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The Human Stain

Adaptation of a Philip Roth novel, in which a classics professor struggles to guard a terrible secret. Starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman.

Adaptation of a Philip Roth novel, in which a classics professor struggles to guard a terrible secret. A writer researching a biography on this supposedly upstanding man runs into surprising information. However, it is the knowledge of the professor's affair with a young janitor which tips the balance, with ruinous consequences.

1 hour, 35 minutes

Last on

Thu 13 Sep 201200:45
BBC One Scotland

Credits

Coleman SilkAnthony Hopkins
Faunia FarleyNicole Kidman
Lester FarleyEd Harris
DirectorRobert Benton
Nathan ZuckermanGary Sinise
Nelson PrimusClark Gregg
ProducerTom Rosenberg
ProducerGary Lucchesi
ProducerScott Steindorff
WriterPhilip Roth
WriterNicholas Meyer
EllieKerry Washington
ErnestineLizan Mitchell
Iris SilkPhyllis Newman
Young Coleman SilkWentworth Miller
Steena PaulssonJacinda Barrett
Mr SilkHarry Lennix
DistributorTeleMunchen

Broadcasts

  • Wed 13 Oct 201023:25
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales
  • Thu 14 Oct 201000:15
    BBC One Scotland
  • Thu 14 Oct 201000:25
    BBC One Wales
  • Thu 4 Aug 201123:35
    BBC One
  • Wed 12 Sep 201223:45
    BBC One except Scotland
  • Thu 13 Sep 201200:45
    BBC One Scotland