Anna of the Five Towns
1985 · BBC Two · 60 min · 1 season
S01E04 · Episode 4
Thu, 31 Jan, 8:00 am
Anna has agreed to marry Henry Mynors , but he has failed to keep the appointment to ask for her father's permission. Anna's freedom has its limits set by the social pressures of her time - a fate she shares with Willie Price.
About
In the Potteries in the late 19th century young Anna Tellwright reaches 21 and discovers she has been left a fortune in trust (which she is now of age to utilise) by her late mother, but she soon realises money isn't everything.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Thu, 10 Jan· 60 minAnna is the daughter of the rich but miserly widower, Ephraim Tellwright. When she reaches the age of 21, Anna finds herself entering a world from which she has been completely sheltered - a world where money rules.
- E02
Episode 2
Thu, 17 Jan· 60 minAnna Tellwright has inherited a fortune. Her new and unexpected responsibilities are not just financial but spiritual and emotional as well, and they involve her closely with both Henry Mynors and Willie Price.
- E03
Episode 3
Thu, 24 Jan· 60 minEmerging from the domestic tyranny imposed by her father, Anna is to leave the Potteries for the first time in her life, to holiday on the Isle of Man with the Suttons-and Henry Mynors.
- E04
Episode 4
Thu, 31 Jan· 60 minAnna has agreed to marry Henry Mynors , but he has failed to keep the appointment to ask for her father's permission. Anna's freedom has its limits set by the social pressures of her time - a fate she shares with Willie Price.
Cast
Lynsey Beauchamp
Anna Tellwright
Emrys James
Ephraim Tellwright
Peter Davison
Henry Mynors
Anna Cropper
Mrs Sutton
Anton Lesser
Willie Price
Hilary Mason
Sarah Vodrey
Edward Kelsey
Titus Price
Barrie Cookson
Mr Sutton