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The Catherine Cookson Anthology

The Catherine Cookson Anthology

Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones , Niamh Cusack

Directed by: Alan Grint

Produced by: Ray Marshall

Written by: Catherine Cookson , Gordon Hann

You’ll be swept off your feet as award-winning performers star in seven of Dame Catherine Cookson’s lush costume dramas and powerful romantic epics.

Item Number: 14495

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Format:
DVD Fullscreen
Region:
1 - More Details
Run time:
Abouy 21 Hours
Number of Discs:
8
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You’ll be swept off your feet as award-winning performers star in seven of Dame Catherine Cookson’s lush costume dramas and powerful romantic epics. This new 21-hour, eight-disc collection is brimming with passion, betrayal, turmoil and hope. Academy Award® winner Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago) is Victoria Chapman, a woman with a scandalous reputation caught in the midst of a murderous blackmail plot in The Cinder Path. In Colour Blind, an interracial couple struggles to raise their daughter in post World War II England. A Dinner of Herbs is a tale of hardship, betrayal and family life in a 19th-century working-class town. The Girl and The Tide of Life are heartwarming rags-to-riches tales, while The Secret and Tilly Trotter show how the power of love can overcome diversity and class divisions. Other stars include Niamh Cusack (Marple: 4:50 from Paddington), Carmen Ejogo (The Avengers) and Stephen Moyer (Lilies).

The Cinder Path

Victoria Chapman --- Catherine Zeta-Jones
Charlie MacFell --- Lloyd Owen
Dr. Adrian Manchester --- Russell Paul Batty
Florence Chapman --- Polly Adams
Polly Benton --- Lucy Ackhurst
Nurse --- Alison Ambler
Edward MacFell --- Tome Bell
Betty MacFell --- Victoria Scarborough


Written by Catherine Cookson
Screenplay by Alan Seymour
Directed by Simon Langton
Produced by Ray Marshall, ray Townsend
Original Music by Barrington Pheloung
Film Editing by Chris Winble
Costume Design by Delphine Roche-Gordon

Colour Blind

Bridget Paterson --- Niamh Cusack
James Paterson --- Tony Armatrading
Tony --- Joe Caffery
Mrs. Charlton --- Elspeth Charlton
Frank --- Bob Cryer
Father Bailey --- Christopher Dunne
Rose Angela --- Carmen Ejogo
Shopkeeper --- Christopher Goulding
Sarah Wilson --- Charlie Hardwick
Mrs. Barton --- Sue Holderness
Stanhope --- James Larkin
Hassan --- Art Malik
Kathie McQueen --- Dearbhla Molloy


Written by Catherine Cookson
Screenplay by Gordon Hann
Directed by Alan Grint
Produced by Ray Marshall
Film Editing by John Wilson

A Dinner of Herbs

Hal Roystan --- Tom Goodman Hill
Roddy Greenbank --- Jonathan Kerrigan
Mary Ellen Lee --- Melanie Clark Pullen
Peter Greenbank --- Bill Fellows
Ben Hamilton --- Joseph May
Bella --- Su Elliott
Young Roddy --- Daniel Appleby
Gabriel Roystan --- Jonathan Spencer
Dan Bannaman --- Ivan Kaye
Pat Feeler --- Michael Glenn Murphy
Kate Makepeace --- Billie Whitelaw
Young Mary Ellen --- Laura Chalder
Rosalie Bannaman --- Hilary Gish
Mr. Mulcaster --- Tim Healy
Young Hal --- Kieron Hall
Justice Craig --- Michael Jayston
Bill Lee --- Steve Ramsden
Jane Lee --- Elaine Claxton
Abel Hamilton --- Alan Bird
Dr. Brunton --- Ralph Watson
Jackie Allison --- Chris Wilson


Written by Catherine Cookson
Directed by Alan Grint
Produced by Ray Marshall
Executive Produced by Keith Richardson
Original Music by Colin Towns
Cinematography by Alan Pyrah
Film Editing by Clive Trist
Costume Design by Morgan Elliott

The Girl

Hannah Boyle --- Siobhan Flynn
Ned Ridley --- Jonathan Cake
Fred Loam --- Mark Benton
Daisy Loam --- Susan Jameson
Anne Thornton --- Jill Baker
Dickinson --- Kerry Angus
Walters --- David Auker
Young Margaret --- Charlotte Barrymore
John Thornton --- Oliver Cheetham
Mr. Beaumont --- Jon Croft
Dandy Smollett --- Scott Frazer
Reverend Crewe --- Donald Gee
Miss Barrington --- Daphne Goddard
Margaret Thornton --- Emily Hamilton


Written by Catherine Cookson
Screenplay by Gordon Hann
Directed by David Wheatley
Produced by Peter Moth
Original Music by Colin Towns
Cinematography by Doug Hallows
Film Editing by Mark Day
Costume Design by Rita Reekie

The Secret

Freddie Musgrave --- Colin Buchanan
Maggie Hewitt --- Clare Higgins
Belle Hewitt --- Hannah Yelland
Marcel Birkstead --- Stephen Moyer
Mrs. Birkstead --- June Whitfield
Jinny Musgrave --- Marlene Sidaway
Nancy Musgrave --- Joanna Rowden
Young Freddie --- Adam Ironside
Taylor --- Milton Johns
Sir Christopher Bell --- Malcolm Terris


Written by Catehrine Cookson
Screenplay by T.R. Bowen
Directed by Alan Grint
Produced by Ray Marshall
Executive Produced by Keith Richardson
Original Music by Colin Towns
Cinematography by Alan Pyrah
Film Editing by Phil Cooke
Costume Design by Morgan Elliott

The Tide of Life

Emily Kennedy --- Gillian Kearney
Sep McGilby --- John Bowler
Lucy Kennedy --- Susie Burton
Solicitor’s Clerk --- Gez Casey
Fishmonger --- Gary Catlin
Con Fullwell --- Justin Chadwick
Mrs. Goodyear --- Patricia Dunn
Aunt Mary --- Valerie Georgeson
Rona --- Diana Hardcastle
Alice Broughton --- Charlie Hardwick
Maria --- Jessica Hawick
Carter --- Rod Jinks
John Kennedy --- Berwick Kaler
Tommy Broughton --- Jordan Lorimer
Nick Stuart --- James Purefoy


Written by Catherine Cookson
Screenplay by Gordon Hann
Directed by David Wheatley
Produced by Ray Marshall
Executive Produced by Peter Moth
Original Music by Colin Towns
Cinematography by Doug Hallows, Kevin Rudge
Film Editing by Mark Day
Costume Design by Delphine Roche-Gordon

Tilly Trotter

Tilly Trotter --- Carli Norris
Mark Sopwith --- Simon Shepherd
Simon Brentwood --- Gavin Abbott
Biddy Drew --- Madelaine Newton
Mrs. Forefoot Meadows --- Rosemary Leach
Mr. Burgess --- Basil Moss
Lady Agnes Myton --- Sarah Alexander
Fred Leyburn --- Neil Armstrong
John Tolman --- Rupert Bates
Dr. Kemp --- Roger Brierly


Written by Catherine Cookson
Screenplay by Ray Marshall
Directed by Alan Grint
Produced by Ray Marshall
Executive Produced by Don Bell
Original Music by Colin Towns
Cinematography by Robin Vidgeon
Film Editing by Ian Sutherland
Costume Design by Morgan Elliott