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The Shooting Party

James Mason stars in an adaptation of Isabel Colegate's novel. A stately home is overrun for a weekend by the cream of Edwardian society on the eve of the Great War.

1913, shortly before the outbreak of the First World War. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot. As the terminal decrepitude of a dying class is reflected in the social interactions and hypocrisy of its members, only world-weary Sir Randolph seems to realise that the sun is setting.

1 hour, 33 minutes

Last on

Wed 26 Nov 201400:50
BBC One Wales HD & Wales only

Credits

Sir Randolph NettlebyJames Mason
Cornelius CardewJohn Gielgud
Lord Gilbert HartlipEdward Fox
Minnie NettlebyDorothy Tutin
Lady Aline HartlipCheryl Campbell
ProducerJeremy Saunders
WriterJulian Bond
DirectorAlan Bridges

Broadcasts

  • Sat 12 May 200722:30
    BBC Four
  • Mon 13 Jul 200923:20
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales
  • Mon 13 Jul 200923:35
    BBC One Northern Ireland
  • Mon 13 Jul 200923:50
    BBC One Wales & Scotland only
  • Wed 4 Aug 201011:35
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Tue 28 Dec 201023:00
    BBC Four
  • Sun 5 Feb 201214:55
    BBC Two Northern Ireland, Wales & England only
  • Sun 16 Mar 201423:35
    BBC Two HD & England only
  • Mon 17 Mar 201400:05
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Mon 17 Mar 201400:25
    BBC Two Wales
  • Wed 26 Nov 201400:20
    BBC One except Northern Ireland & Wales
  • Wed 26 Nov 201400:50
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only