Capstick's Law

{{Short description|1989 British television drama series}}

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{{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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