The Norman Conquests

6.0

1977•1h 33m

Production

The trilogy presents a comically fraught weekend from three different perspectives, as family and in laws gather at the decaying country home of their bedridden mother; the drink flows, and hidden enmities, intimate secrets and uncomfortable truths emerge through the veneer of jollity and civility.

Seasons

3 Episodes • Premiered 1977

Still image for The Norman Conquests season 1 episode 1: Table Manners

1. Table Manners

A dysfunctional family gathering for the weekend reunites three siblings and significant others in a small country cottage with farcical consequences.

Still image for The Norman Conquests season 1 episode 2: Living Together

2. Living Together

A dysfunctional family gets together at the house of their cantankerous mother and old resentments, jealousies, and rivalries are reignited.

Still image for The Norman Conquests season 1 episode 3: Round and Round the Garden

3. Round and Round the Garden

Annie has second thoughts about spending the weekend with brother-in-law Norman as the dysfunctional family tries to come to terms with itself.

Cast

Photo of Richard Briers

Richard Briers

Reg

Photo of Fiona Walker

Fiona Walker

Ruth

Photo of David Troughton

David Troughton

Tom

Photo of Tom Conti

Tom Conti

Norman

Photo of Penelope Keith

Penelope Keith

Sarah

Photo of Penelope Wilton

Penelope Wilton

Annie

More Like This

Reviews

No reviews available yet.