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Aristocrats Christopher and Sylvia Tietjens are unhappily married. Despite their troubles he is determined to stay faithful, until he meets suffragette Valentine Wannop.

In the dying days of the Edwardian Empire, Christopher Tietjens enters into a destructive marriage with the beautiful but cruel socialite Sylvia.

Ignoring her overt flirtation with other men, Christopher resolves to remain faithful to her, even when he encounters fearless young suffragette Valentine.

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Sat 25 Aug 201223:15
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Christopher TietjensBenedict Cumberbatch
Sylvia TietjensRebecca Hall
General CampionRoger Allam
Valentine WannopAdelaide Clemens
BertramJonathan Coy
Father ConsettNed Dennehy
Edith DucheminAnne-Marie Duff
Mark TietjensRupert Everett
MacmasterStephen Graham
Lady ClaudineClare Higgins
Tietjens SeniorAlan Howard
Gerald DrakeJack Huston
Sir ReginaldDenis Lawson
MarchantSylvestra Le Touzel
WaterhouseTim McMullan
Mrs. SatterthwaiteJanet McTeer
Potty PerowneTom Mison
Mrs WannopMiranda Richardson
Hullo Central (Evie)Lucinda Raikes
Reverend DucheminRufus Sewell
SandbachMalcolm Sinclair
Bobbie PelhamAnna Skellern
GlorvinaSasha Waddell
PorterJordan Long
Michael (4 yrs old)Misha Handley
BridgetTessa Parr
Johnny PelhamGarrett Moore
Lord BeichenLeslie de Gruyter
EffieCandida Benson
MotherChristine Cox
Capitaine ThurstonPierre Van Heddegem
GertieNaomi Cooper-Davis
PolicemanHoward Ward
Reverend HorsleyMichael Mears
Miss FoxSheila Collings
ParryLee Whitlock
ProducerDavid Parfitt
ProducerSelwyn Roberts
DirectorSusanna White
WriterTom Stoppard
AuthorFord Madox Ford

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  • Fri 24 Aug 201221:00
    BBC HD & BBC Two
  • Sat 25 Aug 201200:30
    BBC HD
  • Sat 25 Aug 201223:15
    BBC HD

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