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Catherine Cookson's The Black Velvet Gown ()

directed by Norman Stone
featuring Bob Peck, Janet McTeer, Geraldine Somerville, Jean Anderson, Christopher Benjamin

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Filmed for British television in 1991, Black Velvet Gown is a two-part adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel. The story begins in 1834; Riah Millican (Janet McTeer), left penniless by her husband's death, is evicted from her home along with her children. She takes a job as housekeeper for Percival Miller (Bob Peck), the reclusive master of Gulmington Mansion. Soon Riah is ruling the roost, as it were, and is in a position to hire and fire servants on her own. Part Two involves the arrival of illiterate serving girl Biddy ...

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