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  1. Paradise Postponed (1986) is a British 11-episode TV serial based on the 1985 novel by writer John Mortimer. The series covered a span of 30 years of postwar British history, set in a small village.

  2. Paradise Postponed: With Annette Crosbie, Paul Shelley, Peter Egan, David Threlfall. A clergyman, famous for his support of left-wing causes, dies, and surprises his family by leaving a great deal of money to a Conservative Member of Parliament.

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    • 1986-09-15
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  3. Jan 1, 2001 · Leslie is outraged. The ’well meaning offer of paradise’ refers to the Rev Simcox’s reforming zeal and belief that the causes he supports can only lead to a better quality of life for everyone. Before he dies, he concludes that it has all been an impossible dream – Paradise remains postponed.

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  4. Apr 12, 2024 · Paradise Postponed (1986) Publication date. 2024-04-12. Topics. Drama, British TV, John Mortimer. A clergyman, famous for his support of left-wing causes, dies, and. surprises his family by leaving a great deal of money to a Conservative. Member of Parliament.

  5. Sep 15, 1986 · Paradise Postponed is a British television drama mini-series that premiered in 1986. The show is based on the novel of the same name by author John Mortimer, who also adapted the screenplay. The series was directed by Alvin Rakoff and produced by Ken Riddington.

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    • Michael Hordern
    • Acorn Media
  6. Nov 4, 2010 · Paradise Postponed (Penguin Modern Classics) Kindle Edition. When Simeon Simcox, a socialist clergyman, leaves his entire fortune not to his family but to the ruthless, social-climbing Tory MP Leslie Titmuss, the Rector's two sons react in very different ways.

    • John Mortimer
  7. Paradise Postponed. 1 9 8 6 (UK) 11 x 50 minute episodes. It was hard to tell who the heroes were in John Mortimer’s Paradise Postponed, Thames Television’s blockbuster about dotty socialist vicar Simeon Simcox (Michael Hordern) – “The Red Rector” of the village of Rapstone Fanner – and how he died and left all his money (including ...