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 was not 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 three. In 2003, the Addis family left the farm for good. They were replaced by the Brewer family. Matt Brewer (
Ian Kelsey) was Brian's cousin. He left the big city with his young new wife, Frankie (
Angela Griffin), and his three children from his first marriage 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), Tony Murphy (
Ricky Tomlinson) and their wayward daughter, Emma (
Zara Dawson), who owned the local pub. The fifth and final series was broadcast from 2 January 2005 to 6 March 2005. ==Cast==