In 1901, a middle-class schoolboy whose parents are working abroad spends his summer in Bedfordshire with his great-uncle Silas. Though 60 years old, Silas relishes life—he’s a womanizer, drinker, and a poacher. At the prompting of his long-suffering housekeeper, Mrs. Betts, he takes on the occasional odd job.

Albert Finney, Sue Johnston, Joe Prospero, Julian Holloway, Jennifer Piercey, Janet Henfrey, Lisa Kay, Andrew Greenough, Harriet Walter, Charlotte Rampling, Beatie Edney, Bryan Pringle, Tim Preece, Annabelle Apsion, Lynda Bellingham, Emma Fielding, Lesley Dunlop