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Paradise Postponed

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Paradise Postponed
Novel on which series is based
(publ. Viking Press)
Written byJohn Mortimer
Directed byAlvin Rakoff
StarringMichael Hordern
Annette Crosbie
Peter Egan
Paul Shelley
David Threlfall
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes11
Production
Running time50 minutes
Production companyEuston Films for Thames
Original release
NetworkITV
Release15 September (1986-09-15) –
24 November 1986 (1986-11-24)

Paradise Postponed (1986) is a British 11-episode TV serial based on the 1985 novel by writer John Mortimer. The series covered a span of 30 years of postwar British history, set in a small village.

Plot

The series explores the mystery of why Reverend Simeon Simcox, a "wealthy Socialist rector", bequeathed the millions of the Simcox brewery estate to Leslie Titmuss, the son of Simcox's accountant George Titmus, who has risen from doing odd jobs for the rector to be a city developer and Conservative cabinet minister.[1] Simeon's sons Fred, a jazz-drumming country doctor, and Henry, once Britain's brightest and angriest writer who now works for Hollywood, conduct inquiries into their father's life as they try to understand the will. The setting of the work in an English village shows it absorbing and reflecting the upheavals of British society from the 1940s to the 1970s, and the many changes of the post-World War II society.

Cast

Production

The TV series was directed by Alvin Rakoff and was mainly shot in Henley-on-Thames and Marlow, Buckinghamshire in the second half of 1985. A three-part sequel, entitled Titmuss Regained, aired in 1991.

Reception

The New York Times described the series as a "decided disappointment," with Mortimer having perhaps taken on too much.[1] The technique of time shifts from the present to near past is said to be confusing more than illuminating of its characters.[1] While containing a "distinct whiff of snobbery", the character of the lower-class Leslie Titmuss who rises on his wiles is developed as the most fascinating figure in the cast.[1] In a 2014 retrospective review, Toby Manning of The Guardian described the series as "beautifully acted", which "simply oozes nostalgia for a bygone Britain", and called the character Titmuss "quite simply one of the most compelling characters in TV history."[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d JOHN J. O'CONNOR, "TV WEEKEND; 'PARADISE POSTPONED,' A NEW SERIES ON 'MASTERPIECE THEATER' ", New York Times, 17 October 1986, accessed 29 February 2016
  2. ^ Toby Manning, "Paradise Postponed box-set review", The Guardian, 27 February 2014, accessed 6 April 2019

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