Broadcast: Oct. 19-Dec. 28, 1986. Program follows forty years in the family of Rev. Simeon Simcox, Rector of Rapstone Fanner, who dies quietly in his rectory leaving a mysterious will and a baffled family. His son, Fred, sets out to find the secret of his father's past -- told in flashbacks that hopscotch through the decades. Son Henry is determined to contest the will which leaves the estate to Leslie Titmuss, who rose from humble beginnings to Cabinet member in the Conservative government. See Dial magazine/program guide, October 1986, for cover story.