The Black Velvet Gown (1991)
In het Engeland van 1834 komt de jonge weduwe Riah Millican met haar drie kinderen op straat te staan. De rijke, teruggetrokken Percial Miller neemt haar aan als huishoudster van Gulmington Mansion. Terwijl Riah het huis in order houdt, krijgen haar kinderen scholing van Percival. Maar wanneer Riah erachter komt dat Percical een duistere drijfveer heeft voor zijn goede daden, proberert ze uit alle macht haar vrijheid terug te krijgen. Zal het haar lukken uit de greep van de bedrieglijke Percival te raken? The Black Velvet Gown, naar een bereoemde roman van Catherine Cookson, werd bekroond met een Emmy Award. Een meeslepende miniserie vol spanning, intrige en romantiek.
Regiseur: Norman Stone
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Bob Peck as Percival Miller |
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Janet McTeer as Riah Millican |
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Geraldine Somerville as Biddy Millican |
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Jonathan Firth as Paul Gallmington |
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David Hunt as Laurence Gallmington |
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Brendan P. Healy as Tol Briston |
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Jean Anderson as Madame Gallmington |
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Christopher Benjamin as Anthony Gallington |
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Wendy Williams as Grace Gallmington |
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Aran Bell as Stephen Gallmington |
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Louise Lombard as Lucy Gallmington |
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Madeleine Moffat as Jessie Hobson |
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Val McLane as Annie Griston |
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James Garbutt as Doctor Pritchard |
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Donald Bisset as Mr. Morgan |
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Lizzie McKenzie as Fanny Briggs |
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Margo Stanley as Mrs. Fulton |
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Caspar Berry as Older Davey Millican |
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David Oliver as Younger Davey Millican |
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Hywel Berry as Older Johnny Millican |
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Bradley Malcolm as Younger Johnny Millican |
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Kelly Anne Greenhalgh as Younger Biddy Millican |
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Joe Ging as Parson Weeks |
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Judith Parker as Jean Bitton |
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Jean Southern as Mrs. Fitzsimmons |
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Jon Croft as Thomas Froggett |
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Harry Herring as Yarrow |
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Alan Hockey as Lodgekeeper |
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Suzanne Richardson as Florrie McNulty |
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Jennifer Thorne as Madame Arnaud |
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Ian Cullen as Beckett |
| Directing | Norman Stone | Director |
| Writing | Gordon Hann | Writer |
| Sound | Carl Davis | Music |
| Production | Ray Marshall | Producer |
| Camera | Ken Westbury | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Delphine Roche-Gordon | Costume Designer |
| Art | Ashley Wilkinson | Production Design |
| Editing | John MacDonnell | Editor |
| Production | Michael Chaplin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ray Marshall | Executive Producer |
| Production | Don Bell | Associate Producer |
| Production | Susie Bruffin | Casting Director |
| Production | Amanda Newland | Casting Assistant |
| Writing | Nicole Cauverien | Script Editor |
| Directing | Peter McAleese | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Peter McAleese | Second Unit Director |
| Production | Christine Llewellyn Reeve | Location Manager |
| Directing | Angela Marks | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Thomas Mattinson | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Jill Graham | Production Assistant |
| Production | Helen Mallon | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Neil Calder | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nael Abbas | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tommy Gormley | Third Assistant Director |
| Camera | Alistair McKenzie | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ian Jackson | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Andrew Gunn | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Jim Will | Grip |
| Lighting | Ken Campbell | Gaffer |
| Sound | Nic Grant | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | John Hughes | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer Boost | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jennifer Boost | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nadia El-Saffar | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gillian Garner | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Martin Boagey | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Katherine Hyland | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Art | Tim Puttnam | Art Direction |
| Art | Gary Crumpton | Construction Manager |
| Sound | Ian Frame | Sound Editor |
| Art | Pauline Hume | Graphic Designer |
| Writing | Catherine Cookson | Writer |