When Louis and Emily Trevalyan exchanged wedding vows on a day that seemed to mark the beginning of a blissful union, little could they foresee the trials that would face them in their first year of marriage. As Anthony Trollepe slowly peels away the layers of Victorian propriety, a variety of colorful characters are revealed, including a colonel of questionable morals who makes unwholesome advances to the newlywed bride. As the fans that fuel Louis' jealousy soon give way to a raging inferno, the dejected groom rejects his wife and newborn son leading to a tragic bid to destroy everything in the world that he loves.

Starring:

Alison Skilbeck, Anna Massey, Bill Nighy, Christina Cole, Claudie Blakley, David Tennant, Fenella Woolgar, Geoffrey Palmer, Geraldine James, Jane Lapotaire, Joanna David, Laura Fraser, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Matthew Goode, Patsy Palmer, Raymond Coulthard, Ron Cook, Sarah Crowden, Sinead Matthews, Stephen Campbell Moore

Genre:

Drama