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Catherine Cookson's The Black Velvet Gown

  • 1 Series
  • 1 Episode
  • Category: Period Drama
  • Subtitles available

After receiving a job as a housekeeper for a former teacher, a widow finds that his generosity has unforeseen consequences for her children.

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All episodes for series 1 of Catherine Cookson's The Black Velvet Gown

  • S1 E1 · Catherine Cookson: The Black Velvet Gown

    Widow Riah Millican flouts convention by allowing her children to be educated.

  • Catherine Cookson's The Rag Nymph

    Description: Feature-length TV versions adaptated from books written by the popular Tyneside novelist; Category: Period Drama; 1 episode available.

  • The Pursuit of Love

    Description: Adaptation of Nancy Mitford's novel with Lily James and Emily Beecham.; Category: Period Drama; 3 episodes available.

  • The Paradise

    Description: An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s.; Category: Period Drama; 16 episodes available.

  • Catherine Cookson: The Black Candle

    Description: An enlightened mill owner faces problems when her sister marries badly.; Category: Period Drama; 1 episode available.

  • A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

    Description: Fact-based historical drama, starring Ralph Fiennes.; Category: Movies; 1 episode available.

  • Miss Marple: The Mirror Cracked From Side to Side

    Description: An American film star throws a party for the entire village of St Mary Mead.; Category: Crime Drama; 1 episode available.

  • Stonewall

    Description: Drama with Guillermo Diaz. A riot leads to a defining moment in the gay rights movement.; Category: Period Drama; 1 episode available.

  • Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

    Description: Miss Marple's bloodhound instincts are triggered when a friend says she witnessed murder.; Category: Crime Drama; 1 episode available.

  • Catherine Cookson: The Secret

    Description: Feature-length TV versions adaptated from books written by the popular Tyneside novelist; Category: Period Drama; 1 episode available.

  • Catherine Cookson: The Girl

    Description: Feature-length TV versions adaptated from books written by the popular Tyneside novelist; Category: Period Drama; 1 episode available.

  • Catherine Cookson's The Fifteen Streets

    Description: Feature-length adaptation. A docker falls in love with a shipyard owner's daughter.; Category: Period Drama; 1 episode available.