BBC Classics Collection - 5 Mini-Series (Vol. 7) - 7-DVD Box Set ( The Woman in White / Lorna Doone / The Buccaneers / Persuasion / Sense and Sensibility )

BBC Classics Collection - 5 Mini-Series (Vol. 7) - 7-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Woman in White / Lorna Doone / The Buccaneers / Persuasion / Sense and Sensibility
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
810 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

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

Movie filmed in 1995 - 2008 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Tim Fywell
Mike Barker
Philip Saville
Adrian Shergold
John Alexander

Written By:
Wilkie Collins
David Pirie
R.D. Blackmore
Adrian Hodges
Maggie Wadey
Edith Wharton
Jane Austen
Simon Burke
Andrew Davies

Actors:
Tara Fitzgerald ..... Marian Fairlie
Justine Waddell ..... Laura Fairlie
Andrew Lincoln ..... Walter Hartright
Susan Vidler ..... Anne Catherick
John Standing ..... Mr. Gilmore
Adie Allen ..... Margaret Porcher
Ian Richardson ..... Mr. Fairlie
James Wilby ..... Sir Percival Glyde
Ann Bell ..... Mrs. Rideout
Anne Etchells ..... Liza
Timothy Carlton ..... Glyde's Lawyer
Simon Callow ..... Count Fosco
Tony Spooner ..... Glyde's Servant
Sean Gleeson ..... Glyde's Servant
Kika Markham ..... Madame Fosco
Neil Finnighan ..... Jack Ridd
Jack Baverstock ..... Young John Ridd
Trevor Cooper ..... John Fry
Aidan Gillen ..... Carver Doone
Ruth Sheen ..... Betty Muxworthy
Barbara Flynn ..... Sarah Ridd
Peter Vaughan ..... Sir Ensor Doone
Anton Lesser ..... Counsellor Doone
Katie Pitts-Drake ..... Young Lorna Doone
Oliver Chris ..... Charley Doone
Richard Coyle ..... John Ridd
Honeysuckle Weeks ..... Annie Ridd
Joanne Froggatt ..... Lizzie Ridd
Anthony Calf ..... Tom Faggus
Jack Shepherd ..... Reuben Huckaback
Martin Clunes ..... Jeremy Stickles
Carla Gugino ..... Nan St. George (5 episodes, 1995)
Alison Elliott ..... Virginia St. George (5 episodes, 1995)
Mira Sorvino ..... Conchita Closson (5 episodes, 1995)
Rya Kihlstedt ..... Lizzy Elmsworth (5 episodes, 1995)
Mark Tandy ..... Lord Seadown
Dinsdale Landen ..... Lord Brightlingsea
Michael Kitchen ..... Sir Helmsley Thwaite
Cherie Lunghi ..... Laura Testvalley (5 episodes, 1995)
Sophie Dix ..... Lady Honoria Marabel (5 episodes, 1995)
Sienna Guillory ..... Lady Felicia Marabel (5 episodes, 1995)
Rosemary Leach ..... Lady Brightlingsea (5 episodes, 1995)
Emily Hamilton ..... Lady Georgina (5 episodes, 1995)
Ronan Vibert ..... Lord Richard Marabel
Greg Wise ..... Guy Thwaite
Connie Booth ..... Jackie March (5 episodes, 1995)
Elizabeth Ashley ..... Mrs. Closson (5 episodes, 1995)
James Frain ..... Julius Folyat
Sheila Hancock ..... Dowager Duchess / ... (4 episodes, 1995)
Richard Huw ..... Hector Robinson
Jenny Agutter ..... Idina Hatton (4 episodes, 1995)
Diana Blackburn ..... Lady Gertrude (4 episodes, 1995)
Matt Patresi ..... Lord Percy
Peter Michael Goetz ..... Colonel St. George
Bev Willis ..... Fisher (4 episodes, 1995)
Alister Cameron ..... Longlands Butler
Vicky Blake ..... Rose (3 episodes, 1995)
Gwen Humble ..... Mrs. St. George (3 episodes, 1995)
Sally Hawkins ..... Anne Elliot
Alice Krige ..... Lady Russell
Rupert Penry-Jones ..... Captain Wentworth
Anthony Head ..... Sir Walter Elliot
Julia Davis ..... Elizabeth Elliot
Michael Fenton Stevens ..... Mr. Shepherd (as Michael Fenton-Stevens)
Mary Stockley ..... Mrs. Clay
Peter Wight ..... Admiral Croft
Marion Bailey ..... Mrs. Croft
Amanda Hale ..... Mary Musgrove
Jennifer Higham ..... Louisa Musgrove
Rosamund Stephen ..... Henrietta Musgrove
Stella Gonet ..... Mrs. Musgrove
Sam Hazeldine ..... Charles Musgrove
Louis Shergold ..... Little Charles
Hattie Morahan ..... Elinor Dashwood (3 episodes, 2008)
Charity Wakefield ..... Marianne Dashwood (3 episodes, 2008)
David Morrissey ..... Colonel Brandon (3 episodes, 2008)
Janet McTeer ..... Mrs. Dashwood (3 episodes, 2008)
Dan Stevens ..... Edward Ferrars (3 episodes, 2008)
Dominic Cooper ..... Willoughby (3 episodes, 2008)
Lucy Boynton ..... Margaret Dashwood (3 episodes, 2008)
Mark Williams ..... Sir John Middleton (3 episodes, 2008)
Linda Bassett ..... Mrs. Jennings (3 episodes, 2008)
Claire Skinner ..... Fanny Dashwood (3 episodes, 2008)
Rosanna Lavelle ..... Lady Middleton (3 episodes, 2008)
Mark Gatiss ..... John Dashwood (2 episodes, 2008)
Caroline Hayes ..... Eliza (2 episodes, 2008)
David S. Glover ..... Foot (2 episodes, 2008)
Daisy Haggard ..... Miss Steele (2 episodes, 2008)
Anna Madeley ..... Lucy Steele (2 episodes, 2008)
Leo Bill ..... Robert Ferrars (2 episodes, 2008)
Morgan Overton ..... Little Henry (2 episodes, 2008)
Tim McMullan ..... Mr. Palmer (2 episodes, 2008)
Tabitha Wady ..... Charlotte Palmer (2 episodes, 2008)
Roy Holder ..... Thomas (2 episodes, 2008)
David Glover ..... Foot (2 episodes, 2008)

