The Round Tower
Set in the 1950s and 60s, this is the story of convent-educated Vanessa Ratcliffe, the rebellious seventeen-year-old daughter of a wealthy middle-class family, and Angus Cotton, an ambitious charge-hand at her father’s engineering works in Newcastle. A sequence of unexpected and dramatic events draws the unlikely couple close together, but not before Vanessa destroys the tranquillity of the Ratcliffe family by becoming pregnant…
“sure-fire hit…polished performances from Jan Harvey and Keith Barron” – The People
“glossy three-part drama…pure Cookson” – Radio Times
Starring
Emilia Fox, Ben Miles, Dennis Lawson, Keith Barron, Jan Harvey
Screenplay by
T.R. Bowen
Directed by
Alan Grint
Produced by
Ray Marshall