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Local MP and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind raises his children, Louisa and Tom, in the utilitarian fashion, stressing reason and fact and dismissing imagination and emotion. Under his influence, Louisa grows cold while Tom turns to a secret life of drinking and gambling. To be nearer her brother,...

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Corporate Authors: BBC School Television, British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, WGBH Educational Foundation, BBC Video (Firm), 2 Entertain Video (Firm), Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Langridge, Richard, Barnes, Peter, 1931-2004, Bates, Alan, 1934-2003, Peck, Bob, 1945-1999, Paterson, Bill, 1945-, Walter, Harriet, Grant, Richard E., 1957-, Deutsch, Stephen, 1945-, Elliott, Denholm, Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed captioned.
Published: [England] : BBC Video : 2 Entertain Video ; [2009]
Subjects:
Social problems > England > 19th century > Drama.
Utilitarianism > England > 19th century > Drama.
Education > England > 19th century > Drama.
England > Social life and customs > 19th century > Drama.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Film and video adaptations.
Made-for-TV movies.
Television adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Local MP and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind raises his children, Louisa and Tom, in the utilitarian fashion, stressing reason and fact and dismissing imagination and emotion. Under his influence, Louisa grows cold while Tom turns to a secret life of drinking and gambling. To be nearer her brother, Louisa accepts an offer of marriage from his boss, the self-mad, self-important banker Josiah Bounderby, though she does not love him. But soon finds herself succumbing to the attentions of the lothario James Harthouse. All the while, Mrs. Sparsit, a former aristocrat who now works for Bounderby, obsessively watches as the drama unfolds, longing for Louisa's downfall.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
"A BBC TV production in association with WGBH"--Container.
Special feature: The signalman / starring Denholm Elliott.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; NTSC; DVD9; Dolby Digital mono; aspect ratio 4:3.
Production Credits:Photography, Rex Maidment; editor, Robin Graham Scott; music composed by Stephen Deutsch.
ISBN:1419880810 (set)
9781419880810 (set)