Mr Pye (1986)
A UK (Channel 4) television series written by Donald Churchill.
It's based on a 1953 short novel by Mervyn Peake and directed by Michael Darlow.
Mr. Pye is a quasi-religious evangelical tale with a strange vibe.
Like watching 'Last of the Summer Wine' but finding it a bit unsettling.
For those unfamiliar: 'Last of the Summer Wine' was a long running British show
set in rural Yorkshire with gentle humour aimed at a largely elderly audience.
Starring Derek Jacobi (later: Sir Derek George Jacobi)
Jacobi started his professional acting career with Laurence Olivier
as one of the founding members of the National Theatre.
He has appeared in numerous Shakespearean stage productions
but is probably most loved for his leading role
in the 1976 TV series 'I Claudius' (I CLAVDIVS)
for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.
Mr. Pye was filmed on the beautiful island of Sark (Peake's original setting)
and the scenery alone makes it worth watching.
Sark is an island in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy,
which forms part of the archipelago of the Channel Islands.
It belongs to the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a self-governing British Crown Dependency,
with its own set of laws based on Norman law and its own parliament.
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