A Village Affair is a 1995 British television film based on the 1989 eponymous novel by Joanna Trollope. It was broadcast by ITV on 17 April 1995. The film was directed by Moira Armstrong from a teleplay by Alma Cullen.
Plot
Alice and Martin Jordan arrive with their three children to live in the quiet English village of Pitcombe, and all seems to be well at first. But there is a secret below the surface which begins to emerge after Alice meets Clodagh Unwin, the daughter of local landowner Sir Ralph Unwin.
Cast
Sophie Ward - Alice Jordan
Kerry Fox - Clodagh Unwin
Nathaniel Parker - Martin Jordan
Jeremy Northam - Anthony Jordan
Michael Gough - Sir Ralph Unwin
Claire Bloom - Cecily Jordan
Barbara Jefford - Lady Unwin
Peter Jeffrey - Peter Morris
Rosalie Crutchley - Lettice Deverel
Philip Voss - Richard Jordan
Heather Canning - Elizabeth Meadows
Keira Knightley appeared in the role of Alice's daughter, Natasha Jordan.
Home media
A Village Affair was released on VHS in Europe by Odyssey Video Ltd. on 28 September 1997. The DVD was released by Odyssey on 30 June 2003.
The North American region DVD was released by Acorn Media on 26 May 2009.