Capstick's Law
{{Short description|1989 British television drama series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2013}}
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| genre = Drama
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| starring = William Gaunt
Wanda Ventham
Christopher Villiers
Guy Scantlebury
Jason Carter
Lesley Dunlop
Robin Ellis
Georgia Byng
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 6{{Cite web|title=Capstick's Law Episode 1 (1989)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b793dc61a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811214752/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b793dc61a|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2019|website=BFI|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}}{{Cite web|title=Capstick's Law Episode 2 (1989)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81d6555f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414204904/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81d6555f|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2021|website=BFI|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}}{{Cite web|title=Capstick's Law Episode 3 (1989)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81d67037|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123233256/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81d67037|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 November 2020|website=BFI|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}}{{Cite web|title=Capstick's Law Episode 4 (1989)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81d6abd9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122164726/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81d6abd9|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 January 2021|website=BFI|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}}{{Cite web|title=Capstick's Law Episode 5 (1989)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81d6c2bc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125023728/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81d6c2bc|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 November 2020|website=BFI|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}}{{cite web|title=Capsticks' Law Episode 6 (1989)|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81d72757|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811214848/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b81d72757|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2019|website=BFI|accessdate=3 May 2017|language=en}}
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| producer = Roderick Graham
| executive_producer = June Howson
| location = Giggleswick, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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| runtime = 50 minutes
| company = Granada Television
| network = ITV
| first_aired = {{Start date|1989|04|09|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1989|05|14|df=y}}
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Capstick's Law is a British television drama series that originally aired in 1989.{{Cite web|title=Capsticks Law (TV series)|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4f4ba07f69121|website=BFI|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}}{{dead link|date=October 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Produced by Granada Television for the ITV network, it centred on a firm of solicitors in the 1950s.{{Cite web|title=Capstick's Law (ITV 1989, William Gaunt, Wanda Ventham)|url=https://www.memorabletv.com/tv/capsticks-law-itv-1989-william-gaunt-wanda-ventham/|date=2017-09-15|website=Memorable TV|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-21}}{{Cite web|title=Capstick's Law (ITV 1989, William Gaunt, Wanda Ventham)|url=https://www.memorabletv.com/tv/capsticks-law-itv-1989-william-gaunt-wanda-ventham-2/|date=2020-04-08|website=Memorable TV|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-21}} The period drama used Russell Harty's old house in the village of Giggleswick, North Yorkshire, for filming.{{cite news|title=Craven through the years|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8074693.Craven_through_the_years/?ref=arc|accessdate=3 May 2017|work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=11 August 1998|language=en}}
Premise
Edward and Madge Capstick are a happily married solicitor and his wife. The eldest son, Jonty, has just started his own practice. Their youngest son, Tony, is articled in London. It is May 1953. Eight years have passed since the Second World War ended, but changes in society are appearing and the pace of change is threatening family life too.Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation Television and Radio Guide; 18/08/1990 - 24/08/1990; Page 5
Cast
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- William Gaunt as Edward Capstick
- Wanda Ventham as Madge Capstick
- Robin Ellis as Henry Capstick
- Christopher Villiers as Jonty Capstick
- Jason Carter as Timothy Harger
- Georgia Byng as Vicky Colnay
- Gordon Gostelow as Posh Mitton
- Lesley Dunlop as Sarah Harger
- Nick Stringer as Birtles
- Simon Cowell-Parker as Ralph Ashton
- Madge Hindle as Mrs Birtles
- Cyd Hayman as Lizette Colnay
- Guy Scantlebury as Anthony Capstick
- Bryan Pringle as Geoff Turnbull
- Mary Healy as Myra Turnbull
- Phyllis Calvert as Rachel Wilson
- Liz Fraser as Florence Smith
- Jackie Shinn as Posh's crony
- Marlene Sidaway as Peggy
- Geoffrey Leesley as Arnold Mapeley
- Helen Anderson as Jess Birkett
- David Roper as Harry Clifton
- Lynda Rooke as Mrs Clifton
- James Warrior as chairman
- Bernard Kay as Birkett
- William Ivory as Ramsden
- David Fleeshman as Stanton
- Clive Wood as Roger Maitland
- Rachel James as Judy Maitland
- Patsy Rowlands as Miss Foster
- Janet Henfrey as Miss Price
- June Ellis as Mrs Webley
- Paul Chapman as Gilbert Clegg
- Paul Ratcliffe as Harry
- Helen Howard as Lynne
- Frances Cox as landlady
- Tommy Boyle as Jack Collins
- Julie-Kate Olivier as Pat Schofield
- Michael Hughes as Supt Meadows
- Martin Benson as maitre d'hôtel
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0379090|title=Capstick's Law}}
- [http://www.mikejoycedesign.co.uk/html/body_capstick_s_law.htm Stills from the TV series]
Category:1989 British television series debuts
Category:1989 British television series endings
Category:1980s British drama television series
Category:1980s British television miniseries
Category:ITV television dramas
Category:British English-language television shows
Category:Television series by ITV Studios
Category:Television series set in the 1950s
Category:Television shows set in Yorkshire