Love in a Cold Climate

Michael Aldridge

Uncle Matt

Lucy Gutteridge

Linda

Judi Dench

Aunt Sadie

Richard Hurndall

Lord Montdore

Anthony Stewart Head

Tony Kroesig

Vivian Pickles

Lady Montdore

Diana Fairfax

Emily Warbeck

Michael Cochrane

Cedric Hampton

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Fabrice, Duc de Sauveterre

David Parfitt

Little Matt

Amanda Boxer

Young Baroness

Anthony Higgins

Juan

Michael Elwyn

Rolly

Michael Elwyn

Roly

Seasons

Miniseries

8 episodes

Premiered Oct 29, 1980

Episodes

1–6 of 8

Ep 1

Child Hunt

Oct 29, 1980

We meet the Radlett family engaged in one of its happiest pursuits - Lord Alconleigh hunts his daughters with bloodhounds.

Ep 2

Coming Out

Nov 5, 1980

The Radlett girls (with cousin Fanny and friend Polly) begin to take their first steps into Society and in pursuit of Love. Of them all, only Lady Polly seems to have no interest in the latter.

Ep 3

Rings and Things

Nov 12, 1980

Engagements to be married come about for good and bad reasons - and some are more approved of than others.

Ep 4

The Merry Widower

Nov 19, 1980

We are reminded that it is not only the younger generation which has amorous ambitions. Lady Polly finally chooses her mate, to the astonishment of the fashionable world and the horrified disbelief of her mother.

Ep 5

Heir Apparent

Nov 26, 1980

Lord Montdore's heir, Cedric Hampton, who is a distant cousin in Canada, is feared to be an obscure redneck. But truth can be stranger than fiction.

Ep 6

Foreigners Are Fiends

Dec 3, 1980