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A Passionate Woman

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Billie Piper and Sue Johnston star in this period drama based on a secret told to writer Kay Mellor by her mother.

It's the 1950s. Betty lives in a cold, two-roomed flat in a shabby Victorian house situated in a deprived area of Leeds. Her husband Donald is focused on saving to get them out of there.

Betty's sick of struggling to keep the flat warm for her baby son Mark, and she's tired of trying to make ends meet. The only respite she gets from the day to day drudgery is the glamour of the Balula Dance Hall, which she visits once a week with her vivacious sister Margaret. But Betty's world is turned upside down when a handsome Polish man called Craze asks her to dance... Show less

Contributors

Writer:
Kay Mellor
Director:
Kay Mellor
Director:
Antonia Bird
Betty (1950s):
Billie Piper
Betty (1980s):
Sue Johnston
Donald (1950s):
Joe Armstrong
Mr Solomon:
Allan Corduner
Mrs Armstrong:
Judith Barker
Mr Bethshiva:
Renny Krupinski
Teddy Boy:
Alex Price
Mrs Forcett:
Marie Critchley
Katie Vates:
Rachel Davies
Mr Addiman:
David Fleeshman
Mr Jeffries:
Michael Dixon

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