Episode #1.4 

Christopher is in Rouen with his godfather General Campion and the unbalanced McKechnie,his job being to kit out fresh troops for the front. His desire to see that the men are humanely ... See full summary »

Director:

Susanna White

Writers:

Tom Stoppard (screenplay), Ford Madox Ford (based on the novels by)

Stars:

Anna Skellern, Rebecca Hall, Ronald Pickup

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Anna Skellern	...	Bobbie Pelham
Rebecca Hall	...	Sylvia Tietjens
Ronald Pickup	...	General Haggard
Leslie de Gruyter	...	Lord Beichen
Clare Higgins	...	Lady Claudine
Jonathan Coy	...	Bertram
Sasha Waddell	...	Glorvina
Malcolm Sinclair	...	Sandbach
Adelaide Clemens	...	Valentine Wannop
Miranda Richardson	...	Mrs. Wannop
Roger Allam	...	General Campion
Elliot Levey	...	Colonel Levin
Anna Maguire	...	Latin Teacher
Lucy Briers	...	Mrs. Ferguson
Emma Dewhurst	...	First Teacher

Storyline

Christopher is in Rouen with his godfather General Campion and the unbalanced McKechnie,his job being to kit out fresh troops for the front. His desire to see that the men are humanely treated brings him into conflict with unfeeling superiors such as General O'Hara. Sylvia arrives in Rouen,swearing to Christopher that she has been faithful to him and asking his permission to move,with their son Michael, into the Tietjens family home,Groby. As ever he cannot refuse her. The feud with O'Hara is intensified when Christopher fights with him after O'Hara has accused Sylvia of being a whore because of her infidelity with Perowne. O'Hara has him arrested but,to spare him,Campion makes him a second-in-command though with a fighting battalion near the front.As Campion bids Christopher farewell he tells him that there is proof of Sylvia's affair with Perowne,despite her assurance to the contrary.

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Plot Keywords:

tv mini series | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Romance | War

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 February 2013 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mammoth Screen, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Home Box Office (HBO)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

58 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Quotes

Sylvia Tietjens: Your brother refers to me as "that whore". I haven't had a man, Christopher, in five years, and more. Not one. I haven't let myself be kissed or touched. Not once since Perowne. Potty Perowne! Can you see how I must have been feeling, to go off with a fool like Potty? I was not in my senses. I broke under your forbearance, your permanent well-mannered forgiveness for my doing the dirty on you, when I married you not knowing - still not knowing whether my child was yours or Gerald Drake's. You ...

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Soundtracks

Scipio
(uncredited)
Written by George Frideric Handel

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