The my uncle silas episode guide includes recaps for every episode from every season and a full list of where you can watch episodes online instantly. Watch my uncle silas season 2 episode 2 finger wet. It is the fulllength picture of uncle silasi want to ask you about him. Whilst ned is sent into the garden to pick fruit, she and silas share some afternoon delight but she gives him good advice as to changing his will to neds benefit. In his preface to my uncle silas, bates says that the character of silas and a number of the stories in this volume are firmly based on real events in the life of joseph betts, husband of the authors great aunt mary ann. At mention of his name, my cousin gave me a look so sudden and odd as to amount almost to a start. Bates harks back to his boyhood in northamptonshire and the. In the last years of queen victorias reign, ned, a middleclass schoolboy, whose parents are working abroad, spends his summer holiday in the bedfordshire countryside with his greatuncle silas, who is sixty but very hearty and attractive to women still.
Rent my uncle silas 2001 starring albert finney and sue johnston on dvd and bluray. Unashamed with phil robertson listen via stitcher for. Bates claims some of the stories to be so near to reality that they needed only the slightest recolouring on my part namely the lily, the wedding, the revelation, silas the good, and the death of uncle silas. Oct 28, 2001 watch my uncle silas full episodes online. My uncle silas tv series 2001 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Uncle silas is a victorian gothic mysterythriller novel by the angloirish writer j. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of of my uncle silas with exclusive news, photos, videos and more at. Silas is sixty, but very hearty and still attractive to women. Bates characterizes silas as the original adam, rich and lusty and robust and a protest against the puritanical poison in the english blood, and he. Though 60 years old, silas relishes lifehes a womanizer, drinker, and. When hes not pursuing women, uncle silas is poaching fish and game, which he gleefully allows the young boy to witness.
As a joint production between yorkshire television and wgbhboston, my uncle silas aired intermittently in the u. Queenie, his putupon wife, takes her share of the profits from the hotel safe. The programme then goes on to tell the tale of uncle silas and his daily adventures. Silas takes ned to decorate the railway hotel and is appalled to find that the landlord, once a jolly man, has become a dour, strict teetotaller, refusing to serve alcohol to his guests. Fivetime oscarr nominated actor albert finney erin brockovich, the bourne ultimatum brings to life the loveable uncle silas, a charming old rascal whose love of alcohol and women make him a bad influence on his 10yearold nephew edward, who has come to the country to spend the summer with him. A guide to my uncle silas, the 2001 2003 itv tv comedy drama. My uncle silas itv comedy drama british comedy guide.
Stream full episodes of my uncle silas season 2 online on the roku channel. In 1901, ned joe prospero, a middleclass schoolboy whose parents are working abroad, spends his summer in bedfordshire with his great uncle silas albert finney. However, after suffering a series of ailments silas realizes that he will have to cheat and, literally, take short cuts to win. Humor abounds but episodes have their serious side too. Sorry, we dont yet have a full guide to this comedy. Albert finney, sue johnston, joe prospero, charlotte. It is an effective novel of sensation in the tradition of the woman in white, presenting us with a likable heroine in increasingly perilous situations, leading to a hairraisingand extremely wellexecutedclimax. Stream, download, buy, rent my uncle silas, season 2 episode 2, is available to watch free on tubi tv and stream on filmrise. Batess uncle silas figure, and many of the lineaments of his. Uncle george 3 episodes, 20012003 jennifer piercey. My uncle silas depicts a lecherous old man who drags his young nephew all over the countryside then tells the kid to scram so he can hit on the ladies.
On his way to see his solicitor to make a will, silas makes a detour to visit mrs. While silas instructs his nephew in the ways of country life he finds plenty of time away from the beady eye of housekeeper mrs betts to. The roku channel is your home for free and premium tv, anywhere you go. Watch my uncle silas season 2 episode 2 finger wet, finger. My uncle silas season 2 episodes streaming online for free. Watch my uncle silas online full episodes of season 2 to.
Youll love this website as you will travel through its features. Watch masterpiece theatre season 31, episode 8 my uncle silas. Twelve shows, a halfhour each, make this entertaining series fastpaced. Each episode presents a unique scenario of adventure. In 1901, ned joe prospero, a middleclass schoolboy whose parents are working abroad, spends his summer in bedfordshire with his greatuncle silas albert finney. To his young nephew spending the summer with him, albert finney stars as uncle silas. The first of the thames episodes was uncle silas, based on j. It is notable as one of the earliest examples of the locked room mystery subgenre. Watch full episodes of my uncle silas and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. Uncle silas by le fanu, joseph sheridan on apple podcasts. Batess semiautobiographical short stories, my uncle silas charts the coming of age of a young boy, edward, as he spends two long, hot summers with his great uncle in the village of souldrop.
