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7.1/10   64 votes
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Philippa Gregory (novel)
Philippa Gregory (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 October 1998 (USA) more
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Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
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Outstanding script, superb direction and Emma Fielding more (1 total)

Cast

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Warren Clarke ... Josiah Cole
Anna Massey ... Sarah Cole
Emma Fielding ... Frances Scott Cole
Ariyon Bakare ... Mehuru / Moses

Ralph Brown ... Dr. Hadley

Richard Briers ... Sir Charles Fairley
Grahame Fox ... John Bates

Jenny Agutter ... Lady Scott
Simon Williams ... Lord Scott
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Makaela Alexander ... Naomi
Doreen Andrew ... Cook
Stephen Bent ... Foreman
Clinton Blake ... Mark
Francis Crampsie ... Bates' Man
Cait Davis ... Brown
Richard Dixon ... M.C
Kaddy Faal ... Mary
David Foxxe ... Mr. Woolwick
Geoffrey Greenhill ... Mr. Shore
Claire Huckle ... Sophia Snelling
Jenny Jules ... Elizabeth
Junior Laniyan ... Matthew

Russell Mabey ... Sailor
Sainabou Manneh ... Ruth
Matthew Marsh ... Stephen Waring
Abigail McKern ... Mrs. Shore
Paul McNeilly ... Captain Smedley
Tanya Moodie ... Rachel
Ric Morgan ... Sam Fielding
Campbell Morrison ... Jack Kedge
Lloyd Notice ... Samuel
Hugh Quarshie ... Caesar Peters
Anton Rice ... Luke
Jake Ritzema ... Link Boy
Charlotte Robson ... Wet Nurse
Dinah Stabb ... Mrs. Waring
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60 min (4 episodes)
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5 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Outstanding script, superb direction and Emma Fielding, 9 March 2001
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Author: Vaughn A. Carney (CARNEYVA@aol.com) from New England, USA

This is not the typical bodice-ripping, 18th century romance, with all of the cliched lurking, thwarted passions. No, the central themes here are beautifully woven into a single strand, with the characters displaying a range and depth rarely seen in American cinema. Anna Massey, Warren Clarke (remember him as "Dim", the slow-witted droog in "A Clockwork Orange") and Aariyon Bakare present powerful and memorable performances. But Emma Fielding as Frances Scott absolutely steals this movie. This enormously talented London stage and RSC actress brings the whole package: extraordinary beauty, emotional range, presence, and a wondrous voice that is itself "sheer theatrical viagra" (forget about the recent overrated displays on the London stage in "The Blue Room" and "The Graduate"). Ms. Fielding richly deserves to be cast in the lead of full-length feature films, and in roles that require intelligence, imagination and her megawatt star-power.

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