Forever Green


Forever Green is a television drama originally broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom from 26 February 1989 to 24 May 1992. It was made for LWT by Picture Partnership Productions, now named Carnival Films.

Plot

Jack, a former racing driver, and Harriet Boult, a nurse, live in a London flat with their two children, Frederica and Tom. Freddy suffers from asthma, which Harriet believes could be due to the city pollution, and after a serious attack begins to think leaving the city could be the best treatment available. Soon after, a letter arrives advising Harriet of an inheritance from one of her old patients, a run-down house in the country. It only takes one visit to persuade them to move.
The 18 episodes contain plots dealing with their adapting to life in the country and touches on environmental themes, alternative healing and alternative lifestyle choices.

Cast

Series 1 (1989)

Series 2 (1992)

Production

The exact location of the house is at Tunley, two miles southeast of Bisley, near Sapperton, Gloucestershire.
Lady Patricia's house is Nether Winchendon House in Nether Winchendon, Buckinghamshire.
Originally filmed as three series, broadcast of the second series was delayed by coverage of the Gulf War and series 2 and 3 were shown as a continuous twelve-episode second series in 1992.
The series was originally conceived and written by Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham for LWTV and Picture Partnerships. Brady and Bingham then wrote the entire first series.

Home video and DVD

The first series of Forever Green was originally released on VHS via Castle Vision, in a set containing two video tapes, before receiving a DVD release in 2006 from Granada Ventures. No further releases were made by these distribution companies.
Network acquired the rights for home distribution and the first series again made available in 2009, with the addition of the first-ever release of the second series, and a complete series set in 2010.