Stargazy on Zummerdown, by The Heartwood Institute

Stargazy on Zummerdown

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	1.	Stargazy 04:48
	2.	Zummerdown 04:46

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John Fletcher’s peculiarly titled television play is a singularly British piece of work, a meditation on the long-standing rift between town and country, between the agricultural and the industrial, the traditional and the new, all played out in a far distant future.

In the 23rd century, Britain has been renamed Albion and has divided into several commonwealths, united by the benign Reformed Celtic Church. In the commonwealth of New Harmony the rural Aggros live uneasily alongside the urban Toonies. Every year the church arranges a summit between the two sides to air grievances and hammer out trade deals amid a series of bizarre events that include onion-eating competitions, bouts of competitive swearing (“the winner will be he who most succeeds in upsetting the traditional judge for this event, a frail and elderly vicar”) and quasi-religious rituals. The play follows the build-up to and the actual summit that takes place on midsummer’s day on Zummerdown.

Originally broadcoast on 15th March 1978 as part of the BBC2 Play of the Week series.

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released March 27, 2022

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