The Norman Conquests (1977)

Name: The Norman Conquests
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Richard Briers, Fiona Walker, David Troughton, Tom Conti, Penelope Keith

Comedy

The trilogy presents a comically fraught weekend from three different perspectives, as family and in laws gather at the decaying country home of their bedridden mother; the drink flows, and hidden enmities, intimate secrets and uncomfortable truths emerge through the veneer of jollity and civility.

IMDb rating: 8.7 (160 votes)
Episode average: 8.7 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: Mini-series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1977)

8.70 avg 3 episodes 8.5 → 8.9 111 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Table Manners	8.5	188
2	Living Together	8.7	187
3	Round and Round the Garden	8.9	145