Broadcast: Feb. 2-23, 1975. Based on the short stories of two masters of the genre, A.E. Coppard and H.E. Bates, "Country Matters" depicts life in rural England during that period between the two World Wars when countrymen and women were untroubled by the noises of the twentieth century. The short stories televised are: "The Higgler", "The Black Dog", "The Watercress Girl" (all by A.E. Coppard) and "The Mill" by H.E. Bates.