Root Into Europe is an ITV comedy-drama based on the character from William Donaldson's book The Henry Root Letters. Five episodes Written by Donaldson and Mark Chapman and produced by Aspect Film & TV for Central Independent Television, were first broadcast in May and June 1992. The series starred George Cole as Henry Root, and Pat Heywood as his wife, Muriel. Henry Root, a right-wing fish dealer who disapproves of the impending European Union, declares himself England's 'European regulator' in a letter to the British Prime Minister, then John Major. He takes his wife Muriel on a tour of Europe to represent English values to mainland Europe. His adventures are captured on a camcorder by his wife to be sent to the BBC upon his return for a future documentary, which one expects will never be made.
The story of a retired man who decides to fulfil his life-long ambition of walking from one end of Britain to the other.
Patricia Heywood (born 1 August 1931) was a Scottish actress. She was nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Romeo and Juliet in 1969. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pat Heywood, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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