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British aristocrat and writer Vita Sackville-West and diplomat Harold Nicolson married in 1913, and their love endured and deepened over the course of their 50 years together. Each, however, was knowingly and repeatedly unfaithful to the other, Vita most famously with fellow writer Virginia Woolf. But only one affair threatened their union: Vita's tempestuous liaison with her childhood friend Violet Keppel. This BBC drama is the story of that affair based of the extraordinary literary biography by Nigel Nicolson, Vita and Harold's son.
Original Release
09/19/1990 on BBC
US Release
07/19/1992
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Janet McTeer | Vita Sackville-West |
David Haig | Harold Nicolson |
Cathryn Harrison | Violet Keppel Trefusis / Violet Keppel |
Diana Fairfax | Lady Sackville |
Alexander Pearce | Nigel Nicolson |
Yves Aubert | Concierge |
David Griffith | Purser |
Chris Walker | Ben Nicolson |
Kathleen Byron | Lady Carnock |
Madelaine Newton | Mrs. Milligan |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Episode 1.1 | Wednesday, 19 September 1990 |
2 | Episode 1.2 | Wednesday, 26 September 1990 |
3 | Episode 1.3 | Wednesday, 03 October 1990 |
4 | Episode 1.4 | Wednesday, 10 October 1990 |
Directors
Writers
Penelope Mortimer, Nigel Nicolson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Janet McTeer | Vita Sackville-West |
David Haig | Harold Nicolson |
Cathryn Harrison | Violet Keppel Trefusis / Violet Keppel |
Diana Fairfax | Lady Sackville |
Alexander Pearce | Nigel Nicolson |
Yves Aubert | Concierge |
David Griffith | Purser |
Chris Walker | Ben Nicolson |
Kathleen Byron | Lady Carnock |
Madelaine Newton | Mrs. Milligan |
Judy Elrington | Nanny |
Madeline Blakeney | Mrs. Staples |
Mark Tandy | Reggie Cooper |
Sandra Clark | Nanny |
Sam Beazley | Lord Carnock |
Harry Audley | Chauffeur |
Nicola Hammett | Young Vita |
Stefan Schwartz | Phillip |
Hannah Cresswell | Young Violet |
Hazel Douglas | Landlady |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Rebecca Eaton | Executive Producer |
Colin Rogers | Executive Producer |
Colin Tucker | Producer |
Anna Kalnars | Producer |