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The Velvet Glove

1977

1 season

6 episodes

Drama

A series of plays about strong women.

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Cast

Lynn Farleigh

Peter Egan

Tony Beckley

James Kerry

Vivian Pickles

Sorcha Cusack

Edward Hardwicke

Burt Kwouk

Mary Morris

Glynn Edwards

Toria Fuller

Robert Henderson

Ep 1
1.Happy in War
26-01-1977
Nurse Edith Cavell tends to the wounded of both sides in Brussels in the First World War, and helps Belgian and Allied fugitives.
Ep 2
2.Married Love
02-02-1977
Palaeontologist Marie Stopes faces great opposition in her advocacy of birth control.
Ep 3
3.Mother
09-02-1977
The spiritual journey of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science movement.
Ep 4
4.Beyond This Life
16-02-1977
Quaker Elizabeth Fry sets out to improve the shocking conditions in the nation's prisons.
Ep 5
5.The Warrior's Return
23-02-1977
Already known for her outspoken atheist and freethinking opinions, Annie Besant becomes increasingly interested in Eastern culture and teachings, to the consternation of all around...
Ep 6
6.Auntie's Niece
02-03-1977
To rid South London of violence, vice and alcohol, Emma Cons decides to begin with the notorious Royal Victoria Music Hall, or 'Old Vic'. Her tough-minded niece, Lilian Baylis, cre...

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