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A bold new adaptation of Wilkie Collins' classic gothic novel. A bold new adaptation of Wilkie Collins' classic gothic novel. A bold new adaptation of Wilkie Collins' classic gothic novel.

Meet the cast of BBC Victorian thriller The Woman in White
Published: Tuesday, 4th December 2018 at 10:27 am
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Ex-EastEnders star Ben Hardy leads the cast of this Wilkie Collins adaptation with Jessie Buckley, Olivia Vinall and Charles Dance
Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White was revolutionary when it was published in 1859. It practically founded the Victorian craze for "sensation novels" and, since then, it has been adapted for TV and film over and over again.
The BBC's latest version, written by Fiona Seres and directed by Carl Tibbetts, takes the existing plot and re-works the storytelling structure.
Here are the characters you'll meet – and where you've seen them before:
Who is Walter Hartright? Our protagonist is a young artist from London who takes a job managing rich old Mr Fairlie's art collection and teaching his two orphaned nieces to draw and paint. Walter is kind and sensitive (his surname is even Hartright, so you know his heart is in the right place). He immediately forms a bond with his two pupils Marian and Laura, and becomes fascinated with a mysterious figure called The Woman in White.
What else has Ben Hardy been in? Soap fans will recognise Ben Hardy as Peter Beale from EastEnders. Since leaving Albert Square he has starred in X-Men: Apocalypse, and he'll soon be appearing as Roger Taylor in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
Who is Marian Halcombe? Meet Marian, Mr Fairlie's niece who lives with him at Limmeridge House. She's an unusual character to find in Victorian fiction, being fiercely independent and intelligent and going against the grain. Marian is a rebel who stands outside of her 19th century gender role and rejects any pressure from the outside world to be submissive or domestic.
What else has Jessie Buckley been in? Irish singer and actress Jessie Buckley first came to public attention a decade ago, when she came second in the BBC talent show I'd Do Anything – just missing out on a role as Nancy in the musical Oliver. She went on to star in the West End revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music. More recently she has become a familiar face on TV, playing Marya Bolkonskaya in War & Peace, Lorna Bow in Taboo, and Honor Martin in The Last Post.
Who is Laura Fairlie? Laura is one of Mr Fairlie's nieces and is the heiress to a large fortune. She's very different from Marian but the two of them share a close bond. Dreamy and impulsive and fragile, Laura sees the world in vivid colours and has a deep understanding of art and nature.
What else has Olivia Vinall been in? The actress starred in the TV series Apple Tree Yard as Emily Watson's on-screen daughter, Carrie. She appears in Second World War drama Where Hands Touch, and has also been on stage in Jonathan Kent's Chekhov trilogy.
Who is Anne Catherick, the Woman in White? Walter first encounters the "woman in white" on a moonlit road in London, and soon finds himself drawn into a mysterious and disturbing world. She is soon revealed as Anne Catherick, an escapee from an asylum – and she has a surprising connection to Limmeridge House.
Anne and Laura are meant to look extremely similar, but not identical. "The hair and makeup designer Sian Wilson and the whole team were incredible at helping with the visual similarities and differences including dying my eyebrows, using fake teeth and cheek fillers," Vinall explains .
Who is Mr Fairlie? Rich, cantankerous Frederick Fairlie is a hypochondriac who isolates himself from the world at Limmeridge House, claiming to be extremely sensitive to sound, light and physical exertion. He is the uncle of Marian and Laura and serves as their guardian, although he is completely self-absorbed and selfish.
What else has Charles Dance been in? 71-year-old actor Charles Dance has a ton of credits including The Jewel in the Crown, Dracula Untold, Bleak House, And Then There Were None, and The Imitation Game. Many viewers will recognise him best as Tywin Lannister from Game of Thrones.
Who is Sir Percival Glyde? In case you hadn't guessed from the moustache and the glare, Sir Percival is a bit shady. He's engaged to young Laura.
What else has Dougray Scott been in? The actor played Ian Hainsworth in Desperate Housewives, British boyfriend and eventual fiancé to Susan (Teri Hatcher). His other credits include Father & Son, My Week with Marilyn, Hemlock Grove, Strike Back, The Replacement, and Snatch.
Who is Count Fosco? Sir Percival's Italian friend Count Fosco is quite a suspicious character. Though charming and polite, his background is shrouded in mystery. Count Fosco is impressed by Marian's intellect.
What else has Riccardo Scamarcio been in? His English language projects include Master of None, John Wick: Chapter Two, and Black Arrow. He's also been in plenty of Italian films and TV shows.
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^ "The Woman in White" . 28 December 1997. p. 154 – via BBC Genome.

^ "The Woman in White (1997)" . BFI .

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The Woman in White (1997) is a BBC television adaptation based on the 1859 novel of the same name by Wilkie Collins . [1] [2] Unlike the epistolary style of the novel, the 2-hour dramatisation uses Marian as the main character. She bookends the film with her narration.

