Parnell and the Englishwoman
1991 · BBC Two · 60 min · 1 season
S01E04 · The Reckoning
Thu, 31 Jan, 8:25 am
Tim Healy is in Kilkenny. He swears he will 'drive you to the grave or to the asylum'. Irish Home Rule is still identified with Parnell despite the scandal surrounding his divorce case. As Katharine looks forward to quiet married life and Parnell to freedom for his country, his enemies anticipate his downfall.
About
Period drama serial Parnell and the Englishwoman takes us back to the 19th century when Irish nationalist politician Charles Stewart Parnell has an affair with an Englishwoman that ends up ruining his career.
Episodes
- E01
The Meeting
Thu, 10 Jan· 60 minKnown as the 'Uncrowned King of Ireland', Charles Stewart Parnell was the ablest and best-looking politician in the House. In 1880, he seemed destined to do great things for his country - the only man in the Irish Party capable of securing Home Rule for 'all Ireland'. But Parnell had yet to encounter Katharine O'Shea.
- E02
The Outrage
Thu, 17 Jan· 60 minDublin's Kilmainham Jail houses not only Parnell but all the Irish Party's best men and Home Rule seems as far away as his beloved Katharine.
- E03
The Libel
Thu, 24 Jan· 60 minWas Parnell an accomplice in the Phoenix Park murder of the Irish secretary? There are those who would like to think so and will go to any lengths to prove it.
- E04
The Reckoning
Thu, 31 Jan· 60 minTim Healy is in Kilkenny. He swears he will 'drive you to the grave or to the asylum'. Irish Home Rule is still identified with Parnell despite the scandal surrounding his divorce case. As Katharine looks forward to quiet married life and Parnell to freedom for his country, his enemies anticipate his downfall.
Cast
Trevor Eve
Charles Stewart Parnell
Francesca Annis
Katharine O'Shea
David Robb
William O'Shea
Lorcan Cranitch
Timothy Healy
Sheila Ruskin
Anna Steele
Shaughan Seymour
Joseph Chamberlain
Robert Lang
Mr. Gladstone
