Sarah Lancashire Movies
- 1997
One of the most popular British TV soap operas of the late 20th-early 21st century, Where the Heart Is was set in the fictional community of Skelthwaite. Originally, the stories focused on two nurses, Peggy Snow (Pam Ferris) and Ruth Goddard (Sarah Lancashire), and their extended families. Eventually and inevitably, the plot lines branched out to virtually every resident of Skelthwaite, especially the younger and prettier citizens. The first 54-minute episode of Where the Heart Is was broadcast in 1997. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Pam Ferris, Sarah Lancashire, (more)
- 1999
Sarah Lancashire, a leading player from the long-running British TV series Coronation Street, stars in this drama based on the memoirs of actress and children's activist Coral Atkins. Atkins (played by Lancashire) overcame a childhood of abuse and neglect at the hands of foster parents to become a British TV and theater star in the early 1970s. At the peak of her fame, Atkins attended a charity event at a children's home, and she was shocked to see the staff ignoring a little girl who was weeping uncontrollably. Reminded of the horrors of her own childhood, Atkins pledged to start a home for the sort of children that the foster care system was not equipped to deal with. As a divorced single parent trying to take on the bureaucracy of the children's services system, Atkins had a steep uphill battle, but in time she gave up her career to care for the children who meant so much to her. Originally produced for British television, Seeing Red received its American premiere on the PBS series Masterpiece Theatre. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sarah Lancashire
- 2000
In this two-part British TV drama, Trina Lavery (Sarah Lancashire) returned to her hometown of Stoke after 20 years, there to look after her ailing mother. Upon her arrival, Trina discovered that Bernard Cleve (Lorcan Cranitch), the man who had been arrested for the murder of Trina's best friend, was likewise living in Stoke, his case having been tossed out of court. Though a free man in the eyes of the lawy, Bernard was unable to escape suspicion when another local girl was killed. This time around, however, Trina had a feeling that Bernard was not responsible -- and in setting out to prove her theory, she risked becoming Victim Number Three. Hampered by an unsatisfying conclusion, My Fragile Heart nonetheless enjoyed a large viewership when it was aired by ITV on September 17 and 18, 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sarah Lancashire, Lorcan Cranitch, (more)
A remake of the 1989 British TV movie of the same name (which itself was based on a novel by Michelle Magorian), the 2001 production of Back Home starred Sarah Lancashire as Peggy Dickinson, the role essayed in the original film by Hayley Mills. At the outbreak of WWII, Peggy and her husband, Roger (Adrian Lukis), make certain that their daughter, Virginia (Jessica Fox), is safely evacuated to the U.S. while they busy themselves with war work. Serving in the WVS (Women's Voluntary Service), Peggy enjoys a degree of liberation hitherto unknown to her, billeted in a luxurious mansion and serving as driver for several urbane military officers; meanwhile, Roger trudges along as an ordinary soldier. At war's end, Peggy feels out of touch with her former life, Roger is unable to adjust to peacetime conditions, and Virginia has become far too "Americanized" to be satisfied with her parents' existence. Back Home was first televised in the U.K. on October 22, 2001. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sarah Lancashire, Stephanie Cole, (more)
Billy Connolly stars in a rambunctious period comedy detailing the celluloid exploits of a 20th Century London photographer who specializes in deliciously scandalous snapshots. Kingdom Swan (Connolly) is an artist whose career seems to be on the downturn until he receives a camera as a gift. Subsequently establishing himself as a photographer who specializes in capturing the unclad human form in lavish classical settings, Swan quickly becomes the scornful figure of notoriety to a the painfully prudish upper crust. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Billy Connolly, Sarah Lancashire, (more)
Filmmaker Stephen Whittaker adapts author D.H. Lawrence's simmering tale of sex, love, and family. In the years leading up to World War I, the problems faced by many families were uncannily similar to the issues that mankind would still be struggling with nearly a century later. Human relationships remain as fragile as ever, and the only constant in life seems to be a humbling sense of uncertainty. Sarah Lancashire stars in a drama detailing the anguish of first love, and the awkward confusion of first sex. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sarah Lancashire, Hugo Speer, (more)
