| Series |
Canterbury tales
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| Summary |
Beth Craddock (Julie Walters) is a successful, 53 year-old television actress who still believes in Mr Right - despite a number of failed marriages. She thinks she's got it right this time with her fourth husband, James (Bill Nighy), but when he dies tragically in a car accident, just days after leaving her, Beth's world begins to crumble. Beth seeks solace in the arms of young co-star Jerome (Paul Nicholls) and their whirlwind and passionate romance culminates in a riotous and lavish wedding. All seems happy for a while until the pressures of their age difference explode dramatically and Beth takes drastic action to try to stay young |
| Notes |
Second in a series of programs from the BBC in which six of Britain's foremost television writers each take one of 14th century poet Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and put a modern spin on it |
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Available as videocassette (VHS) or DVD |
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Off-air recording of ABC-TV broadcast August 21, 2005. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
| Credits |
Written by Sally Wainwright, Producer: Kate Bartlett, Executive producers: Laura Mackie and Franc Roddam |
| Performer |
Julie Walters, Bill Nighy, Paul Nicholls |
| Notes |
DVD |
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No rating given |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Middle-aged women -- Sexual behavior -- Drama
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Feminism in literature
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| Author |
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Wife of Bath's tale
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Bartlett, Kate
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Walters, Julie, 1950-
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Nighy, Bill, 1949-
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Nicholls, Paul
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