A book was also written by Nigel Farrell, covering the original Radio 4 episodes: The Village: The Early Years (ISBN 978-0-563-38311-6).
Due to the success of the radio broadcast, the TV series began filming in summer 1993 and was broadcast on 3 October 1993 by ITV Meridian, later to be shown on BBC 2 and Sky.
The series was produced by Paul Sommers for Tiger Aspect Productions.
The Top 10 Cast (in order of appearance) The date shown is the date first broadcast on Meridian TV.
The events in the series had occurred in the previous 6–12 months prior to broadcast.