French Fields is a British situation comedy. It ran for 19 episodes from 5 September 1989 to 8 October 1991. It was written by John T. Chapman and Ian Davidson and was produced by Thames Television for ITV. The series starred Anton Rodgers and Julia McKenzie as husband and wife William and Hester Fields and followed the series Fresh Fields, which ran from 7 March 1984 to 23 October 1986. At the end of the last series of Fresh Fields, William accepted a position with a French company. French Fields follows Hester and William after they make the move to Calais. Other regular cast included their French real estate agent Chantal, who was also the Fields' neighbour to the left. On the right, were the horrible and snobbish English couple the Trendles. Hester and William also coped with Madame Remoleux, an unintelligible and ancient French woman who lived in and cared for the estate — called Les Hirondelles — where they all lived. Also, popping in on a regular basis, were local farmer and mayor Monsieur Dax and his daughter Marie-Christine, to whom Hester did her best to teach English. Nicholas Courtney also appeared frequently as the Marquis.

Cast

Anton Rodgers

William Fields

Julia McKenzie

Hester Fields

Pamela Salem

Chantal Moriac

V

Valerie Lush

Madame Remoleux

Liz Crowther

Jill Trendle

Robin Kermode

Hugh Trendle

P

Philip Bird

Peter

Olivier Pierre

Monsieur Dax

V

Victoria Baker

Marie-Christine

Nicholas Courtney

Marquis

Karen Ascoe

Emma

Philip McGough

Monsieur Dax

S

Sally Baxter

Emma

Brian de Salvo

Henri Nadal

Jonathan Kydd

Monsieur Queneau

N

Nicholas Johnson

Phillipe

T

Tatyana Colombo

Miss Calais

Julia Verdin

Natalie

Marian McLoughlin

Sweet Stallholder

A

Alec Sabin

Quarrelling Husband

Seasons

18 episodes

Season 11989 · 6 episodes

Season 21990 · 6 episodes

Season 31991 · 6 episodes