Cold Comfort Farm Folk (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Comedy

Cold Comfort Farm

Folk (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Comedy

Newly orphaned Flora Poste moves in with her cousins, the Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm. Despite their many eccentricities, she immediately sets about re-ordering their lives.

Director

Peter Hammond

Writers

Stella Gibbons (novel) | David Turner (dramatisation)

Producer

David Conroy

Cinematographer

Peter Hall (film cameraman)

Editor

Bill Huthert

Production Designer

Raymond Cusick

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Edit Released

Updated Jun 22, 1968

Release date

Dec 26, 1971 (United States)

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Alastair Sim Amos Starkadder Amos Starkadder See fewer	A Christmas Carol (1951)
Fay Compton Aunt Ada Doom (Starkadder) Aunt Ada Doom (Starkadder) See fewer	The Haunting (1963)
Sarah Badel Flora Poste Flora Poste See fewer	Not Without My Daughter (1991)
Rosalie Crutchley Judith Starkadder Judith Starkadder See fewer	The Haunting (1963)
Brian Blessed Reuben Starkadder Reuben Starkadder See fewer	Flash Gordon (1980)
Peter Egan Seth Starkadder Seth Starkadder See fewer	The Wedding Date (2005)
Billy Russell Adam Lambsbreath Adam Lambsbreath See fewer	The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Hazel Coppen Mrs. Agony Beetle Mrs. Agony Beetle See fewer	The Avengers (1961)
Fionnula Flanagan Mary Smiling Mary Smiling See fewer	The Others (2001)
John Golightly Charles Fairford Charles Fairford See fewer	Lifeforce (1985)
Sharon Gurney Elfine Starkadder Elfine Starkadder See fewer	Women in Love (1969)
Charlotte Howard Meriam Meriam See fewer	Cold Comfort Farm (1968)
Sheila Grant Rennett Starkadder Rennett Starkadder See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Joan Bakewell Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Iris (I) (2001)
John Baker Ezra (uncredited) Ezra (uncredited) See fewer	Uncle Silas (1989)
Jonathan Bilson Harkaway (uncredited) Harkaway (uncredited) See fewer	Merry-Go-Round (1963)
Sarah Lisemore Unknown (uncredited) Unknown (uncredited) See fewer	What Maisie Knew (1968)
Ian Wilson Postman (uncredited) Postman (uncredited) See fewer	The Wicker Man (1973)