The Good Soldier
The Good Soldier was a Granada TV play first broadcast 1981, based on the 1915 novel of the same name by Ford Madox Ford. It is a romantic tragedy about two turn-of-the-century couples - one American, one British - who regularly holiday together at a spa in Germany.[1]
Stars included Jeremy Brett (best known for the 'Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' series) and Robin Ellis (best known as Captain Ross Poldark in the BBC classic series 'Poldark')[2].
Filming on the SVRSevern Valley Railway
Two days of scenes were shot at Arley during autumn 1980[3], with the broadcast taking place in April 1981. YouTube footage shows GWR Pannier 5764 and two GWRGreat Western Railway carriages travelling northwards from the main platform at Arley, and a shot of the outside of the station as the characters depart by horse carriage.
See also
List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway
References
- ↑ Internet Movie Database (retrieved 18 February 2016)]
- ↑ Wikipedia (retrieved 12 November 2015)
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 57
Links
Robert McCrum, 'The 100 best novels: No 41 - The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford (1915)', The Guardian 30 June 2014
The Good Soldier on YouTube (from 1:36).
