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Coordinates: 52°01′55″N 1°08′49″W / 52.032°N 1.147°W / 52.032; -1.147
Brackley is a town in south Northamptonshire, England. It is about 19 miles (31 km) from Oxford and 22 miles (35 km) from Northampton. Historically a market town based on the wool and lace trade, it was built on the intersecting trade routes between London, Birmingham and the English Midlands and between Cambridge and Oxford. Brackley has connections with Formula 1 as it is close to Silverstone and home to Mercedes GP.
Brackley, originally also known as Brachelai or Brackele, was held in 1086 by Earl Alberic. After this it passed to the Earl of Leicester, and to the families of De Quincy and Roland.
In the 11th and 12th centuries Brackley was in the Hundred of Odboldistow and in the Manor of Halse. Richard I (The Lionheart) named five official sites for jousting tournaments[citation needed] so that such events could not be used as local wars, and Brackley was one of these. The tournament site is believed to be to the south of the castle where the A422 now passes.
Actors: Joan Ellacott (costume designer), Carl Davis (composer), Dennis Potter (writer), Jean Boht (actress), Kenith Trodd (producer), Alan Badel (actor), Ronald Hines (actor), Brian Gibson (director), Gareth Forwood (actor), Heather Canning (actress), Max Harris (actor),
Plot: "Where Adam Stood" is "based on" the 1907 autobiography, "Father and Son", by Christian fundamentalist and naturalist Edmund Gosse, but Dennis Potter adapted only one section of the book, adding much material of his own invention. The drama was filmed on the Devon coast near Torquay, not far from where Gosse lived. With a literal belief in the Old Testament, Philip Gosse is opposed to the new theories of Charles Darwin, espoused here by biologist Brackley. Assuming "the Lord's will" determines the fate of his ailing son Edmund, Philip Gosse creates a life-threatening situation, even suggesting the illness is God's punishment because of Edmund's desire for a toy ship. While looking at the ship in a shop window, Edmund is approached by the village's mad Mary Teague, and the deranged woman lures the child into the forest for an attempted sexual attack. He resists, throws a stone at her and flees. Later, he also resists and challenges his father's belief system by stating, "The Good Lord says I am to have the ship."
Genres: ,Actors: Ronald Adam (actor), Basil Dignam (actor), Fred Groves (actor), Cameron Hall (actor), Michael Hordern (actor), Leslie Phillips (actor), Michael Rennie (actor), H.G. Stoker (actor), Harold Clayton (producer), Derek Elphinstone (actor), Nigel Arkwright (actor), Michael Ashwin (actor), Ian Cooper (actor), William Roderick (actor), Kenneth Woollard (writer),
Genres: Drama,