Synopsis:

The Woman in White (1997)
Two half-sisters try to learn more about a mysterious woman after they see her on the grounds of their uncle's house.
Lorna Doone (2000)
Against a backdrop of political and religious upheaval, a farmer falls in love with the 'queen' of the notorious Doone clan - a family that he has sworn vengeance on.
The Buccaneers (1995)
Four American girls go to England to find husbands.
Persuasion (2007)
An unmarried woman (Sally Hawkins) encounters her former love (Rupert Penry-Jones) after he returns from battle.
Sense & Sensibility (2008)
Widow Dashwood and her three unmarried daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, inherit only a tiny allowance. So they move out of their grand Sussex home to a more modest cottage in Devonshire. There, the prevailing ambition is to find suitable husbands for the girls. With help from wealthy neighbor Sir John Middleton, suitors for Elinor and Marianne are soon found, but not landed. They include dashing Willoughby, future vicar Edward Ferrars and retired colonial gentleman Colonel Brandon.

The Woman in White (1997)
Based upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters whose lives end up caught in a grand conspiracy revolving around a mentally ill woman dressed in white. As the story unfolds, murder, love, marriage, and greed stand between the two women and happy lives. Their only hope is the secret the woman in white waits to tell them.
Lorna Doone (2000)
The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's Catholic brother, James, is next in line for the throne, but many Protestants put their faith in Charles' illegitimate son, The Duke of Monmouth. On the king's death, conflict is inevitable... Over seven days journey from London, Exmoor is a primitive and lawless area. Here, farmer Jack Ridd lives with his wife Sarah, son John, and two daughters. The only shadow over their simple life is cast by the notorious outlaw family the Doones. The aristocratic Doones were banished from their ancestral lands and now live through looting, theft, and murder. Their brutality is legendary...
The Buccaneers (1995)
In the 1870s, four young American girls go to England for the social season. All are from newly wealthy families and all have had difficulties being accepted into New York society. With the help of British governess Laura Testvalley, they navigate the ins and outs of British society and aristocracy. All of the girls eventually marry into British society with Nan, the youngest of the group, becoming a Duchess. Not all find happiness however.
Persuasion (2007)
Royal Navy captain Wentworth was haughtily turned down eight years ago as suitor of pompous baronet Sir Walter Elliot's daughter Anne, despite true love. Now he visits their former seaside country estate, rented by his brother-in-law, admiral Croft, so the financially stressed baronet can afford a fashionable, cheaper residence in trendy Bath. First the former lovers meet again on the estate, where they feel vibes again, but neither dares admit them until it seems too late. Yet the truth becomes clear, both have moved, but meet again in Bath.
Sense & Sensibility (2008)
Season 1
Episode #1.1 S1, Ep1 1 Jan. 2008
When Mr. Dashwood dies, he leaves his Sussex estate Norland -undivided, as the law requires- to his first marriage son John. John's wife, Fanny, convinces him to deny, in the name of their only son Henry's inheritance, his widowed stepmother and her three daughters the generosity understood at pap's deathbed. When the heiress-in-law's brother Edward Ferrars visits, he proves a perfect, understanding gentleman mutually drawn to eldest daughter Elinor, but she's told mother Ferrars makes inheriting the vast family fortune conditional on marrying well. Once mother comes ...
Episode #1.2 S1, Ep2 6 Jan. 2008
Charming, generous Willoughby quickly wins the Dashwoods' trust and favor as Marianne's suitor. Asked for his intentions by rival Colonel Brandon, he coldly relies they're good and retorts. When Brandon is called away from a joint trip with the Middletons on Delaford estate, Willoughby takes over and shows her his grand family home Allenham, unchaperoned in the absence of his aunt, who neglects it. Then he reports that his aunt is sending him to London, indefinitely. Edwars Ferrars' long overdue, unexpected visit is warmly welcomed, but he's gloomy and leaves soon. ...
Episode #1.3 S1, Ep3 13 Jan. 2008
Colonel Brandon wounds but spares Willoughby, who married heiress Grey, in a duel. Later Brandon explains that while he was in colonial India, the doc seduced his first love in England and abandoned here with a daughter, now fifteen. Elinor is heartbroken herself that Edward Ferrars is engaged to Miss Lucy Steele. His haughty mother disinherits him in favor of elder brother Edward after sister Anne betrays that engagement. But new turns of events bring both sisters unexpected fortune.

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