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The Hours

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Complex, Oscar-nominated drama based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael Cunningham, interweaving the stories of three women from different generations.

In the early part of the twentieth century, Virginia Woolf struggles to complete her novel Mrs Dalloway, which profoundly affects a 1950s housewife and a modern-day woman, who appears to be living out its plotline. Show less

Contributors

Virginia Woolf:
Nicole Kidman
Laura Brown:
Julianne Moore
Clarissa Vaughan:
Meryl Streep
Leonard Woolf:
Stephen Dillane
Mrs Vanessa 'Nessa' Bell:
Miranda Richardson
Richard Brown:
Ed Harris
Julia Vaughan:
Claire Danes
Louis Waters:
Jeff Daniels
Kitty Barlowe:
Toni Collette
Sally Lester:
Allison Janney
Dan Brown:
John C Reilly
Producer:
Scott Rudin
Writer:
David Hare
Producer:
Robert Fox

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