Too Long a Winter
Award-winning documentary that follows the solitary existence of Hannah Hauxwell, a farmer who lives all alone in a remote farmhouse without electricity or running water, in the isolated dale of Baldersdale in County Durham. The documentary also follows the return of Brian and Mary Bainbridge to an even more remote farm further up Teesdale after they left several years earlier because the winters had been too severe and they had lost most of their sheep.
- Runtime
- 45m
- Released
- 1973
- Country
- United Kingdom
Details
Release year: 1973
Storyline
Award-winning documentary that follows the solitary existence of Hannah Hauxwell, a farmer who lives all alone in a remote farmhouse without electricity or running water, in the isolated dale of Baldersdale in County Durham. The documentary also follows the return of Brian and Mary Bainbridge to an even more remote farm further up Teesdale after they left several years earlier because the winters had been too severe and they had lost most of their sheep.
Top credits
- Peter Moth — Reporter
- Brian Bainbridge — Self
- Mary Bainbridge — Self
- George Hall — Self
Did you know
• After this programme was broadcast, ITV companies, and especially Yorkshire Television who made the programme, were inundated with gifts and money for "the old lady in the Yorkshire Dales" (Hannah Hauxwell) which eventually enabled her to invest in a few more cows and to have an electricity supply installed at her farmhouse. For the record, Hannah was only 46 when the programme was filmed, but appeared much older because of her harsh living conditions.
User reviews
Treat for Eye and Ear
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Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Color
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