180 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestSpring to autumn, 1904. The Brangwens have moved from the country to Beldover, a mining town. Ursula is at college. The Boer War is over. Ursula gets a letter from Anton, and the final stage of her youthful journey begins.
Ursula Brangwen is the beautiful, naive daughter of a wealthy country squire, one of five children living in the Nottinghamshire mining heartland at the turn of the century. From wide-eyed sixteen-year-old to fully grown woman, the drama follows Ursula through the trials and tribulations of her burgeoning personal relationships in her quest to find fulfilment for her developing passionate and sensual nature. Adaptation of DH Lawrence's novel.
Acting
Imogen Stubbs carries three hours of yearning on her face
Production
Nottinghamshire landscapes shot like fever dreams
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the BBC's second attempt at Lawrence's Brangwen saga, following their 1976 'Women in Love' — both struggled with his explicit content under broadcasting standards.
The novel was prosecuted for obscenity in 1915 and remained unpublished in full in the UK until 1960 — this adaptation arrived as Lawrence's reputation was being rehabilitated by feminist critics.
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