William and hester fields have been very happily married for twenty years. Their children have flown the nest, and hester thinks there are a still few things left to do between now and the pension book. With a renewed zest for life and a fresh dynamism in their relationship, she insists that the couple take up a number of new pastimes and challenges even if william sometimes lacks his wife s enthusiasm and seemingly boundless energy. Starring anton rodgers as accountant william and julia mckenzie as accomplished cook hester, fresh fields wry, gentle humour made it a firm favourite with viewers, spawning an equally popular sequel french fields and earning mckenzie a bafta nomination for best light entertainment performance. The series, which aired between 1984 and 1986, was produced and directed by sitcom veteran peter frazer jones george and mildred, after henry.