Catherine Cookson Collection (Secrets & Lies) - 8-DVD Box Set ( The Moth / The Black Velvet Gown / The Black Candle / The Secret / The Mallen Streak / The Mallen Girls / The Mallen Secret / The Mallen Curse )

Catherine Cookson Collection (Secrets & Lies) - 8-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Moth / The Black Velvet Gown / The Black Candle / The Secret / The Mallen Streak / The Mallen Girls / The Mallen Secret / The Mallen Curse
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
1124 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1979 - 2000 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Roy Battersby
Norman Stone
Alan Grint
Richard Martin
Mary McMurray

Written By:
Catherine Cookson
Gordon Hann
T.R. Bowen
Jack Russell

Actors:
Jack Davenport ..... Robert Bradley
David Howey ..... John Bradley
Janet Dale ..... Alice Bradley
Sally Grey ..... Carrie Bradley
Angela Lonsdale ..... Nancy Parkin
Leslie Schofield ..... Billy Taggart
Mike Rossi ..... Jimmy
Justine Waddell ..... Millie Thorman
Juliet Aubrey ..... Sarah Thorman
David Bradley ..... Dave Waters
Ian Kelly ..... James Crockford
Aedin Moloney ..... Maggie
Jeremy Clyde ..... Reginald Thorman
John Quarmby ..... Samuel Bennett
Judy Loe ..... Kate Thorman
Bob Peck ..... Percival Miller
Janet McTeer ..... Riah Millican
Geraldine Somerville ..... Biddy Millican
Brendan P. Healy ..... Tol Briston
Jean Anderson ..... Madame Gallmington
Christopher Benjamin ..... Anthony Gallington
Wendy Williams ..... Grace Gallmington
David Hunt ..... Laurence Gallmington
Aran Bell ..... Stephen Gallmington
Jonathan Firth ..... Paul Gallmington
Louise Lombard ..... Lucy Gallmington
Madeleine Moffat ..... Jessie Hobson
Val McLane ..... Annie Griston
James Garbutt ..... Doctor Pritchard
Donald Bisset ..... Mr. Morgan
Cathy Sandford ..... Lily Whitmore
Nathaniel Parker ..... Lionel Filmore
James Gaddas ..... Joe Skinner
Bob Smeaton ..... Fred Skinner
Brian Hogg ..... Bill Whitmore
Mo Harold ..... Annie Whitmore
Anne Jameson ..... Ma Skinner
Samantha Bond ..... Bridget Mordaunt
Roger Avon ..... George Fields
Peggy Shields ..... Peg the Maid
Tara Fitzgerald ..... Victoria Mordaunt
Preston Lockwood ..... Bright
Denholm Elliott ..... William Filmore
Robert Hines ..... Douglas Filmore
Siân Phillips ..... Daisy Barnett
Colin Buchanan ..... Freddie Musgrave
Clare Higgins ..... Maggie Hewitt
Hannah Yelland ..... Belle Hewitt
Stephen Moyer ..... Marcel Birkstead
June Whitfield ..... Mrs. Birkstead
Marlene Sidaway ..... Jinny Musgrave
Joanna Rowden ..... Nancy Musgrave
Adam Ironside ..... Young Freddie
Milton Johns ..... Taylor (episode)
Malcolm Terris ..... Sir Christopher Bell (episode)
Caroline Blakiston ..... Anna Brigmore / ... (13 episodes, 1979-1980)
Mary Healey ..... Mary Peel (11 episodes, 1979-1980)
Gillian Lewis ..... Jane Radlet (9 episodes, 1979-1980)
Matthew Long ..... Harry Bensham (8 episodes, 1979-1980)
John Duttine ..... Donald Radlet (7 episodes, 1979)
Ian Saynor ..... Matthew Radlet (7 episodes, 1979)
Pippa Guard ..... Barbara Farrington (7 episodes, 1979)
Julia Chambers ..... Constance Radlet / ... (7 episodes, 1979)
June Ritchie ..... Constance Radlet (6 episodes, 1980)
Juliet Stevenson ..... Barbara Mallen / ... (6 episodes, 1980)
Gerry Sundquist ..... Michael Radlet (6 episodes, 1980)
John Southworth ..... Michael Radlet Sr. (6 episodes, 1979)
Neil Dickson ..... John Bensham (6 episodes, 1979-1980)
Jeremy Clay ..... Jim Waite (6 episodes, 1980)
Julie Shipley ..... Sarah Waite (6 episodes, 1980)
Michael Thomas ..... Dan Bensham (6 episodes, 1980)
Victoria Williams ..... Kate Bensham (6 episodes, 1980)

Synopsis:

