The Black Velvet Gown Explained

Screenplay:	Gordon Hann
Director:	Norman Stone Pranay Patwardhan
Starring:	Janet McTeer Geraldine Somerville Bob Peck
Music:	Carl Davis
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Num Episodes:	1
Producer:	Ray Marshall Victor Glynn
Executive Producer:	Michael Chaplin Ray Marshall Vrushank Velhankar
Runtime:	110 minutes
Company:	World Wide International Television Portman Productions Tyne Tees Television
Network:	ITV

The Black Velvet Gown is a 1991 ITV television film, based on the 1984 novel by Catherine Cookson, and starring Janet McTeer, Geraldine Somerville, and Bob Peck.^[1] It won an International Emmy for Best Drama.^{[2] [3]}

The film was produced by World Wide International Production for Tyne Tees Television.

Cast

• Janet McTeer as Riah Millican
• Geraldine Somerville as Biddy Millican
• Bob Peck as Percival Miller
• Brendan P. Healy as Tol Briston
• Jean Anderson as Madame Gallmington
• Christopher Benjamin as Anthony Gallmington
• Wendy Williams as Grace Gallmington
• David Hunt as Laurence Gallmington
• Jonathan Firth as Paul Gallmington
• Louise Lombard as Lucy Gallmington

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Black Velvet Gown. IMDb. 4 April 1993.
2. Web site: Hollywood on Tyne: Catherine Cookson Dramas . bbc.co.uk . 2007-09-17.
3. Web site: The Catherine Cookson Collection Overview . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111108045620/http://festivalfilm.com/collections/the-catherine-cookson-collection/collections/the-catherine-cookson-collection . Nov 8, 2011 .