valXbridger
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I have also never seen such a beautiful, well balanced, and well, less- cliched Catherine Cookson! I am so glad I watched this- very lovely.
Fantastic acting ( and I have a soft spot for Ian Bannan, taken too early), but the production is generally excellent, with fantastic locations (as is the norm for these various Catherine Cookson productions). The mum and daughters of the O'Brien family were all excellent- and a poignant moment with dad (played by Leslie Scolfield ) later on in the film in itself justified his fee. The Bracken lad & Molly O'Brien were the best of the kids, Jane Horrocks needed more experience (which obviously later she got by the bucketful!)
I will go back to Beamish, and I will visit Blythe - this production demands me!
Fantastic acting ( and I have a soft spot for Ian Bannan, taken too early), but the production is generally excellent, with fantastic locations (as is the norm for these various Catherine Cookson productions). The mum and daughters of the O'Brien family were all excellent- and a poignant moment with dad (played by Leslie Scolfield ) later on in the film in itself justified his fee. The Bracken lad & Molly O'Brien were the best of the kids, Jane Horrocks needed more experience (which obviously later she got by the bucketful!)
I will go back to Beamish, and I will visit Blythe - this production demands me!
This was a wonderful series, and like others i didn't manage to video it. Every year I check the internet, hoping someone will find it for me for Christmas! It doesn't seem to have been repeated, nor to have been recorded - Jenny Seagrove, Kevin Macnally and Patsy Kensit acted their socks off in it. The character Diana Gayelorde-Sutton is a spoilt little rich girl, played by Kensit when younger and Seagrove when older. It is a classic tale of star crossed lovers. The book was written by RF Deldefield, and most of his books were modern masterpieces, such wonderful sagas. I have recently had to replace the book, it's been read so often. Someone, somewhere, please release the DVD - it must be possible! I'm sure there are many of us that will rush to the BBC shops or Amazon to buy it