The Cedar Tree was a television serial that ran from 1976 to 1979 on ITV in the United Kingdom. It involved the story of the upper class Bourne family before the turn of the Second World War.[1] The main setting is Larkfield Manor, the family home set in Herefordshire, in the grounds of which is the cedar tree. The Cedar Tree was made by Associated Television Productions (ATV) and recorded at their studios at Elstree. Two established cast members were the veteran actress Joyce Carey and Susan Skipper, who played one of the Bourne family's daughters. Two other noted actors involved were Philip Latham as Commander Bourne, and Cyril Luckham, as Charles Ashley, the benevolent grandfather. The first two series were shown on ITV in the afternoon in a thirty-minute twice weekly format, the final series was given an evening prime time slot and the episodes were extended to sixty minutes, and in a bizarre bit of casting Jack Watling who had been playing Captain Julian Palmer, an old friend of the Bourne family, in series 2, took over the role of Arthur Bourne in series 3. In February 2013 it was announced[2] that the first 1976 series was to be released on DVD. A complete box set of all three series has since been released. Cast Joyce Carey – Lady Alice Bourne, widowed mother of Arthur and Phyllis Philip Latham – Commander Arthur Bourne (series' 1 & 2) Susan Engel – Helen Bourne, Arthur's wife Sally Osborne – Elizabeth Bourne, eldest daughter of Arthur & Helen Bourne Jennifer Lonsdale – Anne Bourne, middle daughter of Arthur & Helen Bourne Susan Skipper – Victoria Bourne, youngest daughter of Arthur & Helen Bourne Kate Coleridge – Phyllis Bourne, Arthur's sister Cyril Luckham – Charles Ashley, father of Arthur's wife Helen Gary Raymond – Jack Poole Carol Royle – Laura Collins, friend of Victoria Jean Taylor Smith – Nanny Peter Hill – Gates, the Bourne's chauffeur and general help Ruth Holden – Mrs. Gates, the Bourne's housekeeper Shaun Scott – Jim Tapper, assistant to Gates Alan Browning series 1 & 2/Richard Thorp series 3 – Geoffrey Cartland Lillias Walker – Rosemary Cartland John Oxley – Peter Cartland Tom Chatto – Parsons, the Cartland's butler John Hug – Gwylym Meredith-Jones Joan Newell – Winifred Hedges Patrick Ryecart/Steven Pacey – Klaus Von Heynig Nigel Havers – Rex Burton-Smith Jack Watling – Captain Julian Palmer (series 2) / Commander Arthur Bourne (series 3) Rosemary Nicols – Angela Scott, magazine reporter Michael Macowan – Doctor Cropper Pamela Mandell – Miss Pringle, owner of the Copper Kettle tearooms Richard Vernon – Lord Evelyn Forbes, old flame of Lady Alice Bourne Peter Egan – Ralph Marsh ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CaX0RG6Shc

Crown Court is a British television courtroom drama series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network. It ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984. It was transmitted in the early afternoon. Format A court case in the crown court of the fictional town of Fulchester (a name later adopted by Viz) would typically be played out over three afternoons in 25-minute episodes. The most frequent format was for the prosecution case to be presented in the first two episodes and the defence in the third, although there were some later, brief variations. Unlike some other legal dramas, the cases in Crown Court were presented from a relatively neutral point of view and the action was confined to the courtroom itself, with occasional brief glimpses of waiting areas outside the courtroom. Although those involved in the case were actors, the jury was made up of members of the general public from the immediate Granada Television franchise area taken from the electoral register and eligible for real jury service: it was this jury alone, which decided the verdict. Indeed, contemporary production publicity stated that, for almost all of the scripts, two endings were written and rehearsed to cope with the jury's independent decision, which was delivered for the first time, as in a real court case, while the programme's recording progressed. However, the course of some cases would lead to the jury being directed to return 'not guilty' verdicts. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRLCTCXZdIg