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By the Sword Divided

British television series

Summary

British television series

Field	Value
image	By the Sword Divided.jpg
genre	Historical drama
creator	John Hawkesworth
director	Henry Herbert, Brian Farnham, Diarmuid Lawrence, Michael Custance
starring	Julian Glover
Sharon Maughan
Jeremy Clyde
country	United Kingdom
language	English
num_series	2
num_episodes	20
company	BBC
channel	BBC1
first_aired
last_aired

Sharon Maughan Jeremy Clyde By the Sword Divided is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1983 and 1985.

The series, created by John Hawkesworth, was a historical drama set during the mid-17th century, dealing with the impact of the English Civil War on the fictional Lacey family, made up of both Royalist and Parliamentarian supporters.

It follows the family as it is torn apart by the conflicting and changing loyalties of the war, as families were during that time, and the defeat of the Royalist forces at the end of the First English Civil War. Series two covers the second and third civil wars and the eventual Restoration of the Monarchy. The last episodes see the surviving members of the family (from both sides of the divide) witness the arrival of King Charles II on a visit to the ancestral Lacey home.

Cast

Regular Cast

Lucy Aston as Lucinda Lacey/Ferrar
Timothy Bentinck as Sir Thomas (Tom) Lacey
Simon Butteriss as Hugh Brandon
Judy Buxton as Susan Protheroe/Winter
Jeremy Clyde as HM King Charles I
Rosalie Crutchley as Goodwife Margaret
Rob Edwards as John Fletcher
Peter Guinness as Dick Skinner
Janet Lees Price as Emma Bowen/Skinner
Andrew McCulloch as Captain/Colonel Leckie
Andrew MacLachlan as Nathaniel Cropper
Sharon Maughan as Anne Lacey/Fletcher
Bert Parnaby as Sir Austin Fletcher
Edward Peel as Walter Jackman
Eileen Way as Minty

Series 1 only:

Ben Aris as Edmund Waller
Tim Brierley as Lord Edward Ferrar
Mark Burns as Captain Charles Pike
Simon Dutton as Will Saltmarsh
Julian Glover as Sir Martin Lacey
Charles Kay as Sir Henry Parkin
Frank Mills as Matthew Saltmarsh
Michael Parkhouse as Sam Saltmarsh
Malcolm Stoddard as Captain/Colonel Hannibal Marsh
Jerome Willis as John Pym

Series 2 only:

Cyril Appleton as Mayor of Swinford
Peter Birch as Lord Edward Ferrar
David Collings as John Thurloe
Peter Jeffrey as Oliver Cromwell
Joanna McCallum as Lady Frances Neville/Lacey
Christopher Neame as Henry Snelling
Sir Robert Stephens as Sir Ralph Winter
Malcolm Terris as Gabriel Rudd
Gareth Thomas as Major-General Horton
Simon Treves as HM King Charles II
John Woodvine as Solicitor General

Episodes

Series 1 (1983)

Series 2 (1985)

Film locations

The filming for the programme took place at Fermyn Woods Hall, Rockingham Castle and Lilford Hall in Northamptonshire.

DVD release

By the Sword Divided is available on DVD in the UK, distributed by Acorn Media UK.

References

"By the Sword Divided".

Wikipedia Source

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