Forever Green

Forever Green is a television programme originally broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom from 26 February 1989 to 24 May 1992. It was made for London Weekend Television 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 (Freddy) 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

 * Pauline Collins - Harriet Boult
 * John Alderton - Jack Boult
 * Daisy Bates - Freddy Boult
 * Nimer Rashed - Tom Boult
 * Paola Dionisotti - Lady Patricia Broughall
 * Wendy van der Plank - Hilly
 * Alan Rowe - Geoff Bate
 * Ian Lindsay - Ted Hubbard

Production
The Boult family's country home, Meadows Green Farm, is sometimes said to have been in the Cotswolds, though place names mentioned in the series point to it being further south in Somerset. For example, the fictional address of Geoff Bate's Handcross Garage is Handcross, Somerset, and Shepton is mentioned frequently, presumably a reference to Shepton Mallet. The exact location of the house is at Tunley, two miles southeast of Bisley, near Sapperton, Gloucestershire.

A scene in the first episode of series two was filmed at Furze Platt Senior School in Berkshire.

Lady Patricia's house is Nether Winchendon House in Nether Winchendon, Buckinghamshire.

Also, Wincanton, in Somerset, is mentioned in the third episode. The horse rustlers were caught the other side of Wincanton, more evidence to suggest it was filmed in Somerset.

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, but due to a serious dispute with the producers they then withdrew from the subsequent series and requested their names be removed from the credits. They did, however, retain format and copyright in the series and characters.

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.