A superb four-part drama series centring the establishment of a feminist publishing house from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Fay Weldon's wicked drama of a feisty group of women who decide to set up a feminist publishing house stars actress Daniela Nardini as the headstrong Layla, a feminist publisher with a wicked tongue
Directed by
Renny Rye
Written by
Fay Weldon
Series Cast
Anastasia Hille ... Stephie
Daniela Nardini ... Layla
Fidelis Morgan ... Rosalie
Annabelle Apsion ... Alice
Kelle Spry ... Nancy
Jayne Ashbourne ... Daffy
Tom Mannion ... Hamish
Tilly Edwards ... Wendy
Ronan Vibert ... Bull
Gerard Logan ... Johnny
Clare Holman ... Zoe
Richard Dillane ... Brian
Holly Stedman ... Baby Saffron
Emma Deigman ... Young Saffron
Keith-Lee Castle ... Lennie
Tara Hugo ... Madge
Rosemary Frankau ... Alice's Mum
Janet Amsden ... Board Member
Damian Dibben ... Richard
Virginia Denham ... Mary
Rhys Perry ... Young Rafe
Jack Wellon ... Young Roland
Nick Malinowski ... Youth Hostel Clerk
Cynthia Grenville ... Agency Woman
Christie Jennings ... Board Member
Fidelis Morgan ... Rosalie
Tilly Edwards ... Wendy
Gerard Logan ... Johnny
Jim Millea ... Bill
Keith-Lee Castle ... Lennie
Peter Howell ... Crossword Don
Richard Bebb ... University Dean
Rachel Izen ... Journalist
Andrew MacLean ... Photographer (as Andrew Maclean)
Rosemary Moreno ... Nurse
Peter Jeffrey ... Gynaecologist
Christopher Pulford ... Young Rafe
Thomas Brightman ... Young Roland
Clare Perkins ... Cleo
Virginia Denham ... Mary
Geoffrey Larder ... Chaplain
Amanda Tingle ... Bull's Mistress
Caroline O'Connor ... Beverley
Tara Hugo ... Madge
Lawrence Lambert ... Cabbie
Sophia Myles ... Saffron
Susan Porrett ... Bookshop Woman
George Miller ... Sampson
Leo Faulkner ... Rafe
Guy Faulkner ... Roland
Helen Latham ... Receptionist
Susan Derrick ... Greenham woman
Richard Dixon ... TV Reporter
Jelena Budimir ... Greenham activist
Natasha Little ... Saffron
James Barriscale ... Roland
Stacy Davies ... Workman
Susan Aderin ... Silvester
Polly Hayes ... Pregnant Researcher
Zulema Dene ... Embroidery writer
Polly Andrews ... Saffron's PA
Sebastian Abineri ... Peter Max
Fuman Dar ... Jemal's PA
Art Malik ... Jemal
Lisa Shingler ... Beautician
Sam Barriscale ... Rafe
Tim Wylton ... Sir Marcus Liebling
Nicholas Simpson ... Sampson (as Nick Simpson)
