Another opportunity to see COLLEEN MCCULLOUGH 'S best-selling novel, adapted for television in five parts. A story of ambition, desire and passion that sweeps over 50 years and two continents - from the raw Australian outback to the splendour of the Vatican. Starring
1: Australia 1920. Fr Ralph de Bricassart is summoned to
Drogheda, the home of Mary Carson , the richest and most powerful woman in the country. She seeks his advice on the future of her wealth and property - should she leave everything to the Catholic Church, ensuring a glittering future for Ralph, or should she consider her impoverished brother Paddy Cleary and his family?
When Mary sends for them,
Ralph is to see Meggie Cleary for the first time - a meeting that will shape both their destinies ...
Screenplay by CARMEN CULVER Produced by DAVID L. WOLPER and STAN MARGULIES
Directed by DARYL DUKE (R)
(Part two tomorrow at 1.50pm)
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