< By the Sword Divided (1983 - 1985)

SERIES | 50m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 8.1 (258)

Drama, History, War | Story of the English Civil War as seen through the eyes of two families; the Laceys, loyal to King Charles I, and the Fletchers, loyal to Oliver Cromwell.

• Director: Brian Farnham
• Director: Henry Herbert
• Director: Michael Custance
• Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
• Writer: John Hawkesworth
• Writer: Alexander Baron
• Sharon Maughan (33) - Anne Fletcher // Anne Lacey
• Andrew MacLachlan (42) - Nathaniel Cropper
• Rob Edwards (34) - John Fletcher
• Tim Bentinck (30) - Sir Thomas Lacey
• Lucy Aston - Lucinda Lacey // Lady Lucinda Ferrar // Lucinda Ferrar
• Eileen Way (72) - Minty
• Rosalie Crutchley (63) - Goodwife Margaret
• Janet Lees-Price (40) - Emma Bowen // Emma Skinner
• Johanna Myers - Hannah Jackman // Hannah
• Claire Davenport (50) - Mrs. Dumfry
• Edward Peel (40) - Walter Jackman
• Peter Guinness (33) - Dick Skinner
• Simon Butteriss - Hugh Brandon
• Judy Buxton (34) - Susan Protheroe // Lady Susan Winter
• Debbie Goodman - Rachel
• Bert Parnaby (59) - Sir Austin Fletcher
• Simon Dutton (25) - Will Saltmarsh
• Julian Glover (48) - Sir Martin Lacey
• Andrew McCulloch (38) - Captain Leckie // Colonel Leckie
• Peter Jeffrey (56 in 1985) - Oliver Cromwell

Some episodes

• 1.1 Gather ye Rosebuds
• 1.2 This War Without an Enemy
• 1.3 The Sound of Drums