Respectable Trade (1998)
- Director(s):
- Suri Krishnamma
Synopsis of Respectable Trade
Based on the novel by Philippa Gregory, the British miniseries A Respectable Trade was what is known in the business as a "bodice ripper." The story began in 1788, when well-bred governess Frances Scott (Emma Fielding) married her rough-hewn employer Josiah Cole (Warren Clarke). It didn't take long for Frances to become disgusted by the fact that her husband was in the slave-trading profession, and to take steps to get him out of the filthy business. Complicating matters was Frances' ever-increasing attraction to one of Josiah's "possessions," a handsome and cultured African slave named Mehuru (Ariyon Bakare). First broadcast over the BBC on April 19, 1998, the four-part A Respectable Trade was telecast in America as part of PBS Masterpiece Theatre anthology, beginning on October 25 of that same year. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Respectable Trade
- Warren Clarke - Joshiah Cole
- Emma Fielding - Frances Scott
- Director(s):
- Suri Krishnamma
- Writer(s):
- Philippa Gregory
- Producer(s):
- Ruth Baumgarten
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