A Respectable Trade
A Respectable Trade is a 1995 historical novel by Philippa Gregory set in Bristol docks in 1887. Gregory adapted her work into a four-part TV miniseries which was broadcast by the BBC in 1998 and by PBS in the United States in the fall of 1999.</ref>[1][2] A Respectable Trade was nominated in several BAFTA categories including best serial, winning one BAFTA for Frances Tempest's historical costumes.[3]
Cast
- Warren Clarke, Josiah Cole a trader in sugar, rum and eventually slaves
- Emma Fielding, Frances Scott, his new aristocratic wife
- Ariyon Bakare, Mehuru, an educated African slave
References
- ^ Jerry Roberts Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors 0810863782 - 2009 -Page 314 "A Respectable Trade was nominated for best serial or special by the British Academy of Film and TV Arts, and won the BAFTA for ..."
- ^ Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace - The British Slave Trade and Public Memory 2013 0231510314 Page 67 "Philippa Gregory's A Respectable Trade (1995), ... Gregory adapted her work into a miniseries broadcast by the BBC in 1998 and later by PBS in the United States in the fall of 1999.
- ^ Jerry Roberts Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors 0810863782 - 2009 -Page 314 "A Respectable Trade was nominated for best serial or special by the British Academy of Film and TV Arts, and won the BAFTA for Frances Tempest's costumes.."