The Village is a television series about the life and times of the villagers of Bentley, Hampshire, a typical English village from 1993 to 2001. It was initially broadcast as a radio programme on BBC Radio 4, Christmas 1990, and continued in 1991, 1992 and 1993 - a total of 50 radio broadcasts. A book was also written by Nigel Farrell, covering the original Radio 4 episodes: The Village: The Early Years. Due to the success of the radio broadcast, the TV series began filming in summer 1993 and was broadcast on 3 October 1993 by Meridian TV, later to be shown on BBC 2 and Sky. It was also exported to Australian and Norwegian TV. Production company: Tiger Aspect Productions Producer: Paul Sommers Director/Narrator: Nigel Farrell. Total number of episodes: 102 The Top 10 Cast