When our copies of the BBC America catalog come in the mail, my mom and I always have to look through it and see if there are any new period dramas coming out that we could watch (of course we order on Amazon since it's a lot more reasonably priced). I picked up the BBC America catalog after looking over it a few times and found on the first page a period drama that I had skipped over: The Kent Chronicles -- a collection of three movies. After reading that William Shatner was in there, I thought "Okay, we have to watch this". Then I looked over the cast list and saw there were a bunch of actors that I recognized: Lorne Green, Buddy Ebsen, Donald Pleasance, etc. and I thought, "We really need to get this movie!" So my mom ordered it and in a few days it came. We watched the first movie recently, but have yet to see the other two movies (which, of course, I will review). So, here is Part 1 of The Kent Chronicles.
Note: All three parts of the Kent Chronicles have names, but since the name of the first one might make some people uncomfortable (not anything extremely horrible and it can be heard in other period dramas, but it is a bit of a vulgar term), I'm going to refer to each part as Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
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Synopsis
In a poor French village, a man named Phillipe Charboneau, the natural son of an English duke and a French actress, is told by his mother, Marie, that his father will leave him half his estate when he dies and produces an official document to prove it. When the Duke falls ill, Phillipe and Marie travel to the duke's estate Kentland so that Phillipe would be officially recognized as his son. However, the duchess and Phillipe's half brother, Roger, stand opposed to him and don't let Phillipe see his father. Choosing not to abandon the claim, Marie and Phillipe stay in the village, but when an altercation occurs, they flee to London and eventually Phillipe flees to America where he meets many of the Revolutionary War patriots.
