Hadleigh is a man who seemingly has everything: wealth, status, and a beautiful wife. But the man who has everything has more to lose than most. When Hadleigh's wife mysteriously disappears, is it the beginning of the end?

(Possible plot-spoilers below)

James, who is a board member of a merchant bank, discovers at a special meeting that the current chairman, Sir Geoffrey Osborne, is planning to retire at some stage in the next few years and wants James to take over. Sir Geoffrey makes it plain that James would need to significantly improve his share holding. Sir Richard arranges a million pound loan (£6.3M in today's money - putting Melford as security in the process) but a run on the pound threatens to completely ruin Hadleigh.

First broadcast March 5th 1976.

Cast:

Gerald Harper as James Hadleigh
Ambrosine Phillpotts as Lady Helen
Peter Dennis as Sutton
Jenny Twigge as Joanna Roberts
Richard Easton as Bill Townsend
Richard Vernon as Sir Geoffrey Osborne
Anthony Corlan as Gregory Baker
Peter Ellis as Taylor
George Innes as Teddy Monks
Larry Cross as Newscaster
Robert McBain as Police Inspector
Frank Duncan as Alastair Patterson
Jane Dore as Traffic Warden
Roger Ostime as City man
Carl Rae as Croupier
Delena Kidd as 1st Party Woman
Monica Grey as 2nd Party Woman
Joseph Greig as Tedbut

Writer: David Ambrose / Production Design: Mary Rea / Director: Derek Bennett

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The final episode of S4 - and of the whole programme - features a version with commentary by Gerald Harper and others involved in the making of the programme, giving insights and stories along the way. I plan to upload both versions when the time comes - which I think will be around early Feb 2024.

Also, there is a video documentary made in 2009 about Hadleigh called "The Lonely Man on the Hill", which again features Gerald Harper and others involved in the programme. I'll upload this after the present series has completed.

More info on this episode at:

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More on Hadleigh:

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The character of James Hadleigh first appeared in a 13 Episode series called Gazette [ Ссылка ] , as a millionaire who relocates from London to Yorkshire and buys a local newspaper founded by his father many years before.

Here's a link to the first episode:

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