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Episode 2
Episode 2 of 3
Drama mini-series. As war descends on Europe, the Bloomsbury friends struggle to build a life outside London. Virginia weds Leonard Woolf and begins an unexpectedly happy marriage.
As war descends on Europe, the Bloomsbury friends struggle to build a life outside London. Virginia weds Leonard Woolf and begins a unique, unexpectedly happy marriage, which is in stark contrast to Vanessa and Clive's failing relationship. Vanessa comes to the painful realisation that she is in love with gay Duncan Grant and so begins a life devoted to him, painting and her children.
Last on
Mon 3 Aug 201521:00
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"I can bear any of it, if you're here."
Duration: 02:49
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Producer | Rhonda Smith |
| Director | Simon Kaijser |
| Writer | Amanda Coe |
| Older Vanessa Bell | Eve Best |
| Young Vanessa Bell | Phoebe Fox |
| Young Virginia Woolf | Lydia Leonard |
| Young Duncan Grant | James Norton |
| Julian Bell (aged 4) | Charlie Appleyard |
| Lytton Strachey | Ed Birch |
| Angelica Bell | Lucy Boynton |
| Roger Fry | Elliot Cowan |
| Quentin Bell | Edmund Digby-Jones |
| Midwife | Rosie Ede |
| Quentin Bell (aged 7) | Louis Fisher |
| Older Clive Bell | Andrew Havill |
| Younger Clive Bell | Sam Hoare |
| Mrs Woolf | Jenny Howe |
| Julian Bell | Finn Jones |
| Maynard Keynes | Edmund Kingsley |
| Dr Hyslop | Anton Lesser |
| Young Bunny | Ben Lloyd-Hughes |
| Adrian | James Northcote |
| Mary Hutchinson | Marianne Oldham |
| Older Duncan Grant | Rupert Penry-Jones |
| Julian Bell (aged 9) | Maximillian Scull |
| George Bergen | Simon Thomas |
| Young Leonard | Al Weaver |
Broadcast
- Mon 3 Aug 201521:00