Marian Fairlie ( Tara Fitzgerald ) and Laura Fairlie ( Justine Waddell ) are half-sisters (same father but different mothers). Laura's mother died, leaving Laura an inheritance which she will receive when she comes of age. They both live in Limmeridge with their uncle, Mr. Fairlie ( Ian Richardson ), who hires a new tutor, Walter Hartright ( Andrew Lincoln ). Marian tells Hartright that she and Laura are very close, agree in everything and refuse to be taught separately.

On the night Mr. Hartright arrives at Limmeridge, he bumps into a woman in white. She speaks cryptically, and inquires if he is to stay with the Fairlies. When a carriage arrives, she runs off. Mr. Gilmore, the Fairlies' attorney, tells him that the woman must have been a villager. When Hartright meets the two sisters, he mistakes Laura for the woman in white because of the strong resemblance.

As Mr. Hartright teaches the sisters, he grows especially fond of Laura. However, Marian makes it clear to him that her sister is already engaged to Sir Percival Glyde. Though she senses that something is not quite right, she cannot find fault in Sir Percival, who is kind, attentive, and rich. Laura and Mr. Hartright acknowledge their feelings for each other, but they cannot be together. Marian asks Hartright's help in tracking down the woman in white. Hartright agrees to stay outside at night to lure the woman in white. One night, Marian sees a servant girl rush out from the woods, screaming for help. Right behind her is Mr. Hartright, whom she accuses of trying to rape her. (The servant has been paid off by Glyde to frame Hartright.) Hartright is immediately disgraced and sent away, but not before he warns Laura that she is in great danger. Laura ignores him and marries Glyde.

When Laura returns from her honeymoon, Marian visits her and plans to stay for a while. However, Laura is not herself and refuses to speak to or even see Marian for four days. After Marian threatens to leave, Laura asks her sister to stay and soon reveals the terrible truth. Despite seeming to be kind, Sir Percival abuses his wife in private. She ultimately reveals that she is afraid her husband will kill her to steal her inheritance. Marian believes her and tells Laura to lock Sir Percival out of her room at night.

Glyde's foreign friend, Count Fosco, arrives. Before dinner, Laura is pressured into signing a document, but Glyde refuses to let her read it. Fosco, realizing that he must appear to be on her side, tells Glyde to stop trying to force her to sign it. Angered by her defiance, Glyde throws the papers into the fire and storms out. Meanwhile, the woman in white has reappeared; her name is Anne Catherick and she has run away from an asylum. Marian confides in Fosco about a secret meeting with Anne Catherick. The sisters try to help Anne by giving her food and clothing. Anne tells them that Sir Percival has a terrible secret. But before Anne can tell them, Glyde shows up with Fosco and they capture Anne. Anne mistakenly thinks that Marian and Laura betrayed her.

Marian and Laura try to escape to Limmeridge, but their plans are foiled by Glyde's servant Baxter, who shoots at them as they sprint toward the roads. They run back to the house.

Later Marian goes out to the ledge to spy on Count Fosco and Glyde. She overhears them saying that Marian and Laura are to be separated before breakfast. However, Marian accidentally pushes something which crashes off the balcony. They look to see who is there, while Marian jumps from the balcony to the ground and breaks her ankle. She hides in the woods in the rain until they go back to the house. When she returns to her room, she locks the door and sleeps under her bed while telling herself to wake up before breakfast to warn Laura. But Marian develops a fever and goes into delirium. People break into her room and force her to drink something. While ill, she dreams of her sister being drugged and thrown off the tower. She wakes up and Mr. Gilmore informs her that Anne has been placed in an asylum and Laura has committed suicide by jumping off the tower.

Unwilling to believe her sister would kill herself, Marian promises to avenge her sister's death. Count Fosco discovers her snooping through his things, and she is thrown out in disgrace. Her uncle will provide a small allowance to her but she can never return to Limmeridge. She finds help in a drunken Mr. Hartright who after losing his honor because of the false accusation of the servant Margaret, now makes a living by doing cheap portrait sketches. Marian and Hartright feel guilty for failing to save Laura, but they vow that they will not fail to help Anne Catherick.

Marian visits Anne's doctor, under the guise of being ill. When he refuses to reveal Anne's whereabouts, Marian threatens to tell his clients in the waiting room that he made improper advances to her. He tells her that Anne's mother was a servant of Marian's father. Anne was born out of wedlock and both Anne and her mother were sent to Glyde's parents. Anne had first sought his help after having been "morally degraded" at the age of twelve. He reveals the location of her asylum, and tells Marian that Anne placed a lock of hair in Marian's father's grave when he died.

At the asylum, Marian and Hartright are told that Anne is docile but is still given drugs for delusions. They go to her room where a woman dressed in white is staring at the wall. As Marian approaches her, she realizes that it is not Anne, but her sister Laura! They take Laura away from there, but Laura is at first catatonic .

