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Director:
James Hawes
Writers:
Andrew Davies (screenplay)
John Cleland (novel)
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Release Date:
22 October 2007 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Orphaned by smallpox, young Lancashire country lady Fanny Hill cheerfully accepts her friend Esther... more
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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Fanny Hill (review)
 (From FlickFilosopher. 28 October 2008, 2:27 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Enjoyable adaptation more (3 total)

Cast

  (Series Cast overview, first billed only)

Hugo Speer ... Mr. H
Rebecca Night ... Fanny Hill
Emma Stansfield ... Esther Davies
Tony Guilfoyle ... Old Clergyman
Alison Steadman ... Mrs. Brown
Louisa Clein ... Susan
Joanna Miller ... Emma
Carli Norris ... Phoebe

Philip Jackson ... Mr. Crofts
Alex Robertson ... Charles Standing
Ruth Sheen ... Mrs Jones
Samantha Bond ... Mrs. Coles

Richard Riddell ... William
Kayleigh Folcarelli ... Florence

Claire Murphy ... Louisa
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Additional Details

Runtime:
60 min (2 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M
Filming Locations:
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK more
Company:
Sally Head Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Although the word "fanny" is nowadays widely used as British slang for the female genitals, and has been since the 19th century, this connotation was unknown at the time when John Cleland wrote his novel. Consequently, lines such as Mrs Coles's "Be gentle with my little Fanny, sir" would not have been seen as double-entendres. more
Quotes:
Mrs. Brown: We're going to leave you a while with Mr. Crofts, Fanny. You be sure to entertain him prettily. Can you do that for me, Fanny? more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Enjoyable adaptation, 16 February 2009
8/10
Author: opusv5 from Ottawa, Canada

I've seen a 1983 British version of "Fanny Hill," which was enjoyable in a slap and tickle sort of way. This recent opus is probably a more "serious" treatment, with much less explicit sex than the 1980s film. The young woman playing Fanny here was very attractive, and this adaptation does, I believe, stick to the novel's premise in that Fanny does not make any real apologies for her past. It was circumstances that got her into prostitution, but she basically chose to stay there until it was possible for her to leave it. The film does comment on the double-standard of that era (and ours still) in that Mr. H. finds what Fanny does to be dishonest while willingly entering brothels himself. Yet some of the males, especially that terminally-ill young man who wants to pass his last days with Fanny and her co-workers, are sympathetic. Anyway, the costumes were good, period atmosphere authentic, and leading actress lovely (including brief nudity)and entertaining.

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