"Mother Love" (1989) TV mini-series

Director:

Simon Langton

Writers:

Laura Black (novel)
Andrew Davies (writer)

Release Date:

29 October 1989 (UK)

Plot:

A British yuppie couple have a presumably idyllic existence. Yet there is one troubling factor in their lives - an eccentric...

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series | Based On Novel

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Diana Rigg	...	Helena Vesey
David McCallum	...	Sir Alexander "Alex" Vesey
James Wilby	...	Christopher "Kit" Vesey
Isla Blair	...	Ruth
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Holly Aird	...	Emily
Jonathan Burn	...	Chief Insp Strachan
Natasha Byrne	...	Rachel ?
Richard Calabro	...	Joshua
Trevor Cooper	...	Sgt Bear
Penny Darch	...	Miss Pope
Ann Firbank	...	Mrs. Turner
Gareth Forwood	...	Boris
Fiona Gillies	...	Angela Turner / Vesey
James Grout	...	George Batt
Louisa Janes	...	Young Helena
Liliana Komorowska	...	Danuta
Grant Parsons	...	Leo
Cordelia Roche	...	Jordan Tennyson / Vesey
Amelia Shankley	...	Harriet

Directed by
Simon Langton

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Laura Black		novel (as Domini Taylor)
Andrew Davies		writer

Produced by
Ken Riddington	....	producer

Original Music by
Patrick Gowers

Cinematography by
Nigel Walters

Production Design by
Laurence Williams

Sound Department
Keith Marriner	....	sound re-recording mixer

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Runtime:

55 min (4 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Quotes:

Christopher "Kit" Vesey: When I was fourteen, I once told Nell I was going to see my father. She tried to kill herself. I found her just in time.

A first-rate, but (alas) unavailable movie

I don't understand why this first-rate television movie isn't widely available on DVD. Are the producers holding it back to drive up the market price? One would think that the demand is already as high as it is ever likely to get.

Anyway, this movie will give you a look at Diana Rigg that you won't soon forget. I saw it only once (back in '89), and was greatly impressed by Rigg's ability to communicate the sly, murderous, sick mind of her character. The story is well structured, the script well written, the parts well played. It is far better than most of the stuff you find in the PBS catalogs--but as I say...

I had known for a long time that Rigg was a classically trained actresses, but having seen her in nothing but _The Avengers_ before this film, I was unaware of the extent of her gifts.

Bob Champ