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Writers:
Harriet O'Carroll (writer)
Stella Tillyard (biography)
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Release Date:
10 October 1999 (USA) more
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Awards:
4 nominations more
User Comments:
Mr Fox looks like a toad! more (10 total)

Cast

  (Series Cast overview, first billed only)
Serena Gordon ... Caroline
Alun Armstrong ... Henry Fox
Geraldine Somerville ... Lady Emily
Ben Daniels ... Lord Kildare
Julian Fellowes ... Lord Richmond
Diane Fletcher ... Lady Richmond
Anne-Marie Duff ... Louisa
Tom Mullion ... Thomas Conolly
Jodhi May ... Sarah
Andrew Havill ... Charles Bunbury
George Anton ... William Ogilvie

John Light ... Edward Fitzgerald
Clive Swift ... King George II
Siân Phillips ... Narrator / Older Lady Emily

Richard Dempsey ... Lord Beaufield
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Additional Details

Runtime:
50 min (6 episodes)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The gold and jewel encrusted gown worn by Jodhi May (as Lady Sarah) to the court of the newly crowned George III was previously worn by Helen Mirren as Queen Charlotte in The Madness of King George (1994). more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: Geraldine Somerville, who was the principal actress playing the second Lennox sister Emily, appears in the background as a mourner in the scene where Lady Caroline and Mr. Fox are talking at a funeral in the first episode of the series. At this point in the story, the character of Emily is a child so Geraldine was available as an extra and the casting directors didn't think anyone would notice. more
Quotes:
Lady Emily: Is not the act of love... strange? Jimmy says that its frequent use is necessary to a woman's health and happiness.
Caroline: That's abominably indelicate.
Lady Emily: He says what he thinks.
Caroline: I'm sure one sees many mighty comfortable old virgins.
Lady Emily: Perhaps that is so. But one is awfully glad not to be among them...
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Making of 'Aristocrats' (1999) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
The Croppy Boy more

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8 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Mr Fox looks like a toad!, 21 January 2001
Author: (kirsty_uk@ntlworld.com) from Lincoln, England

Sarah describes her sisters.

Caroline is clever, Emily is like a mother to me, Louisa is an angel and Cecilia is a child. I am a disappointment.

This is based on a true story and is actually very good viewing. It has six parts, showing the sisters as children and finally as old ladies.

Apart from Cecilia, all the sisters stories are based around their loves and family.

Emily is the narrator of the story as it proceeds.

The costumes and wigs are wonderful and the music is good too. All the sisters give great performances.

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