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The Painted Veil

Romantic drama. A doctor (Edward Norton) forces his unfaithful wife (Naomi Watts) to go with him to a tiny Chinese village to fight a cholera epidemic.

China, 1925. A reserved young doctor falls for an attractive socialite. However, her motives for marrying him prove more pragmatic than passionate, and in Shanghai she takes a lover. As a result, the doctor volunteers to help in a remote village stricken with cholera, where the couple's relationship comes under even greater pressure.

Emotional drama based on the novel by W Somerset Maugham.

2 hours

Last on

Thu 10 Nov 201601:10
BBC One Scotland HD & Scotland only

Credits

Kitty FaneNaomi Watts
Walter FaneEdward Norton
DirectorJohn Curran
Colonel YuAnthony Wong
WaddingtonToby Jones
Mother SuperiorDiana Rigg
Charlie TownsendLiev Schreiber
Te-MingBin Li
Mr GarstinAlan David
Mrs GarstinMaggie Steed
LeonaZoe Telford
WriterRon Nyswaner
AuthorW Somerset Maugham
ProducerSara Colleton
ProducerJean-Francois Fonlupt
ProducerEdward Norton
ProducerNaomi Watts
ProducerBob Yari
ComposerAlexandre Desplat
Director of photographyStuart Dryburgh

Broadcasts

  • Thu 31 Dec 200921:00
    BBC Two
  • Sat 14 Jul 201223:30
    BBC Two
  • Fri 8 Feb 201323:50
    BBC Two
  • Wed 11 Dec 201300:25
    BBC One except Scotland & Wales
  • Wed 11 Dec 201301:00
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Wed 11 Dec 201301:20
    BBC One Scotland HD & Scotland only
  • Tue 18 Nov 201423:45
    BBC One except Northern Ireland & Wales
  • Wed 19 Nov 201400:15
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Wed 19 Nov 201400:25
    BBC One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Sun 22 Nov 201500:05
    BBC Two
  • Thu 10 Nov 201600:10
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales
  • Thu 10 Nov 201600:35
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Thu 10 Nov 201601:10
    BBC One Scotland HD & Scotland only

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