The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr

A quartet of Saturday night plays following the life of indomitable working-class Cockney woman Rosie Carr from the Edwardian era to 1960.

Drama

Seasons

1. Spring at the Winged Horse

Air Date: 1964-07-04

Rosie Carr, an 18-year-old orphan, works as a lowly tavern barmaid in the spring of 1907 and is courted by street-trader Tommo.

2. Summer in Matlock Street

Air Date: 1964-07-11

Now in her 30s and married to Tommo, Rosie struggles to keep their London slum home together and raise their three kids.

3. Autumn Near the Angel

Air Date: 1964-07-18

On the horizon of the Second World War, 50something Rosie works as a cleaner at Harley and Coping’s machine tool plant, with Tommo working only occasionally, and her daughter Millie about to marry an aspiring mechanic and spare-time soldier.

4. Long Winter Journey

Air Date: 1964-07-25

A widow in her 60s, Rosie struggles to come to terms with life in the strange Welfare State of 1960 and deciding whether or not to live with her children.

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Rating

0.0/10

Release Date

1964-07-04

Episodes

4 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

BBC