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Wonderful comedy drama adapted from the beloved novels featuring an all-star cast Welcome to Thrush Green , a small and peaceful village in the Cotswolds, where everything and nothing happens. This wonderful, gentle comedy features an all-star cast including Adam Godley ( Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ), Anna Massey ( Rebecca ), Geoffrey Whitehead ( Poirot ) and Trevor Peacock ( The Vicar of Dibley ). Over two series we follow the highs and lows of village life in this 1960s village. In series one, a young doctor comes to Thrush Green on the day of the spring fair and causes a stir.

Written by an anonymous storyteller in the 13th Century, and describing events between 960 and 1020, Njáls saga is one of the great works of medieval literature. The longest and most celebrated of the Icelandic sagas, it deals with family honour, vengeance and a vicious blood feud spanning almost 50 years. Based on the classic translation by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson, this gripping dramatisation centres around two friends.