Ash Tree, The
Date: 1975
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
Production Company: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Stars: Edward Petherbridge, Preston Lockwood, Barbara Ewing, Lalla Ward, Lucy Griffiths, Oliver Maguire, Clifford Kershaw, Cyril Appleton, David Pugh, Glynn Sweet
Location(s): Cornwall
Region(s): South West
Storyline:
Bequeathed a stately country house by his uncle, a man becomes distracted by strange noises coming from the ash tree outside his bedroom window.
Additional Information:
Page compiled by Phil Wilkinson
An episode broadcast as part of the BBC?s ?A Ghost Story for Christmas? series
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In the year 1735, Sir Richard rides to the family estate that he has inherited from his recently deceased uncle Sir Matthew. Gam Bridge over the River Camel at St. Breward, Cornwall.
- Capture 2
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The aristocrat nears Castringham Hall in Suffolk. In reality, Prideaux Place on Tregirls Lane, Padstow in Cornwall.
- Capture 3
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As Sir Richard approaches, the Staff at the hall assemble to greet their new squire. Looking out from Prideaux Place.
- Capture 4
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After being mistaken for Sir Matthew by a youngster, Sir Richard Fell (Edward Petherbridge) dismounts before handing Mrs. Chiddock (Lucy Griffiths) a posy and entering his new home. The entrance to Prideaux Place in Padstow.
- Capture 5
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While out on his estate, Sir Richard passes a Tennant standing over a dead cow. Alan Bourke found the hill to the south of Hawker's Cove near Padstow, looking across the beach at Harbour Cove toward Rock Beach beyond.
- Capture 6
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A Shepherd (David Pugh) explains that the sheep are being kept under cover at night for their protection from the sickness.
- Capture 7
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Sir Richard's fiancée Lady Augusta (Lalla Ward) arrives at Castringham Hall. Prideaux Place on Tregirls Lane in Padstow
- Capture 8
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After Lady Augusta departs for Paris to buy her trousseau, Sir Richard is disturbed by one of the Household as he listens to strange cries emanating from an ash tree outside his Uncle's old bedroom window. Prideaux Place at Padstow.
- Capture 9
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Sir Richard is transported into a past in which Sir Matthew Fell (Edward Petherbridge) watches the Witchfinder (Clifford Kershaw) head into Castringham village. Gam Bridge to the north of St. Breward.
- Capture 10
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Following his order for the ash tree to be cut down, Sir Richard's distracting daydreams continue with Mistress Anne Mothersole (Barbara Ewing) being carried to the gallows after being found guilty of witchcraft. The Cheesewring granite tor formation on Stowe's Hill on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall located by Alan Bourke.
- Capture 11
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After Mistress Mothersole's coffin is found empty when work to move her grave is carried out, Dr. Croome (Preston Lockwood) tells Sir Richard that no one knows what Sir Matthew died from.
- Capture 12
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Lady Augusta returns to Castringham Hall. Prideaux Place, Padstow.
- Capture 13
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In front of the hall, Lady Augusta finds Servants putting out the smoking remains of the ash tree before being taken to see Sir Richard's lifeless body lying in his bed. Prideaux Place on Tregirls Lane in Padstow, Cornwall.