The Flaxton Boys 1969-1973

Source: DVD 576p 3,000 kbit/s. Episode 1: The Deserter. Note: Though all of these were taken from the original Network DVD release, Series 1 is poor quality compared to the other 3. It suffers from washed out colours and a strange colour fringe around objects. Click on https://ok.ru/video/c13795021 to watch the rest of the episodes in full. Uploaded 52 of 52 episodes. Set in 1854 young Jonathan Flaxton (David Smith) inherited Flaxton Hall from his great uncle, Joseph who was heartily disliked by the locals. This meant that Jonathan has only aged retainer, Nathan (James Hayter), to help him and his mother run the huge hall. In this episode he meets Archie Weekes (Peter Firth) who's apprenticed to cruel chimney sweep, Holdsworth. Jonathan's father is a Captain in the Army and is away fighting in the Crimea so, effectively, Jonathan is the Squire and he uses his position to help save Archie from Holdsworth's worst excesses.