The series premiered on sun oct 28, 2001 on and the christening s02e06 last aired on sun feb 09, 2003. Always a rugged charmer in days gone by, he retains these traits as a loveable rogue in my uncle silas. Silas gets work helping with the harvest at the farm owned by pamela. From owning a farm to boxing with a 7 foot giant uncle silas is a programme that has great acting and great adventure. Bates, and set over the course of one long hot summer around the turn of the 20th century, this whimsical. Nov 26, 2001 watch masterpiece theatre season 31, episode 8 my uncle silas. Uncle silas isnt a great novel, but it does exactly what it sets out to do. The first collection of stories my uncle silas was published in 1939, though the first story introducing the character, the lily, was first published separately about six years previously, and had been followed by the wedding and the death of uncle silas. Silas tries to show the landlords wife that theres more to life than work. I highly recommend both parts, each with six engaging episodes. Find out when my uncle silas is on tv, including series 1episode 1. Caught poaching, silas strikes a deal with the landowner not to prosecute in exchange for his charming company. Fivetime oscar nominated actor albert finney the bourne ultimatum brings to life h.
My uncle silas is a book of short stories about a bucolic elderly bedfordshire man, written by h. In a voice at once dreamy, devilish, innocent, mysterious and triumphant, 93yearold silas recalls his more youthful days of poaching and wooing. Bates further discusses silas and joe betts in edward garnett 51, attached. When silas challenges the wirier goffy windsor to a fivemile race around the local countryside, uncle george takes bets on the result and silas is sure of victory. Joe prospero spends an idyllic summer with his rascally uncle in a bucolic english village.
Because of the stellar performances of the cast, the uncle silas stories come charmingly to life in this bbc adaptation. In the last years of queen victorias reign, ned, a middleclass schoolboy whose parents are working abroad, spends his summer holiday in the bedfordshire countryside with his greatuncle silas. Network in the uk have released the six thames tv episodes plus the two surviving abc episodes of mystery and imagination in a. My uncle silas the complete series dvd for sale online. My uncle silas series 1 dvd, 2009, 2disc set for sale.
Silas is a lovable rogue who is overly fond of women and drink, but has the softest spot in his heart for his greatnephew edward ned, who comes to stay over a summer. Jul 09, 2006 the my uncle silas episode guide includes recaps for every episode from every season and a full list of where you can watch episodes online instantly. My uncle silas series and episode guides tv from radiotimes. The whole message of this show seems to be boys will be boys, and somehow thats okay if its set in the 1800s and the costuming is authentic no thank you. With albert finney, sue johnston, harriet walter, joe prospero. Shandy lilsilas tries to help lil by pairing her with pikey, the extremely shy thresher, but cupids arrow goes. Rent my uncle silas 2001 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Myepisodes is your personal tv assistant with alot of loved features including episodes checklist, rss feeds, automatic state view, calendar and more. My uncle silas is a series about a boy calle ned who goes to visit his uncle silas. Silas and edward take a job painting rooms for a frugal and temperate innkeeper. Embed embed for hosted blogs and item tags want more. Series 2 2003 starring albert finney and joe prospero on dvd and bluray. Watch my uncle silas online full episodes of season 2 to 1. It is not a novel of the supernatural despite a few creepily ambiguous touches, but does show a strong interest.
In 1992, johnston appeared in the threepart awardwinning drama goodbye cruel world, in which she portrayed a woman coming to terms with a musclewasting illness. Jan 12, 2003 watch my uncle silas finger wet, finger dry s2 e2 online watch online anytime. My uncle silas is a 25 minute comedydrama starring albert finney as uncle silas, sue johnston as mrs. In the last years of queen victorias reign, ned, a middleclass schoolboy, whose parents are working abroad, spends his summer holiday in the bedfordshire countryside with his great uncle silas, who is sixty but very hearty and attractive to women still. Watch my uncle silas finger wet, finger dry s2 e2 online watch online anytime. In the last years of queen victorias reign, ned, a middleclass schoolboy whose parents are working abroad, spends his summer holiday in the bedfordshire countryside with his great uncle silas. Adapted from the works of he bates, this is a cracking little group of tales set at the turn of last century about silas albert finney, an old country fella, happily entertaining his little nephew during the school holidays with all sorts of stories and. Phil, al, jase, and their special guests go beyond the four walls of the church to share gods word and study the bible with you. The duck commander and his sons are unashamed of their christian faith and want to share the gospel with everyone, from new believers to longtime followers of jesus.
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