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Catherine Cookson (novel)
Gordon Hann (writer)
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Set in 1913 Northumbria, England, the story is about Robert Bradley, a strong-willed young worker at a Jarrow shipyard... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Juliet Aubrey ... Sarah Thorman
Alan Bird ... Solicitor
David Bradley ... Dave Waters
Jeremy Clyde ... Reginald Thorman
Janet Dale ... Alice Bradley

Jack Davenport ... Robert Bradley
Judi Earl ... Mary Taggart
William Gaminara ... Mr. Quinton
Sally Grey ... Carrie Bradley
Michael Gunn ... Greg Hubbard
Harry Herring ... Arthur Bloom
David Howey ... John Bradley
Dave Johns ... Man
Delena Kidd ... Peggy Waters
Judy Loe
Aedin Moloney ... Maggie

Rupert Penry-Jones ... Stanley Thorman
Steve Ramsden ... Schindler
Leslie Schofield ... Billy Taggart
Margaretta Scott ... Lady Clinton-Smyth
Leonard Silver

Justine Waddell ... Millie Thorman
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Catherine Cookson's The Moth
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152 min
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5 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Amazing local drama, 9 November 2004
Author: Amy (saiyanloveruk16) from South Shields, England

Being from Catherine Cookson land i am a bit biased to promote the television works of the great lady's novels...but this one surpassed any of the previous adaption i had seen.

The moth is a tale of love across the classes, featuring Robert Bradley(Jack Davenport), a working class carpenter working in the shipyards on the Tyne, (NOTE: The Shipyard used is no more than three miles from my house), Sarah Thorman(Juliet Aubrey), an upper class woman with a seemingly mad sister, who is in fact devastatingly vulnerable and a mere child in a woman's body.

The development of the separate stories which eventually culminate in Robert being accused of bedding his cousin and fathering her child, and Sarah's mother dieing, leaving her to cope with failing finances and keeping a household going under the constant glare of her father and then her brother.

When the two main characters finally end up in close contact with one another, there is a spark from the very beginning, but it is a spark Sarah tries hard to hide for the sake of her reputation and her sister, but eventually Robert making her see how badly the family home is failing brings her to her senses and makes her fall in love with him...

All in all...a beautiful piece...check it out.

Also Jack Davenport(a broad southerner) taking on a Geordie accent...hilarious.

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