The Beggar Bride
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." It was released on VHS in 1999 by 2 Entertain Video.Cast and crew
Cast
- Keeley Hawes as Angela Harper
- Nicholas [Jones (actor)|Nicholas Jones] as Sir Fabian Ormerod
- Joe Duttine as Billy Harper
- 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
- 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
- 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
Music
- "She's a Star" by James
- "You've Got [a Lot to Answer For]" by Catatonia