The Newcomers(1965)

series - first aired/released 1965-10-05 - audience 6.5

Directed by Christopher Barry, David Maloney, Desmond McCarthy, Eric Hills, Gerald Blake, John Mackenzie, Michael Hart, Oliver Horsbrugh, Piers Haggard, Richard Martin, Ronald Wilson, Waris Hussein

The Newcomers was a late 1960s BBC soap opera which dealt with the subject of a London family, the Coopers, who moved to a housing estate in the fictional country town of Angleton. It was broadcast in bi-weekly half hour episodes from 5 October 1965 until 28 November 1969. It was initially produced by Verity Lambert. In the series, a fictional light industrial manufacturing company called Eden Brothers decides to relocate to the rural location. There are conflicts with the older members of the existing community, as well as some lighter moments as urbanites encounter "country characters". Many of the relocated workers have trouble living outside the city. As the series progresses, problems on the factory floor spill over into the community. Throughout this the Coopers strive to raise their daughter and two sons, who are having their own issues.