Baxter observes Marian and Mr. Hartright going to Marian's father's grave. Hartright digs up the coffin and finds a box filled with a lock of Anne's hair, a will, and Anne's diary. They read the documents in the church adjacent to the graveyard. They discover that Anne is another half-sister (the product of her father's indiscretions with Anne's mother), that Sir Percival had raped Anne when she was only 12 years old, and that because of this, his father wrote him out of his will. Suddenly, Glyde appears out of hiding, knocks out Hartright and sets the papers on fire. Marian accidentally knocks over a lamp which sets the church alight. Afraid that Glyde is going to kill her, she runs away and locks the doors behind her, trapping him in the church. She manages to drag Hartright's body away from the flames. Then, she changes her mind and runs back to help Sir Percival, but the flames have begun to engulf him. Glyde repeats the words, "forgive me" as he burns. Hartright leads Marian away from the church as it explodes and says that the fire will be seen as an accident.

Back at Limmeridge, the sisters' uncle Fairlie makes a public announcement that Mr. Hartright was falsely accused. It is revealed that a conspiracy led to Laura's name appearing on Anne's grave marker and to the false imprisonment of Laura. Hartright announces his engagement to Laura, who has been restored to sanity. Laura and Mr. Hartright marry and have two children. At the end, Marian reflects that her father's abuse of Anne's mother started a cycle of abuse. Marian picks up her niece and prays that the cycle has ended.

28 December ( 1997-12-28 ) – 29 December 1997 ( 1997-12-29 )
Marian's half-sister, Sir Percival's wife

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This is a distinctly modern take on Wilkie Collins’ beloved mystery novel, combining romance, intrigue, and danger in a thrilling ride from the corridors of English country houses to the dankest, deepest corners of the Victorian madhouse.
Starring Jessie Buckley , Ben Hardy , Olivia Vinall Genres Documentary , Special Interest , Drama Subtitles English [CC] Audio languages English
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Mr. Hartright encounters a ghostly woman dressed in white. He offers help, but later discovers she had escaped from a lunatic asylum. At his new job, he learns of a connection between his pupils and the mysterious woman in white.
With Sir Percival impatient to marry Laura, Mr. Hartright and Marian try to uncover the truth about his past. Wedding arrangements begin, with Mr. Fairlie agreeing to a settlement that raises questions about Sir Percival’s true intentions.
Sir Percival’s money troubles drive him to try, by underhanded means, to get Laura to authorize the release of some of her fortune. Feeling increasingly threatened, Marian resolves to find out what Fosco and Sir Percival are truly plotting.
Marian overhears Sir Percival and Fosco plotting against Laura. But Marian falls ill and Sir Percival conceals her, telling Laura that she has gone to London. Fosco puts his sinister plan into action. Will Marian be able to save Laura?
Mr. Hartright, Marian, and Laura are forced into hiding from Sir Percival and Fosco. Sir Percival is haunted by the possibility of his secret being revealed, but Marian and Mr. Hartright know they must discover it to prove his role in the conspiracy.
N. C. Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2020
I read the novel years ago, so I can't make too direct a comparison, but it didn't seem to stray too much from what I remember. All the important events were there and mostly in the same order, I think. I had read that this miniseries was more of a feminist interpretation from Wilke Collins' book. I do remember both the female characters seemed to be a victim of their situation in the novel. In fact, I remember laughing over Laura's becoming so ill from simply being caught in the rain (what I consider a fairly common female fait in Victorian novels). In this version, Laura seems to be a bit more aware of what's going on around her and the dangerous of the characters that seem to have surrounded the sisters. She's also not as frail and attempts to fight back. I found these slight changes to be an improvement. I recommended this to friends who like the genre, and they thanked me for the recommendation. So, there you go.
Richard Burke Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2021
I appreciated the authentic scenery and costumes without really noticing them. The characters were well played by experienced actors. I thought the script was true to life and wove intricate plot twists until the very end
Mary Krauss Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2019
I've been pining for a story with real grit and joy. This story has depth and horror and terror and love and joy -- with the age old lesson that standing with love and light should triumph in the end. Great acting, perfectly spine-tingling music, and wonderfully odd camera angles. It plays particularly well in our "me too" era--highlighting issues that are much older than modern snowflake sensitivities can imagine. In this story, we see what women had to grapple with in a time of actual oppression. One walks away relieved to live in modern times wherein one's success isn't dependent on having men who do the right thing.
MommaMia Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2019
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins is one of my favorite books. It's long and very atmospheric...one of those gothic tales that keeps you up at night! When I saw it was going to be something I could enjoy on television, I was thrilled and honestly I was not disappointed with this adaptation. I haven't read the story in some time, but I believe it was true to the book. The characters were as I expected and very well done. If you are looking for a classic gothic tale to enjoy, give The Woman in White a try.
Donna Miller Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2018
I loved it and I made sure I own it on Prime. It is another version and it is good to me.
Julie Frey Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2019
C. Bear Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2022
Started a whole long review, but down and dirty.....watch it!! It's amazing and I definitely binged all episodes! It won't disappoint.
olderman Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2022
Wonderful series! Not boring like some of the other disappointing period pieces I've seen here that were so slow-moving and unappealing that I couldn't get through the first series. This one had me enthralled from the start, and what a great story it is. The heroes and the villains were magnificent; the acting was superb. I'd give the Woman in White a hundred stars if I could.

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