Down to Earth (UK TV series)

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Down to Earth
Format	Drama/Comedy
Country of origin	England
No. of episodes	40
Production
Running time	approx. 60 mins
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original run	6 August 2000 – 6 March 2005
External links
Official website
IMDb profile

Down to Earth was a BBC One television series first broadcast in 2000 about a couple who start a new life on a Devon farm. The early episodes of the series were based on a series of books written by Faith Addis about their real-life move from London to Devon.

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The first series starred Pauline Quirke as Faith Addis, a teacher, and Warren Clarke as her long-suffering husband Brian, as they encountered various misfortunes and difficulties in adjusting to their new rural lifestyle, which isn't helped by their uncooperative children's attitude to moving to a new location. The series was generally light in tone, although took a tragic turn following Brian's death in a road accident in series two.

In 2003 the Addis family leave the farm for good They are replaced by the Brewer family. Matt Brewer (Ian Kelsey) is Brian's cousin. He leaves the big city with his young new wife Frankie (Angela Griffin) to move to Devon to take over the farm.

Two years later the Brewer family moved back to the city and were replaced by Jackie (Denise Welch) and Tony Murphy (Ricky Tomlinson), who owned the local pub. The final series was broadcast in 2005.