A five-part production of the novel by Edith Wharton set in America and England in the 1870s.
2: Conquest. The Buccaneers are ready for their assault on the English aristocracy. See today's choices.
Written by Maggie Wadey; Producer/Director
Philip Saville Repeated next Saturday on BBC2
BOOKLET: about Edith Wharton and The Buccaneers. Send a cheque for £3.95, payable to BBC Education to: [address removed]
See This Week: page 9 and Gwen Humble's kind of day: page
The Buccaneers
9.05pm BBC 1
Last week's episode ended with the four "buccaneers" full of hope, vowing to win over London society (and its eligible young men) with their good looks and large bank balances. Reality begins to impinge on this dream in the second episode, as Virginia St George sets her sights on Lord Seadown - much to the chagrin of jilted Idina Hatton (Jenny Agutter). Joining the cast tonight are James Frain as Julius, Duke of Trevenick, and Sheila Hancock as his mother, the dowager duchess. Carla Gugino, who plays the romantic Nan, is featured on page 9; Gwen Humble (who plays her mother) talks about My Kind of Day on page 138.
