Masterpiece Theatre "The Little Farm," complete in one episode, is an adaptation of a short story by H.E. Bates about two lonely people on a farm in Cheshire, England. Originally titled Country Matters: The Little Farm. For this presentation, howev... (more)er, PBS elected to use only the title The Little Farm, and this was the only Country Matters presentation of this season. In subsequent seasons, multiple episodes of the series were shown and PBS included Country Matters in the titles.