The Lonely Herdsman

"The Lonely Herdsman"
The Green Green Grass episode
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 2
Directed by	Dewi Humphreys
Written by	Jim Sullivan
Production code	3:2 (17)
Original air date	9 November 2007
Running time	30 Minutes
Episode chronology

"The Lonely Herdsman" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, The Green Green Grass. It was first screened on 9 November 2007, as the second episode of series three. ^[1]

Synopsis

When Marlene drags Boycie and Tyler to visit her mother Dora, the battle lines are drawn. Spending the day away from the farm gives the staff freedom – well, more than they usually have to sit around doing almost nothing. The only exceptions being Bryan trying his hand at poetry to stop him feeling lonely and Mrs Cakeworthy surfing the net to help him find a solution.

Episode cast

Actor	Role
John Challis	Boycie
Sue Holderness	Marlene
June Whitfield	Dora
Jack Doolan	Tyler
David Ross	Elgin
Ivan Kaye	Bryan
Ella Kenion	Mrs Cakeworthy
Peter Heppelthwaite	Jed

Notes

Ricky Hatton is seen in this episode in the bar when Bryan gets beaten up.^[2]

References

The Green Green Grass

Characters

Boycie

Episodes

Series 1	"Keep On Running" "A Rocky Start" "The Country Wife" "Hay Fever" "Pillow Talk" "Sex and the Country" "One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock"

Series 2	"Testing Times" "Here’s to You, Mrs Boyce" "Bothered and Bewildered" "Mother Earth" "Schoolboy French" "More Questions Than Answers" "Brothers and Sisters" "From Here to Paternity"

Series 3	"But is it Art?" "The Lonely Herdsman" "If You Go Down to the Woods" "Sweet Sorrow" "Fifteen Minutes" "The Final Curtain" "Lust in Translation" "The Special Relationship"

Series 4	"The Path of True Love" "Home Brew" "Calendar Boys" "Animal Instincts" "Your Cheating Art" "The Departed" "I Done It My Way" "One Man's Junk" "For Richer For Poorer"