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Screen-drama adaptation of R. D. Blackmore's novel. Set in the troubled times of Charles II and James II, the story tells of the love affair between John Ridd and Lorna Doone.
First of five-part screen-drama adaptation of R.D. Blackmoore's classic novel.Set during the 17th Century, the turbulent times of King James II and Charles II, John Ridd a humble farmer and Lorna Doone a young beauty of noble stock deeply fall in love. However the Doones, Lorna's relatives and the infamous local outlaws who have run the Exmoor territory for a generation, are hell bent on causing havoc, pillaging and sabotaging property and relationships in their pursuit to usurp an inheritance.
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Sun 9 Apr 1978
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