Down to Earth is a BBC One television drama series first broadcast in 2000 about a couple who start a new life on a Devon farm. The early episodes of the series were based on a series of books written by Faith Addis about their real-life move from London to Devon.
The music in the series was composed by Sheridan Tongue and Tony Hadley, and had the song "After All this Time" as its opening and closing credits in series 2 and 3.
Plot The first series starred Pauline Quirke as Faith Addis, a teacher, and Warren Clarke as her long-suffering husband, Brian, as they encountered various misfortunes and difficulties in adjusting to their new rural lifestyle, which was not helped by their uncooperative children's attitude to moving to a new location. The series was generally light in tone, although took a tragic turn following Brian's death in a road accident in series three.
In 2003, the Addis family left the farm for good. They were replaced by the Brewer family. Matt Brewer (Ian Kelsey) was Brian's cousin. He left the big city with his young new wife, Frankie (Angela Griffin), and his three children from his first marriage to move to Devon to take over the farm.
Two years later the Brewer family moved back to the city and were replaced by Jackie (Denise Welch), Tony Murphy (Ricky Tomlinson) and their wayward daughter, Emma (Zara Dawson), who owned the local pub. The fifth and final series was broadcast from 2 January 2005 to 6 March 2005.
Cast Pauline Quirke as Faith Addis Warren Clarke as Brian Addis Toby Ross-Bryant as Marcus Addis Ellie Beaven as Sarah Addis Alexandra Stone as Molly Addis Katy Reeves as Celeste Addis Pat Keen as Addy Addis (mother-in-law) Rupert Ward-Lewis Rowena Cooper as Mac Ian Kelsey as Matt Brewer Angela Griffin as Frankie Brewer Ram John Holder as Wilson Steadman Elizabeth Bennett as Daphne Brewer Inga Brooksby as Becky Brewer Charlotte Redpath as Lucy Brewer Finn Atkins as Kate Cooper Thomas Byrne as Sam Brewer Denise Welch as Jackie Murphy Zara Dawson as Emma Murphy Liam Hess as Jake Smith Shelley Conn as Kerry Jamil Ricky Tomlinson as Tony Murphy Jason West as Adam / Mose Sally Watts as Laura Carter Robert James-Collier as Nick Christy Marc Ryan-Jordan as Ryan Cooper
Episodes
Series 1 (2000)
Series 2 (2001)
Series 3 (2003)
Series 4 (2004)
Series 5 (2005)
Ratings SeriesTimeslotNo. ofepisodesFirst airedLast airedRankAvg.viewers(millions) Date Viewers(millions) Date Viewers(millions)1Monday 9:00 pm Sunday 8:10 pm •8:30 pm • 8:00 pm 628 August 20009.981 October 20007.9398.022Sunday 8:00 pm82 September 20017.1821 October 20017.15127.55382 February 20038.0423 March 20036.34137.33484 January 20047.4822 February 20046.75117.105102 January 20055.596 March 20055.35185.43
DVD release Down to Earth: Series One was released on DVD via Acorn Media on 1 June 2009. No further series have been made available.
See also Forever Green (ITV series with very similar theme)
References
External links
Down To Earth Homepage