Belonging (TV play)
| Belonging | |
|---|---|
DVD cover | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Stevie Davies, Alan Plater |
| Based on | The Web of Belonging by Stevie Davies |
| Written by | Stevie Davies, Alan Plater |
| Directed by | Christopher Menaul |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Martyn Swain |
| Composer | Martyn Swain |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Producers | Jenny Edwards, Joanne Gueritz, Jeanna Polley |
| Production locations | Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK |
| Cinematography | David Katznelson |
| Editor | Jon Costelloe |
| Running time | 96 |
| Production company | The Producers Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 12 September 2004 |
Belonging is a 2004 TV play starring Brenda Blethyn, Kevin Whately, Rosemary Harris, Anna Massey, Peter Sallis, Jill Baker, Fiona O'Shaughnessy and Matthew Marsh.[1][2][3][4] The play is based on Stevie Davies' novel The Web of Belonging.[5]
Plot
A middle-aged husband named Jacob Copplestone decides to leave his middle-aged wife Jess that he has been married to for 20 years and go and live with a younger woman and so Jess Copplestone is left to look after the elderly relatives of Jacob. Jess struggles looking after the elderly relatives of Jacob so much so that Nathan decides to leave the house and go and live in a house with a bunch of other elderlys to try and make things easier for Jess. After May has another accident in her home Jacob apologies to Jess and then they both decide to put May in a nursing home and they also decide to put Brenda in the elderly house with Nathan.
Cast
- Brenda Blethyn as Jess Copplestone
- Kevin Whately as Jacob Copplestone
- Rosemary Harris as May
- Anna Massey as Brenda
- Peter Sallis as Nathan
- Jill Baker as Cathy
- Fiona O’Shaughnessy as Stephanie
- Matthew Marsh as Peter Fox
- Maisy Taylor as Nella
- Tom Bennett as PC Cowley
- Joe Van Moyland as Luke
- Roisin Rae as Waitress
- Eliza Hunt as Jane Ventress
- Muriel Pavlow as Dorothy
- Helen Masters as Hazel
- Poppy Lee Friar as Lara
- Daniel Chenery as Fergus
- Bindu De Stoppani as Nurse
- Liz Moscrop as Mrs. Jenkins
- Joanna David as Averil
- Teresa Churcher as DC Sinclair
- Miroslav Mitrovic as Nouvelles Recrues (Uncredited)
- Tomislav Mitrovic as Nouvelles Recrues (Uncredited)
- Robert Stone as Polish Bodyguard (Uncredited)
Reception
Belonging was screened on ITV on the 12 September 2004. Andy Webb from The Movie Scene gave the play 4 stars out of 5 and described it as a movie with "British talent that makes it a wonderful movie which will move, amuse and at times frustrate you".[6]
DVD release
Acorn Media and ITV later released the full movie on DVD on the 26 July 2010.[7]
References
- ^ "Belonging (2004)". themoviescene.co.uk.
- ^ Wollaston, Sam (13 September 2004). "Stairlift to heaven". The Guardian.
- ^ Plunkett, John (3 March 2004). "Blethyn and Whately star in new ITV drama". The Guardian.
- ^ "Whately, Blethyn in new ITV1 telefilm". c21media.net.
- ^ "The web of belonging". chepstobooks.co.uk.
- ^ "Belonging (2004)". themoviescene.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Belonging (2004) [DVD]". amazon.co.uk.