Rating:
8/10 by 3 users
Episode 1
Drama series presenting a portrait of an upper-class family enduring passion and loss in World War Two Britain. The three Cazalet brothers struggle to cope with thwarted ambitions, adultery and battle scars, while the youngest daughter hides a shocking secret.
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Release Date:
Fri, Jun 22, 2001
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 60
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 60
Lesley Manville
Villy Cazalet
Hugh Bonneville
Hugh Cazalet
Joanna Page
Zoe Cazalet
Stephen Dillane
Edward Cazalet
Anna Chancellor
Diana Mackintosh
Catherine Russell
Rachel Cazalet
Patsy Rowlands
Miss Millament
Penny Downie
Sid
Paul Rhys
Rupert Cazalet
Cate Fowler
Mrs. Rose
Mark Bazeley
Michael Hadleigh
Matthew Marsh
Otto Rose
Jessica Turner
Jessica Castle
Mark Dexter
Roddy
Nicholas Audsley
Christopher Castle
Elizabeth McKechnie
Mrs. Turner
Season 1:
Drama series presenting a portrait of an upper-class family enduring passion and loss in World War Two Britain. The three Cazalet brothers struggle to cope with thwarted ambitions, adultery and battle scars, while the youngest daughter hides a shocking secret.
It is summer 1939; war is imminent and is officially declared in September. Philandering Edward arrives home with his glamorous mistress, while Villy is shocked to discover she's pregnant and takes drastic action. Meanwhile, Zoe returns to London to nurse her sick mother and strikes up a relationship with a doctor.
Zoe discovers she is pregnant by Rupert, who joins the Navy and goes missing in the Dunkirk evacuation. Meanwhile, Sybil falls seriously ill but suffers in silence, and Edward's long-term affair with Diana continues.
A distraught Clary pursues her father through France, leaving Zoe to cope with the newborn baby, and Sybil continues to hide her illness from those around her : despite undergoing major surgery. Meanwhile, the business suffers as the Blitz intensify, but Louise is distracted by a chance meeting with a dashing older man.
Troubled Neville fears the worst about his father's disappearance and flees the family home, while Zoe gets involved with one of her patients and Louise confronts her father about his illicit affair. Sybil's health deteriorates and Christopher speaks out against the horrors of war : only to be consigned to a psychiatric hospital.
Concern grows over Sybil's condition, while Christopher convalesces at Home Place. Two-timing Edward discovers that Diana is pregnant, Michael gets down on one knee to a confused Louise and an unexpected visitor brings welcome news of Rupert.
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