Clayhanger The Chain Is Broken (Season 1, Episode 15)
TV Episode | Drama

Clayhanger

The Chain Is Broken (Season 1, Episode 15)

TV Episode | Drama

Darius declines. Edwin now owns the print works, the rest is split between the two sisters. Time passes, and Janet turns up for a visit with a little boy: Hilda's son, George Edwin Cannon.

Director

David Reid

Writers

Arnold Bennett ("Clayhanger" novels) | Douglas Livingstone (dramatised by)

Producers

Douglas Livingstone | David Reid

Production Designer

Michael Bailey

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 8, 1976

Release date

Apr 8, 1976 (United Kingdom)

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Peter McEnery Edwin Clayhanger Edwin Clayhanger See fewer	The Moon-Spinners (1964)
Harry Andrews Darius Clayhanger Darius Clayhanger See fewer	The Hill (1965)
Thelma Whiteley Maggie Clayhanger Maggie Clayhanger See fewer	Clayhanger (1976)
Joyce Redman Auntie Hamps Auntie Hamps See fewer	Tom Jones (1963)
Anne Carroll Clara Benbow Clara Benbow See fewer	K-PAX (2001)
Clive Swift Albert Benbow Albert Benbow See fewer	Excalibur (1981)
John Horsley Osmond Orgreave Osmond Orgreave See fewer	The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)
Louise Purnell Janet Orgreave Janet Orgreave See fewer	Clayhanger (1976)
Timothy Woolgar George Cannon Jr. George Cannon Jr. See fewer	Clayhanger (1976)
Bruce Purchase Big James Big James See fewer	The Quatermass Conclusion (1979)
Hugh Walters Stifford Stifford See fewer	1984 (1984)
Benjamin Whitrow Dr. Heve Dr. Heve See fewer	Chicken Run (2000)
Patricia Garwood Nurse Nurse See fewer	The Victorians (1963)
Vera Jakob Mrs. Nixon Mrs. Nixon See fewer	The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
David Stoll Vicar Heve Vicar Heve See fewer	The Secret Garden (1993)
Peter Welch Toastmaster Toastmaster See fewer	North and South (1966)
Frank Middlemass Jos Curtenty Jos Curtenty See fewer	Barry Lyndon (1975)
Alan Foss Robson Robson See fewer	Maurice (1987)
James Ware Man in Carriage / Drunk Man in Carriage / Drunk See fewer	The Adventures of Don Quick (1970)