Whelan: Sam Tilley Craig Crosbie: DeVera Pendell Gerard Horan: Tubby Gardner Lesley Dunlop: Connie Tilley Sandy McDade: Lil Harriet Walter: Pamela Farrell John Tams: Musician Tony Maudsley: Pikey Albert Finney: Uncle Silas Sue Johnston: Mrs. Betts Peter Brayham: Stunt Arranger Jacquetta May: Topsy Peter Needham: Tommy Hazlett Roger Booth: Lord Chadwell Ian Taylor: Billy Taylor Oliver Ford Davies: Cosmo Tim Preece: Goffy Windsor
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Premiered: January 10, 1971, on PBS
Rating: TV-PG
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