The Beggar Bride
| The Beggar Bride | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Keeley Hawes Nicholas Jones Joe Duttine Kacey Ainsworth Jean Anderson |
| Composer | Colin Towns |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 150 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 24 August – 25 August 1997 |
The Beggar Bride was a 1997 British two-part television programme adapted from the Gillian White novel of the same name.
Overview
The Beggar Bride aired over two consecutive nights, in late August 1997. "All dramas require a suspension of disbelief," noted Bryn Evans in a newspaper review, "and this one needed more than most."[1] It was released on VHS in 1999 by 2 Entertain Video.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Keeley Hawes as Angela Harper[2]
- Nicholas Jones as Sir Fabian Ormerod[2]
- Joe Duttine as Billy Harper[3]
- Kacey Ainsworth as Tina
- Jessica and Stephanie Foulger as the babies
- Jean Anderson as Lady Alice Hurleston
- Angela Belton as WDC Jones
- T. R. Bowen as Jerry (as Trevor Bowen)
- John Bowler as Inspector Hayes
- Elena Byers as Pandora Ormerod
- Joanna Byers as Tabitha Ormerod
- Constance Chapman as Nanny Ba Ba
- Maurice Denham as Lord Evelyn Hurleston
- Iain Easton as Robert
- Ian Easton as Robert (the chauffeur)
- Francesca Folan as Ruth Hubbard
- Miles Harvey as Aaron Teale
- Diana Kent as Ffiona Ormerod
- Richard Lintern as Callister
- Lizzie Mickery as Sandra Baines
- Georgina Sutcliffe as Laura
- Charlotte Williams as Honesty Ormerod
- Nicholas Pepworth as the wedding photographer
- Jessica Smith as Harry #2
- Johnathon as waiter
Crew
- Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
- Producer: Kate Harwood
- Executive Producer: Michael Wearing
- Script: Lizzie Mickery and Gillian White (novel)
Music
References
- ^ Evans, Bryn (30 August 1997). "Lovely Cricket!". The Press (York ed.). p. 49. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Brunton, John (23 August 1997). "Wedded bliss for poor Keeley?". Evening Post. p. 46. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Keeley's rise from rags to riches just beggars belief". Flint and Holywell Chronicle. 22 August 1997. p. 85. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.