The Rainbow

3.8180m19881 season

Drama

Ursula Brangwen is the beautiful, naive daughter of a wealthy country squire, one of five children living in the Nottinghamshire mining heartland at the turn of the century. From wide-eyed sixteen-year-old to fully grown woman, the drama follows Ursula through the trials and tribulations of her burgeoning personal relationships in her quest to find fulfilment for her developing passionate and sensual nature. Adaptation of DH Lawrence's novel.

Directed by Stuart Burge

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Cast

Imogen Stubbs

Ursula Brangwen

Clare Holman

Gudrun Brangwen

Martin Wenner

Anton Skrebensky

Colin Tarrant

Will Brangwen

Tom Bell

Old Tom Brangwen

Kate Buffery

Winifred Inger

Suzy Roper

Theresa Brangwen

Emma Chambers

Margaret

Sarah Crowden

Catherine Phillips

Jane Gurnett

Anna Brangwen

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Ghosts

1988-12-04 · 180m

1899: Ursula Brangwen, a schoolgirl of 16, lives with her family in the village of Cossethay in the Erewash Valley. Nearby lies Marsh Farm, the Brangwens's ancestral home and source of so many family memories. Haunted by these and the ghosts of her grandparents, Ursula's adolescent awareness grows as she is strongly drawn to the son of a family friend, Anton Skrebensky, an army cadet.

The Widening Circle

1988-12-11 · 180m

Summer 1900 to 1902: Anton Skrebensky has left for South Africa and the Boer War. Ursula, nearing the end of her schooldays, forms a close attachment with her teacher, Winifred Inger.

The Darkness of Paradise

1988-12-18 · 180m

Spring to autumn, 1904. The Brangwens have moved from the country to Beldover, a mining town. Ursula is at college. The Boer War is over. Ursula gets a letter from Anton, and the final stage of her youthful journey begins.