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6.9/10   149 votes
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Director:
Norman Stone
Writers:
Catherine Cookson (novels)
Gordon Hann (writer)
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, take a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins more
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Cast

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Bob Peck ... Percival Miller

Janet McTeer ... Riah Millican
Geraldine Somerville ... Biddy Millican
Brendan P. Healy ... Tol Briston
Jean Anderson ... Madame Gallmington
Christopher Benjamin ... Anthony Gallington
Wendy Williams ... Grace Gallmington
David Hunt ... Laurence Gallmington
Aran Bell ... Stephen Gallmington

Jonathan Firth ... Paul Gallmington

Louise Lombard ... Lucy Gallmington
Madeleine Moffat ... Jessie Hobson
Val McLane ... Annie Griston
James Garbutt ... Doctor Pritchard
Donald Bisset ... Mr. Morgan
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Catherine Cookson's The Black Velvet Gown (UK) (complete title)
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Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
UK:15
Filming Locations:
Durham, County Durham, England, UK more
Company:
Portman Productions more

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5 out of 24 people found the following comment useful.
Pure Soap, 27 September 2000
4/10
Author: edward wilgar (edwardwilgar@optusnet.com.au) from Melbourne, Australia

The Upstairs, Downstairs plot from a story by prolific author Catherine Cookson is interesting enough but some grotesque overacting and the plodding direction ruin it. Bob Peck, so wonderful in `Edge of Darkness' mugs outrageously, gangly Oscar-nominee Janet McTeer doesn't age as her little children become adults. The Tyne-Tees TV costume department has been plundered for flat caps and smocks, the accents are all `When the boat comes in'

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