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Lady Chatterley (TV serial)

Field	Value
image	Lady Chatterley vhs cover.jpg
director	Ken Russell
producer	Michael Haggiag
executive_producer	Tom Donald
Robert Haggiag
Barry Hanson
Johan Eliasch
based_on	Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
writer	Ken Russell
Michael Haggiag
starring	Joely Richardson
Sean Bean
James Wilby
Hetty Baynes
Shirley Anne Field
composer	Jean-Claude Petit
cinematography	Robin Vidgeon
editor	Mick Audsley
Peter Davies
Alan Mackay
Xavier Russell
num_series	1
num_episodes	4
company	London Film Productions in association with Global Arts for BBC
network	BBC1
first_aired
last_aired
runtime	55 minutes
country	United Kingdom
language	English

Robert Haggiag Barry Hanson Johan Eliasch Michael Haggiag Sean Bean James Wilby Hetty Baynes Shirley Anne Field Peter Davies Alan Mackay Xavier Russell Lady Chatterley is a 1993 BBC television serial starring Sean Bean and Joely Richardson. It is an adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover, first broadcast on BBC1 in four 55-minute episodes between 6 and 27 June 1993. A young woman's husband returns wounded after the First World War. Facing a life with a husband now incapable of sexual activity she begins a passionate affair with the groundskeeper. The film reflects Lawrence's focus not only on casting away sexual taboos, but also the examination of the British class system.

Cast

Joely Richardson - Lady Chatterley
Sean Bean - Mellors
James Wilby - Sir Clifford Chatterley
Shirley Anne Field - Mrs Bolton
Hetty Baynes - Hilda
Ken Russell - Sir Michael Reid, Lady Chatterley's father

Reception

The show had an audience of over 12 million. Belfast Telegraph; Belfast [Belfast]05 Jan 2007: 1. --

Donald Liebenson, a Chicago-based film critic said "Those who believe British miniseries to be too proper and corseted may want to make an exception for Ken Russell's 1992, four-hour BBC adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's scandalous novel...The production is impeccably mounted--no pun intended--and the performances (particularly by the daring Ms. Richardson) impassioned."

In September 1994, Adrian Martin said "Russell brings not a skerrick of art or craft to this project."

Dennis Lim of The New York Times called it "a sudsy...mini-series".

The Independent said "What actually happened was perilously close to cartoon."

In 2005, the BBC reported that the show's dramatisation "toned down" the book's "more explicit scenes".

Home media

The series has been released on VHS and DVD.

References

"Lady Chatterley Part 1 (1993)".
(11 July 2010). "Ken Russell".
"Ken Russell on Television".
(5 January 2007). "Ken Russell: The film-maker laid bare". [[The Independent]].
"Donald Liebenson: biography & movie reviews".
"Lady Chatterley Quotes". STANDS4 LLC.
"Lady Chatterley".
(17 June 2007). "The New Lady Chatterley: Sober, Sensual, French". [[The New York Times]].
(13 June 1993). "TELEVISION: Cheers (C4) and Lady Chatterley (BBC1)". [[The Independent]].
"10 November 1960: Lady Chatterley's Lover sold out". BBC.
"Lady Chatterley".
"Lady Chatterley - Press and Festivals".

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