American Friends

An education in love

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Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-American girl she adopted many years before. Ashby finds he enjoys their company, particularly that of Elinor, and both the women are drawn to him. Back at Oxford he is nevertheless taken aback when they arrive unannounced. Women are not allowed in the College grounds, let alone the rooms. Indeed any liaison, however innocent, is frowned on by the upstanding Fellows.

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Creators

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Tristram Powell

director

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Tristram Powell

writer

Michael Palin

writer

Cast

Michael Palin actor

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Trini Alvarado actor Connie Booth actor Alfred Molina actor Bryan Pringle actor Jonathan Firth actor Susan Denaker actor David Calder actor

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Robert Eddison actor Simon Jones actor

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Fred Pearson actor

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Ian Dunn actor

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Charles McKeown actor Roger Lloyd Pack actor John Nettleton actor Alun Armstrong actor Sheila Reid actor

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Charles Simon actor Arthur Howard actor Wensley Pithey actor