Catherine Cookson Storyteller Collection (Volume 2) - 9-DVD Set ( The Tide of Life / The Girl / The Wingless Bird / Rag Nymph / The Moth / The Round Tower / Colour Blind / Catherine Cookson's Tilly Trotter / The Secret )

Catherine Cookson Storyteller Collection (Volume 2) - 9-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Tide of Life / The Girl / The Wingless Bird / Rag Nymph / The Moth / The Round Tower / Colour Blind / Catherine Cookson's Tilly Trotter / The Secret
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2&4 )

Running Time:
1378 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1996-2000 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
David Wheatley
Roy Battersby
Alan Grint

Written By:
Catherine Cookson
Gordon Hann
Alan Seymour
T.R. Bowen
Ray Marshall

Actors:
Gillian Kearney ..... Emily Kennedy3 episodes, 1996
Ray Stevenson ..... Larry Birch3 episodes, 1996
James Purefoy ..... Nick Stuart3 episodes, 1996
Leslie Schofield ..... Joe Barker3 episodes, 1996
Justin Chadwick ..... Con Fullwell3 episodes, 1996
John Bowler ..... Sep McGilby3 episodes, 1996
Mark Benton ..... Fred Loam
Susan Jameson ..... Mrs. Daisy Loam
Siobhan Flynn ..... Hannah Boyle
Jonathan Cake ..... Ned Ridley
Ian Thompson ..... Dr. Arnison
Kerry Angus ..... Dickinson
Sarah Turnbull ..... Tessie
Emily Hamilton ..... Margaret Thornton
Lizzie McKenzie ..... Bella
Guy Manning ..... Solicitor
Daphne Goddard ..... Miss Barrington
Claire Skinner ..... Agnes Conway3 episodes, 1997
Edward Atterton ..... Charles Farrier3 episodes, 1997
Anne Reid ..... Alice Conway3 episodes, 1997
Michelle Charles ..... Jessie Conway3 episodes, 1997
Julian Wadham ..... Reginald Farrier3 episodes, 1997
Val McLane ..... Aggie Winkovski3 episodes, 1997
Alec Newman ..... Ben3 episodes, 1997
Christine Anderson ..... Mrs. Walton3 episodes, 1997
Tracey Wilkinson ..... Nellie3 episodes, 1997
Honeysuckle Weeks ..... Millie2 episodes, 1997
Jack Davenport ..... Robert Bradleyunknown episodes
David Howey ..... John Bradleyunknown episodes
Janet Dale ..... Alice Bradleyunknown episodes
Sally Grey ..... Carrie Bradleyunknown episodes
Angela Lonsdale ..... Nancy Parkinunknown episodes
Emilia Fox ..... Vanessa Ratcliffeunknown episodes
Ben Miles ..... Angus Cottonunknown episodes
Jan Harvey ..... Jane Ratcliffeunknown episodes
Keith Barron ..... Jonathan Ratcliffeunknown episodes
Denis Lawson ..... Arthur Brettunknown episodes
Joe Caffrey ..... Tony3 episodes, 1998
Dearbhla Molloy ..... Kathie McQueen3 episodes, 1998
Ian Embleton ..... Matt McQueen3 episodes, 1998
Walter McMonagle ..... Cavan McQueen3 episodes, 1998
Niamh Cusack ..... Bridget Paterson3 episodes, 1998
Carli Norris ..... Tilly Trotter4 episodes, 1999
Simon Shepherd ..... Mark Sopwith4 episodes, 1999
Gavin Abbott ..... Simon Bentwood4 episodes, 1999
Neil Armstrong ..... Fred Leyburn4 episodes, 1999
Gavin Makel ..... Steve McGrath4 episodes, 1999
Joanna Rowden ..... Nancy Musgrave2 episodes, 2000
Adam Ironside ..... Young Freddie2 episodes, 2000
Milton Johns ..... Taylor2 episodes, 2000
Malcolm Terris ..... Sir Christopher Bell2 episodes, 2000
Stephen Moyer ..... Marcel Birkstead2 episodes, 2000

Synopsis:

The Tide of Life: Tide of Life follows the fortunes of young housekeeper, Emily Kennedy, as she learns about relationships with three very different men. Forced from home of her first employer, Sep McGilby after his plans to marry her come to tragic end, Emily finds work as housekeeper for farmer, Larry Birch. Another tragedy occurs, and when Nick Stuart inherits the farm owned by Birch's wife, Nick gives Emily a new future. The Girl: In mid-19th century Northumberland, Hannah Boyle is left with the family of Matthew Thornton, the man her dying mother claims fathered her. Ill-treated by Thornton's bitter and vindictive wife Anne, who views Hannah only as evidence of her husband's infidelity, she is married off to the village butcher, whose waspish mother torments her further. But through her patience, intelligence and strength, she wins her freedom and the man she loves. The Wingless Bird: On the eve of World War I, Agnes Conway manages both the business and the problems of her troubled family. She finds the strength to break class barriers and help her sister Jessie marry a good boy from a family of dockside toughs. Is she strong enough to break them again when Charles Farrier, a gentleman, courts her over his parents' opposition? Agnes faces an added dilemma when she finds her heart divided between Charles and his soldier brother Reginald. Rag Nymph: Separated from her prostitute mother as the woman flees on foot down the filthy mid-19th Century streets of Newcastle from the police, ten year old Millie is taken under the wing of rag lady Aggie Winkovski and her crippled helper, Ben. Young Millie is a very well-brought up little girl, which Aggie questions and finds out that her mother had been a lady's maid before being forced into prostitution. Aggie ends up becoming Millie's guardian, protecting her from the local pimp, Boswell, who wants to have pretty Millie as part of his business, and we see Millie grow up to a happy, well educated young woman on Aggie's sparse finances; but is she still safe from the hands of Boswell and his customers? The Moth: 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 Round Tower: Vanessa is the daughter of wealthy parents. Son of their housekeeper, Angus, is accused of being the source of scandal threatening her family. This bonds the pair & fuels ambitions for their future. Colour Blind: In industrial Tyneside during World War I, life for the McQueen family is turned upside down when daughter Bridget comes home with a black husband. Catherine Cookson's Tilly Trotter: Tilly Trotter is a down to earth young woman who is full of integrity and impassioned with innocent affection for the local farmer. Resilience and self belief carry her through some very dark days, and this splendid adaptation shows us her journey from destitution to eventual happiness. True love grows with time and in the most unexpected of places. Tilly had her own mind, nobody can take that away from her. I totally recommend this film - the DVD is 3 hours long - every minute worth watching. A must for Catherine Cookson fans, and for realists and romantics. The Secret: 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.

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