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Titmuss Regained is a novel by John Mortimer published in 1990. It is a sequel to his 1986 novel Paradise Postponed.
Titmuss Regained: With David Threlfall, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rosemary Leach, Peter Capaldi. Adaptation of the second part of John Mortimer's Rapstone Chronicles, where a new town development threatens the Rapstone Valley.
A three-part sequel, entitled Titmuss Regained, aired in 1991. Reception. The New York Times described the series as a "decided disappointment," with Mortimer having perhaps taken on too much. The technique of time shifts from the present to near past is said to be confusing more than illuminating of its characters.
David Threlfall, as MP Leslie Titmuss, now elevated to the cabinet, played a man who had aged mentally and physically, without having abandoned the chip on his shoulder. Threlfall captured superbly a man who had ossified, but whose vulnerability was only more intense.
Titmuss goes to extraordinary lengths to discover all he can about his rival. When he confronts Jenny, their relationship--like Rapstone itself--faces startling developments. Leslie Titmuss (David Threlfall, Shameless) has never quite fit in among the denizens of Rapstone village.
Titmuss Regained. Broadcast: Feb. 9- 23, 1992 This sequel to PARADISE POSTPONED follows the fortunes of Leslie Titmuss who rose from humble beginnings to Cabinet member in the Conservative government. Story explores the collision of honesty and deceit in politics and marriage.
Titmuss addresses the threat posed by his ambitious and scheming junior minister, but he's preoccupied by the man competing for his wife's affections. Titmuss goes to extraordinary lengths to discover all he can about his rival.