Catherine Cookson was born Catherine McMullen in 1906. Her life began in poverty and she grew up believing her real mother was her sister. In a life that could have been taken from any of her own novels, Catherine aspired to achieve more than many of her time. From poverty to wealth she left the sadness behind to start a new life in Hastings where she was to meet her husband Tom Cookson. As a form of therapy, Catherine began to write and never stopped and became one of the world's best selling authors. Secrets & Lies is a compilation of 8 of Cookson's most famous novels in feature length TV adaptations. This box set includes:
1. The Moth
2. The Black Velvet Gown
3. The Black Candle
4. The Secret
5. The Mallen Streak
6. The Mallen Girls
7. The Mallen Secret
8. The Mallen Curse

The Moth (1997)
Set in 1913 Northumbria, England, the story is about Robert Bradley, a strong-willed young worker at a Jarrow shipyard, who arrives home one day to find that his father has died. At the funeral he meets his father's estranged brother, his uncle John Bradley, and his wife Alice who offer Robert a new home and a place in his uncle's carpentry workshop. Robert accepts and after a few weeks at his new home, he is out walking late one night on the grounds of a rundown estate when he meets an ethereal young girl, Millie Thorman, whom the locals call the Moth, and befriends her. All seems to be going well for Robert until his cousin, Carrie, is revealed to be pregnant. Robert is immediately the suspected father, which he adamantly denies, but no one believes him. Even worse Carrie will not say who the real father is because she has always had a crush on Robert, and would rather marry him. Robert refuses to take the responsibility, shocking the townspeople, and leaves his relative's house, finding a place to work on the estate of Millie Thorman's once wealthy, now debt-ridden family. It is there that a mutual attraction develops between Robert and Sarah Thorman, Millie's older sister, but their social differences and Robert's reputation stand in their way.
The Black Velvet Gown (1991)
In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival Miller. Miller makes Riah the gift of a black velvet gown, and even educates her children. But when Riah discovers the reason behind Miller's gifts, she vows to leave his house, but Miller has a hold on her, even after his death, when he leaves his house to her on the condition that she never marry. Riah's daughter, Biddy, grows up and becomes a laundress in a large house where her education keeps her from fitting in and makes her a target. But it also catches the eye of a son of the house, and with Miller's legacies, Biddy may yet find her way to happiness.
The Black Candle (1991)
Yorkshire in the 1880's: Joe Skinner marries Lily Whitmore, the woman he has long admired, to give a name to her illegitimate child by Lionel Fillmore, the opportunistic son of an impoverished aristocrat. Lionel, however, has his sights set on Victoria, the naive cousin of hard-working Bridget Mordaunt, and the wealth he wrongly assumes is hers. When Joe's shiftless brother Fred threatens his marriage plans, Lionel murders him and the blame falls on Joe. Bridget's warm regard for Joe sets her on a quest to prove his innocence, the pursuit of which reveals the sordid manipulations and evil that surround Lionel. Just when Lionel believes his crime will never be discovered, Douglas, his gentle sculptor brother finds the murder weapon - and the killer's identity.
The Secret (2000)
Period thriller serial. In the late 1880's reformed smuggler Freddie Musgrave has worked hard to turn a legitimate trade, but then a face from his past turns up threatening to ruin things for him.
The Mallen Streak (1979)
The first part of the Mallen family saga. Thomas Mallen, the Squire of High Banks Hall, fathers many illegitimate sons, each of whom inherit a distinctive streak of white hair. Forced to sell the Hall, Thomas moves to humbler surroundings, taking with him his wards, Barbara and Constance, and their governess, Anna Brigmore. The young girls find romance with the Radlet brothers, one of whom, Donald, is acknowledged by Thomas as his bastard son.
The Mallen Girls (1979)
Second part of the Mallen family saga. Squire Mallen's bastard son, Donald Radlet, and his brother Mathew are frequent visitors to his cottage. Constance falls in love with Mathew, but is persuaded to marry Donald. One night Barbara is raped on her way back to the cottage.
The Mallen Secret (1980)
Third part in the Mallen family saga. Thomas Mallen has now killed himself, and his illegitimate daughter Barbara is shielded from the truth by her governess, Miss Brigmore. When she falls in love with her cousin Michael, they discover the truth behind her birth. The knowledge of her mother's rape threatens to plunge Barbara into tragedy.
The Mallen Curse (1980)
The fourth and final instalment of the Mallen family saga. Barbara, rejected by Michael, enters into a loveless marriage with a son of the Benshams, who now own Squire Thomas' former home, High Banks. Meanwhile, Mr Bensham proposes to Anna Brigmore, Barbara's former governess, who has a burning ambition to become mistress of the house.

Dramatic adaptations of eight Catherine Cookson tales. Films are: 'The Moth', 'The Black Velvet Gown', 'The Black Candle', 'The Secret', 'The Mallen Secret', 'The Mallen Streak', 'The Mallen Curse' and 'The Mallen Girls'.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 15 March, 2015.