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 Bryan Pringle: Walter Hawthorn Ian Taylor: Billy Taylor Joe Prospero: Ned Oliver Ford Davies: Cosmo Caroline Devlin: Maria Gardner Peter Brayham: Stunt Arranger Harriet Walter: Pamela Farrell Peter Needham: Tommy Hazlett Jacquetta May: Topsy Emma Fielding: Hermione Albert Finney: Uncle Silas Gary Whelan: Sam Tilley Gerard Horan: Tubby Gardner Lesley Dunlop: Connie Tilley Tony Maudsley: Pikey John Tams: Musician Roger Booth: Lord Chadwell Tim Preece: Goffy Windsor Sue Johnston: Mrs. Betts Sandy McDade: Lil Andrew Dunford: Ernie Coleridge Craig Crosbie: DeVera Pendell
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Premiered: January 10, 1971, on PBS
Rating: TV-PG
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