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Season 1 Episode 8: The Burston Rebellion

On a chilly winter's day in 1911, Kitty and Tom Higdon arrived in the Norfolk village of Burston to take up positions in the village school. Their arrival was to irrevocably change the lives of the villagers and their children.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Contact

1. Contact

Aired: Jan 6, 1985

Drama about a platoon of British paratroopers on patrol in Northern Ireland.

Episode 2 Poppyland

2. Poppyland

Aired: Jan 13, 1985

He is a respectable pillar of London society who yearns for an idyllic existe...

Episode 3 Unfair Exchanges

3. Unfair Exchanges

Aired: Jan 20, 1985

Mavis's plight will ring a bell in the heart of anyone who ever felt like mur...

Episode 4 Knockback: Part 1

4. Knockback: Part 1

Aired: Jan 27, 1985

In 1965, at the age of 25, Alan Ackland is sentenced to life imprisonment for...

Episode 5 Knockback: Part 2

5. Knockback: Part 2

Aired: Feb 3, 1985

Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He be...

Episode 6 Lent

6. Lent

Aired: Feb 10, 1985

It is the Easter holidays at Gorse Park Preparatory School. Everyone has gone...

Episode 7 The Unknown Soldier

7. The Unknown Soldier

Aired: Feb 17, 1985

The soldier in the spinal carriage can neither move nor speak. Who is he? His...

Episode 8 The Burston Rebellion

8. The Burston Rebellion

Aired: Feb 24, 1985

On a chilly winter's day in 1911, Kitty and Tom Higdon arrived in the Norfolk...

Episode 10 In the Secret State

10. In the Secret State

Aired: Mar 10, 1985

A department head within the British secret service uncovers some unpleasant ...

Info about Screen Two

Seasons: 15

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Drama