A Respectable Trade

A Respectable Trade is a 1995 historical novel by Philippa Gregory set in the Bristol docks in 1887. Gregory adapted her work into a four-part TV miniseries which was broadcast by the BBC in 1998 and by the PBS in the United States in the fall of 1999.^[1] A Respectable Trade was nominated in several BAFTA categories, including best serial, winning one BAFTA for Frances Tempest's historical costumes.^[2]

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

^ 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.."

[1] 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.

[2] 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.."

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