Sparkhouse (TV 2002)The relationship between childhood sweethearts, a farmer's daughter and boy from a rich family, turns tumultuous in this modern interpretation of Wuthering Heights Director:Robin Shepperd |
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Sparkhouse (TV 2002)The relationship between childhood sweethearts, a farmer's daughter and boy from a rich family, turns tumultuous in this modern interpretation of Wuthering Heights Director:Robin Shepperd |
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| Sarah Smart | ... |
Carol Bolton
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| Joe McFadden | ... |
Andrew Lawton
(as Joseph McFadden)
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| Alun Armstrong | ... |
Richard Bolton
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| Nicholas Farrell | ... |
Paul Lawton
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| Celia Imrie | ... |
Kate Lawton
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| Siobhan Finneran | ... |
Sue Bolton
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| Richard Armitage | ... |
John Standring
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| Holliday Grainger | ... |
Older Lisa Bolton
(as Holly Grainger)
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Camilla Power | ... |
Becky Lawton
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Nicky Evans | ... |
Connor
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Kate Anthony | ... |
Jenny Bullock
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Ray Ashcroft | ... |
Geoff Cutler, Headmaster
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Tony Broughton | ... |
Kate Lawton's Dad
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Luke Christian | ... |
Young Andrew
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John Elkington | ... |
Bank Manager
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The relationship between childhood sweethearts, a farmer's daughter and boy from a rich family, turns tumultuous in this modern interpretation of Wuthering Heights
OK it's very melodramatic, but what acting by the two leads! Both of them are excellent in this. I've seen Sarah Smart do a similar 'act' in other things. Whatever it is, she does it very well.
Joe McF plays his passionate and emotional part very well here. I know he irritates some reviewers by his 'soppiness' in this, but that's the character.
I'm surprised that Sparkhouse did not catapult both of them into much greater prominence. Joe McF, in particular, seems almost to have disappeared from the screen.
By the way, I also think Camilla Power is good in her rather thankless role. To think she was once in Narnia! Richard Armitage also does well here, but doubt I'll ever understand the adulation he seems to attract.