Gil Morice (Child #83) in two parts, like a Christmas transmission of a soap?
The football match just before the beheading might be a good place to cut.
Though what thoughts on Martin Carthy rewriting it down to Bill Norrie and Spiers&Boden to Child Morris (setting it to The Duchess Dressed in Blue)?
I was watching Eastenders last night which I am convinced is turning into Fair Annie. True, Creepy Max went after his daughter-in-law, not his wife Tanya's sister. But her horrifically evil revenge plot to get his money (and probably burn him like hookey green to boot) is going to "entertain" some people for weeks.